The Next Chapter with Charlie

Show Notes

I feel like this podcast may be one of the most important shows we have ever done. Our guest is Crisis Guide, Keith Page. As you will soon discover, Keith talks about stuff that no one "wants' to talk about, but everyone "needs" to talk about, especially in times of crisis and loss.

Keith Page is a Builder. He makes stuff happen… Keith brings to us more than thirty years of walking through life with others. He is known for his empathy and compassion when he "holds space" as a witness to our times of grief… as well as times of discovery.

LINKS

Discover even more about Keith Page on his remarkable website HERE.

You'll want to check out Death Cafes HERE.

Keith's upcoming program Regan House will be found at www.Reganshouse.com .

For more information about Lucent Hospice click HERE.

Show Notes #306 Courtney Marchesani

Today's guest, Courtney Marchesani, is one of my very favorites. I think she has been on the show four times over the past six years!

Courtney is the author of the popular book Four Gifts of the Highly Sensitive. Her insights into sensitivity help readers identify their gifts of intuition, empathy, vision, and expression as a means to maximize their potential.

As you will soon discover, Courtney's empathic style emphasizes nonjudgement and acceptance and learning how sensitivity's silent effects can impact mental, emotional, spiritual health and wellness.

LINKS

Visit Courtney's website HERE.

Click here for access to Courtney's Free Sensitivity Test

For Courtney's book go to Four Gifts of the Highly Sensitive

Show Notes

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.

LINKS

Please check out Steve Garnaas-Holmes' blog post "Unfolding Light" HERE.

Podcast Opening

I have an important announcement to make today. This week we are beginning a two-month break on the Podcast and the Blog for the Next Chapter with Charlie. We will be most silent for the next two months, December 2023 thru January 2024. We will begin again the second week of February.

The time has come to Reconsider our purpose and our goals. For more than 9 years of blogs and 6 years of podcasts, our primary focus has been on In Search of Meaning, Adventure, and Awe. I am pleased with the work we have done. More than 300 podcasts and over 450 blogs.

However, as we approach a full decade of service, I feel that have grown significantly and I have learned even more about what I call "the purpose of life and the role of the fingerprint of God in all we do."

We are living in a culture of confusion. Something is missing in life. And most of us are not even sure what that is.

It's time to talk about it. I intend to devote the next two months to creating a strategy for discussing how to Awaken within Each of Us a More Loving World.

So today I have asked my dear friend, Wendy Hooper Ross, to partner with me in discussion as she interviews me regarding my mission in life and with the Next Chapter with Charlie.

Show Notes

Our special guest today is truly very special. Rebecca Whitman created her very successful life, manifested it, and lives into it. Today, I want to ask Rebecca about what it takes to manifest and create the kind of life that matches who you are inside.

Just a couple of Notes on Rebecca.

Rebecca's mission: I am passionate about empowering overworked and overwhelmed women to transform from BURNED OUT to Balanced, Beautiful and Abundant.

Rebecca's Reputation: Selected as Top Coach of the Year 2022, by the International Association of Top Professions.

Just One Little Piece of Advice from Rebecca: Being a business owner is multi-dimensional and it can be quite challenging to successfully manage it all and trying to Lone Wolf it is setting yourself up for overwhelm, burn-out and eventually... often, failure.

LINKS

Get all the information you need PLUS Rebecca's Free Journal HERE.

Visit Rebecca's Website HERE.

Visit Rebecca on Instagram: @rebeccaewhitman

Show Notes

I planned and prepared for our podcast today. And come showtime I was ready to roll.

One problem: Exactly at showtime, there was no guest to be found. Who knows why?

Instead of just cancelling the studio time, I made a quick call to Terry Hershey who immediately said, "What are friends for? Let's do the show!"

So, here we are with a fun show. No prep. Little direction.

Just a title from a Krista Tippett quote: "We plan… and things go wrong."

LINKS

Click here for a link to get a copy Terry's book, The Gift of Enough.

Check out more about Terry and his blog Sabbath Moment on his website at www.terryhershey.com

Show Notes

Our guest today is so fun. My personal assistant, the amazing Melissa DeLacey, loves Nikki and so will you after you hear what she has to say.

Nikki La Croce is yet another of those rule-breaking millennials. Just so you know, I love the Gen Z's and Millennials who bring to us a refreshed sense of passion and purpose… with values that are both traditional as well as shocking. So fun!!!

Regarding a bit shocking… Nikki hosts a popular podcast with the title of "Who the F*ck?" Soon to be rebranded "Who the F*ck Am I?" Just the "name" of her show offers a bit of the edgy style of creative and loving people in the Gen Z and Millennial camps.

Her primary focus is all about human connection with a primary emphasis on the vehicle of "conversation."

LINKS

Check out Nikki's podcast, Who the F*ck, HERE.

Show Notes

Our guest today is truly a "next chapter kind of guy."

Steve Farrell attained the pinnacle of success as a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, founding two high-tech firms. Then he pivoted to take the lead of Humanity's Team, which is a global nonprofit designed to help people everywhere awaken to our interconnectedness.

Steve's latest book, "A New Universal Dream," is the inspiring story of Steve's journey from the pursuit of wealth and traditional ideas of success toward a more fulfilling life of caring and service to others and to humanity.

LINKS

Check out Steve's latest book, A New Universal Dream.

Visit Steve's website at HumanitysTeam.org

Also you can check out their platform at Humanity Stream+ streaming service.

Show Notes

DON'T MISS THIS EPISODE!

Our fascinating guest today is a game-changer in progressive psychiatric treatments to manage mental issues like anxiety and depression and ADHD.

Dan Karlin is the Chief Medical Officer of a company called MindMed, whose mission is to improve patient outcomes by unlocking the full therapeutic potential of psychedelics and other novel therapeutic targets.

So yes. Today's show is all about psychedelics and improvements in mental health.

As a hippie in the 1960's I am not unfamiliar with LSD and psilocybin. So I have plenty of questions. Dan has plenty of responses.

Just a bit on our guest: Dr Dan Karlin joined MindMed as Chief Medical Officer in February 2021 following MindMed's acquisition of HealthMode, the company he co-founded and led as CEO. Prior to HealthMode, Dan served as the Global Clinical Lead at Pfizer. He is Board certified in Psychiatry and Addictive Medicine.

In other words, Dan Karlin knows what he is talking about. So, let's bring him on the show.

LINKS

Click HERE to learn more about Dan Karlin and MindMed (at mindmed.co)

Show Notes

Our guest, Logan Crow, is the founder of The Frida Cinema, the only non-profit art house cinema in Orange County, CA.

Logan Crow, an avid and lifelong film lover, with an affinity for horror, cult, avant-garde, and genre cinema. He has distinguished himself as one of Southern California's preeminent advocates for film and art house cinema.

I am very much looking forward to our chat. You probably don't know that I am a huge fan of the movies, especially those films that may be considered a bit "avant-garde." I go "the movies"… probably once a week… maybe more…

That's why I can't wait for my discussion with Logan about film and the world of art house cinema.

LINKS

Click here for a link to support The Frida Cinema.