My Wakeup Call with Dr. Mark Goulston
602 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 243 ratingsI’m Dr. Mark Goulston, and this is My Wakeup Call. Everybody has personal wakeup calls, but not everybody wakes up. In this podcast, we speak to people who did. In fact, they not only woke up, but their wakeup calls changed their lives, often helped them discover their purpose and then changed how they would spend the rest of their life. In most cases, the wakeup call was not pleasant, sought-after, and often shook people to the core of their being. But in every case, it made our guests more authentic, better at life, better in life and better human beings. I hope you will listen in and become as inspired as I am from every episode. I also hope it will help you persevere if you are going through a wakeup call and haven’t yet gotten through the pain of it, or landed in your future as the better person you’re meant to be, with the better life that you’re meant to have.
DISCLAIMER: Any information or advice I give is purely based on my own experience. Comments made are as a coach- this is not medical or psychiatry advice. There is no guarantee as there are many variables that will impact outcomes. Everything stated should be taken as opinion.
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Episodes
Ep 574 - Robert Barton
December 21, 2023 19:32 - 54 minutes - 50.2 MBIn this episode I speak with Robert Barton, University of Oregon professor emeritus in acting and former head of the acting program and author of many books including: "Acting: Onstage and Off," and "Acting Reframes: Using NLP to Make Better Decisions in and out of the Theatre and his “Many Right Ways” columns appear in each edition of The Voice and Speech Review. His wakeup call was coming from an unhappy childhood and seeing how acting and the theatre could free him and also be something t...
Ep 573 - Ron Carucci
December 14, 2023 15:17 - 49 minutes - 39.7 MBIn this episode I interview returning guest Ron Carucci co-founder and managing partner at Navalent, working with CEOs and executives pursuing transformational change for their organizations, leaders, and industries. He has a thirty-year track record helping executives tackle challenges of strategy, organization and leadership. He brings up to date after the publication of, "To Be Honest: Lead with the Power of Truth, Justice and Purpose," because I felt compelled to speak to him given the n...
Ep 572 - Johann Ilgenfritz
December 12, 2023 02:04 - 51 minutes - 41.5 MBIn this episode I speak with returning guest Johann Ilgenfritz, CEO of UK Health Radio, the #1 world's talk health radio, which my co-hosted show, "Hurt Less, Live More," about his vision for bringing the best healthcare information to the world and updates on that and how you can become involved. https://ukhealthradio.com/about/
Ep 571 - Sani Abdul-Jabbar
December 07, 2023 15:42 - 1 hour - 54.9 MBIn this episode I speak with Sani Abdul-Jabbar, Founder and CEO of VezTek, a Los Angeles-based emerging tech company specializing in cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence and blockchain, author of "Makers: A Slender Knowledge," whose through line has always been a work ethic instilled by his parents but whose wakeup call was the birth of his first child in 2011. https://www.linkedin.com/in/sani/
Ep 570 - Rand Selig
December 05, 2023 14:47 - 1 hour - 52.4 MBIn this episode I interview Rand Selig an accomplished entrepreneur, coach, conservationist, and board member for various organizations and author of, "Thriving!" where he shares his extensive expertise in how to create a healthier, happier, and more prosperous life. His wakeup call or through line that he learned from his parents was being all about service and a major breakthrough was 15 years ago learning to finally accept his father who could be hard and opinionated as who he was and als...
Ep 569 - Jennifer McCollum
December 01, 2023 16:15 - 57 minutes - 46.2 MBIn this episode I speak with returning guest and future superstar, Jennifer McCollum, CEO of Linkage, a SHRM company, where she oversees the strategic direction and global operations of this global leadership development firm. She is the author of, "In Her Own Voice: A Woman’s Rise to CEO," whose wakeup calls have been her being able to quiet her inner critic re: becoming a CEO and recently becoming an international speaker and author. https://www.shrm.org/about-shrm/pages/jennifer-mccollum....
Ep 568 - Jim Tselikis
November 28, 2023 15:44 - 58 minutes - 47 MBIn this episode I interview Jim Tselikis, co-founder of Cousins Maine Lobster a startup food truck business which has grown to over 50 units, including both gourmet food trucks and fast-casual restaurants whose wakeup call was coming up with the idea and keeping it secret with his co-founder cousin and former guest on this podcast until they could launch a single truck in Los Angeles. In this episode Jim offers a master class in both "family first" values and growing an entrepreneurial busi...
Ep 567 - Greg Williams
November 22, 2023 14:58 - 50 minutes - 40.1 MBIn this episode I speak with Greg Williams, "The Master Negotiator and Body Language Expert," speaker, trainer and Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches member who wakeup call was noticing people's body language and that everyone is always negotiating from being a poor young child and also his desire to give back to the world because 95% of people he knew as a child were either in prison, drug addicts, prostitutes or dead. And also thinking he was stupid until some teachers believed in him and told...
Ep 566 - Daniel Pinchbeck
November 15, 2023 17:25 - 47 minutes - 37.9 MBIn this episode I speak with Daniel Pinchbeck, Founder and Director of the Liminal Institute and author of "Breaking Open the Head," "2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl," "How Soon is Now" and co-author of "When Plants Dream." and writes Daniel Pinchbeck's newsletter on Substack which I highly recommend. His wakeup call was possibly being raised in Manhattan and supported by divorced parents with a father, a literary writer/author and a mother, an artist and his finding his own path being draw...
Ep 565 - Ben Guttmann
November 10, 2023 17:20 - 47 minutes - 38.4 MBIn this episode I speak with Ben Guttmann, marketing and communications expert and author of "Simply Put: Why Clear Messages Win — and How to Design Them". He’s an experienced marketing executive and educator on a mission to get leaders to more effectively connect by simplifying their message. His wakeup call or rather his underlying driving force was coming from a family of "make your own job" people who were supportive of his making his own way. https://www.benguttmann.com/simply-put-book
Ep 564 - Derin McMains
November 07, 2023 17:24 - 58 minutes - 47 MBIn this episode I speak with Derin McMains, former professional baseball player and manager, now Director of Mental Performance at ReliaQuest whose wakeup call was going from professional athlete to coach and realizing how vital to success is mindset and now his company and he are spreading that beyond the sports world. https://theorg.com/org/reliaquest/org-chart/derin-mcmains
Ep 563 - William Vanderbloemen
November 02, 2023 17:22 - 56 minutes - 45.1 MBIn this episode I speak with William Vanderbloemen, author of, " Be the Unicorn: 12 Data-Driven Habits that Separate the Best Leaders from the Rest," leader of the Vanderbloemen Search Group, and former Senior Pastor at one of the largest Presbyterian Churches in the United States whose wakeup call was seeing how poor a job churches did at identifying and recruiting their pastors and other senior staff and whose through line still remains his faith. https://www.vanderbloemen.com/solutions/
Ep 562 - Amy Morin
November 01, 2023 11:29 - 50 minutes - 40.2 MBIn this episode I speak with return guest, Amy Morin, host of a top mental health podcast called "Mentally Stronger," and author of the upcoming book, "13 Things Mentally Strong Couples Don't Do," which if you pre-order you can get a month of therapy at BetterHelp for free. For details go to: https://amymorinlcsw.com/couples/Her wakeup call was having multiple tragic losses in her life and realizing it was easier to focus on not doing things than adding a list of "to do" things when she was ...
Ep 561 - Cameron Herold
October 25, 2023 13:26 - 40 minutes - 32.1 MBIn this episode I welcome back Cameron Herold, founder of the COO Alliance and the Invest In Your Leaders course, host of the "Second in Command" podcast, multi-best selling author, whose sure-to-be-a-best -seller recent book is "Second in Command: Unleash the Power of Your CEO," and whose wakeup call and through line is realizing that he has ADD and also a love for business and entrepreneurship seeing the world differently dating back to when he was seven. https://cameronherold.com/books/
Ep 560 - Sam Horn
October 19, 2023 16:49 - 1 hour - 85.3 MBIn this episode, return guest Sam Horn, author of many books including her recent book, "Talking on Eggshells," where we spoke at length and had the most up close, personal and real conversation I have had in more than 560 episodes. Listen, relate and learn. https://samhorn.com/
Ep 559 - Nataly Kogan
October 17, 2023 18:52 - 58 minutes - 46.6 MBIn this episode I speak with returning guest, Nataly Kogan, a Russian refugee, author of "The Awesome Human Project" and her follow up book, "The Awesome Human Journal," whose wakeup call was becoming burned out after a highly successful career with McKinsey and Microsoft and founder or executive and five startups and tech companies. http://natalykogan.com
Ep 558 - Eddie Turner
October 12, 2023 15:01 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBIn this episode I speak with Eddie Turner, member of Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches, Principal Consultant and Executive Coach at Linkage, a SHRM company, author of, "140 Simple Messages to Guide Emerging Leaders," one of the Top 25 Thought Leaders in Leadership by Thinkers 360 whose wakeup calls have been many but most prominently the births of his two children recently as a dad in his late forties and his wanting to set them up psychologically and financially for a successful and secure lif...
Ep 557 - Brad Deutser
October 10, 2023 16:54 - 1 hour - 48.9 MBIn this episode I speak with Brad Deutser, visionary leader behind Deutser and the Deutser Clarity Institute and the author of, "Belonging Rules: Five Crucial Actions that Build Unity and Foster Performance," whose wakeup call was feeling like an outsider most of his life but completely loved and supported by his family which put him on a path to helping people belong through loving them into his life. https://deutser.com/
Ep 556 - Suneel Gupta
October 03, 2023 16:36 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MBIn this episode I speak with returning guest, Suneel Gupta, author of, "EVERYDAY DHARMA: 8 Essential Practices for Finding Success and Joy in Everything," whose wakeup call was failing at two tech startups and becoming famous for that just as the movement of sharing and learning from failures caught on. In his wonderful book he interviews many successful people who also failed and what it taught them. https://www.suneelgupta.com/
Ep 555 - Ashley Campbell
September 28, 2023 10:07 - 50 minutes - 40.6 MBIn this episode I interview Ashley Campbell, mother of two and founder of Coral & Blue Paper Co. She created and patented a line of children's stationery that makes thank you notes simple for kids while inspiring important character qualities, human connection, gratitude, and happiness in our digital world. She's also co-founder of the non-profit, The Coral & Blue Project in Burundi, Africa where kids use Coral & Blue stationery for writing, reading, art, public speaking and most recently, t...
Ep 554 - Scott Robertson
September 26, 2023 14:49 - 53 minutes - 42.5 MBIn this episode I speak with Scott Robertson, author of, "Just Stop It: Your Survival Guide to Marketing Myths, Mistakes and Misgivings," musician and long time successful marketing specialist who believes in serving and caring about his clients more than money and whose through line and wakeup calls have been his deep faith in God and Christianity. https://www.robertsoncomm.com/about-us/
Ep 553 - Beverly Parenti and Molly Kelly
September 22, 2023 14:51 - 1 hour - 49.3 MBIn this interview I speak with Beverly Parenti, co-founder of The Last Mile (TLM) and Molly Kelly, returning citizen and now Partnerships Manager for TLM whose wakeup calls were seeing a way to dramatically reduce recidivism by training incarcerated individuals in technical skills that led to a job and most importantly led to self-worth and hope. And how appreciative vs. entitled these returning citizens felt made them wonderful hires. https://thelastmile.org/about/
Ep 552 - Scott Osman, CEO, and Jacquelyn Lane
September 19, 2023 14:35 - 52 minutes - 41.7 MBIn this episode I speak with Scott Osman, CEO, and Jacquelyn Lane, President of the 100 Coaches Agency and co-authors along with Marshall Goldsmith of "Becoming Coachable: Unleashing the Power of Executive Coaching to Transform Your Leadership," and whose wakeup calls were realizing each of them were not coachable and how much value being coachable has been for them. https://amplifypublishinggroup.com/product/nonfiction/business-and-finance/leadership-and-management/becoming-coachable/
Ep 551 - Neil Cannon
September 18, 2023 14:30 - 1 hour - 53.9 MBIn this episode I speak with Neil Cannon, bestselling author of "The Vitality Secret" and recent book, "The Vitality Code," authority in holistic health, vitality coach, podcast host, and speaker. Since 2015, Neil has been helping people become free from illness, pain and medication by balancing their bodies across the physical, mental, emotional and energetic “Pillars of Vitality” and whose wakeup call was the stroke of his father which could have been presented and his lifelong battle wit...
Ep 550 - Quint Studer
September 15, 2023 16:04 - 53 minutes - 42.6 MBIn this episode I speak with Quint Studer, healthcare leader, teacher, coach, luminary, author of many books, most recently, "Rewiring Excellence: Hardwired to Rewired, co-founder Healthcare Plus Solutions Group (HPSG), who overflows with compassion and kindness and whose throughline has been caring about healthcare workers so that they will care more about their patients and take better care of themselves. https://www.quintstuder.com/
Ep 549 - Nina Szewczak
September 13, 2023 15:17 - 57 minutes - 46.4 MBIn this episode I speak with Nina Szewczak, a transformational change agent whose wakeup call was not realizing how much her childhood affected her and realizing that she had to unlearn what she had learned that wasn't true. https://themidliferevolution.com/
Ep 548 - Dr. Joel A. Davis Brown
September 11, 2023 16:13 - 59 minutes - 47.4 MBIn this episode I speak to Dr. Joel A. Davis Brown , author of, "The Souls of Queer Folk: How Understanding LGBTQ+ Culture Can Transform Your Leadership Practice," Founder and Chief Visionary Officer of Pneumos LLC, co-founder of MetaPrinciple™ and co-developer of Global Inclusion Praxis Model, whose wakeup call was being so loved and supported by his family that he could take on the challenges of being Black and LGBTQ as he navigated his way through life. https://www.pneumos.com/our-founder/
Ep 547 - Mark Matousek
September 08, 2023 10:59 - 1 hour - 49.6 MBIn this episode I speak with Mark Matousek, speaker, author or eight books including his most recent book, "Lessons From an American Stoic: How Emerson Can Change Your Life," founder of, The Seekers Forum, whose wakeup call was coming from a traumatic and violent background and his seeking to understand what was going on the world that was much larger than his life which sent him on a lifelong journey of seeking. https://markmatousek.com/
Ep 546 - Dennis S. Charney, MD and Jonathan M. DePierro, PhD
September 06, 2023 14:09 - 47 minutes - 38.1 MBIn this episode I speak with Dennis S. Charney, MD, Dean of the Icahn School of Medicine and President for Academic Affairs for the Mount Sinai Health System and Jonathan M. DePierro, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Associate Director of Mount Sinai’s Center for Stress, Resilience, and Personal Growth. They are the co-authors of "Resilience: The Science of Mastering Life’s Greatest Challenges, third edition," dedicated to their late t...
Ep 545 - Shannon Walker
September 04, 2023 14:00 - 54 minutes - 43.4 MBIn this episode I interview Shannon Walker, CEO and Founder of Northwest Battle Buddies, a non-profit organization on a mission to end suicide among our nation's military Veterans struggling with PTSD that currently has a 100% success rate and whose wakeup call was honoring her late father who served in the military and was her hero. https://northwestbattlebuddies.org/
Ep 544 - Bruce Kasanoff
September 01, 2023 13:26 - 48 minutes - 39 MBIn this episode I speak with Bruce Kasanoff, thought Partner. ghostwriter, co-creator who is the purest listener I have ever met and who taught me a tremendous amount and will do the same for you, especially about separating when you're being completely of service to others which then allows you to separately do what give you pleasure. You gotta listen to this one. https://kasanoff.com/
Ep 543 - Dorie Clark
August 30, 2023 14:54 - 43 minutes - 34.9 MBIn this episode, return guest Dorie Clark, top communication expert, multi-million view TEDx speaker, author of multiple books including, "The Long Game," who wakes us up by sharing nuggets of wisdom from her life and career. Thank you Dorie! https://dorieclark.com/
Ep 542 - Art Kleiner
August 28, 2023 15:28 - 59 minutes - 47.3 MBIn this episode I speak with Art Kleiner, co-author with Juliette Powell of "The AI Dilemma: 7 Principles for Responsible Technology," and Editor in Chief at Kleiner Powell International (KPI), multi-best selling author, commentator, ghostwriter and on the faculty of NYU whose story/wakeup call was having an autistic sibling and realizing how many people suffer from an illusion of control that they don't have. https://www.linkedin.com/in/artkleiner/
Ep 541 - James Brosnahan
August 25, 2023 15:03 - 57 minutes - 46.3 MBIn this episode I speak with James Brosnahan, famous multi-award winning trial lawyer of 150 cases to conclusion, author of the best-selling book, "Justice at Trial: Courtroom Battles and Groundbreaking Cases," whose origin story and wakeup call were the same, i.e. being in bed from age 3 to 6 for rheumatic fever and once he got out, throwing himself into life but who defining moment was meeting and marrying his wife Carol. https://www.jimjbrosnahan.com/
Ep 540 - Michael Bungay Stanier
August 23, 2023 15:09 - 52 minutes - 42.4 MBIn this episode I speak with Michael Bungay Stanier, Rhodes Scholar, author of the best selling book, "The Coaching Habit," and more recently, "How to Work with (Almost) Anyone," whose through line and greatest influence were his parents who were very community minded and who were completely supportive of him even though they didn't quite understand him. https://MBS.works
Ep 539 - Tom Shroder
August 21, 2023 15:06 - 46 minutes - 37.4 MBIn this episode I speak with Tom Shroder, a delightful raconteur, award winning journalist, ghost writer, former editor of Washington Post magazine whose main driver has been curiosity and who had many wakeup calls and was especially amazed by writing a poem and having it grab other kids attention. He also noticed that deadlines motivated him to write and with that led him into journalism. https://tomshroder.com/
Ep 538 - John Vagueiro
August 18, 2023 15:02 - 1 hour - 53.6 MBIn this episode I speak with John Vagueiro, CEO & Founder of global digital marketing agency Adapting Social, which serves clients in over 20 countries including Bentley, Ferrari, Columbia University, Compass and RE/MAX. He is the host of the "Breaking Barriers" podcast, an advocate for anxiety and mental health disorders and whose wakeup call was being told he had a learning disability, would never go to college and starting a business at age 17 to help his struggling family. https://adapti...
Ep 537 - Rob Moore
August 16, 2023 14:15 - 52 minutes - 42.3 MBIn this episode I speak with Rob Moore, co-founder for the Progressive Group, Entrepreneur's Business Academy, author of 17 books, host of the "Disruptors" podcast whose wakeup call was going from a broke zero-aire to multimillionaire and also watching his father have a nervous breakdown when Rob was 26 in their family pub and how that deeply impacted him. https://robmoore.com/
Ep 536 - Margaret Kelly
August 14, 2023 14:21 - 55 minutes - 44.8 MBIn this episode I interview Margaret Kelly, A.B. Princeton, J.D. Virginia Law and partner at Advantage Ivy Tutoring, which help students improve their college essays for elite colleges and whose wakeup call was always being curious about reading and language and realizing that law wasn't the best use of her talents and passions, but helping young college bound students become more articulate and authentic was. https://www.advantageivytutoring.com/ourteam
Ep 535 - Robert Dilts
August 11, 2023 15:12 - 1 hour - 52.5 MBIn this episode I speak with Robert Dilts, an internationally respected developer, author, trainer and consultant in the field of leadership and change and a pioneer in the field of neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), a discipline that has profoundly shaped and enlightened management, training and communication techniques. He is the author of many books with his most recent being, "The Power of Mindset Change: Why Mindset Matters Most." His through line has always been looking for what it th...
Ep 534 - Tyler Williams
August 09, 2023 21:51 - 58 minutes - 46.9 MBIn this episode I speak with Tyler Williams, founder of the 5 Minute Fear Formula, former country music artist and race car driver, who helps people discover and come from the power that is already in him and whose wakeup call was being unprepared to give a performance and staying away for breaking through his fear of failure for nearly a decade. https://www.tylerwilliamslive.com/
Ep 533 - Marc and Elaine Zicree
August 07, 2023 21:58 - 1 hour - 51.1 MBIn this episode I speak with Marc and Elaine Zicree, producers of the Space Command TV series and author (Marc) of "Twilight Zone Companion," whose through line has been to uplift the human spirit through compelling and riveting entertainment and whose wakeup call for Marc was meeting Elaine. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spacecommand/space-command
Ep 532 - CB Bowman
August 03, 2023 16:57 - 57 minutes - 46.1 MBIn this episode I speak with CB Bowman, author of, "Courage: To Leap and Lead," host of the "Courage to Leap and Lead" videocast and podcast, CEO of the Association of Corporate Executive Coaches, and a Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches member. Her origin story included being raised by a very strict and through that, a loving mother, and whose greatest wakeup call was learning that she had dyslexia which freed her from thinking she wasn't smart. Turns out she is close to brilliant in what she b...
Ep 531 - Hendrie Weisinger
July 31, 2023 10:38 - 54 minutes - 43.8 MBin this episode I speak with Hendrie Weisinger, PhD, psychologist, two time NY Times best selling author, leading authority in the application of Emotional Intelligence, an expert in Anger management, the originator of the highly regarded techniques of Criticism Training, and a pioneer in the emerging new field, pressure management whose wakeup call was turning a rebellious, partying adolescence into being able to see and seize the elephant in the room and turn it into a highly successful ca...
Ep 530 - Ardeshir Mehran
July 27, 2023 14:40 - 1 hour - 56.7 MBIn this episode I speak to Ardeshir Mehran, PhD, Founder of Human Work Studio and author of, "You Are Not Depressed. You Are Un-Finished," whose wakeup call was realizing that rather than running away from depression, if he stopped and felt his underlying feelings, which he has called, "The Emotional Bill of Rights," his depression went away. https://www.humanworkstudio.com/bio
Ep 529 - Christopher Zara
July 25, 2023 15:46 - 1 hour - 52.3 MBIn this episode I speak with Christopher Zara, Senior Editor at Fast Company, and author of, "Uneducated," a memoir about his life and career as journalist without a college degree in and very degreed industry and whose wakeup call was realizing that being angry and rebellious as a teenager was a dead end and then turning his life around. https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopherzara/
Ep 528 - Gladys McGarey
July 24, 2023 14:51 - 1 hour - 50.2 MBIn this episode I speak to Gladys McGarey, M.D., widely regarded as the "Mother of Holistic Medicine" and author of, "The Well-Lived Life: A 102-Year-Old Doctor's Six Secrets to Health and Happiness at Every Age," whose wakeup calls included being one of the earliest female medical doctors in America, working with Mahatma Gandhi, and being inspired by her medical missionary parents growing up in India. https://gladysmcgarey.com/
Ep 527 - Andrei Mincov
July 21, 2023 15:08 - 56 minutes - 45.6 MBIn this episode I speak with Andrei Mincov, Founder of Trademark Factory, the leading law firm specializing only in trademarking their clients brands with an amazing three part entire money back guarantee to their clients. His wakeup call was winning a decision in Russia's next level under their Supreme Court to secure damages to his famous composer and father, Mark Mincov, after his music had been used illegally by a large radio company in advertising. https://trademarkfactory.com/
Ep 526 - Caroline Goyder
July 20, 2023 16:43 - 54 minutes - 43.3 MBIn this episode I speak with Caroline Goyder, leading TEDx speaker, author of "Gravitas: How to Speak With Confidence Influence and Authority" and "Find Your Voice" and creator of "Master Your Meetings" digital online course whose wakeup call was being a young child and enjoying sports but feeling she was not allowed to because she was uncoordinated and not good at them and has dedicated her life to helping people embody something from their inside. http://carolinegoyder.com
Ep 525 - Jeffrey "Griff" Griffin
July 18, 2023 17:35 - 1 hour - 54.3 MBIn this episode I speak with Jeffrey "Griff" Griffin, author of, "I'm Possible" and "Dream," silver medalist in wheelchair basketball, National Champion, in the (Wheelchair NBA), and a four-time All-Star MVP whose wakeup call was coming back after an accident paralyzed him from the waist down in the midst of a successful collegiate athletic career. https://griffinmotivation.com/