After Chapter Podcast

When the Applause Fades

What do you do when you cross the finish line and it feels nothing like you expected? Season one is done. "The Unraveling" is behind us, and what we're sitting with now isn't triumph or momentum. It's something quieter. In this first episode of The Pour Series, Michele and Cecilia pour a glass of Oban 14, slow down, and name what actually happened when the season ended. No guest. No theme to unpack. Just two women asking the question most people skip: what did you expect to feel, and what did you actually feel? The gap between those two things has something to tell you. Still sitting with something? Take it to The Pour. Our newsletter is where the conversation continues, off mic and unfiltered. 🔗https://the-after-chapter-newsletter.beehiiv.com/

The Manifesto Toast

Contact Us at info@afterchapterpodcast.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- Twelve conversations. One season. One question we refused to rush: Who are you when the roles fall away? We still don't have a clean answer. But something shifted and things got named that most of us had been carrying without language for. That's enough to raise a glass. This is our season finale. We're not wrapping it up neatly, because identity work never is. What we are doing is saying out loud what we now believe, looking back at the 10 guests who got us here, and turning the mic on ourselves for the first time: our three words, what we came in believing versus what we're leaving with. The pour: Louis Roederer Collection 245. Precise. Layered. It rises. Because even partial clarity deserves a toast. Stay close. We'll be here all summer. The Pour, our community hub for tools and letters between seasons, is live. Join free at Home | The Pour [https://the-after-chapter-newsletter.beehiiv.com/] ----------------------------------------------------------------- The views and opinions expressed on The After Chapter Podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not reflect the views, positions, or policies of any employer, organization, or affiliated entity. Any data or research shared on the podcast is not proprietary to any employer. All podcast content, including audio, video, transcripts, and likeness, may not be reproduced or used to train artificial intelligence systems without prior written permission.

The Friendship Audit

Contact Us at info@afterchapterpodcast.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Who surrounds you when your identity begins to shift? In this episode of The After Chapter Podcast, we explore how friendships evolve during major life transitions. As careers change, marriages shift, or reinvention unfolds, our relational ecosystem often lags behind. We examine loneliness, proximity, and the intentional rebuilding of community. This conversation challenges the idea that friendships are purely sentimental and reframes them as structural influences on identity. If you’re outgrowing certain rooms or searching for new ones, this episode offers a framework for auditing your circle with clarity. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The views and opinions expressed on The After Chapter Podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not reflect the views, positions, or policies of any employer, organization, or affiliated entity. Any data or research shared on the podcast is not proprietary to any employer. All podcast content, including audio, video, transcripts, and likeness, may not be reproduced or used to train artificial intelligence systems without prior written permission.

Who Were You Before?

Contact Us at info@afterchapterpodcast.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Before the titles. Before the résumé. Before practicality won. Who were you? In this episode, Michele and Cecilia sit down with communications entrepreneur Kere Thomas for a conversation about childhood creativity, the dreams that got talked out of us, and the passions that refuse to stay buried. Kere is a storyteller. She always has been. This is the episode that proves it. The After Chapter. Pouring into what's next. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The views and opinions expressed on The After Chapter Podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not reflect the views, positions, or policies of any employer, organization, or affiliated entity. Any data or research shared on the podcast is not proprietary to any employer. All podcast content, including audio, video, transcripts, and likeness, may not be reproduced or used to train artificial intelligence systems without prior written permission.

Built Without a Blueprint

Contact Us at https://linktr.ee/afterchapterpodcast --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Christopher Strattner has been a paramedic, a cop, a law student, a divorced dad, and an Ironman triathlete. Today he is Chief of Police. None of it followed a plan. Most of it followed a breaking point. In this conversation, Chris talks honestly about what he missed inside his first marriage, the night gunshots rang out three blocks from his house, the fall that shattered his spine and took every label he had left, and the one question a sports psychologist made him answer before she'd let him go. This is an episode about what it costs to believe your own story about yourself. And what becomes possible when you finally strip it down. Michele pours a Château Montelena Cabernet Sauvignon. Chris pours an Arnold Palmer at his desk, armed, because some things don't mix. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The views and opinions expressed on The After Chapter Podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not reflect the views, positions, or policies of any employer, organization, or affiliated entity. Any data or research shared on the podcast is not proprietary to any employer. All podcast content, including audio, video, transcripts, and likeness, may not be reproduced or used to train artificial intelligence systems without prior written permission.