The Next Chapter with Charlie

For the last 20 years, I was an Executive Coach to CEO’s of larger corporations. Now I am moving on to MY Next Chapter. I invite you to join me in this journey. It makes no difference if you are retiring or making any significant change to your life. We are all on the same path. So tune in and tag along as we give insights and inspirations on how you can create your own NEXT CHAPTER. We will talk about “what you can do next.” It might deal with transition, desire, curiosity, loss, or anything else that has to do with our Next Chapter in Life.

#128 Diane Forster: Reinventing Your Life 10/22/2019

#128 Diane Forster: Reinventing Your Life Show Notes NOTE: I mispronounced the last name of my guest at the top of the show. It is Diane "Forster," not Foster. So sorry. cbh I have a very special guest today with whom I have much in common. She is Intentional Living Expert, Diane Forster. I really resonate with her title: Intentional Living Expert. Check this out: Did you know that 70% of people in the United States are unhappy? That depression and anxiety are at an all time high? That suicides are up 30% since the year 2000, and a staggering 50% for women? And kids as young as 10 are fall prey to suicide. That was Diane’s story. After her own suicide attempt, she completely reinvented her life and is now helping so many others to live with Intention, with Passion and Purpose, and are living the lives they always dreamed of. There has never been a better time than TODAY to help people in this way. Before we continue let me tell you a bit about ore about Diane: DIANE FORSTER is a TEDx Speaker, Award-Winning Inventor, Best Selling Author, TV Host, Podcaster, Intentional Living Expert and Re-Invention Specialist. She works with clients privately to help clear away mindset blocks and limiting beliefs to reach your full potential in business, life and relationships. Diane is the CEO and Founder of I HAVE TODAY, a best-selling author and has written 4 books. Her TV Show and Podcast, "I HAVE TODAY with Diane Forster" and all her other products/programs help people gain confidence and live enriched, empowered, and inspiring lives through their transitions of reinventing themselves. So let’s move on with Diane Forster as we chat about how to Reinvent Your Life and Live Intentionally. You can reach Diane at www.DianeForster.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/DianeForsterOfficial https://www.facebook.com/IHaveTodaywithDianeForster INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/DianeForsterOfficial TWITTER https://twitter.com/dforsterofficial YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/c/IHaveTodaywithDianeForster LINKEDIN https://www.linkedin.com/in/diane-forster-0568239/ The link to the free chapter of her book is www.DianeForster.com/freechapter You can get more information and regular updates for Charlie at thenextchapter.life /episode/index/show/thenextchapterwithcharlie/id/11743655

#127 Charlie: An International Crisis-Diarrhea and Infant Mortality 10/16/2019

#126 Terry Hershey: Soft Hearts-Windows to the Soul 10/09/2019

#125 Tim Timmons: Netflix’s “The Family” and “Jesus Plus Nothing" 09/24/2019

#125 Tim Timmons: Netflix’s “The Family” and “Jesus Plus Nothing" Show Notes Let me tell you Paul I am most excited about our show today with our very special guest, Tim Timmons—a man that shaped the fundamentals of my Christian belief system so profoundly that I still follow the precepts he taught me almost 40 years ago. Now, forgive me for the, abut to come, longer than usual introduction but it is necessary to establish a context for our conversation with Tim. In 1980, as a man leaning more toward atheism than any other faith system, I found myself in a challenge that required me to read a couple books in the Bible as means to disprove the precepts of Christianity I read The Gospel of John and St Paul’s Letter to the Romans. And in the process, I discovered an almost conversion experience just by reading the text. The Spirit of God led me to realize that there really was something to this Jesus thing. The person of Jesus, his goodness and his Godness overwhelmed me. Very shortly after that experience my sister told me about an Easter Sunrise Service being held at the John Wayne Tennis Club in Newport Beach. Not one inclined to enter the rooms of a church, I felt safe in a tennis court. It was then that I was confronted by an enormously powerful speaker that spoke of the same kind of Jesus that I had read about. After that message I was done. Jesus owned me. I wholeheartedly gave myself over to his grace and love. That speaker was our guest, Tim Timmons, who soon thereafter became my spiritual mentor, and as I said earlier, my life has never been the same since. Since that day Timmons became the Founding Pastor of a church of close to fifteen thousand people called South Coast Community Church of which I became a minister after completing three years of seminary. Today Tim Timmons is a much different kind of Christian leader after having been exposed in the late 80’s to Doug Coe and a group called The Family—a discrete group of Christian influencers with a profound impact on Washington DC, including congressmen and Presidents. In fact, as we sit here today in September 2019, last month Netflix aired a 5-episode documentary titled The Family, which has become surprisingly popular (and, naturally, somewhat controversial). So… enough introduction, let’s talk to Tim Timmons about his relationship with The Family and how it has profoundly impacted his life. You can reach Tim Timmons at Tim@timtimmons.com You can get more information and regular updates for Charlie at thenextchapter.life /episode/index/show/thenextchapterwithcharlie/id/11383322

#124 Nick Jordan- Passion with a Purpose 09/18/2019

#123 Wendy Hooper Ross: Life After Loss 09/10/2019

#122 Terry Hershey: Embracing Woundedness 09/04/2019

#121 Marc Ottestad: Humility-A Most Important Trait for Leading Yourself and Others 08/29/2019

#122 "BEST OF" EPISODE-EGO Driven Life vs Soul Driven Life 08/22/2019

#121 Return to Africa 08/15/2019

#120 Dena Crowder: Voices-Inner Critic or Authentic Self 08/06/2019

#119 Tom: 12 Steps for Better Living 07/30/2019

#118 Dr. Robin Moriarty: How to be Gutsy in a Controlling World 07/24/2019

#117 Jonathan Fischer: Hypnosis and the Unconscious 07/17/2019

#116 Terry Hershey: Fear, Anxiety and Ego 07/10/2019

#115 Mark Samuel: The Power of Personal Accountability 06/18/2019

#114 Charlie: Apathy-The Dark Side 06/12/2019

#114 Charlie: Apathy-The Dark Side Show Notes Today Producer Paul and I plan to have a conversation on what seems a deep and yet pervasive onslaught of apathy both culturally and individually we are experiencing today. Apathy is a strange bird. Psychology Today calls it the “emotionless emotion.” Jimmy Buffet, said it best, “I’ve been wondering if what I am feeling is ignorance or apathy. Hell, I don’t know and I don’t care.” In Psychology Today I read, “Paradoxically, what makes the feeling of apathy unique is that it’s essentially the feeling of not feeling. And doubtless, it’s something that at some point in your existence you’ve encountered. We all have. For whenever you feel that something vital is missing from your life, yet lack the motivation or drive to pursue it, you’re afflicted with this curiously “emotionless” emotion.” So at the heart of apathy, is a feeling that “something vital is missing from your life.” You feel you have nothing worthy of your effort to pursue. There is no anticipation of hope, and without hope life becomes almost pointless. In Victor Frankl’s brilliant book documenting his psychological state in a Nazi concentration camp he clearly stared that it was only HOPE that kept people going. All of the drivers of meaning and fulfillment have dissipated to a point of a profound disinterest in all that motivated you in the past: a cause, your job, your most meaningful relationships, your worthiness in pursuing something essential in your own estimation. In my observation apathy occurs in two conditions: First is what Paul is most intrigued with and that is an a culture of apathy regarding politics and religion and the second is what I am calling personal apathy and that is when you get a case of the “I just don’t give a shit.” Let’s deal with the second one first. Personally, for a few weeks now, I have been in the doldrums of a bit of apathy. Activities that once inspired me I find rather unexciting. As a very passionate person this feeing is rather disconcerting. “I just don’t care about what I desire to care about: I no longer paint, I spend less time writing, and even my volunteer commitments have suffered. I still do what is required but I am not currently satisfied by it. My feeling is that I just want to quit everything. But, obviously, that is not the solution because somewhere deep inside I still love all these activities. For more with Charlie Hedges please visit www.thenextchapter.life /episode/index/show/thenextchapterwithcharlie/id/10129241

#113 Keith Page: Dying Wisely-Stuff You Need to Know About Death 06/05/2019

#113 Keith Page: Dying Wisely-Stuff You Need to Know About Death Show Notes Are you ready for yet another conversation about things we are not supposed to talk about? We’ve done religion and politics, now I want to learn about dying and how we can best prepare for the inevitable. My guest today is an expert on the subject and, no, he is not a mortician. My special guest is Keith Page, a funeral celebrant who works closely with families in the midst of a death. Keith’s focus is to prepare people of all ages of how to manage the entire process of dying. Let me read a piece Keith gave me before the show: “Death is a vast mystery but there are two things we can say about it: it is absolutely certain that we will die, but what is uncertain is when or how we will die. The only sure thing we have, then, is this uncertainty about the hour of our death - which we use as an excuse to postpone facing death directly. Instead of dealing with it as a normal part of life, death is treated as an unexpected emergency; something that happens when the medical community fails. We always die of something - as though if it weren’t for that disease or accident we could have lived on. Very often those who take time to plan arrangements with death also end up having made new arrangements with life. After they know they are going to die, people often live and die well. We’ve all heard stories of what happens when people find out they have a limited time to live. Many finally start living well. They simplify their lives, spend time with those they love, slow down and get around to doing many things they had put off.” So that’s our topic for the day. Taken from 'Tibetan Book of Living and Dying’ by Sogyal Rinpoche and ‘From Beginning to End - the Rituals of Our Lives’ by Robert Fulghum. You can contact Keith Page at keith@keithpage.org Also check out www.deathcafe.com For more with Charlie Hedges please visit www.thenextchapter.life /episode/index/show/thenextchapterwithcharlie/id/10052786