Tommy's Soccer Field: Love, Loss, and the Goal of a Lifetime
The Next Room with Jane Asher-Where Death is Dinner Conversation
Release Date: 02/19/2024
Words Matter. It's Deep Dive of 365 Words on The Next Room!
The Next Room with Jane Asher-Where Death is Dinner Conversation
In 2022, My best friend Barbara came to visit me with an assignment from her life coach tucked under her arm. We sat outside on my veranda, and Barbara shared with me what her coach had told her. She asked her to dig deep and discover what certain words meant to her during her current cancer journey. I was intrigued since I had been by her side during all of her challenges. I also experienced the pain and grief of watching my big sister Lynn struggle and deteriorate with this disease. I knew in this moment that I would do anything within my power to support Barbara on her path of understanding...
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Soul Power & Mediumship with Lindsay Percival
The Next Room with Jane Asher-Where Death is Dinner Conversation
From an early age Lindsay had a sense there was more to life than met the eye. As an only child she had a rich, imaginary life, full of friends and foe, and worlds within worlds to explore. When Lindsay graduated she thought journalism was her calling, to travel and to tell the truth. She wrote and broadcast for the BBC, among others, from Spain and Slovenia, to St Petersburg and Prague. After becoming a wife and a mother of three children it brought she focus inwards to the home and she got lost on that journey. She lost my mother and grandmother in quick succession, and found herself in a...
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Suicide Loss Survivor Sara Rian Shares her Grief through Poetry
The Next Room with Jane Asher-Where Death is Dinner Conversation
Sara Rian is an American poet, self-published author, mother, wife, licensed therapist, and griever living in Metro Detroit. She has been drawn to grief poetry ever since her mother's death in 2018. Her mother embraced the power of words through her own love notes and poems and had always wanted to publish a book. As a mental health professional, suicide loss survivor, and grieving human, Sara shares her work with others to let them know that they are not alone in their big love or big grief. This has also been a way for her to help make her mother’s wish come true as she is the inspiration...
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Accepting the diagnosis, not the prognosis with Jesse & Amanda
The Next Room with Jane Asher-Where Death is Dinner Conversation
I invited my friend Jesse Brisendine back on the show and asked him to see if Amanda would join us. The two are best friends and in the last four months they have been navigating a Mount Everest of a health challenge. Amanda agreed to come on the show. Amanda is an ultra endurance athlete and was in training when things started to go south. Her leg buckled and she intuitively knew something was really wrong. The two went to the E.R. and she received the news. Amanda was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer called glioblastoma. She is fully aware of and accepting of the diagnosis....
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Broadcaster and Spiritual Seeker Rick Lawrence Speaks Up
The Next Room with Jane Asher-Where Death is Dinner Conversation
My guest is Rick Lawrence who is a 3rd generation San Diegan. Rick discusses the spiritual journey he has been on as far back as he can remember. He vowed to read the entire bible front to cover when he was only eleven years old. In the years following he was fascinated with the writings contained in Buddhism, Hinduism, the Koran, and the Upanishads. He has been a Bahai for 41 years, and is continually on a journey of self discovery, new spiritual awakenings, and just living a life of gratitude and service. This show is a deep dive into Spirituality rather than Religion and his beliefs that he...
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A Hopeful Journey in Grief
The Next Room with Jane Asher-Where Death is Dinner Conversation
Kevin Alan Lamb an Author, Poet, and Journalist from Oxford, Michigan joins me on the show this week. He just finished publishing Kevin talks to me about how he navigated through his deep grief to find solace, happiness and hope again. His book "Love is in The Details" is a guidebook for helping someone grieve. It is also a guide for being a good friend as Kevin encourages individuals to look, listen, live, and learn what someone may need. Kevin feels that each of us has the opportunity to lighten the load and road for another, and grief is a great teacher, offering some of life’s most...
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"What Do You Want To Do With The Time You Have Left?" with Jesse Brisendine
The Next Room with Jane Asher-Where Death is Dinner Conversation
Today's guest is author, speaker, and positive entrepreneur Jesse Brisendine. Early last week I noticed that Jesse was going through a life altering situation with his partner Amanda. I asked him to come on the show to share his story with The Next Room audience.
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After Death of a Loved One The Ocean Resets your Etch a Sketch, with Steve Burrows
The Next Room with Jane Asher-Where Death is Dinner Conversation
I invited my friend and the extremely talented artist Steve Burrows to come on the show. I first met Steve through my beautiful friend Rose when she fell in love with him and brought him into my life. In 2006 Steve illustrated my children's book "With a Cherry on Top" and then more recently he drew several cool images for "The Next Room." (All by hand by the way) Steve's mother recently passed away and after I attended her funeral mass and celebration of life I heard her voice tell me to reach out to her so
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World Freestyle Frisbee Champion Chipper Bro says...You Gotta Work for Hope
The Next Room with Jane Asher-Where Death is Dinner Conversation
I was introduced to Chip Bell as Chipper Bro in Santa Barbara in the early 80’s. The place, East Beach. I was a 20 something DJ on KTYD, and he was a 20 something 12 time World Champion Freestyle Frisbee Champion superstar who made a BIG life out of tossing a Frisbee and surfing. Chipper has had a remarkable career, and he's just getting started. We had not really seen each other since the early days on East Beach…flash forward to last week.
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Death by Suicide: Make Sure You Check on a Friend with Jeff Dotseth
The Next Room with Jane Asher-Where Death is Dinner Conversation
Jeff Dotseth has over 25 years of sports radio broadcasting experience having hosted shows in the premium morning and afternoon drive time slot for multiple San Diego and Los Angeles stations, as well as "College Football Saturdays" heard nationally on Fox Sports Radio. Jeff is involved with numerous charities including The Alpha Project, Rancho Coastal Humane Society and The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. He is also co-host of the hugely popular Dave and Jeff Show Podcast.
info_outlineIn April 2018, Nikki and Doug Mark’s perfectly healthy twelve-year-old-son, Tommy, went to sleep one night and never woke up. They’re still not exactly sure why. Devastated, Nikki embarked on an unconventional journey to create a legacy for Tommy and to heal her heart. She created a plan to transform neglected land in a Los Angeles public park into a state-of-the-art athletic field, honoring Tommy’s love of soccer and sharing his spirit of play with others. After family, friends, and LA’s soccer community banded together to raise over a million dollars for the project, park neighbors resistant to change threatened to derail it. Throughout Nikki’s journey, a remarkable string of incidents convinced her that her recently departed son was guiding her through the process. Ultimately, Tommy’s enduring spirit and the beautiful game he loved taught her how to navigate the challenges she faced along the way.
Get the book Tommy's Field: Tommy's Field: https://www.amazon.com/Tommys-Field-Love-Loss-Lifetime/dp/1454951044/
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