My Wakeup Call with Dr. Mark Goulston
I’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.
Latest episodes
Dec 8, 2022 • 41min
Ep 434 - Srikumar Rao
In this episode I speak with Srikumar Rao, author of "Modern Wisdom, Ancient Roots: The Movers and Shakers’ Guide to Unstoppable Success," elite coach, former teacher at Columbia University of their students' favorite course whose wakeup call was letting go of personal ambition and discovering freedom and peace. https://theraoinstitute.com/about-srikumar/
Dec 6, 2022 • 32min
Ep 433 - Ayse Birsel
In this episode I speak with Ayse Birsel, author of "Design the Life You Love" an "Design the LONG LIFE you love," whose wakeup call was spontaneously coming up with her personal mission in a meeting with fellow designers which was, "I want to design the life I love" and waiting until a downturn in the economy to make it her life's purpose. https://www.aysebirsel.com/ and https://www.amazon.com/Design-Long-Life-Step-Step/dp/0762481153/
Dec 5, 2022 • 43min
Ep 432 Jane Velez-Mitchell
In this episode I speak with Jane Velez-Mitchell, former TV news anchor and reporter, Founder/President of http://unchainedtv.com whose wakeup call(s) involved accepting and coming out as gay, an alcoholic and vegan. https://unchainedtv.com/about-us/jane-velez-mitchell-2/
Dec 2, 2022 • 60min
Ep 431 - Allen Clark
In this interview I speak with Retired Captain Honorable Allen B. Clark, author of "Soldiers’ Blood and Bloodied Money and the Ruling Elites," Silver Star and Purple Heart recipient, PTSD survivor whose wakeup call was discovering his Faith to help him recover from trauma and also researching the causes of four of the main wars America has been involved in. http://www.combatfaith.com/AllenClarkBio.html
Dec 1, 2022 • 41min
Ep 430 - Dimple Thakrar
In this episode I speak with Dimple Thakrar, a Tony Robbins Platinum Partner, author of "Roadmap to Purpose," and media contributor working with the Top 1% of executives to increase their output in the most important areas of their lives whose wakeup call was having Tony Robbins break through to the loving part of her underneath the anger that was blinding her to it. https://dimpleglobal.com/
Nov 29, 2022 • 54min
Ep 429 - Peter Coleman
In this episode I speak with Peter Coleman, professor of psychology and education at Columbia, a renowned expert on constructive conflict resolution and author of, "The Way Out: How to Overcome Toxic Polarization," whose wakeup call was working one on one with in patient troubled violent teens and youth, who would leave and be readmitted and realizing that the problems underlying their problems and intractable conflict were much more multifactorial. https://www.thewayoutofpolarization.com/about-the-author
Nov 28, 2022 • 48min
Ep 428 - Georgette Bennett and Jerry White
In this episode I speak with Georgette Bennett and Jerry White, co-authors of, "Religicide: Confronting the Roots of Anti-Religious Violence." Georgette founded the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding to combat religious prejudice, Multifaith Alliance for Syrian Refugees and co-founded Global Covenant Partners. Jerry leads the United Religions Initiative (uri.org) – the world’s largest grassroots interfaith network promoting peace and shared the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. Their through lines have been two lifetimes of bringing peace to the world. https://www.amazon.com/Religicide-Confronting-Roots-Anti-Religious-Violence/dp/1637581017/
Nov 25, 2022 • 39min
Ep 427 - Dave Asprey
In this episode I speak with Dave Asprey, founder of Bulletproof 360, creator of Bulletproof Coffee and 4x New York Times bestselling author, and the "Father of Biohacking," whose wakeup up call was being overweight, overworked, and unhealthy and finding himself with a dire decision to make - get a healthy mind, body, and spirit, or live a much shorter life span. https://daveasprey.com/
Nov 24, 2022 • 42min
Ep 426 - Stephen Shapiro
In this episode I speak with Stephen Shapiro, international speaker on innovation, creator of the innovation practice at Accenture and author of, "Invisible Solutions,," and saxophonist whose wakeup call was realizing his love for performing and focusing on giving his audiences what they want and need to make their lives better. https://stephenshapiro.com/
Nov 22, 2022 • 31min
Ep 425 - Joshua Page
In this episode I interview Joshua Page who is a husband, father, electrician, entrepreneur and TEDx Speaker and author of, "What Does Your Daddy Do?" whose wakeup call is realizing that you don't have to go to college to have a decent and successful life by going into the trades. https://tinyurl.com/2uehh2xu
