Mike‘s Search For Meaning

Lara Heacock is a Leadership Coach who brings over 20 years’ experience in Corporate America. She works with professionals and companies to help them bring kindness into business.    Lara's background includes working in companies ranging from small privately-held firms to multinational organizations. In over a decade of leadership in the talent acquisition industry, she managed geographically dispersed teams, and mentored and coached associates in the US and abroad.   Lara has an MBA, is an ICF credentialed coach (PCC), award-winning writer, speaker, author of the book Practical Kindness, and co-host of the podcast Doing (good) Business.   Lara is obsessed with how we change the culture of corporate America from one that promotes "busy-ness" and burnout as status symbols to one that’s rooted in kindness and humanity. Using her KIND method, Lara works with leaders at the human level, so that they can create teams (and lives!) that thrive. You can download the KIND methodology at LaraHeacock.com and get daily doses of kindness at KindOverMatter.com. Additionally, I’ll be donating to and raising awareness for the charity or organization of my guest’s choice with each episode now. This episode, the charity is Heroic Gardens. Any and all donations make a difference! You can connect with Lara on: Website Podcast - Doing (good) Business LinkedIn  Book - Practical Kindness To connect with me: Interested in working with me as your coach? Book a complimentary 15 minute call here. LinkedIn Instagram Website Subscribe to my weekly newsletter Please leave a review for this podcast on Apple Podcasts!   Resources/People Mentioned: The Body Keeps the Score - Bessel van der Kolk M.D. Playing Big - Tara Mohr  Reboot - Jerry Colonna Waking the Tiger - Peter A. Levine The Mindful Self-Compassion - Kristin Neff Brene Brown Dare to Lead - Brene Brown Pema Chodron Myers Briggs Personality Test Warren Buffett Glennon Doyle Coaches Rising Sarah Blondin

Elisa Haggarty is a Conscious Leadership coach and consultant who works with individuals and teams committed to personal and professional growth. With over 18 years of coaching experience and with a background in Learning & Development, Elisa builds experiences and trainings that are dynamic, digestible and research backed.   With an emphasis on building self-awareness and up-skilling through experiential learning, Elisa empowers her clients to identify and break repeated drama patterns in their work and in life. Drama is inefficient and drains mental health resources, and the world needs leaders who are present, curious and agile in the face of change. Work is a medium for transformation and growth, let's play!“ Additionally, I’ll be donating to and raising awareness for the charity or organization of my guest’s choice with each episode now. This episode, the charity is the Alzheimer's Association. Any and all donations make a difference! You can connect with Elisa on: Website The School of Unlearning - Podcast Instagram LinkedIn To connect with me: Interested in working with me as your coach? Book a complimentary 15 minute call here. LinkedIn Instagram Website Subscribe to my weekly newsletter Please leave a review for this podcast on Apple Podcasts!   Resources/People Mentioned: The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership - Jim Dethmer Emotional Agility - Susan David My Stroke of Insight - Jill Bolte Taylor Pleasure Activism - Adrienne Maree Brown Andrea Nakayama Parsley Health Institute for Integrative Nutrition  Jim Dethmer Diana Chapman

Ravi Rothenberg is a transformational coach, embodiment facilitator, and trauma-aware space holder. He’s the author of Ready to Rise: How to Find Your Path to Peace and Purpose. His purpose is deeply rooted in sharing the heart-centric healing wisdom he’s realized through yoga, the union of his immersion in eastern traditions, and an adventurous journey of personal evolution.   On his path, he finds himself most at peace on his yoga mat, immersed in nature, exploring foreign lands, or writing in the early hours of the morning. He enjoys spending quality time around Colorado with his partner, his pup, and conscious community. And like all of us, he is many things: a son, a brother, a lover, a friend, a writer, an explorer, a mover, and a shaker. Really, he loves shaking!   He hopes that this conversation shakes you to your core and is a catalyst for your personal and spiritual growth on your unique journey! Additionally, I’ll be donating to and raising awareness for the charity or organization of my guest’s choice with each episode now. This episode, the charity is The November Project. Any and all donations make a difference! You can connect with Ravi on: Website Instagram His book: Ready to Rise: How to Find Your Path to Peace and Purpose To connect with me: Interested in working with me as your coach? Book a complimentary 15 minute call here. LinkedIn Instagram Website Subscribe to my weekly newsletter Please leave a review for this podcast on Apple Podcasts!   Resources/People Mentioned: The Body Keeps the Score, by Bessel van der Kolk Al-Anon Meetings Osho Dynamic Meditation Holotropic Breathing Wim Hof Wim Hof Breathing - 11 Minute Video Tutorial  Polyvagal Theory Josh Waitzkin  Yoga with Kassandra Dr. Stephen Porges Deb Dana Attached, by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller Deep Work, by Cal Newport Dr. Wayne Dyer Brene Brown

Mushfiqa Monica Jamaluddin is an Embodied Futures Researcher and Leadership Coach whose curiosity and sincerity are as invaluable as her perspicacity. Her clients have called her their trusted advisor, vision-holder, and midwife for their dreams, but she thinks of herself simply as a partner in exploration.    She is fascinated by relationality: how the ways we relate – to ourselves, to others, and to our environments – can shape, heal, and expand us. Her work is guided by her core desire to move the needle on a world that operates from fear, scarcity and contraction to one that operates from love, enoughness, and expansion.   Mushfiqa has supported clients in getting clear on their greatest visions and bringing them to life, and in the process stepping into their fullest expression as leaders across all domains of life. She does this through 1:1 coaching, group coaching, and workshops that support individuals and organizations navigate interpersonal challenges, manage in times of transition, and create space for integration. Her work as a futurist informs her coaching practice; she believes that taking the long view of time allows us to reclaim agency, build resiliency, and expand possibilities in the face of uncertainty and change. Additionally, I’ll be donating to and raising awareness for the charity or organization of my guest’s choice with each episode now. This episode, the charity is the Loveland Foundation. Any and all donations make a difference! You can connect with Monica on: Website LinkedIn To connect with me: Interested in working with me as your coach? Book a complimentary 15 minute call here. LinkedIn Instagram Website Subscribe to my weekly newsletter Please leave a review for this podcast on Apple Podcasts!   Resources/People Mentioned: Miki Kashtan Defuturing, by Tony Fry Hurry Slowly - Podcast The Body Keeps the Score - Bessel van der Kolk M.D. Four Thousand Weeks - Oliver Burkeman In Praise of Shadows - Junichiro Tanizaki Theory U - Otto Scharmer Weird Studies Podcast Butoh Dance Ken Wilber - Integral Theory EMDR - eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing  

Dr. Lauren Borden is a leadership coach who specializes in supporting mission-driven leaders in leading with greater empathy, emotional intelligence and consciousness so that they can disrupt their industries and broaden their impact in the world.   Her approach blends deep spiritual and healing aspects of coaching with application-based approaches. As a PhD in Industrial-Organizational psychology, she has a deep subject-matter expertise in research-based principles in supporting leaders and teams; and as a meditation and intuition teacher, she supports clients in doing the deep work to create lasting transformation and impact. Additionally, I’ll be donating to and raising awareness for the charity or organization of my guest’s choice with each episode now. This episode, the charity is the Loveland Foundation. Any and all donations make a difference! You can connect with Lauren on: Website LinkedIn Instagram To connect with me: Interested in working with me as your coach? Book a complimentary 15 minute call here. LinkedIn Instagram Website Subscribe to my weekly newsletter Please leave a review for this podcast on Apple Podcasts!   Resources/People Mentioned: Arbonne Citrus Fizzy Sticks Energy Drink Vipassana Meditation Kristin Neff - Self-Compassion Untamed - Glennon Doyle  Somatic Experiencing Feldenkrais  Brene Brown The Conscious Leadership Group Feeling Your Feelings - Conscious Leadership Group Diagram Whatever Arises, Love That - Matt Kahn The Dark Side of the Light Chasers - Debbie Ford The Highly Sensitive Person - Elaine N. Aron Ph.D. Internal Family Systems Therapy - Martha Sweezy The Hakomi Way - Ron Kurtz

Joe Bernstein is fully committed to your growth and evolution.   He is often described as bold, powerful, passionate and compassionate.   As a coach he works with highly motivated individuals to create anything from deeper intimate relationships,  to healthier lifestyles and mission focused increases in income. He knows through personal experience and his professional work that human beings are capable of extraordinary transformation.   Joe has spent the last 15 years coaching, training, developing, and empowering thousands of people. First as a sales manager for Bose Corporation where he worked his way up to running multi-million dollar businesses in his mid-twenties. Then he created his own private coaching practice to liberate his life and live his mission of creating an empowered world of transformation through teaching, inspiring and coaching.   Through a 14 year career in leadership, losing 150 lbs, thriving after a divorce, ending a successful career and then building his own practice, Joe learned that we must develop who we are at the deepest levels and focus on our mindset as much, if not more than our skill set if we want long term change and a life we love.   He has been trained as a coach by complete badasses like Tripp Lanier and Chance Taureau. He is certified as a Mind Body Nutrition Coach by Marc David and the Institute for Psychology of Eating. He facilitates trainings for The Mankind Project and various local business development organizations. Joe is a founding collaborator for Return to Base, a pro-bono coaching program for combat veterans. He also volunteers time with Showing Up for Racial Justice DC chapter on the Healing Team.    Joe lives in Washington DC’s Mt. Pleasant neighborhood. He is beyond grateful to have both of his parents, his two sisters and their families all close by. The work he does in growing with his family is the most inspired and challenging personal or professional growth work of his life.   In his spare time you can find Joe attending transformational weekend workshops. He has done “rights of passage” work in prisons, with military veterans, and with inspired civilians. He even spent years of his life fostering, training and rehabilitating Pit Bulls. When he isn’t deep in transformational work, he is indulging in high quality chocolate, hiking through the woods, and spending copious amounts of time enjoying live music. Additionally, I’ll be donating to and raising awareness for the charity or organization of my guest’s choice with each episode now. This episode, the charity is Native American Rights Fund. Any and all donations make a difference! You can connect with Joe on: Website LinkedIn Instagram To connect with me: Interested in working with me as your coach? Book a complimentary 15 minute call here. LinkedIn Instagram Website Subscribe to my weekly newsletter Please leave a review for this podcast on Apple Podcasts!   Resources/People Mentioned: The 5 Love Languages - Gary Chapman No More Mr Nice Guy -  Robert A. Glover

Zach Carlsen is a lifelong student of human behavior & high-performance. From coaching and mentorship to visual design, spiritual study, philosophy, entrepreneurship, & nutrition—he is always “all in”.   In 2012, he was homeless, addicted to drugs, & lost.  Since then, his journey has been the adventure of a lifetime.  The tools & strategies he uses with his clients are the very same ones that he used to create this massive transformation.    He has worked with & learned from some of the best coaches on the planet—and has designed his life around the virtues of service to others, self-mastery & curiosity.   He has now coached hundreds of clients to produce objective, tangible results. He is trained in human performance & positive psychology as well as nearly a dozen healing modalities including breathwork, emotional release, mindfulness, & Non-Violent Communication (NVC)  with a Master Coach certification from the Elementum Coaching Institute as well as a certification from Gallup, Inc. as a StrengthsFinder Coach.  He has a background in human communication & pedagogy with advanced degrees from the University of Minnesota and the University of Montana.      He has a huge community on Instagram where he shares free content, announces projects & giveaways, and posts the occasional photo of him smiling. Additionally, I’ll be donating to and raising awareness for the charity or organization of my guest’s choice with each episode now. This episode, the charity is Not For Sale. Any and all donations make a difference! You can connect with Zach on: Website Instagram To connect with me: Interested in working with me as your coach? Book a complimentary 15 minute call here. LinkedIn Instagram Website Subscribe to my weekly newsletter Please leave a review for this podcast on Apple Podcasts!   Resources/People Mentioned: Rich Litvin Swiss poet Blaise Cendrars Tony Robbins The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Moby Dick - Herman Melville Atomic Habits - James Clear The Art of Impossible - Steven Kotler Nonviolent Communication - Marshall B. Rosenberg PhD You Are a Badass - Jen Sincero

Andy Cahill is a transformative coach and facilitator who excels at inspiring culture makers, innovators, and change agents to dig deep, dream big, and do their greatest work. He’s spent almost 20 years working in education, public service, and human development. He’s also an essayist, a musician, host of The Wonder Dome podcast, and the author of the critically acclaimed science fiction novel Gradient. Additionally, I’ll be donating to and raising awareness for the charity or organization of my guest’s choice with each episode now. This episode, the charity is The Sandy Hook Promise. Any and all donations make a difference! You can connect with Andy on: Website The Wonder Dome - Podcast LinkedIn Instagram To connect with me: Interested in working with me as your coach? Book a complimentary 15 minute call here. LinkedIn Instagram Website Subscribe to my weekly newsletter Please leave a review for this podcast on Apple Podcasts!   Resources/People Mentioned: Max Gladstone Jen Jamula - Mike’s Search for Meaning Podcast Quiet - Susan Cain Dr. Richard Schwartz Internal Family Systems Therapy Dacher Keltner Tribe - Sebastian Junger

Nishant Garg was working as a software professional who hit rock bottom in 2017 – heartbroken, stressed out, overwhelmed with life, going through the motions, and burnt out.   He couldn’t figure out how to live a mindful life. Then, he stumbled upon the book “How to be a 3% man”, read other personal growth books, and launched his first blog in 2018.   He continued to learn new life skills and shared personal transformation on social media, and along the way attended transformational and personal development seminars. He wanted to share his learnings on a big platform with a larger audience, and as an experiment in 2020, he launched a podcast from the ground, and in just 2 years he interviewed 200+ world-class experts.   Now he’s here to help you embark on the journey of transformation. Join him in his mission is to bring awareness about mindful living and transformation as he interviews fascinating people to bring personal stories, deconstructing habits and routines to help curious and passionate Tech Professionals how to reduce overwhelm, be more mindful, manage focus, live a life of excellence, love and joy, and so much more. Additionally, I’ll be donating to and raising awareness for the charity or organization of my guest’s choice with each episode now. This episode, the charity is National Network of Abortion Funds. Any and all donations make a difference! You can connect with Nishant on: Website Newsletter LinkedIn To connect with me: Interested in working with me as your coach? Book a complimentary 15 minute call here. LinkedIn Instagram Website Subscribe to my weekly newsletter Please leave a review for this podcast on Apple Podcasts!   Resources/People Mentioned: The Nishant Garg Show - Podcast Tim Ferriss Debbie Millman Guy Kawasaki Carl Jung Existential Kink - Carolyn Elliot Brendon Burchard Wayne Dyer Tony Robbins William Richards - Psychedelics  The Art of Possibility - Rosamund Stone Zander & Benjamin Zander Awareness - Anthony De Mello & J. Francis Stroud Transitions - William Bridges Mating in Captivity - Esther Perel Attached - Amir Levine

Deb Katz has more than twenty years experience pioneering new models in conscious leadership in the organizational world. She coaches leaders 1-1, facilitates teams, and consults for organizational and cultural transformation.   She is known to radiate warmth and presence, to tell it like it is, and to walk her talk with a focused gentle fierceness. Deb is a powerhouse of a human being and leader.   Deb holds a BA in sociology with a focus on Collective Behavior/Organizational Development from San Diego State University, and an RN from Cabrillo College with years of practice in cardiac and hospice care. She also has training in somatic psychology and the Enneagram.   When not coaching or consulting, Deb is likely to be dancing, hiking, working in the garden or on her stand up paddle board. Deb lives in Portland, Oregon, and travels the world to spread conscious leadership.   Additionally, I’ll be donating to and raising awareness for the charity or organization of my guest’s choice with each episode now. This episode, the charity is National Network of Abortion Funds. Any and all donations make a difference!     You can connect with Deb on: Website LinkedIn To connect with me: Interested in working with me as your coach? Book a complimentary 15 minute call here. LinkedIn Instagram Website Subscribe to my weekly newsletter Please leave a review for this podcast on Apple Podcasts!   Resources/People Mentioned: Diana Chapman A Path with Heart - Jack Kornfield How To Break Free of the Drama Triangle and Victim Consciousness - Barry K. Weinhold & Janae B. Weinhold Conscious Leadership Group Gay and Katie Hendricks - The Henricks Insitute  CLG - Handouts & Resources Stephen Karpman Enneagram - Personality Test Jim Dethmer on Tim Ferriss