Episode 614 - Jonathan Stanley - Restoring Humanity to the Workplace, A Viral Tik Tok Clip, and Selling 12 Books I’m deeply grateful for the outpouring of love, support, kindness, and encouragement from every corner of the world. You inspire me every single day. To my readers, thank you. Without you, my words would have stayed quiet on the page. Your support gave this book a voice, and that voice is now reaching farther than I ever imagined. If you know the TikTok story, then you see the spark. ...
Nov 03, 2025•38 min•Ep. 614
Episode 613 - Dennis A. Blackledge - Working professional in the American Theatre, Writer and Short Story Creator Dennis A. Blackledge has spent a lifetime immersed in storytelling as a working professional in the American Theatre. As a writer, he has authored articles for Blue Suede News Magazine , written the script for the annual yearend radio broadcast of Rock & Roll Heaven (2005-2009), plus the book for the musical Smokestack Lightning . He is currently creating a series of short fictio...
Nov 02, 2025•44 min•Ep. 613
EPISODE 612 - Chris Kauzlarich - Short Story Collection, Menagerie in the Dark, And The Suspense Horror Novella, LAZARUS Chris is the author of the short story collection, Menagerie in the Dark, and the suspense horror novella, LAZARUS. He is also a member of The Authors Guild, AWP, and the Chicago Writers Association. In addition to writing and reading extensively, he enjoys hiking, playing video games, binge-watching a good show with his husband and daughter, and simply being a dad. He graduat...
Nov 01, 2025•50 min•Ep. 612
Bonus - November Will Have 30 Episodes in 30 Days of Living The Next Chapter National Podcast Post Month is a November challenge every year to produce and release an episode every day - Starting Nov 1st, we will be releasing 30 episodes featuring amazing authors! If you love what we do here, please consider supporting the show financially via our Buy Me A Coffee link https://buymeacoffee.com/truemediaca If you want to jump the line to see what is coming in the future head over to our YouTube Cha...
Oct 31, 2025•6 min
Episode 611 - Nick Peck - Award-Winning Journalist, Only Way Out, A Son and Brother That Finds His Way Nick Peck, a California native, is an award-winning journalist who has primarily covered the world of finance and law and has garnered significant recognition for his work in the industry. Before starting his journalism career, Nick earned his bachelor's degree in communications from Upper Iowa University, where he was a standout football player. The book "Only Way Out" covers Jaylen Pierre, a ...
Oct 31, 2025•41 min•Ep. 611
Episode 610 - Marianne Leone - Actor in The Sopranos, Three Stooges, Author of Five Dog Epiphany, Ma Speaks Up And a First-Generation Daughter Talks Back and Jesse A Mother’s Story Marianne Leone grew up seven miles outside of Boston, in the village of Nonantum that everybody called “the Lake,” a small blue-collar enclave of a larger city, Newton. Lake dwellers were pretty evenly divided between Italian and Irish-Americans, with a soupcon of French-Canadians. There was no actual Lake in the Lake...
Oct 29, 2025•47 min•Ep. 610
Episode 609 - Kristin Aurelia - SHE Wise Publications, illuminate, guide, and empower souls on their journey Meet Kristin Aurelia Kristin Aurelia grew up in a small town in New England and currently resides in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. She is a Soul-Led Author, Podcaster, Public Speaker, Coach and Teacher. Additionally, she is a Certified Health Coach (CHC), NASM Certified Nutrition Coach (CNC), Certified Wellness Coach (CWC), Certified Biofield Tuner and Reiki Master. Kristin obtain...
Oct 27, 2025•44 min•Ep. 609
EPISODE 608 - Paul J.C. Edge - Mercurial Novels to Unleash Your Imagination, and a Local Bakeshop Paul J.C. Edge is a leading independent author , his works include the gritty Summer Haven and Book of Xaal Sci-Fi horror trilogies, fusing his love of space sagas, fantasy and Lovecraftian gothic horror stories. Paul studied IT at university, which included modules in Astro Physics, which built real knowledge around his love of tales of space travel and alien contact. Finally forsaking a successful...
Oct 24, 2025•44 min•Ep. 608
Episode 607 - M C Paas - Debut novel Broken Rules of The Hunt and of the Fight- Dark romantic suspense M.C.Paas writes dark romantic suspense where happily ever after is earned through shadows, secrets, and a heartbeat of danger. Her obsession with storytelling began at fourteen with a single poem and has grown into six completed manuscripts that blend pulse pounding stakes with sinful chemistry. Her debut novel Broken Rules of The Hunt strands two broken souls on opposite sides of a crime that ...
Oct 22, 2025•41 min•Ep. 607
EPISODE 606 - Claire Isenthal - Balancing Family and Writing, An Adventurous Duology Made to Order Claire Isenthal grew up traveling all over the world with her family. She graduated from Purdue University and went on to live in Chicago where she worked in Digital Marketing and Ad Sales for over ten years. She has since relocated her family back to her Indiana hometown, but is still an avid traveler and loves nothing more than to lose herself in a good book. She still attributes her knack for st...
Oct 20, 2025•44 min•Ep. 606
EPISODE 605 - Jayne Mills - BOTTOM OF THE BREATH - Seeking Answers in The Grand Canyon, Using Our Write Brain Like both my mother and my daughter, I have always loved to read. I also dreamed of writing a book someday. In fact, as a young person, I planned to be a writer by profession. Life, however, has a way of reminding us that we’re not in charge. In the book, Cyd’s aunt tells her, “Man plans and God laughs.” That has certainly been true in my life. It was a happy accident that I ended up cha...
Oct 17, 2025•41 min•Ep. 605
EPISODE 604 - Anne Louise O'Connell - Author, developmental book editor and partner publisher About the author Author, developmental book editor and partner publisher, Anne Louise O’Connell, was a long-time expat, returning to Canada in 2016 after enjoying the sun and sand of Florida, Dubai and Thailand over a span of 23 years. Anne worked in the PR field for 17 years and then decided it was time to just write. From 2007 to 2016, Anne was writing books while freelancing, editing, author mentorin...
Oct 15, 2025•49 min•Ep. 604
EPISODE 603 - Shannon Russell - Second Act Success - Leave unfulfilling careers to build joyful, purpose-driven businesses I spent over 16 years as a Television Producer overseeing multi-million dollar productions in New York City and Los Angeles working for companies like MTV, E! Entertainment, Yahoo!, Pop Sugar, A&E, TLC, etc. My second act began once I leapt into entrepreneurship and opened a franchise business serving families in my community, so I could be more present mom for my two ki...
Oct 13, 2025•43 min•Ep. 603
EPISODE 602 - Leslie A Rasmussen - TV Writer for Gerald McRaney, Alf, Burt Reynolds, Roseanne Barr, Norm McDonald, Drew Carey to Author of Books on Family Leslie A. Rasmussen was born and raised in Los Angeles and graduated from UCLA. She went on to write television comedies for Gerald McRaney, Burt Reynolds, Roseanne Barr, Norm McDonald, Drew Carey, The Wild Thornberrys, and Sweet Valley High. After leaving the business to raise her boys, Leslie obtained a master's degree in nutrition and ran h...
Oct 10, 2025•45 min•Ep. 602
EPISODE 601 - Cal Logan - ShadowBane - One womb, one soul, two fates. One will rise. One will fall A full-time personal trainer and competitive powerlifter, Cal started writing seriously in 2017, drawing inspiration from history, his time spent practicing mixed martial arts, and of course, books. Cal lives in Chicago with his wife, Taylor, and his dachshund, Rizzo. At the end of the day, I’ll be happy if ShadowBane earns me some loyal fans. As a debut author, I can’t ask for more than that. In a...
Oct 08, 2025•36 min•Ep. 601
Episode 600 - Dominick Domasky - Celebrating 600 Episodes, Tap Into Your Creativity, Go Beyond Learning, Embrace Starting Episode 600 brings the return of Dom Domasky - every one hundred episodes of Living The Next Chapter, Dom returns to celebrate a podcast idea that he gave me 600 episodes ago Dom shares publishing inside information and how we as creatives need to engage in action over information collecting! Check out Dom and his services here!! https://www.motivationchamps.com/ Books Mentio...
Oct 06, 2025•47 min•Ep. 600
Episode 599 - Gary Barnes - The Traction Coach, On a mission to empower everyone that he connects with My name is Gary Barnes, and it's my mission in life to help people find more creativity, passion, fulfillment, and, yes, wealth in their businesses. To do that, I help people just like you to learn how to get past their self-defeating behaviors. And I help business creators to: Stop running your business with "one foot on the gas and the other foot on the brake" Live a life of vision and purpos...
Oct 03, 2025•54 min•Ep. 599
E598 - Imagination Wizard Jason DeGray Writes About Those Left Behind with his Typewriter - A Space Western and Weird Fiction Universe About the author Imagination Wizard Jason DeGray conjures vivid worlds of adventure, from the lawless deserts of Those Left Behind to the cosmic horrors of The Dark Goddess. A master storyteller, he crafts tales of defiance, brotherhood, and survival that grip fans of Firefly, The Dark Tower, and beyond. Whether it’s sci-fi westerns, fantasy epics, or pulse-pound...
Oct 01, 2025•48 min•Ep. 598
EPISODE 597 - Kate Woodworth - Little Great Island, A Story of a Commuity of fishing families to the lobsters and the butterflies impacted by Climate Change Kate Woodworth is the award-winning author of the novel Racing into the Dark, which Publishers Weekly said, “hits the mark repeatedly with emotional truths and fluid prose” and which Kirkus Reviews called, “vivid and honest, dramatic and without pat resolutions: an impressive debut”. A passionate lover of the natural world, Kate is the autho...
Sep 29, 2025•45 min•Ep. 597
Episode 596 - Amanda DuBois - Lawyer and Author Shed light on the profound realities people face About the author: In addition to writing the Camille Delaney series, I’m the founder and busy managing partner of DuBois Levias Law Group , a woman-owned boutique family law firm on Lake Union in Seattle, where I maintain an active family law practice. Over the past thirty years, I’ve represented thousands of individuals – both in divorces and medical malpractice cases. I’ve argued hundreds of motion...
Sep 26, 2025•43 min•Ep. 596
Episode 595 - Terry Kirk - Pitfall, Chicago trader Frank Cork navigates the 1929 Market Crash. He's at the top of his game... and then he's not I write historical fiction novels—fast-paced, gritty financial thrillers that delve into real-life cataclysmic events. Follow my cast of characters through three novels. In Pitfall, Chicago trader Frank Cork navigates the 1929 Market Crash. He's at the top of his game... and then he's not. Can he fight his back to his family, his fortune, and his life? P...
Sep 24, 2025•48 min•Ep. 595
Episode 594 - Dr. Arthor L Faber - Effective - Seven Keys to Christian Leadership Success Dr. Arthor L. Faber is an Oral Roberts University graduate with a Doctorate in Strategic Leadership and a master’s in Christian Ministry. He is the founder and proprietor of Telos Christian Life and Leadership Coaching, a Christian-based organization specializing in assisting in the future development and formation of tomorrow’s leaders in established and grassroots corporations, helping innovative people l...
Sep 22, 2025•45 min
EPISODE 593 - Richard Carson - The Book of Change, A Guide to manage organizational change in the workplace Richard H. Carson’s 40-year career includes being a practicing executive manager, organizational consultant, and research university academic. The latter was spent doing doctorate level research at a “Tier One” research university (Washington State University) in organizational psychology. For the first 30 years he worked as a senior executive manager and as a policy analyst, on economic a...
Sep 19, 2025•43 min•Ep. 593
Episode 591 - Francene Gillis - Where Did i Go - A Memoir Plus, Mild Traumatic Brain Injury MTBI Francene Gillis, author/consultant/educator/advocate, has been a writer her whole life, starting at the age of five with a writing contest created by her teacher at Port Hood Consolidated, Mother St. Magdalene. Fifty years later, she is still writing in multiple genres, both fiction and nonfiction for a variety of audiences. She devoured books in the school library and putting words to paper became t...
Sep 15, 2025•52 min•Ep. 591
EPISODE 590 - Cedric Muhikira - Libaax - Grow Your Roots Where You Land, Finding Your Footing in a Foreign Land Cedric Mu is a storyteller whose roots lie in migration, identity, and the search for belonging. Born into a world where stories were cherished like family heirlooms, Cedric grew up immersed in tales that spanned generations and geographies, stories of home, displacement, and resilience. These narratives inspired a lifelong passion for capturing the essence of the human experience—espe...
Sep 12, 2025•42 min•Ep. 590
EPISODE 589 - Chris Castanes - Do You Need Some Sales Motivation - You’re Going To Be Great At This Chris Castanes is a humorous sales speaker who can be a great fit for your next event, meeting or conference. Book - “Nearly Motivated”. Filled with examples and more humorous “Dumb Stories”, the author offers more insights on how to find prospects, handle a sales meeting, closing a deal and other pieces of information to those in sales, as well as business owners and “self employed” people. Book ...
Sep 10, 2025•48 min•Ep. 589
EPISODE 588 - A O Wagner - The Karma Kantata - Thoughtful Suspense with Societal, Technological, and Spiritual Significance, Sobriety and Self-Identity About the Author A. O. Wagner is an author whose personal journey through addiction and spiritual awakening influences his writing. While embracing a healthy life as a non-drinking alcoholic, he uses his transformative experiences to shape his work. With a background in technology and a strong interest in philosophy and spirituality, Wagner creat...
Sep 08, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 588
Episode 587 - Tony Berryman - Mysteries and massage therapy thrillers, written two fingers at a time Tony writes mysteries and thrillers, two fingers at a time. His first massage therapy thriller, The Night Nurse , was published in 2020. His second, On Borrowed Time , is due out June 1. Tony spent 17 years as a registered massage therapist in Vancouver and now works for Parks Canada. When he’s not making a paycheque or writing books, he can be found hiking and paddling the Columbia Valley or try...
Sep 05, 2025•48 min•Ep. 587
EPISODE 586 - Noël Stark - Steamy, Sassy, Smart Romance - Love, Camera, Action About Noël Stark LOVE, CAMERA, ACTION is Noël Stark’s debut novel. She's worked in almost every position in the Film/TV industry, both in front of and behind the camera. Although she’s Canadian, she lives in L.A. with her young son, desperately missing winter. She likes chocolate milk in her coffee and gets most of her real world intel from her three step kids. Love, Camera, Action Up-and-coming TV director Cali Danie...
Sep 03, 2025•46 min•Ep. 586
Episode 585 - Ciara Blume - Natural Magic - A murder, a mystery, and a not-so-overactive imagination Ciara is a multi award-winning and bestselling author who creates uplifting, humorous, and occasionally magical fiction about women facing challenges and finding ways to reclaim their magic. Living on the picturesque California coast, she draws inspiration from nature and her wild imagination. A mother of four with a taste for travel and adventure, she is also an avid (if overly ambitious) crafte...
Sep 01, 2025•46 min•Ep. 585
