Your Next Chapter

Season 4, Episode 9 Why do we love cozy things? Whether it's a favorite sweater, a candle burning in the background, a well-loved novel or the comfort of watching a familiar movie, coziness has a way of making us slow...

Season 4, Episode 8 What does it actually mean to live honestly? It's more than telling the truth. It's living in alignment with your values, owning your mistakes, creating work that's true to your voice and becoming...

Season 4 / Episode 7 How do you know when it's time to quit? It's one of the hardest questions we face when we're pursuing something that matters. In this episode, I'm sharing my own experience of pursuing a lifelong...

Season 4, Episode 6 What if the qualities you've spent your life trying to change are the very ones the world needs most? Society often admires the loudest voice in the room or the biggest personality. But some of the...

Season 4, Episode 5 When did caring become something to be ashamed of? Somewhere along the way, we started acting like the coolest people were the ones who cared the least. We downplay our effort, pretend success came...

Most of us organize our lives around milestones. Vacations, holidays, promotions, weddings, graduations, book launches. They matter, and they deserve to be celebrated. But they aren't where most of life happens. In this...

Season 4, Episode 3 When was the last time something beautiful made you stop in your tracks? Not because it was expensive or impressive, but because it simply made you notice. In this episode, we're exploring what...

Season 4, Episode 2 We often think creativity arrives like lightning—that one perfect idea suddenly appears and the work flows effortlessly. But in my experience, that's rarely how it happens. More often, creativity...

Season 4 / Episode 1 We spend so much of our lives trying not to feel difficult emotions. We stay busy. We distract ourselves. Sometimes we numb these feelings altogether. But what if avoiding pain also keeps us from...

Season 3, Episode 12 In the final episode of Season 3, I'm digging into one of the biggest and most complicated conversations facing creatives today: AI and creativity. This episode is not about fear-mongering or...

Season 3, Episode 11 What if a lot of creative suffering comes not from the work itself, but from the stories we tell ourselves about the work? In this episode, I'm covering The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz...

Season 3, Episode 10 In this episode of Your Next Chapter, we’re diving into the fascinating neuroscience behind reading fiction and why books may be one of the healthiest things we can do for our nervous systems...

Season 3, Episode 9 In this episode of Your Next Chapter, I’m exploring the deeper purpose of stories through two incredible novels: Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller and The Giver of Stars by...

<p>Why do some books, songs, and artists take off… while others don’t?</p><p>It’s easy to assume it comes down to talent or quality, but that’s only part of the story.</p><p>In this episode, I’m breaking down the real...

<p>Season 3, Episode 7</p><p>Why do we like what we like?</p><p>It’s easy to write something off as “not for me.” But if you look a little closer, there’s often something deeper underneath.</p><p>In this episode, I’m...