E173 - Zen Ase - Accelerate mindset changes and replace limitations with possibilities About the Author The artistic entrepreneur known as Marlena “Zen Ase” Johns has lived an adventurous life, raising twin sons, and teaching high school for twenty-six years in the inner city. She was Teacher of the Year for AHS in 2011-2012 and 2017-2018, a Claes Nobel Educator of Distinction and a University of Chicago Distinguished Educator. One of her plays was performed at a local community center. She won ...
May 22, 2023•59 min•Ep. 173
E172 - Krystal Casey - A Story of Trauma, The Loss of a Partner and Starting Over As A Single Parent In her new book, Shattering the Stigma of Single Motherhood, Krystal teams up with 12 other women to share their stories of strength, encouragement, and inspiration for the estimated 20 million single moms throughout the U.S. Krystal was blindsided when her husband of 11 years was charged with sexual abuse against a minor. Within weeks of her discovery, he overdosed and was gone. She was shattere...
May 19, 2023•36 min•Ep. 172
E171 - Dr. Davis McAlister - From Homeless, To Serving in the US Army, to A Doctorate and Author All About Dr. McAlister Dr. McAlister coaches powerlifting at both the high school and national level and is active in his local community by volunteering and supporting high schools in North Texas. He is also the Sports Chiropractor and Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach for a Sports & Performance clinic in Frisco, TX. He served in the US Army for 8 years prior to earning a Bachelor of Sc...
May 17, 2023•53 min•Ep. 171
Episode 170 - Ben Cardall - A Modern Day Sherlock Holmes, Deductionist, Consultant, Coach and Author Ben has been studying deduction and all of the facets of skill that it entails for over 15 years now, it all stemmed from his obsession with Sherlock Holmes, the detective with infinite reasoning and logic with an aptitude for picking out the smallest detail of a person within seconds of meeting them. Ben was curious as to whether this super human ability was achievable and sort to find out. This...
May 15, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 170
E169 - Faith Cuore Solomon - My Name is Kitten - A Story about My Dad Support the show ___ https://livingthenextchapter.com/ podcast produced by: https://truemediasolutions.ca/ Coffee Refills are always appreciated, refill Dave's cup here, and thanks! https://buymeacoffee.com/truemediaca...
May 12, 2023•28 min•Ep. 169
E168 - Richard Rieman - Founder and CEO of Imagination Storybooks - Making Storybooks Accessible to All Children Support the show ___ https://livingthenextchapter.com/ podcast produced by: https://truemediasolutions.ca/ Coffee Refills are always appreciated, refill Dave's cup here, and thanks! https://buymeacoffee.com/truemediaca...
May 10, 2023•35 min•Ep. 168
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. A Killer Secret Would you kill to keep a secret? That’s the ques...
May 08, 2023•43 min•Ep. 167
E166 - Bruce McIntyre - Selling Your Business and Battling Cancer, A Story that Inspires Support the show ___ https://livingthenextchapter.com/ podcast produced by: https://truemediasolutions.ca/ Coffee Refills are always appreciated, refill Dave's cup here, and thanks! https://buymeacoffee.com/truemediaca...
May 05, 2023•32 min•Ep. 166
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...
May 03, 2023•59 min•Ep. 165
E164 - Wayne Benenson, Ph.D. and Barb Hughson, Ph.D. - Co-Authors of Claim Your Light - Gaining Insight for a Fulfilling Life Dr. Wayne 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 grandpar...
May 01, 2023•48 min•Ep. 164
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 anythin...
Apr 28, 2023•27 min•Ep. 163
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 Breakt...
Apr 24, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 162
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 ...
Apr 21, 2023•40 min•Ep. 161
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 passi...
Apr 17, 2023•39 min•Ep. 160
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 rol...
Apr 14, 2023•40 min•Ep. 159
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 ...
Apr 10, 2023•48 min•Ep. 158
E157 - Marjie Hadad Author of The Power of PR Parenting - Public Relations Practices for Parents The Power of PR Parenting offers a fresh approach to parenthood based on the experience and perspectives of Marjie Hadad, a global public relations expert who used her professional skills to raise her now three grown children. A master storyteller, Marjie shares her personal and professional journeys as well as her successes and mistakes, to illustrate how to mirror her wins and avoid the same hiccup...
Apr 07, 2023•44 min•Ep. 157
E156 - Keith Hayden - US Air Force veteran, teacher, author, podcaster and avid language learner In the world of business, “different” is sometimes prefable to “better.” My guest today, Keith Hayden , is a prime example of this. He is an author and is doing incredibly unique things online to promote his fiction book. Keith has come up with a fantastic way to break his 500-page novel down into bite-sized chunks for social media. He has created an audio drama version of Cereus & Limnic and is ...
Apr 03, 2023•48 min•Ep. 156
E155 - Sandra Hunter - Rewriting Her Relationship With Her Mother and Building Community With Readers Sandra has several books available - her most recent is a fictionalized memoir based on the imagined story of my mother's life, as she moved from Sri Lanka, to India and from there to London in 1948 https://www.facebook.com/sandrajhunterwriter/ https://livingthenextchapter.com/ Support the show ___ https://livingthenextchapter.com/ podcast produced by: https://truemediasolutions.ca/ Coffee Refil...
Mar 31, 2023•40 min•Ep. 155
EPISODE 154 - B Sedgwick - Poetry, Coffee Shops and Spirit Moxie About the Author B Sedgwick had her first poem published at age 7 and has been playing with words ever since. As part of that journey she studied creative writing in Alaska, taught poetry in North Dakota, and been published in such diverse places as "The WItness," "Lilliput Review," and "Five-two Poetry." In 2013 she founded Spirit Moxie (www.spiritmoxie.com) where she writes conversation posts on how we can make the world a better...
Mar 27, 2023•38 min•Ep. 154
E153 - Tracy Lea Carnes - Behind the Scenes of Sundance Film Festival with her new book The Darlings of Sundance Our Guest: Tracy A fun fact about me was that she was a finalist in the Chris Moore Challenge during the first season of HBO’s Project Greenlight with a 60 second comedy spoof that I wrote and produced. My political satire has also appeared nationally in The Huffington Post. My one-act play, UNDERSTANDING POLLY, won a 24-hour playwriting contest a few years ago. As for screenwriting, ...
Mar 24, 2023•52 min•Ep. 153
Bonus - Living The Next Chapter - Support The Show Option Hi everyone! Our hosting site, Buzzsprout, has opened the doors to help us create bonus content for you, our friends and family! We do not have commercials like other podcasts - why? because commercials interrupt our show, they can be annoying as a listener - truly! Our podcast will always be free to you and free of commercials. Always. The monthly costs associated with running our podcast costs us roughly $40 - $50 each month (includes o...
Mar 21, 2023•5 min
E152 - Keith Blakemore-Noble, Author of AntiManipulation - Avoid the Pit of Despair in Sales About our guest: Multi-time award-winning international speaker. Multi-time best-selling author. World’s #1 Fear Strategist. Creator of Mindset Mastery. I am all of these, but I am also someone who used to be utterly terrified of speaking with strangers, and who allowed this fear to hold his life back for decades. Until one panic attack too many, which forced me to realise I needed to Do Something. The B...
Mar 20, 2023•50 min•Ep. 152
EPISODE 151 - Reed Maltbie - Your Words Matter, Coach Reed is Your Leadership Development and Marketing Expert Leveraging two master’s degrees—sports psychology and early childhood development—and 30 years of professional coaching experience, “Coach Reed” Maltbie has dedicated his life to creating the best environments for performers to achieve excellence, on and off the sports field. He’s implemented training programs with a variety of sports organizations that include the Gaelic Games Associat...
Mar 17, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 151
E150 - Stacey Luces - Helping Executive Women Reduce Stress, Find Joy, and Build Their Dream Life - The Sandwich Generation I believe in the intrinsic worth of people and having grown up in a developing country (Trinidad and Tobago), and traveled extensively across the world, I know firsthand that empowering women can change lives and lift communities. I value integrity, contribution, and growth, and as a Certified Executive Coach, I help executive women design an inspired life, aligned mindset,...
Mar 13, 2023•42 min•Ep. 150
E149 - Dr. Heather Browne - Faith-based Psychotherapist and Award-winning Poet and Writer Hi! I'm Dr. Heather I've been a psychotherapist and a mother for 25 years. I love both roles deeply. I am excellent at helping people change sticky thought processes and see the other side of challenging situations. They call me the "reframe queen". My specialties are couples communication and intimacy, grief and loss, spirituality and faith, and transforming lives into expressions of beauty and joy. There ...
Mar 10, 2023•43 min•Ep. 149
E148 - Derek T Freeman - Author of Building Unstoppable Self-Confidence for Teens Derek T Freeman is the author of a great book created for the student in your life! Building Unstoppable Self-Confidence for Teens: The Fail-Safe Formula for Finding Yourself, Overcoming Limitations and Creating Your Best Life from the Inside Out His work aims to inspire tweens, teens, parents, and families by providing motivational content and guiding them through the years that are often seen as the most challeng...
Mar 06, 2023•40 min•Ep. 148
E147 - Anza Goodbar - Turn Your Book Into An Event, Course or Workshop With Bankable Events Anza Goodbar Coaching & Consulting and Bankable Events LLC offers the comprehensive capabilities and deep industry knowledge necessary to help you solve the most complex issues of your organization. Since opening our doors in 2008, we’re proud to say that each year we have a bigger list of returning and new clients. As the market opens up new opportunities, we inject the freshest strategies into our t...
Mar 03, 2023•54 min•Ep. 147
EPISODE 146 - Kerri McKinney - Co-Author of Depression Lied To Me - Thriving After Alcoholism I used to be that girl. The girl who was easily angered and bothered by even the littlest of things. The girl who was jealous of everyone else and compared herself to every woman who walked by. The girl who relied on every single person besides herself to make her feel validated and happy. I thought it was everyone elses’ responsibility to make me feel loved and I immediately blamed others for any negat...
Feb 28, 2023•42 min•Ep. 146
EPISODE 145 - Matthew Keeley - English Teacher and Author of Contemporary, Young Adult, Science Fiction Genre This author also writes under the pen name M.J. Keeley Writing and reading have been life-long passions for me. I studied English Literature and Film & TV Studies at the University of Glasgow and am currently a full-time secondary school English teacher. I write in various genres including speculative fiction, magic realism, literary fiction and non-fiction review writing. My main fo...
Feb 26, 2023•45 min•Ep. 145