Mastering Midlife Podcast

Successfuly Integrating Business, Ambition, And Family with David Foster

    David Foster is a master coach, author and inspirational speaker. Since 2012 he has helped ambitious business owners and coaches throughout the world create more balance, clarity and freedom so they can live inspired lives they love leading. His work specializes in helping people connect with their true purpose, get clarity on their plans, and make massive progress fast so they can have a growing business, better relationships with their family and enjoy all that life has to offer. D...

Loving Large: When It's Mom's Turn To Live with Patti Hall

    Patti Hall is a book coach and author of Loving Large, a memoir where she documented the struggles and joys of being a mother to a son afflicted with a rare medical condition. She is an experienced writing coach and ghostwriter with extensive experience in the writing and editing industry.   In 2009, Patti and her family's lives abruptly changed when doctors found a tumor inside her son, which caused him to have a rare condition called gigantism. Between being a mother to two tee...

The Smallest Thing, Matters. YOU are Needed

    What happens when someone you know takes their own life? What happens when you had the thought to check up on them, several times and didn’t? That was my experience last week and today I discuss the impact on me going forward. "People are hurting now, health issues, financial issues, humanity issues, any small thing you can do for anyone will make a big difference”. – Mark J. Silverman   Today on Mastering Midlife:   When I have the inclination (gut instinct) to do something...

Evolve Your Career - Walk Through Open Doors with Gary Lloyd

    Gary Lloyd is a professional director, writer, and choreographer. His illustrious theater career includes being both director and choreographer of multiple-award-winning musicals. Gary has worked with famous faces in the music and theater industry such as Kelly Clarkson, Victoria Beckham, Jennifer Hudson, and even Sir Paul McCartney. Outside of theater, Gary was also involved in several TV programs such as American Idol, The X factor, and the Eurovision Song Contest.   Gary joins...

Healing Our Relationship With Food with Chef Alina Z

    Alina Z is an award-winning, Board-Certified Health Coach, Detox Specialist, Chef and Creator of the #1 Best Diet in America, as selected by Harper's Bazaar Magazine. She has launched two food lines - one in Boca Raton, Florida and one in Moscow, Russia, as well as co-created 2 juice lines in Florida and one in Kazakhstan. Alina's passion is in bridging the gap between healthy and tasty food.    Food, we need it. But when the relationship turns abusive, we feel really crappy afte...

How to Be Your Best in Every Situation

Curiosity Based Leadership with Michael Bungay Stanier

    Michael Bungay Stanier is at the forefront of making coaching an everyday leadership behavior. He is the author of The Coaching Habit ... the best-selling coaching book of this century with over 700,000 copies sold and 1,000+ five-star reviews on Amazon. His new book, The Advice Trap, focus on what it takes to stay curious a little bit longer and tame your Advice Monster. In 2019, he was named the #1 thought leader in coaching, and was shortlisted for the coaching prize by Thinke...

Screw Being Shy - Breaking Through Social Anxiety with Mark Metry

    Mark Metry is a TEDx keynote speaker and author of the book Screw Being Shy, where he writes about how society confuses social anxiety as shyness. At the age of 22, he has achieved more than a lifetime’s worth of accolades and highlights including starring on Amazon Prime’s “The Social Movement,” having his story featured in three books, and being a guest on over a hundred podcasts, television shows, and radio stations. Mark is also the host of the Humans 2.0 podcast, a mental-focus...

The One Habit You Need To Actually Change a Habit

    You’ve read all the books by Charles Duhigg, BJ Fogg and James Clear and you still haven’t changed your life. Ok, you are drinking more water, or going to bed an hour earlier, but those juicy, valuable, impactful changes seem hard to come by.   That’s because, all the books, and their very effective methods don’t tell you the secret to actually making them work. I’ll tell you today. "Habits are comfortable. Even the ones you hate. If you want to change a habit, any habit, you n...

Rocking Midlife Mastery with Stephen Kellogg

    Over the last decade, New England native Stephen Kellogg has performed more than 1500 concerts around the world, raised thousands of dollars for causes close to his heart, been named Armed Forces Entertainer of the Year, and penned singles for artists like platinum selling rock band O.A.R and American Idol winner Nick Fradiani. Stephen’s most recent writing work with legendary guitarist Robert Randolph, led to a 2017 Grammy nomination for "Best Contemporary Blues Record." He's also h...

This Conversation Will Make You Dangerous with Tripp Lanier

    Tripp Lanier is a professional coach and author of This Book Will Make You Dangerous, a guide for men who want to live a life that isn’t cookie-cutter. He is also the host of The New Man podcast, a show where he and his guests tackle issues from getting out of the rat race to knowing how to live a life full of meaning. As a life coach, Tripp has helped entrepreneurs, startup founders, Navy SEALS, and other best-selling authors get their life to where they want it to be.   Tripp j...

The Direct Link Between Stress and Illness with Cort Davies

    Cort Davies was diagnosed with malignant paraganglioma in November of 2017. He was given just three years to live. Instead of folding under the intense stress of having a late-stage cancer, Cort set out on a mission to save his own life. After 7 surgeries, half of his bladder removed, and almost being paralyzed, Cort realized his biggest challenge was actually his greatest opportunity. He also realized that chronic stress was a major deterrent in healing for millions of cancer pati...

Answering The Wake Up Call with Rabbi Simon Jacobson

    Rabbi Simon Jacobson is a world-renowned speaker and life coach. He is the Dean & Founder of The Meaningful Life Center, once coined as “The Spiritual Starbucks” by the New York Times. He has over 35 years of experience in speaking and lecturing on psycho-spiritual issues. Simon is also the author of Toward a Meaningful Life, a spiritual road map for living life based on Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson’s teachings and has been translated into 13 different languages.   Simon joi...

We Gotta Learn to Embrace Uncertainty To Thrive

If we want to make it through the next few months with our sanity, we are going to have to get used to not knowing what the %$# us going to happen. The politicians don’t know, the news doesn’t know, and social media sure as sh_t doesn’t know.   We must cultivate a strong inner game and clear values to know we are safe when the world spins out of control.   "Actually, things have always been uncertain, it’s just that things have happened predictably enough for long enough, that we bel...

Branding, Messaging, and Communication In the Time of Covid-19 with Francis Reimers

    Francis Reimers is an award-winning brand consultant with years of experience in marketing, public relations, events, and branding. She is the owner of Firestarter, a consulting firm that provides brand-boosting services and strategies. Because of her accolades, she is a sought-after speaker and article contributor to major media outlets such as Huffington Post and Forbes. Beyond brand consultations, Francis is also an experienced radio host.   Francis joins me today to share wha...

The Three Stages of Crisis (Business and Personal) with Vicki Shillington

    Vicki Shillington is the Chief Happiness Officer at Thinqshift. Vicki has over 20 years of experience as an executive and consultant at North Highland, Andersen, and IBM. She's led countless business and digital transformations for Fortune 500 companies. Her sweet-spot is in tackling the underlying culture shifts required for true organizational transformation. She loves to bring the core principles of positive psychology to help shift mindsets and help others learn how to flourish n...

My Spirit Animal is Chicken Sh_t (In Honor of Rafael Bajarano)

    Rafael Bajarano was a gifted, big hearted, dashing Shaman. He swooped into a room (and into your heart) with a grace and power that was breathtaking. You would think his animal spirit name would be Graceful Tiger or Majestic Eagle…but no. He fashioned himself after a rubber chicken he called Chicken Sh_t. And that was the source of his power.   "We are all Chicken Sh_t, let’s not pretend” – paraphrased – Rafael Bajarano     Today on Mastering Midlife:   How telling the t...

Appearing on CrisisCast 2020: Breathing, Crying and Getting Your Energy Moving with Mark J Silverman

In Episode #004 of CrisisCast 2020  | Breathing, Crying and Getting Your Energy Moving with Mark J Silverman Today On CrisisCast 2020 - If I told you there was a man in Washington DC in a big house with a big heart and a love for humans you might not believe me but I can tell you it’s true because I’ve seen it with my own eyes…

 A considered, caring, Self-effacing Executive Business Coach and genius of life … Mark J. Silverman shares his wisdom and perspective as someone who is a fath...

The Marriage/Partnership Tools You Need NOW with Tod Jacobs and Peter Lynn

Tod Jacobs and Peter Lynn are the authors of Not A Partnership, a book seeks to have people look at marriage from a business perspective. They aim to help readers focus on developing maturity and an idealistic vision of marriage. Tod is the Director of the David Robinson Institute for Jewish Heritage in Jerusalem and has experience working at JP Morgan. Peter has served as Dean of Students at the same institute and an accomplished athlete and Ironman finisher.   Tod and Peter join me tod...

What's YOUR Roadrunner and Are You Even A Coyote Anyway?

The drives and motivations that powered us to success (our Roadrunners) in our 20s and 30s start to wane and even turn on us in our 40s and 50s.  In fact, we go after money, success the trophy spouse with the obsession worthy of Wile E. Coyote chasing the roadrunner.  The goal is the prize and we rarely stop to contemplate, is the roadrunner we are chasing, really what we want?  Now is a great time to take stock. "What have you been maniacally and unconsciously, chasing your entire lif...

Warrior Sage Leadership Wisdom From Satyen Raja

Satyen Raja is a lifelong Entrepreneur, Conscious Business Mentor and, in his own words, Blessed Family Man.  Many stick those adjectives in front of their titles for effect and perceived depth, for Satyen, they are who he is.  It is hard to separate the man himself, from what he does.  And that is a rare thing.  CEO and Founder of Warrior Sage and Accelerated Evolution Academy, Satyen has helped over 100,000 C-level leaders transform their lives and businesses, beyond what they could imagin...

Tools to Deal With Today's Urgent Vulnerability Stephanie Raffelock

    Stephanie Raffelock is a novelist, blogger, and author of the book A Delightful Little Book On Aging, where she writes about stories about flourishing well beyond our youthful years. She champions the idea of aging gracefully and being thankful for the opportunity to ride this journey. Stephanie also hosts her own podcast called The Coffee Table Wisdom, where she regularly interviews guests as they appreciate the positive sides of aging.   Stephanie joins me today to share her t...

Being CEO Dad and Husband in a Sh_tstorm with Scott Paul

    Scott Paul is a former VP of Technology and Product at Disney Digital. From there he became a Serial Entrepreneur (Wooly Inc, Tangible, Gabb Wireless), Venture Capitalist and Philanthropist. If you go to his LinkedIn page, you will see a number of ideas in various stages of “in the works,” to dream chasing. He currently lives in Utah with his family pursuing their passion for the outdoors. My notes for this episode are simple. Scott wrote a moving piece on LinkedIn about being a ...

Leading in Time of Crisis With CEO Sean McDermott

    Sean McDermott is a serial entrepreneur and the Founder and Chairman of The Windward Foundation, a company that aims to provide funding and support to charitable causes, particularly for those affected by Alzheimer’s disease. He has over 20 years of experience in assisting global clients and government organizations in designing, developing, and operating large IT networks and data centers. Sean’s inspiration for forming the Windward Foundation stems from the loss of his father to Al...

Humans Awaken When Out of Our Comfort Zone

Leading with Empathy, Heart and Strength with Brett Culp

Leading in a time of Uncertainty and Fear with Cindy Battino

    Cindy Battino is an energy worker, life coach, writer, speaker, and an expert in beating stress with a dose of happiness. She is the owner of Transformational Healing, a platform where she teaches and helps those who want to experience more happiness in their lives. By integrating relationship and life skills taught at The Brennan School, she works with clients to help them find more beauty in themselves and want to have more happy moments in their life. Cindy learned about energy wo...

Making Small Choices to Eleviate Big Blow Ups

Success vs. Happiness: Growing Beyond Your Career Success with Adam Quiney

    Adam Quiney is an executive leadership coach who works with high-performance professionals. His clients are people who are successful in many facets but lack fulfillment and connection. Adam provides services that help clients optimize their professional development by solving what truly makes them happy over what makes them feel comfortable. Apart from coaching, he is also frequently invited to public speaking at seminars and events.   Adam joins me today to share what it’s like...

The Boundless Intimacy and Joy Of Zen with Dr. Andrew Bonnici

    Dr. Andrew Bonnici is a Counselor with a Doctorate in Humanistic Depth Psychology. Due to his understanding of mindfulness and its core principles, he is also referred to as the Zen Doctor. He runs a private practice that offers counseling, training, and coaching to individuals, businesses, families, couples, and executives. Andrew is also the author of Boundless Intimacy, where he helps readers experience self-intimacy through stillness.   Andrew joins me today to share how you...

I Am the Gost of Christmas (Pick a Holiday) Future

    An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure is the old saying. But do we really live that way? Sure, we put money in our 401K, but how well do we treat our future selves? Today we will be exploring ways to be a friend to next week you.   "What can you do today that next year’s you will thank you for?." – Mark J. Silverman     Today on Mastering Midlife:   When we are winning at life, we feel invincible. When things are going well it’s hard to find the motivation to...

You Really Want to Lose the Weight? Jason Goggins Cuts Through the Bull.

    Jason has been a fitness and nutrition coach for 20 years. He is a graduate of the University of Florida in Gainesville. He has been a CrossFit Level 1 Trainer, an ISSA (International Sports Sciences Association) certified personal fitness trainer, and an ISSA Certified Nutrition Specialist. He has also owned multiple gyms over the years including one-on-one personal training studios, boot camps, a CrossFit gym, and HIIT Training facility.   Jason is now an online coach who speci...

Keeping Your Edge in Midlife with Tripp Lanier Part 1

      In this two part episode, we talk with The New Man Podcast's Tripp Lanier about the challenge of keeping your edge while growing up and becoming a responsible family man. Tripp reminds us that what we all really want is to feel free, alive, at peace, and love.  He challenges us to look at what we call success and asks, are we really settling for survival? If you thought your life was over when you got married and had kids, think again.  Tripp is here to remind you that all of...

Emotional Intellegence vs Emotional Competence with Joe Bernstein

    Joe Bernstein is a life coach that provides business and career advice to men in executive positions, business owners, and entrepreneurs. He has over 15 years of experience training, coaching, developing, and empowering thousands of people. Joe draws passion for helping other men become successful from his personal struggles. More than coaching, Joe also helps his clients with their health, especially when it comes to successful weight loss.   Joe joins me today to share what mot...

What Happens AFTER You're "Cancer Free" with Jennifer Cochran

       Jennifer Cochran is the Founder and CEO of Fitness Design Solutions, LLC and host of the Cancer Cliff Notes podcast. She specializes in getting people moving again after illness and/or injury. ​She not only knows the principles of movement therapy; she has felt them work in her own body after both injury and sidelining illness. In April of 2016, two days after the hands down, best physical of her life, she had a routine mammogram that discovered not one, not two, but three small...

6 Questions We Should Always Be Asking Ourselves

Encore Episode: The Case for Finding Your Best Self with Corporate Rebel Shelley Paxton

Failure: Your Key To Success with the Fail Coach Miha Matlievski

    Miha Matlievski is a business advisor and mentor. He is also known as the Fail Coach, a platform that provides sound business advice and training for young entrepreneurs and leaders who want to find personal success and fulfillment. Miha has served over 3,500 entrepreneurs all over the world and has more than 22 years of entrepreneurial experience. He has successfully built nine businesses and specializes in startups, financing, and marketing.   Miha joins me today to discuss how...

Yes - We Really Do Create With Our Word with John P. Morgan

    John P. Morgan is a Champion Coach for artists, entrepreneurs, and other coaches. He aims to empower and provide spiritual enlightenment to those who seem troubled by a life of routine and automation. John has over 20 years of experience in self-mastery with regards to health, intimacy, business, relationships, family, and money. He believes that you can create the kind of life you want, not by doing, but by being who you need to be.   John joins me to share how he found this pat...

Looking Back and Moving Ahead with Susan Sharp

    Susan Sharp is an abstract artist, speaker, and life coach. She is also the author of Mid-Life Wisdom, where she helps people experiencing midlife to look back and see how far they’ve come and celebrate. As an abstract artist, she creates canvas art prints, wall art, string art, pouches, and even notebooks for sale on her Etsy pages. Some of Susan’s specialties include improving interpersonal communication, keynote presentations, and creative productivity.   Susan joins me today ...

When Celebrities Tell Us What Really Happened - We Should Listen

    Have you ever compared yourself to a celebrity? Have you ever watched a celebrity rise, then fall, get made fun of as if they aren’t people?   Jessica Simpson released and excerpt from her memoir and shared her struggle with weight, sexual abuse and insecurity. Listen to Howard Stern talk about what becoming “King of All Media” cost him in his interview with David Letterman.   Don’t believe the illusion. There is a real story behind everyone. Nobody escapes real life.   “...

Why Worst Case is Never as Bad as We Think with Paul Maskill

Paul Maskill is a Business Coach and Business Advocate focused on helping fellow business owners create the life they love by automating their businesses. He draws his business coaching experience from having run four companies, the last of which he successfully exited. Paul is also the host of the Business Owner’s Freedom Formula podcast, a show that caters to small business owners and offers actionable advice and effective management techniques.   Paul joins me today to share what it...

Beware of Perfect People

    Today’s episode is inspired by a conversation between my younger son and I. “Dad, when I was in High School, I thought you were perfect, nothing bothered you, I wanted to be like you.” As cool as that sounds, it wasn’t healthy or useful. Our conversation and the insights he brought to it, are what I want to share today.   “What I realized is, if you (dad) actually struggle, and you still create and do all you do, then maybe I can do that too.” – Jake Silverman   Today on Mast...

JLo Shakira and the Pitfall of Opinions

    The halftime show at the Superbowl was amazing, spectacular, a celebration of feminine power…or was it? It was obscene, it was a strip show not suitable for family entertainment. Whatever side of the controversy you land on, YOU DO HAVE AN OPINION. And it is how strongly you hold that opinion that dictates the quality of your experience.   “Really being curious about someone else’s world is so much more fascinating, useful and happiness bringing than investing in the validity of ...

Resources and Options are Wasted on the Old (Middle Aged)

    The older we get, the more we become afraid of change and prefer to live a life of safe routine. However, just because you’re no longer in your 20s or 30s doesn’t mean you can’t find ways to improve your status in life. Being middle-aged doesn’t mean you have to start being content with what you have and hope that these things are enough. Sometimes, all you need to do is to take a well-calculated risk to enact the kind of change that will bring a new kind of spark to your life.   ...

Sex, Intimacy, Relationship in your 40s and 50s with Monica Day Part 1

Why We Must Own Our Stories to Succeed with Gerald DuBose

    Gerald DuBose is a life coach, business consultant, and the COO and Co-Founder of The New Wealth Order, a business coaching platform that works with company owners and corporate executives to help cultivate success and value-driven cultures. Gerald is also the author of The Formula 4 Success, where he shares the four simple ways to fulfill your hopes and dreams. He has experience in providing services to companies like Microsoft, General Electric, and Homeland Security.   Gerald ...

5 -3- 1- The Foundation for Resiliency with Dr. Watson Jordan

    Dr. Watson Jordan is the Executive Director at Sprinkle Caldwell, an educational consulting firm that is currently leading what they refer to as The Resilience Initiative. It’s an 18-month study that focuses on the emotional, physical, and financial health areas of resilience. Some of his responsibilities as Executive Director include senior management, crisis management, and campus safety. Watson is also the author of Mine, Ours, and Yours, a book that explores a father’s journey t...

Success Through Excellence, Service and Humility with Jack White

    Jack White is a Partner at FH+H Law Firm, a diverse law firm with entrepreneurial roots and focused on growing their clients’ companies. As a partner, Jack provides his clients with litigation, alternative dispute resolution, and regulatory inquiry services. His broad work experience includes government investigations, administrative matters, bankruptcies, and discrimination claims. Jack once served in the army, having graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point. After five ...

Leading with Hospitality with Taylor Scott

    Taylor Scott is an author, consultant, and keynote speaker. He has over twenty years of experience in the hospitality industry, working with big players such as the Walt Disney Company and Wynn Resorts. Taylor is also the author of Ballgames to Boardrooms. The book tells stories about his various experiences regarding leadership and hospitality and how they shaped who he is today. In his spare time, Taylor likes to blog on Lead With Hospitality, where he shares his thoughts on life a...