Living The Next Chapter: Candid Conversations with Authors and Writers for Readers Searching for a New Read

E167 - Jeff Berney - Thriller Author, A Killer Secret and The Fall of Faith

Jeff has been living in his head since 1974, so it wasn’t much of a jump for him to live in his characters’ heads. And after more than 20 years as an advertising writer, he decided he’d sleep better writing stories that keep people up at night.

His debut novel, “A Killer Secret” was published In December 2019 followed by “The Fall of Faith” in October 2022.

Would you kill to keep a secret?

That’s the question haunting three people whose lives become inescapably intertwined by the secrets that define them and ultimately threaten to tear them apart. 

A disgraced professor, a disenchanted psychologist and a deceitful patient are about to learn more than they expected about each other and themselves. Will their relationships survive their secrets? Will they? 

Everyone has secrets.

Some are just darker than others.

And some, well, they’re worth killing to keep. 

“A Killer Secret,” the debut novel by Jeff Berney, is a character study in good and evil, and the large swath of gray area in between where most of us live. That is, unless our secrets kill us first.

Lust. Kills.

“The Fall of Faith” is a gritty domestic thriller about lust, love, faith and the consequences of doing whatever it takes to survive.

How far would you go to regain your faith in something bigger than yourself?

Will he find love at long last? Will he make it out of Eden alive? Or will he lose his life along with his faith?

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E166 - Bruce McIntyre - Selling Your Business and Battling Cancer, A Story that Inspires

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EPISODE 165 - Ariel Tsai - Author of Narcissus - Falling in love with yourself can be difficult

About the Author

An avid reader and literary critic, Ariel Tsai always knew she needed to write a book. She obtained a bachelor’s degree in English literature and criticism and Chinese language and literature, studying both in the United States and China. Her stylistic writing comes from a persistent itch to tell stories and understand the world around her. With sarcasm, wit, and keen observations (as an accomplished poet is wont to do), Tsai pours her ambition and heart into her writing. She harbors an undying love for symbolism, translation theory, and Honey Nut Cheerios, alongside a great deal of shame about her Anglophilic preferences in literature. John Milton and Philip Pullman are likely to blame.

Falling in love with yourself can be difficult, with the exception being Narcissus, a figure in Greek mythology known to have fallen for his reflection. Contemptuous towards everyone but himself, the Greek youth realized he was his own true love. Whether he withered away in his longing or drowned in the pool of his reflection, Narcissus became the flower with delicate white and gold petals, staring at itself in the still waters. Like its namesake, Narcissus by Ariel Tsai reflects the human condition in all its most beautiful, mundane, and unpleasant forms.

Narcissus captures human growth, for better or for worse, to reflect on what it means to love oneself— foolishly and wholeheartedly.

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E164 - Wayne Benenson, Ph.D. and Barb Hughson, Ph.D. - Co-Authors of Claim Your Light - Gaining Insight for a Fulfilling Life

Dr. Wayne is a glass half full kind of teacher. A curiosity for learning and teaching has taken him to many classrooms: from urban to suburban to rural; and from elementary, middle, high school and university; and from large group to small group to tutorials and online. What’s kept him enthusiastic in over five decades as a teacher and coach, parent and grandparent, has been the search for the “teachable moment.” Often such an opportunity to grow comes gift wrapped as a problem to be solved. He’s found ways, time and time again, to reframe any unwelcome burdens as a mystery to be solved. 

Dr. Barb has been involved in education and learning for over 22 years. She has been an entrepreneur offering courses in parenting, a mediator for families, and a therapist for children and adolescents.  Dr. Barb coaches leaders of all levels to be better versions of themselves (see her site at www.DrBarbHughson.com). She created a model for coaching centered around self-awareness, the true foundation of leadership.  Her bright spirit and friendly nature allow her to build strong and caring relationships with everyone she meets.   She has an MA and an MSEd in Counseling and Education and an EdD in Organizational Leadership.

Book: Claim Your Light - Gaining Insight for a Fulfilling Life
Amazon Canada
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https://www.greatmastersinc.com/
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E163 - Tiffany Obeng - Educational and Inspiring Children's Picture Books Featuring Black Children and Families

Tiffany Obeng is a children’s book writer and owner of Sugar Cookie Books book publishing imprint. As a female of color raising children of color, she writes books that feature African American main characters. Tiffany has career books for kids named after and inspired by her son, that teaches children about various careers and also, more importantly, that they can aspire to be anything they want to be!

Educational and Inspiring Children's Books your Kids will Enjoy!

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E162 - Jeeva and Sulojana Sam - Pre-Arranged Marriage, When Family Selects Your Spouse and Now Helping Couples

Pastor Jeeva Sam and Sulojana specialize in mentoring those who are hungry  for wholistic transformation and supernatural success in their personal lives, relationships, businesses and other spheres of influence.

Pastor Jeeva brings 35+ years of pastoral experience to this enterprise.

With 36+ years of marriage expertise, he and Sulojana offer Marriage Mentorship that brings about Breakthrough to couples on the brink of Breakdown.

The Sams serve on the Leadership Team of the Ontario Prophetic Council. They provide godly practical wisdom and Spirit-led counsel to high achievers in business, sales, arts & entertainment, media, politics,  and other mountains of influence through the Mentorship Plus Mastermind.

They are blessed with three great children--daughter Priya (recently news anchor on a national Canadian show) and sons Sathiya (anointed worship leader, recording artist and Spirit-Led Freedom specialist) and Jaya (physiotherapist and worship leader).

http://thesams.org/
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E161 - Janelle Jones - Stand up, Speak up, Show up, Grow Your Team, Side Hustles

About the Author

Janelle Jones is known as the “Queen of Side Hustles”. She has inspired many people to improve their life and earn extra income while they are also working full time. She shows them that by doing what they love they can create a “side hustle” and earn extra income. 

She believes that this is the best way to eliminate debt, pay for vacations, and enroll their children in the best private schools. She also considers doing a side hustle as an alternative to the traditional 9 to 5 lifestyle which most people do daily.  

That is why she offers a book which she calls a “From Passion to Profit” that serves as a guide to making profits based on what you are passionate about.

As she always likes to say “Take a step out on faith and you can accomplish the unthinkable! The only thing stopping you from reaching your goals is for you to take that JUMP!”, she emphasizes that anything is possible if you just take a chance. She has proven it herself by doing different side hustles that really worked and even made her decide to leave the corporate world and become a highly successful freelance professional that she is today!

https://janelleajones.com/
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E160 - Chris Natzke - Achieve Breakthrough Results by Creating a CHAMPION'S MINDSET

Chris is not only a champion himself but has been training leaders and their teams to find their own Inner Champions for over four decades.  As an 8th Degree Black Belt/Master Instructor and former national Taekwondo champion, Chris ranks in the top 1% of all martial artists in the world. 

Get Ready to Learn, Laugh and Be Inspired

As a keynote speaker, seminar leader, life-leadership coach and author, Chris’s passion is sharing his unique brand of Black Belt Leadership so others may discover the most empowered version of themselves – leading to clarity of purpose, increased confidence and the courage to take inspired action to make their dreams come true.

Collegiately, he was a 4-year letterman in football at Northwestern University.  In 2013, he graduated with a master’s degree in Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica and published his first book, Black Belt Leadership: 7 Keys to Creating Life of Purpose by Discovering Your Inner Champion. In 2021, he released his second book, Amazon #1 Best-Seller, BREAKING THROUGH: 3 Winning Strategies to Create Breakthrough Results in Your Life, Business and Relationships. 

Chris resides in the Denver, Colorado area with his two grown sons and a multitude of friends.

https://www.chrisnatzke.com
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E159 - Devorah Kur - Not Why Me But What Now, Finding Meaning in Our Challenges

It all started in 1996 when my father was diagnosed with colon cancer. At the time I was running my own corporate interior design company, and loving the creativity.

After his diagnosis, I became obsessed with the role of patients in their health, healing and illnesses. A new world opened up for me as I began exploring healing and what wellness meant. Was healing only up to doctors, or did we, as patients, have a role to play?

Many fascinating books and teachers came into my life, who inspired me further, like Dr Bernie Siegel, who explores the role of the patient as an active participant in his own healing.

Encouraging patients to take ownership of their healing, he says, “We are the soil in which the disease roots itself.” Deb Shapiro, Deepak Chopra, Caroline Myss and many more inspired me as I became more passionate about our ability to heal and to be healed.

Amazon link to my book, 'Man's Search for Healing': https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJQ6WNG5
Website - www.dkwellness.co.il
Email - [email protected]
Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/dkwellbeing/
YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5YDsijkbETm1T70Lc2B2Ag
LinkedIn -  https://www.linkedin.com/in/devorah-kur-b692a725/

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EPISODE 158 - Nellah Mx - Author Shares Her Story of Exiting From The Adult Entertainment Industry

Please note - this episode has Adult Themes - nothing within this episode is explicit, but the message of hope is powerful and is meant to inspire others afraid to share their voice and their story in order to help others!

The Book - A Stripper: From Japan through Switzerland into the Deepest Secrets of Her Soul

Athina, a stripper with an array of names and perfect breasts, gets on a bus to escape the flashy entertainment industry and to become a regular person. Will she, the queen of flirting and seduction, have strength to work through her traumatic sexual experiences, toxic relationships, and alcohol abuse to reinvent herself? Or, will she fall back into the world of a pretty doll whose only purpose is to entertain men and feed into their imagination? Athina takes you on a ride through dark places of nightlife in Greece, Switzerland, Slovakia, and Japan. Buckle up so that you don't fall off your seat!

Nellah Mx used to call herself Athina, Cindy, or Lara, this is her story. She wrote this book to expose the rotten core of the entertainment industry, a system of sexual pleasures and degradation of women. She wrote this book to instill hope that change is possible and show ways of dealing with traumas, unhealthy habits, and relationships based on money. And most of all, she wrote this book to entertain. Because, the main purpose of the entertainment industry, specifically strip clubs and sex work, is to entertain...men.

www.goodreads.com/book/show/123256176-a-stripper

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