#305 Steve Garnaas-Holmes: Renewing Our Language About God
Release Date: 03/06/2024
#324 Randy Adkins Jr: Uncover Your Purpose
The Next Chapter with Charlie
Show Notes Our guest today, Randy Adkins Jr, creatively weaves his experiences as a corporate consultant, ordained minister, and community leader into a tapestry that inspires people to integrate spiritual principles and everyday life. Such is the theme of the Next Chapter with Charlie: the integration of spirituality and everyday life. So it seems that Randy and I are kindred spirits. This show tells how. Important Links Visit Randy’s website with helpful tools .
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Ellie Gould: #323 Rewiring Limited Real Estate in the Brain
The Next Chapter with Charlie
Show Notes Today we a once again doing a show with one of my very favorite friends, very sought-after high-performance coach, with a new discipline—as a neuroplastician. Which will obviously be the prominent focus on the podcast today. As to Ellie’s credits… they would take half the show to list them. Still… Ellie’s bestselling book, Feeling Forwards, is endorsed by Tony Robbins and remains popular. She is a university lecturer, coach to very successful people, and is currently working on a doctorate relating the mind/body connection with quantum physics. Huh??? ...
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Pat Wetzel: #322 Intuition-Knowing Without Knowing Why
The Next Chapter with Charlie
Show Notes Our guest today, Pat Wetzel, is a blogger, soaring pilot, and award-winning author of a book titled Bump in the Road. And, oh by the way, Pat also holds a degree from the Wharton Business School in Finance. It was almost 2 years ago that Pat and I did on show on “soaring,” which means flying an airplane (solo) with no engine or in other words… gliding. Pat is an avid soarer and much, much more. And, since that show, we have become dear friends. Pat is an enggaing and “very curious” conversationalist, which makes for very fun talks. ...
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#321 John Lawyer: From Counterintelligence to Spiritual Intelligence
The Next Chapter with Charlie
Show Notes Our guest on today’s show is a 15-year counter-intelligence expert with a large portion of his experience in Afghanistan for ten years and also served in Kuwait, Iran, and Iraq. Yikes! I can’t wait for our conversation on this subject, But John’s passion is no longer counterintelligence but rather spiritual intelligence. From 12 years desert combat zones to a battle within, John Lawyer transformed from soldier to spiritual seeker. He is the co-founder of Kishar, a non-profit online spiritual community where people to share their journeys and explore their own unique...
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#320 Terry Hershey: Storm Homes
The Next Chapter with Charlie
Show Notes I’ve been reading… books and essays (or blogs). I recently read two articles that seemed to spawn sort of delightful potpourri of thought and conjecture. One was an article on author Henry Miller by Maria Popova and the other came from recent Terry Hershey Sabbath Moment posts. These are the kinds of ideas that, for me, demand discussion. So today, I’ve asked friend, author, and creative thinker Terry Hershey to ponder with me on several kinds of non-related subjects such as Storm Homes and the totally unrelated subject of the wonder of old age. LINKS ...
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#319 Taryn Voget: “In Person” Value or “Sound-Bite” Hype
The Next Chapter with Charlie
Show Notes Hey Paul. Did you know that our guest today, Taryn Voget, is responsible for birthing our podcast, The Next Chapter with Charlie. This show was all Taryn’s idea. After she and I had lunch at a client’s cafeteria, she said something like, “Charlie, you ask such good questions, you should do a podcast.” That was 7 years ago, and today we are on show #319! But that’s what Taryn does… she brings the best out of people and very often that best is about something that feels like a surprising attribute. And so today, executive coach, high...
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Dena Crowder: Identity is a Story We Tell Ourselves
The Next Chapter with Charlie
Show Notes #318 My conversation today is with my dear friend and one-time personal coach, Dena Crowder. Dena makes the list of one of my “all-time favorite” people. Brilliant, wise, compelling, and… so much fun! Today we talk about the essentials of Dena’s upcoming book about Personal Identity. Dena writes. “Our identity is a story we tell ourselves about who we are and our place in the world.” Dena and I agree that… Identity is a choice and an expression of your soul’s desire, your passion, your experiences, and your DNA. With that, it’s with...
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#317 Michaela Renee Johnson: Everything You Need to Know About Life!
The Next Chapter with Charlie
Show Notes PLEASE NOTE: This show just might be my very, very favorite podcast! ***** Our guest today, Michaela Renee Johnson, writes this of herself. I couldn’t say it any better… Michaela says… I believe the key to living a happy life, is learning how to speak your truth with grace & live a courageous life of authenticity. This requires checking in with yourself, often, exploring old patterns that aren’t serving you, tapping into grit & resiliency, and having a growth-oriented mindset. Michaela was a guest on the show more than two years ago. She was...
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#316 Nico Morales: Essential Habits!
The Next Chapter with Charlie
Show Notes Our guest today, Nico Morales, believes that goals are indeed important. However, if you begin your actions with ideas about how to reach the destination (or the goal) you just might be missing the real starting point. Nico Morales is here with us to talk about the real Starting Point: Your Habits! Success comes only from habits that lead to success. So… what do those habits look like? Let’s see what Nico Morales has to say. LINKS Please check out Nico’s fine website . Please check out Nico’s book,
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#315 Joseph Drolshagen: You ARE the Vision of Yourself
The Next Chapter with Charlie
Show Notes In today’s show, we walk along a journey of success and travail, for the two are inextricably tied together. Joseph Drolshagen shares a convincing argument of the value of difficulty and how to use that difficulty for shaping the life you really want. The two questions Joseph asks every client are: (1) Where are you now” And, (2) Where do you want to be? He believes the answer to the second question, “Who do you want to be?” always comes down to a matter of personal vision. We address those questions and many more on this entertaining and fabulously...
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After a three-month break from doing podcasts, we’re back. I am very much looking forward to our new season. You know, I needed a time of intentional pondering about what I might like to do in my final chapter of what I call “a life richly lived.” This year, in September, I turn 75. Three quarters of a century. Enough time to live a life meaning, adventure, and awe—which has been the theme the of The Next Chapter with Charlie for the past 9 years.
After considering the purpose of my web presence, the theme of meaning, adventure, and awe continues… but perhaps with a renewed and personally vibrant focus. In my most recent couple of blogs, I have written about the American vacuum regarding something to trust, something to hang our hats on, or an anchor in our wild seas of politics, news media, and vacuous religion.
Yes, at 75, God, the Spirit of Life is not yet finished with me. My present calling is to engage in conversations of ultimate meaning and purpose, mostly having to do with the heart—that force which has driven humankind for millennia.
As you know, I am a contemplative follower of the late medieval Christian mystics who spoke in the language of the heart, guiding people to experience everyday life in a spirit wonder and meaning and service.
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So that leads to our first guest on our newly directed version of the Next Chapter with Charlie.
So, it should not be surprising that today’s guest is a poet and a mystic… with eyes not on the ethereal but on the practical, everyday vision of life in the arms of love.
Steve Garnaas-Holmes is a gift to all of us. He writes of himself, quite simply and quite humbly…
“I’m a retired United Methodist pastor. I often lead retreats on prayer, poetry, and renewing our language about God. I am trying to be… here… now...” which means Steve, in the words of our dear friend Terry Hershey, lives intentionally in “the Sacrament of the Present Moment.”
Personally, I am loving his commitment to “renewing our language about God.” As a culture, we are in need of a fresh and relevant language about love and presence.
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Please check out Steve Garnaas-Holmes’ blog post “Unfolding Light” HERE.