The Next Chapter with Charlie

My guest today is someone I’ve been trying to get on the show for months but we just couldn’t schedule it. Finally, we were able to connect today. Her name is Shauna Sopko. Shauna is a mid-thirties single mother of 2 children… who has discovered how to live a full life of adventure and service, while, at the same time, maintaining her primary job- which being a great mom. With 20 years of sobriety...

Today I’m feeling a need to talk about a subject that haunts just about all of us: Fear and Self-Doubt. Successful real estate mogul Sanford Coggins once told us on this podcast that, in his experience, “self-doubt” is the primary roadblock to achieving your dreams in life. Fear is mostly certainly holds its own as the other roadblock. I think we learn far too early that failure is tragic, embarra...

 NOTE: Some minor sound distortion in the beginning. Our topic today is titled, “A Life Well Lived.” This show will offer most interesting ideas on living boldly from the heart. Today I’m visiting with Suzanne Barber. Suzanne Barber is a practicing Certified Holistic Nutritionist, an artist, teacher and creator of extremely popular gift cards offered at the Montage Resort in Laguna Beach, CA. But...

My very special guest today is Heather Criswell, founder of WiseInside, a company dedicated to helping people step into their greatness and shine bright. She is a speaker, and author of the award-winning How to Raise a Happy Child (and be happy too) and she has a second book, Wise Talk from the Other Side, which will be heart of our chat today. Heather Criswell is the host of WiseTalk Radio, a pod...

 Today, Terry is going to teach us about Sankofa, an African word with powerful undercurrents. It all about the “finding home in your life and in your soul.”   You can find Terry at Terryhershey.com   You can find Charlie at thenextchapter.life

I’m visiting today with our podcast friend, Terry Hershey. If you’re a regular listener of The Next Chapter with Charlie then you’re familiar with our guest Terry Hershey, who is a regular guest on the show. Terry is a prolific writer, conference keynote speaker, renowned landscape architect, and spiritual advisor. Today Terry and I will chat about how life and change in life come with no script....

My special guest for this show is Christa Paarni, Founder and Owner of The Salvaged Soul. The Salvaged Soul is a rustic decor and unique furniture brand rapidly growing in popularity – over 35,000 Instagram followers and counting. Christa, the “mompreneneur,” is also known as –#MomtheBuilder, and is the mom of two rambunctious little boys named, River and Kashe. In addition to being the creative M...

  Today is a different show. I’m calling it a “solo-sode.” Just me, and Paul Today I plan to delve into a very unusual philosophical conversation that impacts us regularly. I want to talk about “how we know what we know.” Philosophers call it epistemology. It’s a very tricky discipline. The ultimate question is “What is truth and how does you know what you call truth is true?” Especially, when ext...

Today I’m visiting with Nick Jordan, Founder, Wells of Life, Inc. a group that is committed to bringing clean water to 1,000 communities in Uganda and beyond. Nick believes in combining business and philanthropy that allows him to inspire others to make a lasting difference in the world. As we will discover, Nick Jordan is a perfect example of what Bob Buford called moving “From Success to Signifi...

 My guest today is Sanford Coggins, president of VisionWise Capital, a company primarily focused on how investing in commercial real estate (not so overly focused on stocks and bonds) can support your dreams. VisionWise Capital controls $51M of real estate assets since its start-up in 2013. Check out some of Sanford’s impressive credentials: Sanford has a unique background as a Commercial Real Est...

Taryn Vogt is a repeat guest who once again excites us with her insight. It’s funny that she was in town the week after Terry Hershey and I discussed in new book, Trust Fall. We talk a lot about Today’s episode is a continuation and expansion of a recent podcast with Terry Hershey in which we discussed Taryn’s new book, Trust Fall. Since Taryn is so rarely available and is currently staying in the...

I have to say this may be my favorite podcast ever. My guest, Terry Hershey, and I go totally off script and have a genuine conversation about what it means to live apart from the script given to us by family and society. It’s about Changing the Rules of YOUR Game of Life. Today we plan to offer a new way of determining the activities of your life. I’d like to Change the Rules of the Game by follo...

My special guest today is Dan McNerney, a former government lawyer and retired judge that has created a whole new life of meaning, adventure and awe for himself. Dan is an usually gifted man. Not only did he reach the top of his profession he is now returning to, among several other things, a life of playing music professionally. Something he once did in college for beer money, he now does out of...

Our guest today is Simon Johansen, adventurer, traveler, and sometimes worker in the oil and gas industry. When I travel alone I stay in airbnb’s. It’s an inexpensive and informative way to travel. Often the hosts will guide you to the best places to visit based on your individual needs. I’m a lousy tourist. I don’t care about famous sites and cathedrals and castles. I’m interested in the modern a...

In episode, I plan to visit with myself. Haha. Well, not totally by all by myself. My producer and radio veteran Paul Roberts will chat about the value of Travel and the benefits gained from experiences with people and cultures outside the US. I am now in that dreaded place in life people call Retirement. If one is not careful the only things to look forward to are boredom and uselessness. But tha...

  My guests today are Rob and Melanie currently living in Stockholm, Sweden. Rob is an Australian Scot and Melanie calls the UK and Australia home. For the last 4 plus years, they have made a new home in Stockholm, Sweden. In addition, Rob’s headquarters are in Iceland. Yes, you can say Rob and Melanie have truly turned the page on their lives to a radically new Next Chapter. I chat a bit with Mel...

When I first designed this show with Mark Jordan, it was supposed to be about, “The Art and Subtle Mysteries of an Artistic Entrepreneur."                                               But as conversation dictates, we went in a whole different direction that explored the habits and techniques of a creative. Mark is a professional photographer. But he is also musician, songwriter, author and whatev...

This is a continuation of last week’s interview: Part 2 of my conversation with a man I have admired for years. Daniel Klein. Daniel is the author of the book I regularly refer to: Travels with Epicurus. Our last conversation just didn’t cover enough material, so we did a second interview. In this episode we talk more about the meaning of life for daily living, the use of “thought experiments”, an...

This special episode is with a man I have admired for years. Daniel Klein. Daniel is the author of the book I regularly refer to: Travels with Epicurus. Daniel, better known as Danny, is a New York Times Best Selling author, for a book written with his friend Tom Cathcart, titled When Plato and a Plautus Walk Into a Bar. It’s a book about philosophy; but it’s philosophy explained by jokes!! And go...

Show Notes Keith Page is a natural entrepreneur. He may have started more than a dozen groups, ministries and churches because of a serious need that required his vision and passion. Keith Page began his career in youth ministry, and later moved onto large church planting as well as other social entrepreneurial projects. He has worked in Orange County, CA for the last 30 years and is the grateful...

Show Notes #16 Terry Hershey: Creative Orthodoxy Today’s show is once again with my colleague, Terry Hershey. Terry is my “go-to guy” whenever I am searching out feedback on odd, yet essential, topics.  On this show Terry and I will enter the unorthodox notion of “Creative Orthodoxy.” Orthodox practices are essential for every discipline from science to art to religion. Each discipline requires pr...

Our odd topic today is titled, “The Noble Pursuit of Boredom.” This show will offer unique ideas on boredom. This might seem a bit peculiar to most people. It sure is for me, because, honestly, I am scared to death of boredom. I’ve got to be doing something somewhere in order to feel valued or needed or happy even. When the real question is, ”Why do I need to be seeking busyness to make my life fe...

Our conversation today is with our good friend Terry Hershey. For those of you that don’t know Hershey, who is a regular guest on the show, Terry is a prolific writer, conference keynote speaker, renowned landscape architect, and sometimes spiritual advisor. He’s just an overall wise and fun guy, besides being an old friend. Today, Terry and I will discuss the wonder of the ordinary and unremarkab...

My guest today is Bobby X. Right now, he is sitting across the table from me: shaved head, fully tatted body, wearing a wife-beater undershirt. To tell the truth, if you don’t know him he looks scary as hell. But that scary guy is not the one we will chat with in this episode. Today, Bobby, is no longer a prejudiced skinhead but instead he is one of the accepting, loved and loving people I know on...

 IMPT NOTE: There is a significant statistical error in this episode. (See Below)   My guest today is Ryley Westman, the Coordinator of Instruction for the entire San Diego Padres Organization, from Rookie Ball to the Big Leagues.  Ryley is entering his 9th year coaching in professional baseball. In his current role a majority of his focus is put into developing young talent at the minor league le...