My Wakeup Call with Dr. Mark Goulston
602 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 163 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 424 - Kevin Hines
November 21, 2022 16:26 - 31 minutes - 24.9 MBIn this episode I interview Kevin Hines, suicide attempt survivor and suicide prevention advocate and featured star on, "Stay Alive," and "The Ripple Effect," who wakeup call was surviving jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge and dedicating his live to helping people with mental illness and preventing suicide. https://www.kevinhinesstory.com
Ep 423 - Gretchen Villegas
November 18, 2022 16:00 - 36 minutes - 29.1 MBIn this episode I interview Gretchen Villegas, CEO of https://empowertheorphaned.org/team/ whose through line has been always giving to and empowering those who have less that she learned from her low income family and how others always shared what little they had with others who had less.
Ep 422 - Michelle Tillis Lederman
November 17, 2022 17:03 - 47 minutes - 38.2 MBIn this episode I speak with Michelle Tillis Lederman, CEO of Executive Essentials and author of, "The Connectors Advantage," whose wakeup call was coming from a poor home and being fiercely committed to being financially independent and then realizing when she was that life was about relationships and connections. https://executiveessentials.org/about-us/ Links: LinkedIn Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/connected-leadership-6898954629854683138/ Book Special: https://m...
Ep 421 - Charles "Charlie" Camarda
November 15, 2022 15:41 - 40 minutes - 32.7 MBIn this episode I speak with former astronaut, research engineer, technical education innovator, Charles "Charlie" Camarda, PhD, whose through line was a passion about space travel and whose wakeup call was observing how narrow mindedness could cause NASA to miss problems that could be identified by taking a research engineer approach to them. http://www.charliecamarda.com/
Ep 420 - Melissa Goldberg Mintz
November 14, 2022 11:00 - 36 minutes - 28.9 MBIn this episode I speak with Dr. Melissa Goldberg Mintz, PsyD, clinical psychologist, mother and author of, "Has Your Child Been Traumatized," whose wakeup call was realizing how widespread adverse events and resulting trauma were in children and how to help children and their parents deal and recover from it. https://melissagoldbergmintz.com/
Ep 419 - Gauri Seth
November 11, 2022 17:01 - 36 minutes - 29 MBIn this episode I speak with Dr. Gauri Seth, UK psychiatrist who pioneered Brain-Based Connection, a science backed coaching methodology designed to facilitate connection with the authentic self, to then connect with others whose wakeup call was realizing that being both British and Indian gave her an opportunity to become more reflective about how people can truly connect with each other. https://www.brainbasedconnection.co.uk/ DISCLAIMER: Any information or advice Dr. Seth gives is purel...
Ep 418 - Joann Wortham
November 10, 2022 16:40 - 41 minutes - 33.5 MBIn this episode I speak with Joann Wortham, author of, "EDI is the New Black: Lead the Market with Diverse Teams," whose through line and wakeup call was to create equitable, diverse and inclusive teams after growing up and being discriminated against as a young Black nurse. https://www.amazon.com/EDI-New-Black-Market-Diverse/dp/1544530854/
Ep 417 - Jeff Hoffman
November 08, 2022 16:41 - 42 minutes - 33.8 MBIn this episode I speak to Jeff Hoffman, global entrepreneur, Hollywood film producer, Grammy winning jazz album producer, principal at Priceline.com whose wakeup call was realizing that he needed to explore the world and not be confined and constricted in a conventional job/life. http://jeffhoffman.com
Ep 416 - Michael Adamse
November 07, 2022 17:13 - 33 minutes - 26.5 MBIn this episode I speak with my very down to earth, humble and decent guest, Dr. Michael Adamse, author of: "Make America Sane Again: A Mental Health Expert Weighs In.” Make America Sane Again," whose through line has always being able to see the "hidden in plain sight" elephant in the room, common sense approach to problems and bringing them out into the open to help individuals and organizations improve. https://makeamericasaneagain.net/
Ep 415 - Eric Edmeades
November 04, 2022 14:03 - 44 minutes - 35.7 MBIn this episode I speak with Eric Edmeades, serial entrepreneur, award-winning international speaker, author, and pioneer in evolutionary biology, nutritional anthropology, and behavioral change dynamics whose wakeup call was having a successful business and hating it until he realized that his true "business" and calling was helping other people develop disguised as a barcoding business. https://ericedmeades.com/
Ep 414 - Nick Gray
November 03, 2022 15:32 - 41 minutes - 33.2 MBIn this episode I interview Nick Gray, entrepreneur and author of, "The 2-Hour Cocktail Party," a step-by-step handbook for building big relationships by hosting small gatherings whose wakeup call was seeing how to turn boring experiences into fun ones. https://party.pro/book/
Ep 413 - Jeff Hull
November 01, 2022 14:20 - 45 minutes - 36.6 MBIn this episode I speak with Jeffrey Hull, author of, "FLEX: The Art and Science of Leadership in a Changing World," Executive Director of the Institute of Coaching a Harvard Medical School Affiliate, Marshal Goldsmith 100 Coach whose core value has been being on a long term journey of personal growth and helping others do the same which started from being adopted after being first misdiagnosed as having cerebral palsy and mental retardation and being not-adoptable. http://jeffreyhull.com
Ep 412 - Emilio Diaz Barroso
October 31, 2022 17:43 - 39 minutes - 31.3 MBIn this episode I speak with Emilio Diez Barros, author of, "The Mystery of You: Freedom is Closer Than You Think," successful businessman, board member of more than a dozen companies whose wakeup call was realizing that racing to achieve was not freeing him from feelings of unworthiness. https://p-nt-www-amazon-com-kalias.amazon.com/Mystery-You-Freedom-Closer-Think/dp/1544529104/
Ep 411 - Marianne Lewis
October 28, 2022 10:00 - 45 minutes - 36.2 MBIn this episode I speak with Marianne Lewis PhD, Dean and professor at the Carl Lindner College of Business, University of Cinncinnati and co-author, "Both/And Thinking: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems," whose through like and purpose/calling has been to see the value in tension and the power of paradoxes to solve many problems. https://business.uc.edu/faculty-and-research/departments/management/faculty/marianne-lewis.html
Ep 410 - Nolan Bushnell
October 27, 2022 10:00 - 45 minutes - 36.1 MBIn this episode I speak to Silicon Valley legend, creator of Atari, founder of Chuck E. Cheese and Steve Jobs' first boss, Nolan Bushnell, whose through line and wakeup call was learning to be an entrepreneur at age 8 and never looking back. https://www.linkedin.com/in/nolanbushnell/
Ep 409 - Fred Reichheld
October 25, 2022 15:36 - 40 minutes - 32.8 MBIn this episode I speak with Fred Reichheld, creator of the Net Promoter system of management, the founder of Bain & Company’s Loyalty practice, and the author of five books including The Ultimate Question and the New York Times bestseller "The Ultimate Question 2.0, whose recent book is, WINNING ON PURPOSE The Unbeatable Strategy of Loving Customers," whose wakeup call was how loving customers by treating them well produced loyalty through earned growth that far exceeded profits than takin...
Ep 408 - Paul Magnone
October 24, 2022 10:00 - 50 minutes - 40.3 MBIn this episode I speak with Paul Magnone, Head of Global Strategic Alliances at Google, co-author with Christopher Frank and Oded Netzer of "Decisions over Decimals: Striking the Balance Between Intuition and Information," whose wakeup call was being the first generation from an immigrant family and learning how the best decisions in life need to rely on both intuition and data working together instead of against each other. https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulmagnone/
Ep 407 - Scott Jeffrey Miller
October 21, 2022 17:42 - 40 minutes - 32.1 MBIn this episode I speak with Scott Miller, host of On Leadership podcast and author of "Master Mentors - Vol. 2" who is a returning guest and whose wakeup call was learning from and internalizing the wisdom from the guests on his podcast and who are featured in his book. https://www.scottjeffreymiller.com/
Ep 406 - Ric Keller
October 20, 2022 10:00 - 37 minutes - 30.4 MBIn this episode I speak with former US Congressman and author of, "Chase the Bears: Little Things to Achieve Big Dreams," Ric Keller, whose wakeup call was realizing that instead of doing what others thought he should do - and becoming a physician - that he had to be true to his gifts of public speaking and becoming a lawyer and politician. Plus you'll love his inspiring story about how he paid for college. https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickeller/
Ep 405 - James Whittaker
October 18, 2022 14:41 - 40 minutes - 32.3 MBIn this episode I speak with entrepreneur, "Win the Day" podcast host, Executive Producer of the multimillion-dollar Think and Grow Rich film whose wakecall was having debilitating anxiety as a teen and not taking care of himself in anyway, and finally becoming so disgusted with himself he knew he had to change and his mother stepped in with love and support to help him get started. https://jameswhitt.com/
Ep 404 - Morag Barrett
October 16, 2022 16:54 - 38 minutes - 31.2 MBIn this episode I speak with Morag Barrett, CEO of Skyeteam and co-author of YOU, ME, WE. Why We All Need a Friend at Work (and How to Show Up as One) whose wakeup call was realizing the power and even necessity to have "friendships" at work to have the best culture and maximize productivity. https://skyeteam.com/morag-barrett
Ep 403 - Michaela Renee Johnson
October 13, 2022 10:00 - 42 minutes - 34 MBIn this episode I interview Michaela Renee Johnson, licensed psychotherapist, author of, "Growth Mindset Workbook for Adults," and creator of the "Be You, Find Happy," workshops whose wakeup call was watching her dad pivot to a gritty never give up life after the construction industry cratered in the 1980's. https://www.michaelarenee.com/
Ep 402 - Richard Lackey
October 11, 2022 10:00 - 35 minutes - 28.1 MBIn this episode I interview Richard Lackey, CEO and Chairman of the World Food Bank whose wakeup call was watching a newscast video of a young lady who left a child behind in the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan in 2013 because there wasn't enough food for both of her children and her. https://worldfoodbank.org/about/our-team/
Ep 401 - Aron Ezra
October 09, 2022 17:01 - 34 minutes - 27.4 MBIn this episode I speak with Aron Ezra, Chairman of Plan A Technologies, serial innovator and entrepreneur whose through line was going through many career changes from writer/journalist, to crisis/turnaround consultant all of which he was successful at but he felt something was missing. What was missing was discovering his passion for building things and helping people and companies realize their vision. https://www.linkedin.com/in/aronezra/
Ep 400 - Marc Pollick
October 06, 2022 16:59 - 38 minutes - 30.6 MBIn this episode I speak with Marc Pollick, Founder and President of the Giving Back Fund which help celebrities start and manage foundations they are passionate and whose wakeup call was hating injustice wherever he saw it and dedicating his life to correcting it. http://givingback.org
Ep 399 - Jevon McCormick
October 04, 2022 15:51 - 47 minutes - 37.9 MBIn this episode I interview returning guest, Jevon McCormick, CEO of Scribe Media, and author of "Modern Leader," whose wakeup call was realizing that leaders don't follow a playbook, they create a new playbook that must fit with the modern world of rapid change, hybrid teams and needing to be both agile and centered as a leader and to work with your people towards success. https://jevonmccormick.com/
Ep 398 - David Marquet
October 02, 2022 16:43 - 44 minutes - 35.9 MBIn this episode I speak with L. David Marquet, former nuclear submarine commander, author of, "Turn the Ship Around" and "Language is Leadership," whose wakeup call was realizing that a top down and command and control approach to leadership was not working. https://intentbasedleadership.com
Ep 397 - Simon Alexander Ong
September 29, 2022 16:13 - 43 minutes - 35.1 MBIn this episode I speak with Simon Alexander Ong, keynote speaker, entrepreneur and author of, "Energize: Make the Most of Every Moment," whose wakeup call was having his structured life come to a crashing halt when after working at Lehman Bros for a short while the financial crisis hit and he needed to reevaluate everything. https://getenergizebook.com/
Ep 396 - Satya Doyle Byock
September 27, 2022 16:03 - 42 minutes - 34.3 MBIn this episode I speak with Satya Doyle Byock, author of, "Quarterlife: The Search for Self in Early Adulthood," Director of The Salome Institute of Jungian Studies and licensed psychotherapist whose through line and wakeup call was realizing how people ages 16 - 36 have been underserved and essentially abandoned to deal with an overwhelming and at times traumatizing world. https://satyabyock.com/
Ep 395 - Darryl Stickel
September 25, 2022 13:56 - 44 minutes - 36 MBIn this mesmerizing episode I speak with Darryl Stickel, founder of Trust Unlimited and author of: "Building Trust: Exceptional Leadership in an Uncertain World," whose through line was coming from a small community in Canada where everyone trusted and cooperated with each other and discovering how absent that was in the wider world. https://www.trustunlimited.com/
Ep 394 - Claudia Clark
September 22, 2022 15:56 - 40 minutes - 32 MBIn this episode I speak with Claudia Clark, author of, "Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel," whose through line has been a lifelong dedication to social activism in the face of being an extreme introvert. https://www.claudiaclarkauthor.com/
Ep 393 - Mike Koenigs
September 20, 2022 16:15 - 46 minutes - 37.1 MBIn this episode I speak with transformational business consultant and coach, creator of his "Publish and Profit" system, Mentor Advisor Partner program and cancer survivor, Mike Koenigs, whose wakeup call was to become completely authentic without the concern about what people thought of him. https://www.mikekoenigs.com/about/
Ep 392 - Joseph Pine
September 18, 2022 15:45 - 33 minutes - 26.9 MBIn this episode I speak with B. Joseph "Joe" Pine III, author of "The Experience Economy," whose through line has been to describe what he saw and then prescribe actions you can take to help people and organizations overcome what was holding them back. https://strategichorizons.com/pine-and-gilmore/joe-pine/
Ep 391 - Michael Stickler
September 15, 2022 14:59 - 42 minutes - 34.4 MBIn this episode I speak with Michael Stickler, popular Christian author, publisher at Leadership Books, whose through line has been his loyalty to others as he believes God has been loyal to him and whose wakeup calls include the loss of his wife to cancer and his time going to prison. https://leadershipbooks.com/collections/michael-stickler
Ep 390 - Amy Gallo
September 13, 2022 14:43 - 44 minutes - 35.7 MBIn this episode I speak with Amy Gallo, author of "Getting Along: How to Work with Anyone (Even Difficult People) and Contributing Editor at Harvard Business Review whose wakeup call and through line was coming from a divorced parents as a child and learning to see the positive aspects of conflict as a way to learn and grow. http://www.amyegallo.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Getting-Along-Anyone-Difficult-People/dp/1647821061/
Ep 389 - Steve Fortunato
September 11, 2022 16:14 - 45 minutes - 36.1 MBIn this episode I speak with Steve Fortunato, Founder and CEO of Hospitality Brands, whose through line has been managing the dynamic between the vicious cycle of entitlement and the virtuous cycle of generosity in his approach to his business and life and whose wakeup call was getting past a childhood of being ostracized. And get this, this was Steve's first ever podcast appearance. I thought he was wonderful. https://hospitalitycollaborative.com/meet-the-team/
Ep 388 - Bill George
September 08, 2022 15:08 - 50 minutes - 40.6 MBIn this episode I speak with Bill George, former Chairman and CEO of Medtronic and co-author of "True North: Emerging Leader Edition," whose wakeup call was realizing you need to care about your people to succeed as a leader by helping them succeed and you need to discover and develop yourself before you can do that. https://www.billgeorge.org/
Ep 387 - Brent Jackson
September 06, 2022 10:30 - 44 minutes - 35.9 MBIn this episode I speak with Brent Jackson, M.D., Chief Medical Officer at Mercy General Hospital about his through line of achievement and service and whose wakeup call was learning to be of support and believe in others that he learned from his grandfather. https://www.linkedin.com/in/bjacksonmd/
Ep 386 - Tom Hogan
September 04, 2022 10:30 - 43 minutes - 35 MBIn this episode I speak to former Silicon Valley start up marketing firm founder turned novelist, Tom Hogan, whose recent book is the current thriller: "The Empty Confessional,' and whose wakeup call was witnessing the abuse within the Catholic Church and his living out a retaliating revenge fantasy in his current book. https://tom-hogan.com/
Ep 385 - Gerry Riskin
September 01, 2022 10:30 - 45 minutes - 36.5 MBIn this episode I speak with Gerry Riskin, Founder and Chairman of: https://www.edge.ai/people/gerry-riskin/ whose wakeup call was standing up for his mom regarding a damaged product when he was 14 and seeing the power that lawyers could have in doing that for people who couldn't stand up for themselves. To me, he is one of the best representatives of what and how lawyers could be.
Ep 384 - David Meltzer
August 30, 2022 10:30 - 17 minutes - 13.9 MBIn this episode I speak with David Meltzer, Co-Founder of Sports1 Marketing whose wakeup call was the suicide of one of his daughter's close friends and which caused him to pivot to a mission of empowering OVER 1 BILLION people to be happy! https://dmeltzer.com/ @Davidmeltzer
Ep 383 - Dada Gunamuktananda
August 28, 2022 16:53 - 54 minutes - 43.4 MBIn this episode I speak with yogic monk and author of: "Consciousness: The Final Frontier," Dada Gunamuktananda whose wakeup call was dropping out of medical school to begin a lifelong journey to discover and experience consciousness and oneness with the cosmos. http://consciousfrontier.org
Ep 382 - Judy Gaman
August 25, 2022 16:16 - 52 minutes - 42.2 MBIn this episode I speak with Judy Gaman, author of, "Love, Life and Lucille," and CEO of Executive Medicine of Texas whose through line has been always caring about people and making their lives better and whose wakeup call was realizing there's a better way to practice medicine that puts patients above red tape. https://www.judygaman.com/
Ep 381 - Hugh McTavish
August 23, 2022 10:30 - 30 minutes - 24.1 MBIn this episode I speak with Minnesota Gubernatorial Candidate, Hugh McTavish, inventor of Jury Democracy whose wakeup call was seeing the damage done by the long term pandemic lockdown which has spawned more morbidity (1 in 5 teens feeling depressed and hopeless) than Covid. https://www.mctavish4mn.org/
Ep 380 - Simon Leslie
August 21, 2022 16:09 - 34 minutes - 27.8 MBIn this episode I welcome back return guest, Simon Leslie, Founder and CEO of Ink Global and author of, "Equanimity: Diary of a CEO in Crsis," whose wakeup call was having his $150 million business supplying inflight magazines to most of the airlines go away in light of the pandemic when nobody want to touch contaminated magazines and how he survived that and turned it around. https://www.amazon.com/Equanimity-Diary-Crisis-Simon-Leslie/dp/1916105130/
Ep 379 - Chris Voss
August 18, 2022 15:01 - 35 minutes - 28.6 MBIn this episode I speak with Chris Voss, author of "Never Split the Difference," top Masterclass course instructor and CEO and Founder of the Black Swan Group whose through line has been always wanting to fix things and just figure out what works to improve any negotiations people have. https://www.blackswanltd.com/ and watch this episode on video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCBnToEl2cE
Ep 378 - Stay Alive
August 16, 2022 16:33 - 31 minutes - 24.9 MBIn this episode I interview my partners in our suicide prevention documentary, "Stay Alive," including Golden Gate Bridge suicide attempt survivor, Kevin Hines; suicide prevention advocate and Japanese pop singer, Rayko; executive producer and co-creator, Frank Kilpatrick and co-creator/moderator, Mark Goulston. We share how suicide prevention has come to be so important to each of us and give tips to help people thinking of it. https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B09KDXDF36/
Ep 377 - Christie Hunter Arscott
August 14, 2022 16:45 - 41 minutes - 33.2 MBIn this episode I speak with Christie Hunter Arscott, Rhodes Scholar and author of "Begin Boldly: How Women Can Reimagine Risk, Embrace Uncertainty, and Launch A Brilliant Career," whose wakeup call was having confidence when she was younger and losing it when she became a consultant for a big company in New York and her determination to get her courage back. https://christiehunterarscott.com/
Ep 376 - Wendy Smith
August 11, 2022 16:27 - 49 minutes - 39.2 MBIn this episode I speak with Wendy Smith, co-author of "BOTH/AND THINKING: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems" and Dana J. Johnson Professor of Management and faculty director of the Women’s Leadership Initiative at the Lerner College of Business and Economics, University of Delaware whose through line and wakeup call was growing up in Montreal when there was so much political strife and seeing that as an opportunity to bring people together. https://lerner.udel.edu/...
Ep 375 - Michelle Segar
August 09, 2022 15:13 - 49 minutes - 39.7 MBIn this episode I speak with Michelle Segar, NIH-funded researcher at University of Michigan and author of, "The Joy Choice: How to Finally Achieve Lasting Changes in Eating and Exercise," whose wakeup call was seeing how many people were failing to take care of themselves by following conventional - and wrong - wisdom. https://michellesegar.com/