Chapter Next

In this episode of Chapter Next Podcast, Talethea dives into a discussion of how to become self-disciplined. Self-discipline is not to stop doing something because you do not want to do it anymore. And it is more than doing just what you want to do. You cannot just stay sitting on the couch because you feel like it. You have to learn to discipline yourself to do the things that would benefit you in the future. If you want to learn how to build those habits, listen to this podcast, and try to implement some of her tips into your life.

In this episode of Chapter Next Podcast, Talethea introduces Simone Groover, a retired army nurse and a mom of two twin boys. Symone is a woman who purposely decided to be a mom, and she stepped away from her career to take care of her two five-year-old boys. Simone shares about her military career, infertility, pregnancy, autism spectrum disorder of her boys, and their gifts. She also shares about a book club she started. She enjoys her life and encourages you to pursue your dream. It is not too late to do anything. It is never too late.

In this episode of Chapter Next Podcast, Talethea introduces the ‘Messy middle’, where she is going to point out all of the things that go on from the beginning of something until the time it is accomplished. She is going to focus on things about her health, business, podcast, and self-improvement. Today she shares about her hypothyroidism and the changes she is making to allow her body to heal itself. After having some problems with her truck, she is making some changes in her business and is now relaunching. The podcast is still relatively new, and she is excited to have new guests who can inspire others. In all these changes self-discipline is very important. Some resources that she found helpful are: YouTube documentary Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead by Joe Cross; You are a Badass, a book by Jen Sincero; and Your First Million, a podcast by Arlan Hamilton.

In this episode, Talethea talks about how to purposefully plan for your future, and she offers some steps you can follow.

What have you decided in the past? Did you decide to go to school? College? Did you finish? Did you get married?... All these things, may have happened in your past, they may have a big or small part in your past, but they are definitely part of the things that you have going in your present. What do you value the most? Time? Health? Family? You can focus on these things and plan your future, how to be better you. Figure out what you want, get your plans in place, and start doing exactly what you need to do to start planning for the future you. Do it on purpose! What does not get planed for, does not happen.

On this episode of Chapter Next Podcast, Talethea introduces Rosa Alejandra, a Neuro-linguistic Programming Coach and a Trainer for Personality Assessment Evaluations. She helps Fembosses get out of their behavior patterns that are limiting their movement forward and keeping them stuck so they can get back to getting shit done. Her ultimate goal is to eradicate competition amongst women.

Rosa shares her story, her journey from a dance choreographer and fitness instructor, after injury, and pain, to a bestselling author, speaker, certified NLP Coach. She gives some clues on how to know yourself, and tips to start a journey of your own. Her dream is scary, but it’s effective, and it’s life-changing.

On this episode of Chapter Next Podcast, Talethea talks about change – how necessary, vital and painful it is. Everything about us is about avoiding pain. But life is painful either way, so you have to deal with the pain of staying the same, or the pain of changing it. You have to figure out what is your ‘Why’ - what is it that is driving you?

Talethea shares about her ‘Why’ – what made her to start the fuel business, and what she had to learn and do to make it happen – and is leading you through some steps you have to make in order to become the person you want to be.

On this episode of Chapter Next Podcast Talethea talks to Kalida Williams, owner, and lead photographer of Kalida Williams Photography. She is also a wife and a mother. Kalida has been a photographer since high school. She went to college for a degree of photography, and when all her equipment was stolen, she moved on to other interests and learned many new and exciting skills in IT, accounting, design, marketing, event planning and operations management. Her awesome husband pushed her back to photography, and now she is full time in the business.

According to Kalida, Entrepreneurship has a lot of ups and downs, but is definitely rewarding. Make sure you have a plan. And make sure that you’re following your plan. Do not fight it. Value yourself, value your worth and move forward. Being over forty gives you a different viewpoint and you bring something different to the table. Take one day at the time. It is possible.

On this episode of Chapter Next Podcast, your host, Talethea Thompson, introduces Hyacinth Nembhardt, the owner of Concoctions Milwaukee. Hyacinth is a mom, and a successful entrepreneur. She started Concoctions over 10 years ago as a liquor store with a very small bar. She grew her business doing festivals, private parties, mobile drink trucks, and in November 2020 she opened a brick-and-mortar bar offering drinks to-go. According to Hyacinth, if you’re going to be an entrepreneur, you have to be able to take the good with the bad. And you are not a business owner until you pay taxes. Teach your children how to do business. Listen to Hyacinth’s story.

On this episode of Chapter Next Podcast, Talethea introduces D’Shawn Russell. D’Shawn is the owner of Southern Elegance Candle Co. Before starting her entrepreneurship journey, she was a teacher and administrator, and she has been doing that for 22 years. When she quit her job, at the age of 45, she did not know anything about business. She learned watching YouTube videos and studying successful people’s lives. She also graduated from the Goldman Sachs 10,000 small business program. Her message for people who are a little bit older and wondering what to do with their life is: You should take the risk.

On this episode, Talethea talks about the previous chapters in her life. She tells her life story, and explains how she came onto an idea to deliver gas to people - which eventually became her business. Starting a business and transforming it into a successful one is not an easy task. It is a complex process full of trials and tribulations - where mindset, perseverance and learning play a key role.

So, on Chapter Next Podcast, we are going to talk about: growing, learning, executing, achieving, and going after the life we want.