The Next Room with Jane Asher-Where Death is Dinner Conversation

In 2022, My best friend Barbara came to visit me with an assignment from her life coach tucked under her arm. We sat outside on my veranda, and Barbara shared with me what her coach had told her. She asked her to dig deep and discover what certain words meant to her during her current cancer journey. I was intrigued since I had been by her side during all of her challenges. I also

From an early age Lindsay had a sense there was more to life than met the eye. As an only child she had a rich, imaginary life, full of friends and foe, and worlds within worlds to explore. When Lindsay graduated she thought journalism was her calling, to travel and to tell the truth. She wrote and broadcast for the BBC, among others, from Spain and Slovenia, to St Petersburg and P

Sara Rian is an American poet, self-published author, mother, wife, licensed therapist, and griever living in Metro Detroit. She has been drawn to grief poetry ever since her mother's death in 2018. Her mother embraced the power of words through her own love notes and poems and had always wanted to publish a book. As a mental health professional, suicide loss survivor, and grieving

I invited my friend Jesse Brisendine back on the show and asked him to see if Amanda would join us. The two are best friends and in the last four months they have been navigating a Mount Everest of a health challenge. Amanda agreed to come on the show. Amanda is an ultra endurance athlete and was in training when things started to go south. Her leg buckled and she intuitively knew

My guest is Rick Lawrence who is a 3rd generation San Diegan. Rick discusses the spiritual journey he has been on as far back as he can remember. He vowed to read the entire bible front to cover when he was only eleven years old. In the years following he was fascinated with the writings contained in Buddhism, Hinduism, the Koran, and the Upanishads. He has been a Bahai for 41 year

Kevin Alan Lamb an Author, Poet, and Journalist from Oxford, Michigan joins me on the show this week. He just finished publishing "Love Is in the Details: A Hopeful Journey in Grief." Kevin talks to me about how he navigated through his deep grief to find solace, happiness and hope again. His book "Love is in The Details" is a guidebook for helping someone grieve. It is also a gui

Today's guest is author, speaker, and positive entrepreneur Jesse Brisendine. Early last week I noticed that Jesse was going through a life altering situation with his partner Amanda. I asked him to come on the show to share his story with The Next Room audience. Amanda recently started to have some headaches. They would come and go and they didn't seem like anything, major. As the

I invited my friend and the extremely talented artist Steve Burrows to come on the show. I first met Steve through my beautiful friend Rose when she fell in love with him and brought him into my life. In 2006 Steve illustrated my children's book "With a Cherry on Top" and then more recently he drew several cool images for "The Next Room." (All by hand by the way) Steve's mother rec

I was introduced to Chip Bell as Chipper Bro in Santa Barbara in the early 80’s. The place, East Beach. I was a 20 something DJ on KTYD, and he was a 20 something 12 time World Champion Freestyle Frisbee Champion superstar who made a BIG life out of tossing a Frisbee and surfing. Chipper has had a remarkable career, and he's just getting started. We had not really seen each other

Jeff Dotseth has over 25 years of sports radio broadcasting experience having hosted shows in the premium morning and afternoon drive time slot for multiple San Diego and Los Angeles stations, as well as "College Football Saturdays" heard nationally on Fox Sports Radio. Jeff is involved with numerous charities including The Alpha Project, Rancho Coastal Humane Society and The Ameri