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Johnny Carter
Johnny Carter has spent about three decades in and around entrepreneurship, working across Australia and Asia, starting things, ending things, and starting again. His work sits at the intersection of business, human transition, and the practical psychology of change — grounded in long-term meditation practice and years of communication, mediation, and NLP training. He writes The In-Between, a weekly column for Phuket Community on change, uncertainty, and new beginnings. The column speaks to the residents who arrived on this island somewhere between careers, countries, relationships, or the versions of themselves they used to be. Johnny is Phuket Community's first regular contributor. His pieces are drawn from lived experience rather than theory, and are written to help readers see their own situation a little differently rather than to offer polished answers.
The In-Between — the archive
Week 516 October 2026
When the Plan Stops Matching Reality
What do you do when the plan you trusted no longer matches reality?
Week 49 October 2026
What You Get to Take With You
What if starting again doesn't actually mean starting from zero?
Week 329 September 2026
When Restlessness Is Trying to Tell You Something
What do you do when everything in your life looks fine — but something still feels off?
Week 223 September 2026
Testing the Next Chapter Before Moving Into It
You do not need to blow up your whole life just because something no longer feels right
Week 117 September 2026
Learning to live between chapters
Introducing The In-Between — a new weekly column on change, transition, and new beginnings on Phuket.
About Johnny Carter’s practice
Alongside his writing, Johnny runs The Next Chapter — private one-to-one support for people navigating change, uncertainty, and new beginnings. He offers 90-minute consultations and a structured 30-Day Way Forward programme. Everything is one-to-one, private, and directed at what the person is actually working through rather than a fixed methodology. To learn more or book a conversation, message Johnny on WhatsApp.
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