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

EPISODE 25  -

About Charles Matheus

Charles Matheus is an adventurer, entrepreneur, mentor, and leadership consultant. He has led individuals and groups to the top of the highest peaks in Wyoming and to the bottom of the Grand Canyon (and back!). He uses the facilitation and coaching skills he honed in those intense, high-risk wilderness settings to support, teach, and mentor experienced and emerging leaders in business, higher education, and the nonprofit sector.

Charles is on a mission to help other men feel powerful and confident as they step away from old, unsound leadership models and toward more inclusive, flexible, and sustainable modes. Charles’s TEDx talks, keynotes, and workshops have inspired hundreds of workshop participants, and conference attendees.

Charles is a Mankind Project facilitator, men’s group coach, and acts as a consultant for several ongoing men’s empowerment, leadership, and study groups. Charles also co-hosts the “Remaking Manhood” podcast which features conversations with men and women at the forefront of the Healthy Masculinity movement.

We speak with Charles as he and his family are on the brink of a major move from Arizona to New York State  - we talk about the journey they are on, buying a home via Zoom, moving to a town they haven't even been to yet, starting life in a new setting, leadership, masculinity and being the man the world needs!

A fun conversation with an engaging guest and thought leader!

Leadership & Masculinity: Embracing New Strength

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Today we welcome novelist, Paul Attaway and discuss the series of fictional books that he is building and the journey he is on as an author.

What It Means To Be A Southern Storyteller

On the simplest level, I define myself as a “Southern Storyteller” because my stories are either set in the South and/or involve characters that are born in the South. But there’s more to it than that. Every part of this country possesses its’ own unique charm and beauty as well as its’ own sordidness and ugliness, the South maybe more so. I hope to write stories that depict what Southerners are like and what life is like in the South and do so with compelling characters that may at times embody the good, the bad, the beautiful and the ugly. But I have hope and so it is my goal that readers, after finishing one of my stories, will put the book down filled with hope as well.

Purchase Paul's Books in person on online
Book: Blood in the Low Country
About the book - Step back in time a bit. The year is 1973, and by all appearances, Monty Atkins has a wonderful life. Along with his wife, Rose, the girl of his dreams he met in college, they are raising two boys, Eli and Walker. Humble but competitive, Monty is slowly but steadily building a profitable and well-respected law practice in beautiful Charleston, SC. His hard work, steeped in a deeply ingrained Protestant work ethic, is paying dividends in the form of a second home on Kiawah Island and membership in the exclusive Wappoo Country Club.

Book: Eli's Redemption
About the book - In Eli’s Redemption, Paul Attaway writes a novel that stands on its own but also picks up where he left off, at the exciting climax of Blood in the Low Country, his debut set in Charleston, S. C. in the 1970s. 

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EPISODE 23 - Michael Ulmer - Stories, Laughs, The Cure for Writer's Block and The Writer's Journey

In this episode we take a seat on the bench with Michael Ulmer and talk sports, hockey, writing for a daily paper, writers block and the life of an published author!

MICHAEL ULMER is the published author of the bestselling hockey title, If the Cup Could Talk and the national bestselling children's book, M is for Maple. A well respected sport journalist, Mike covered the Leafs for the Toronto Sun and currently the senior writer for Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment. Mike resides in Hamilton, Ontario.…

Writing a book profoundly heightens how you are perceived. I know. I've been dining out on this for decades.

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EPISODE 22 - Part TWO

Update: Jillian's book is out! 

This humorous, heartwarming memoir follows a wife and mother's journey of self-discovery and acceptance as she comes out as a lesbian in her late 30s.

Jill had a happy, healthy 20-year relationship with her college sweetheart, two wonderful kids, and rescue cat from the Humane Society. They lived in a nice suburban home with a white picket fence and owned a small bar that was rated one of the “Best Mom & Pop” businesses in Tampa Bay. From the outside, everything looked perfect.

This is a story for anyone who is hiding a piece of themselves and wants to know if it’s safe to be revealed. It’s for the parent who must choose between their own happiness and the stability of their family, wondering if prioritizing themselves is selfish. It’s for the person potentially facing a major life upheaval filled with unknowns in the future who is seeking reassurance that everything will work out just fine.

A two part podcast interview with Jillian Abby aka QueerAbby.com - Jill shares her story with us as she helps to humanize the struggle within the LGBTQIA2S Community for recognition, acceptance and equality.

 People can contact me with questions or for bat mitzvah appearances at [email protected]. I would love if they’d sign up for my newsletter (that I’ve never sent) at QueerAbby.com.

Jill is launching her own podcast called “In the Q” in July with Dr. Treisha Peterson (Mama phD) where we discuss that messy middle transition space for the LGBTQ+ and those who love them (but maybe don’t always know how to support them).  

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Update: Jillian's book is out! 

This humorous, heartwarming memoir follows a wife and mother's journey of self-discovery and acceptance as she comes out as a lesbian in her late 30s.

Jill had a happy, healthy 20-year relationship with her college sweetheart, two wonderful kids, and rescue cat from the Humane Society. They lived in a nice suburban home with a white picket fence and owned a small bar that was rated one of the “Best Mom & Pop” businesses in Tampa Bay. From the outside, everything looked perfect.

Perfectly Queer takes the reader on Jillian Abby's poignant and painfully funny rollercoaster of self-discovery as she identifies and eventually accepts herself as a lesbian just before her 40th birthday. Living her new truth means leaving behind a life that, by societal standards, is nearly perfect.

This is a story for anyone who is hiding a piece of themselves and wants to know if it’s safe to be revealed. It’s for the parent who must choose between their own happiness and the stability of their family, wondering if prioritizing themselves is selfish. It’s for the person potentially facing a major life upheaval filled with unknowns in the future who is seeking reassurance that everything will work out just fine. 

A two part podcast interview with Jillian Abby aka QueerAbby.com - Jill shares her story with us as she helps to humanize the struggle within the LGBTQIA2S Community for recognition, acceptance and equality.

 People can contact me with questions or for bat mitzvah appearances at [email protected]. I would love if they’d sign up for my newsletter (that I’ve never sent) at QueerAbby.com.

Jill is launching her own podcast called “In the Q” in July with Dr. Treisha Peterson (Mama phD) where we discuss that messy middle transition space for the LGBTQ+ and those who love them (but maybe don’t always know how to support them). 

Jill shares on her site,...

It's hard to love and appreciate things we don't understand. Our minds seek comfort in the familiar, what it knows and is steady... whether that knowledge is good and true or not.

I've found through my own coming out process, heaps of internalized homophobia. That fear came from not knowing. Shame came from what I thought LGBTQ+ meant, instead of what it actually was. Layers of societal conditioning that told me a story of fiction, instead of fact.

But to paraphrase the brilliant Dr. Maya Angelou, "When we know better, we do better."

Enter this space with curiosity, an open mind, and an open heart.
Ask questions and let's learn more.
Together we can build bridges of understanding.

This special two part episode is meaningful for our family - our daughter let us in on her journey and it hasn't been easy.  As parents, Jen and I have grown up with a church background, we have a long-standing Christian heritage and deep beliefs engrained in our thoughts and actions.  In a world that tends to focus on what separates us (a belief, an experience, an expression of who we are) our hope is that this conversation will build a bridge.  True love erases all fear.

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EPISODE 20 -

We spend time with Rebekah Chaifetz Saltzman from her home in Israel!  

Rebekah is a personal organization expert and a sustainable lifestyle leader in the Jewish community. Decluttering, reducing waste and a simplified Jewish life are all married in her premiere book Organized Jewish Life: The Essential Guide to Planning Jewish Holidays, Events and Every Day.

A busy mother of three and entrepreneur, Rebekah knows the struggles of keeping it all together. Pair that with the revolving Jewish calendar, managing all the customs, and everyday life and it's easy to drown.

Using her expertise as a personal organizer, Rebekah has tackled the seemingly impossible task: making Jewish customs, traditions and holidays simple with the ultimate checklist for Jewish life. It will start making lives easier in 2022.

Every week, Rebekah helps people all over the world from all different denominations, declutter their lives in popular virtual decluttering sessions, Power Hours. She is thrilled for her book to impact lives in a new way and help people find happiness and peace beneath all of the clutter.

This is a companion workbook to Organized Jewish Life, The Ultimate Organizational Checklist and Planning Guide by Personal Organization Expert Rebekah Chaifetz Saltzman from Balagan Be Gone personal organization. For more information head to www.balaganbegone.com.

The Workbook on Amazon
Organized Jewish Life Shabbat and Holiday Planner: The Ultimate Organizational Shabbat and Jewish Holiday Checklist and Planning Workbook
The Book - Organized Jewish Life

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Check out this episode with Author Jo Ann Richards and her book Midlife Magic. Jo Ann shares her back story as a Mormon, her seven marriages, stories and experiences in the world outside the everyday, UFOs, aliens, faeries, paranormal, magic!

Jo Ann was a great guest, we are hoping that her stories, and her background opens the doors to consider what is out there, how to survive and thrive everyday!

Midlife Magic takes you on the transformative journey of Jo Ann Richards' life, from her typical suburban childhood, through six marriages involving abuse, divorce, and death, to her current marriage to a military intelligence officer incarcerated for a crime he didn't commit.

Jo Ann had been an active member of the Mormon Church for nearly 30 years before leaving it behind to fully embrace the world of UFOs, elementals, magic and the paranormal which had long spoken to her soul.

Through her many struggles, she found her strengths, gifts, and inner power, and learned that dreams can, and do, come true. Today she is a warrior who proudly carries the title, Wise Woman-Crone.

Jo Ann's book - Midlife Magic
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In this episode we hang on tight with our thrill seeking, cliff hugging, helicopter rescued, shark swimming guest Kathy White and discuss her book tackling anxiety, depression and how hurt people, hurt people. 

Unleash The Warrior Within

Have you ever been to that place where you don’t know if you care anymore; care about life, care about living?  

I was broken for years.  I didn’t know how to love myself.   I was a people pleaser and as a result , I often took on too much and caused anxiety in my life.  I gave others the responsibility of making me happy.  I had the patience of an angered wasp.  I put everyone else’s needs in front of my own and took no time for myself.

I was successful by other people’s definition of success, based on what they saw as their version of me,  but, I was empty inside I didn’t know how to change. I read books, went to counseling and seminars, but nothing seemed to help me.

I thought this was my lot in life. Depression and anxiety run in my family. I used to come home from school to find my mom on the couch sleeping for hours. I thought it was a normal part of life. I knew no different.

One day I was driving home from work and thought to myself – Is this all that life is? Wake up. Drive to work. Work. Drive Home. Make Dinner. Go to Bed. Repeat. I felt like a robot. I thought to myself that there had to be more in life than this.

I learned to put a shell around my heart and not let people close to me throughout my life. If they don’t get close to me, then I can’t get hurt. Sound familiar?  As I gradually progress through my journey of self-discovery, the shell is breaking into pieces. 

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EPISODE 17 -

LaQuanna Lampley joins us to talk about her book "I Learned to Fly in the Rain"   LaQuanna shares her inspiration for writing this book, a story of resilience, inspiration and healing!

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EPISODE 16 -

Sports combines team play, individual preparation, mental agility, grit and practice - business has many similar tenants, expectations and disciplines.  Tanvir shares a bridge from his time on the field to his time in the boardroom - The P.R.O. Business Mindset is designed for team players, coaches, employees and team leads - grow your team and build yourself at the same time!

After realizing that what Tanvir learned in football allowed him to transform global brands, build high performing teams, boost retention, grow digital sales, and execute in chaotic, uncertain environments, Tanvir decided to reverse engineer these learnings. Tanvir created the P.R.O. Business Mindset, the methodology to lead amid disruption and chaos. 

Tanvir is regularly featured on Forbes, HR.COM, CEOWorld, Authority Magazine, top leadership podcasts, and leading media outlets. He speaks on leadership and transformation in a digital, chaotic, uncertain world.

Tanvir also hosts The Sports to Business Podcast, where he interviews former athletes turned executives on winning in business during uncertainty and disruption.

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Published: May. 14, 2022

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