The Next Chapter with Charlie

Show Notes  Hi Paul, it’s good to be here with you once again at OC Talk Radio. In today’s show I intend you and I get a bit philosophical. I’d like to explore the inter-relationship of past, present and future. Although we technically life in the present… it is fleeting and can always change (sometimes drastically) almost in an instant. When you think a bit about it, it is crazy. The present is i...

Show Notes  NOTE: I mispronounced the last name of my guest at the top of the show. It is Diane "Forster," not Foster. So sorry. cbh I have a very special guest today with whom I have much in common. She is Intentional Living Expert, Diane Forster. I really resonate with her title: Intentional Living Expert. Check this out: Did you know that 70% of people in the United States are unhappy? That dep...

Show Notes   Today’s show will be a bit different from our normal “interview” format. Today I want to talk about how to begin saving the lives of more than 800,000 children under 5 worldwide. Although my focus will be on the country of Uganda win which I have worked for the last 3 years. Last night I was watching a documentary on Netflix, titled “Decoding Bill’s Brain,” which is all about Bill Gat...

Show Notes   Today we are with our friend Terry Hershey and I would like to talk about his most recent Sabbath Moment post titled, See With Our Heart. Only I want to expand the topic to include how a Soft Heart can open a Window to Your Soul.  Throughout my life I have discovered, every now and again, moments that I call “Windows to My Soul.” Typically these moments occur for me when my heart is s...

Show Notes  Let me tell you Paul I am most excited about our show today with our very special guest, Tim Timmons—a man that shaped the fundamentals of my Christian belief system so profoundly that I still follow the precepts he taught me almost 40 years ago. Now, forgive me for the, abut to come, longer than usual introduction but it is necessary to establish a context for our conversation with Ti...

Show Notes  Hey Paul, it’s great to be here with you again at OC Talk Radio after a couple weeks off as I was working in Uganda, Africa. There is nothing that enriches my soul more than serving the poorest of the poor—people that live on less than $2.00 per day in the most rural of villages. And believe me, rural is grossly understated. They live on dirt floors in one-room homes with no electricit...

Show Notes  Today we are privileged to have with us Wendy Hooper Ross, a successful real estate agent and residential market analyst. Wendy’s story will most certainly resonate with all of us as we discuss loss, grief and recovery. Wendy met her future husband at an industry event in 2011 and soon became incredibly close friends over the next few years. They finally admitted they were made for eac...

Show Notes   On our show today we are privileged to have our regular insightful guest Terry Hershey: prolific author, renowned public speaker, landscape architect, an mentor to several people on the Art of Slowing Down to take in the pleasure of life. My approach will be for our show today will totally unique. If you are a regular listener you know that Terry posts a weekly newsletter called Sabba...

Show Notes  My guest today, Marc Ottestad is all about connection—connecting people, connecting ideas or patterns, and connecting to God. And he provides strategies to accomplish those connections. Today Marc and I plan to talk about the most undervalued character trait of all great leaders--humility. First of all, I would like everyone to consider that leadership is a character trait which impact...

Charlie is still in Africa working with WELLS OF LIFE helping them expand their network of clean water wells, each of which provides clean drinking and bathing water to thousand of ordinary villagers.  Freeing them from the common diseases born in bad water. And freeing their women and children from being "beasts of burden", and the endless hours they spend walking to distant wells and carrying cl...

It's that time of year again when Charlie makes the long trip back to Africa for WELLS OF LIFE.  So until he returns at the end of the month, here's a previous show about his last trip there to remind you of all the work this wonderful charity is doing. Don't miss Charlie's latest update when he returns in two weeks!

Show Notes  After reading Facebook entries by Dena on our Inner Critic, I published a blog on the subject titled “Silencing Your Inner Critic” which has received a tremendous response from readers. Since there is so much more to talk about on that subject Dena has graciously agreed to come on the show to elaborate on this very important topic. We will attempt to describe how you can transform the...

Show Notes   I have wanted to discuss the subject of the 12 Steps for Life for several months now. I just had not found the expert I needed to guide me through a better understanding of the process. My guest to day is my old, old friend Tom who has been working with the 12 Steps for more than 17 years. Although retired, Tom continues to serve at the Covenant Hills Recovery Center, which focuses on...

Show Notes  My very special guest today is author, professor, world traveller, and impressive observer of life, Dr. Robin Moriarty. With a most fascinating bio Robin Moriarty, is a highly regarded thought leader for businesses and non-profit organizations. She has lived on four continents and traveled to 60+ countries. As adjunct professor at Duke University, Dr. Moriarty taught cross-cultural lea...

Show Notes  Our guest is Jonathan Fischer, a certified hypnotherapist, NLP Trainer and Master Practitioner, having worked in these fields working for more than 15 years now. He is the primary content creator for Mindifi Hypnosis Apps, with millions of downloads world-wide."   Jonathan was on the show a couple months back and during that time he and I got together to hypnotize me and allow me to ex...

Show Notes   In our show today we are privileged to have our regular insightful guest Terry Hershey: prolific author, renowned public speaker, landscape architect, an mentor to several people on the Art of Slowing Down to take in the pleasure of life. Today’s topic affects every single listener and is perhaps the systemic root of most of our personal limitations. I want to talk about our daily exp...

Show Notes  [PLEASE NOTE: The quality of sound on my guest’s phone is not so good, but I encourage you to listen anyway. This is most certainly one of my best shows. We’ll do another with Mark in studio.) My guest, Mark Samuel, is CEO of IMPAQ Consulting and has been recognized as one of today’s leading Thought Leaders on the Power of Personal and Corporate Accountability. Our entire conversation...

Show Notes  Today Producer Paul and I plan to have a conversation on what seems a deep and yet pervasive onslaught of apathy both culturally and individually we are experiencing today. Apathy is a strange bird. Psychology Today calls it the “emotionless emotion.” Jimmy Buffet, said it best, “I’ve been wondering if what I am feeling is ignorance or apathy. Hell, I don’t know and I don’t care.” In P...

Show Notes   Are you ready for yet another conversation about things we are not supposed to talk about? We’ve done religion and politics, now I want to learn about dying and how we can best prepare for the inevitable. My guest today is an expert on the subject and, no, he is not a mortician. My special guest is Keith Page, a funeral celebrant who works closely with families in the midst of a death...

Show Notes Today my special guest is Mindset Coach Peter Ashworth. Peter is a 30-year veteran of creating companies and organizations. He is highly inspired every day to help others. He is currently the CEO and Founder of Live Possible | Fearless Life, an organization that helps people live their greatest potential. Did you know that Anxiety Disorders affect the lives of one in five people in Nort...

Show Notes  I’m looking forward to this show because we are planning to discuss the two most taboo subjects in the US, and those are religion and politics. Well I’m not so sure we will actually talk about religion or politics but about why we say we can’t talk about them. Terry Hershey is with me today and Terry is quite passionate about both politics and religion. Yet, he is fully aware of the de...

Show Notes  My special guest today is Wendy Newman who has been involved in the study of dating and relationships for a couple of decades. She has written a really good book on the subject titled 121 First Dates. Yikes! Yes, Wendy went on 120 first dates before she found the man with whom she can share an awesome life. Wendy Newman is a media-celebrated author, speaker, and a dating, sex and relat...

Show Notes  On today’s podcast I plan to be perhaps be just a bit controversial by challenging one of our society’s prime objectives—personal growth. In truth, this may be a follow up to the show we did with my son on the tension between personal improvement and personal contentment. My question, I guess, is this: does there ever come a time in life when you are done growing? Do you ever get to “a...

Show Notes   My special guest today is Terry Goldfarb, a networking special who is going to show us “how you will never have to look for a job again.” Now In know that is a bold statement but after spending a couple hours with Terry I get it. First of all, finding a new job is much more about relationships than it is about resumes. Not what you know as much as who you know. With more than 40 years...

Show Notes  Today my guest is our friend, Terry Hershey and do we have a bold subject today: It called “Instructions for Living.” Don’t worry; we’re using Instructions taken from another author. Instructions from Terry and me… hmmm. For those of you that are not familiar with Terry Hershey, he is the author of 17 books (with a new one coming out in the Fall), he’s a sought after public speaker, an...