The On Purpose Podcast
Conversations that inspire, uplift, and inform the listener. Host and producer Lynn Thompson welcomes authors, musicians, educators, philosophers, and entrepreneurs, each with stories and ideas to share. Episodes include discussion forums, featured guests with an audience, one-on-one conversations, and monologues. Many feature music from Zapsplat, thanks to Black Fedora with Sneaky Jazz. In August 2024, Living on Purpose will reach 20 years in the making! Beginning as a radio talk show on CHLY in British Columbia (2004-2009) and a podcast since 2007 on numerous channels, now on Podbean since April 2020 with The On Purpose Podcast (twin of Living on Purpose). Thanks for listening! Also, thanks for scrolling down to learn more about Lynn Thompson with Living on Purpose Communications for editing audio projects and collaborating with authors and books for publication. Thank you!
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Episodes
Friday Mar 18, 2022
Friday Mar 18, 2022
North America's Networking Guru returns to Living on Purpose with host Lynn Thompson and two guests in the audience who contribute, and then one of them stays on for a bonus talk with Lynn after it sounds like it's over!
Thank you for listening! Michael Hughes offers guidance and encouragement about challenging conversations and how to build bridges while walking away. He is insightful and organized in his ideas!
Highlights from Lynn Thompson's call with him in June 2021.
Michael Hughes specializes in helping professionals increase results by improving their ability to maximize relationships. He has done extensive research on, and is a specialist in, utilizing networking as a business strategy and professional competency.
Michael’s client list includes Dell, Staples, RBC Royal Bank, Sunlife, Ottawa Senators Sports Entertainment, and The University of Ottawa’s Telfer Executive MBA Program.
One of the most unique properties of Michael’s business success is that he has taken his company from an idea to a six-figure international consulting and training practice using networking as his sole marketing vehicle. He calls it Networking for Results.
Music for The On Purpose Podcast (Living on Purpose) is thanks to Black Fedora, Sneaky Jazz.
Thursday Mar 03, 2022
Thursday Mar 03, 2022
With several people in the audience listening in for the full two plus hours, the discussion continues and wraps up in this final segment with more touring through and beyond gold and silver. Check out Part One and Part Two. Thanks for listening to Living on Purpose and thanks to Tom from Durham Precious Metals for sharing with Lynn Thompson and the audience. Appreciation to Black Fedora with Sneaky Jazz for the musical weave.
Sunday Feb 27, 2022
Sunday Feb 27, 2022
The discussion continues, beginning with a story example from where Part One left off, with more touring through and beyond gold and silver, opening our minds with insights and discernment about economy. Soon the final Part Three, with several people in the audience listening in during the recording. Thanks for listening to Living on Purpose and thanks to Tom from Durham Precious Metals for sharing with Lynn Thompson and the audience. Part Three coming soon. Appreciation to Black Fedora with Sneaky Jazz for the musical weave.
Sunday Feb 27, 2022
Sunday Feb 27, 2022
Ready to make a difference in someone's life and yours at the same time? What do you answer when someone says the most often asked question in the world? Ready to pick your mood? And share it? Jay Cummings and Lynn Thompson spoke for over an hour recently with two people in the audience, so it seems like a good idea to make two segments about the wonder of iMOODivate. Here is Part Two! Just over half an hour, with Jay and Lynn and Dr. Lynda from the Goodness Exchange in Part One who leaves early in Part Two for her own interview, and then there is more from Elly, the other guest in the audience. The Heart Cards show up in the mix too! Thanks for listening. Music is with thanks to Black Fedora with Sneaky Jazz weaving through Living on Purpose (aka The On Purpose Podcast).
Saturday Feb 26, 2022
Saturday Feb 26, 2022
Discussion ranges through and beyond gold and silver into history of economy, opening our minds with insights into the nature of currency. Part One because it was a lengthy session with several people in the audience during the recording. Thanks for listening to Living on Purpose and thanks to Tom from Durham Precious Metals for sharing with Lynn Thompson and the audience. The discussion continues in Part Two and Part Three. Appreciation to Black Fedora with Sneaky Jazz for the musical weave.
Saturday Feb 26, 2022
Saturday Feb 26, 2022
Ready to pick your mood? And share it when someone asks you the most often asked question in the world? Make a difference in someone's life and yours at the same time? Jay Cummings and Lynn Thompson spoke for over an hour recently with two people in the audience, so it seems like a good idea to make two segments about the wonder of iMOODivate. Here is Part One! Half an hour, with Jay and Dr. Lynda from the Goodness Exchange, and more from our other guest in Part Two. The Heart Cards show up in the mix too! Thanks for listening. Music is with thanks to Black Fedora with Sneaky Jazz weaving through Living on Purpose (aka The On Purpose Podcast).
Sunday Feb 13, 2022
Sunday Feb 13, 2022
A simple inquiry leads to an intriguing wander with spirit revealing the beginnings and journey of psychic spiritual advisor, Jesai Chantler of Spirit Forces. A few people in the audience offer some insights in the last stretch of this hour and 25 minutes. All is well and well underway. Thanks for listening to Living on Purpose (aka The On Purpose Podcast) with host (and witness) Lynn Thompson.
Sunday Feb 06, 2022
Sunday Feb 06, 2022
Through WomensRadio in 2009, Connie (then Bauer) reached out to Living on Purpose host Lynn Thompson and they arranged a phone call on her "live" CHLY show between California and British Columbia. In twenty minutes, they cover Connie's drama project with children at that time and a range of perspectives on education. Now, in 2022, Connie and Lynn are in touch again and will have a fresh conversation at some point. Thank you for listening!
Saturday Feb 05, 2022
Saturday Feb 05, 2022
A wandering through sharing voices of spirit applying insights to current coordinates on earth and in our lives, born medium Bobbi Rowntree speaks with host Lynn Thompson and four in the audience who live in three time zones. Edited to just under an hour, recorded on January 27, 2022. Thanks for listening! Bobbi has a YouTube "channel" too. Music weave for Living on Purpose (aka The On Purpose Podcast) is thanks to Black Fedora with Sneaky Jazz.
Monday Jan 31, 2022
Monday Jan 31, 2022
Finally, Lynn Thompson talks with Shannon after becoming aware of her Barter Babes Project over ten years ago when her goal was to give financial advice to 300 women in one year and charge no money at all for it. She thought it would be a year-long project, a pause from her Bay Street life. However, after that year, the community it created, the joy it gave her, and the taste of entrepreneurship had her hooked. Shannon knew she wouldn't be able to go back to the 9 – 5. Hello: New School of Finance and in 2022, a team of nine.
Thanks for listening! Music for The On Purpose Podcast (Living on Purpose) is thanks to Black Fedora, Sneaky Jazz.
Lynn Thompson, Editor of Words and Audio
Living on Purpose Communications in Canada includes a podcast, audio editing, and collaborative editing of manuscripts for authors who appear as podcast guests! Podcast host and producer Lynn Thompson facilitates discussion forums, one-on-one conversations, monologues, and guest features. Lynn collaborates with numerous authors and their books of fantasy, historical fiction, future fiction, personal growth, how-to, and whimsy, from creative consultation in the developmental stage to final proofreading for publication. A guide with enthusiasm for drawing forth stories and polishing words to shine the author’s voice, Lynn enjoys the creative writing journey. For more information about being a podcast guest or developmental and collaborative editing, writing, and publishing, please email livingonpurposecommunications (at) gmail.com to hear from Lynn.
“As a first-time author, editing my novel was intimidating. Thanks to Lynn Thompson, it was a joyful and rewarding experience. Lynn is conscientious, organized, flexible, thorough, and professional. I feel very fortunate to have found someone who was also a kind, respectful, and supportive partner in preparing my book for publication. My novel is better because of Lynn’s contributions.”
—Kathryn Goodwin Tone, The King’s Broad Arrow (Germany/USA), Illustrator, Crystal Cregge. Winner, Juvenile Fiction, 2020 National Indie Excellence Awards
Finalist, 2020 Eric Hoffer Excellence in Independent Publishing Awards
Finalist, 2022 Young Adult Virginia Author Award
“Lynn transforms your literary work from good to great. She is organized, professional, and insightful.”
—Derian Tuitt, Life Success Hacks: How to Use Simple Action to Achieve Anything You Imagine (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
“I have really come to appreciate and honor the way you poke, prod, encourage, and yes, sometimes drag me kicking and screaming to my greater potential.” —Bobbie Casalino Lewis, Expression Expert and author, So That’s What 70 Looks Like! The Essence of Aging Gracefully (CA USA 2023)
Reviews for Dinner at God's House
April 24, 2024 with Wellness Writers Press
Literary Titan Gold Book Award: Fiction
"This book is a must-read for those of us who feel and think and grind through the days knowing that with courage there can be peace. Even just for a minute. Dinner at God's House is not just Lieman's story. It belongs to all of us. A beautiful and raw story about healing and the choice to live in courage or fear." - Lara Love Hardin, author of The Many Lives of Mama Love and four-time New York Times bestselling author
"Dinner at God's House is what happens when you are ready to get really, truly honest, which is the biggest adventure of all. This brave, engaging, heartfelt book is a gift." - Nanea Hoffman, author and founder of Sweatpants & Coffee
"Deeply moving and emotionally profound, Dinner at God's House brings us face-to-face with the big questions of life and also helps us find the answers. This story will break you in two and break your heart, and then finally lead you to a better version of yourself. - Lauren Sapala, author, speaker & creative guide
About the Author
For anyone wondering what it’s like to collaborate with Lynn Thompson as an editor and writer, here are unsolicited, spontaneous testimonials from three of the numerous people on my team involved with preparing my book for publication with Spotlight Publishing House. —Sandy Levey-Lunden
From such modest beginnings when Angela and I began working on I Just Want Peace with Sandy, its completion and publication is breathtaking. Your painstaking editing has led to an incredible body of work and a wonderful read. —Gillian Hibbs
Lynn, you were an absolute JOY to work with! You show infinite patience and presence making me feel seen, heard, and valued! You have cultivated so much focus, but are always game to have fun! You are a super talented writer and diligent and detailed editor. Your awareness is unrivaled, yet you are unruffled. The way you honoured Sandy’s legacy and embraced every new person added to the team was phenomenal! Collaborating with you was a dream, we were so attuned, even over Zoom, it was like our minds merged in purpose and play-fullness! Knowing you is a true and beautiful Blessing! It’s so incredible what can be accomplished when a set of stellar communicators are led by a star like YOU, Lynn Thompson! —Kristi Birnie
A great tribute to you, Lynn. I concur with Kristi on how much infinite patience, presence, and passion you had for this book project throughout and how I felt seen and heard, grateful to learn some of the ins and outs of editing. I feel like a beginner’s mind in so many ways. Such attention to detail and making everything appear to be seamless, more fun, and just more than the sum of its parts that you tracked so well. It was a meaningful creative process that I secretly never wanted to end. But then we’d be denying the world of a great legacy book and to give Peace a better chance. Congratulations, Sandy and Team Peace! —Christina Ireland
I concur with everything Kristi said. You have shown infinite patience, Lynn, with all of us throwing in different edits, you have welcomed each and every one of us and responded with kindness. You are an awesome editor and have been a profound help to Sandy and her legacy book. Well done and thank you! —Sue Reynard
feather aka denise bertrand
Lynn Thompson is a most attentive, thorough, and enthusiastic editor.
Anyone writing their first or tenth book would be lucky to have Lynn on their team.
Her attention to detail is outstanding.
Her gentle and clever suggestions created an inspiring working atmosphere for me
as I completed my first novel.
Once Upon A Solar Time.
I highly recommend Lynn as your editor.
The Woo Woo Way
"Cindy Childress, PhD, The Expert’s Ghostwriter, book-writing coach, and mentor, reawakened my love of storytelling and helped develop my writing style. Once we completed the developmental editing, I needed to find a copy editor. Who knew there was more than one kind of editing? My publisher, Becky Norwood of Spotlight Publishing House, introduced me to several copy editors to interview. I chose Lynn Thompson of Living on Purpose Communications.
"I thank Lynn for creating a collaborative approach in editing my book, chapter by chapter, line by line. With some of my lessons, she helped assemble bridges to connect ideas. Editing takes focused time,
so it’s great that we often laughed with abandon and talked aloud to Grammarly. There’s nothing better than a good belly laugh for healing. How perfect, since healing is the theme of my book."
—Sandy Evenson, Bestselling Author of The Woo Woo Way, in Spring 2023
Listen to Sandy on the Living on Purpose podcast
A Dry Hate - Second Edition
Published by Nugget Press with support from Spotlight Publishing House.
Nancy Marshall hopes that A Dry Hate will have a broad readership with adult discussion groups as well as in high school and college classrooms. She has a deep and abiding belief that by continuing to educate ourselves, to think and talk about ideas and events, we will become a more robust democratic society.
By opening ourselves to the interchange of ideas and knowledge, we will be more able to combat propaganda, lies, abuse of power, and threats of violence.
Listen to Nancy on the Living on Purpose podcast
Nancy says of editor Lynn Thompson:
“Lynn has been a fabulous, terrific, wonderful, irritating, fun-loving, imperfect, best-ever editor.
I am so grateful for all the work she’s done, and we’ve done together.”
June 2023
May 2024: A DRY HATE won first place as Best Novel with the Arizona Professional Writers!
November 2024: A DRY HATE won the first place award for BEST FICTION in 2024 from the Arizona Authors Association!
Publishing with Ignite Press in 2024
“When we began working together, I had a collection of blog entries, and I didn’t even know how to begin turning them into a book. You helped me to rearrange, rewrite, and polish these entries into a book I am proud of. Lynn, I really felt you were invested in my success and I enjoyed getting to know you. I will definitely work with you again!”
—Danell TeNyenhuis Black, SUDDENLY, A Widow’s Story of Unexpected Loss and Healing
Listen to Danell on the Living on Purpose podcast
Leading us through details of her unexpected loss, the author expands the shock rippling through their large families into a depth of insight, memories, hope, and supportive guidance. I recommend this book for comfort and company through the loss of a spouse and holding steady as life continues in ways unimaginable before that moment. Big thanks for the author's courage in sharing her story!
Lynn Thompson
PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 2023 with SPOTLIGHT PUBLISHING HOUSE
In memory of Mom and Dad who were always there for me. My bond with Mom reached new depths throughout the years I cared for her and as she expressed her incredible love for me.
Thanks to Denise M. Brown for your caregiver consultant training program and the many opportunities you provided, including giving me the foundation and tools to begin helping family caregivers. Thanks to my partner, Dennis, for your love, patience, support, and understanding while I wrote this book. Thanks to Junie Swadron, Theresa Wilbanks, and Lynn Thompson for your editorial guidance and encouragement and for making writing this book a fantastically fun journey. Like caregiving, writing a book is not a solo activity, and you each brought this message to life and gave it wings. It takes a community to write a good book. Steve Harrison, his coaching staff, and his group of authors provided education, guidance, and inspiration to keep me engaged and clear that my message is important and needs a voice. I greatly appreciate my first readers, Dennis Dulniak, Helen Carter, and Karen Briskey. A huge thank you to Maggie Morgan and Theresa Wilbanks for your marketing and social media expertise, and Becky Norwood, for all you and your staff accomplished to get my book published on time and with love and enthusiasm for this project.
Gratitude to all the caregivers I have met and coached. You validated over and over that this book and the information in it change lives. While the worries, mistakes, and concerns are real, you have created meaningful journeys through effective communication, asking for help, making memories, and celebrating with the loved ones in your care.