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
Aug 7, 2022 • 48min
Ep 374 - Rupal Patel
In this episode I speak with Rupal Patel, author of, "From CIA to CEO: Unconventional Life Lessons for Thinking Bigger, Leading Better and Being Bolder," whose through line has been learning and sharing and who was inspired by her immigrant parents who became leading physicians in NYC and whose wakeup call was what she learned in the CIA that can be immediately transferred to the real world of leadership and beyond. https://www.entreprenora.co.uk/
Aug 4, 2022 • 57min
Ep 373- Garry Meier
In this episode I speak with long time top Chicago radio host, Garry Meier, and host of the Garry Meier Show Podcast whose wakeup call has always speaking up and out about the b.s. in the world and making it topical and funny and thought provoking. http://garrymeier.com/podcast/
Aug 2, 2022 • 42min
Ep 372 - Ellen Meister
In this episode I speak with Ellen Meister, author of eight novels whose most recent is, "Take My Husband," whose wakeup call was a friend getting sick with cancer and her realizing at age 40, that she needed to jump into writing novels or risk regretting it at the end of her life. https://ellenmeister.com/
Jul 31, 2022 • 41min
Ep 371 - Rachel and Jesse Kove
In this episode I speak with Rachel Kove and Jesse Kove, who along with their father Martin Kove (star of Cobra Kai) host the "Kicking It with the Koves" podcast and whose wakeup calls include overcoming several mental health and addiction challenges in their own lives. https://www.podcastone.com/pd/Kicking-It-With-The-Koves
Jul 28, 2022 • 48min
Ep 370 - Chris Kolenda
In this episode I speak with returning guest, Retired Colonel Chris Kolenda, Founder of the http://strategicleadersacademy.com, and author of, Book of the Year recipient, "Zero-Sum Victory: What We're Getting Wrong About War," whose through line is helping leaders, veterans and their families achieve their dreams and correcting everything that leadership is doing wrong. https://www.amazon.com/Zero-Sum-Victory-Getting-Wrong-About/dp/0813152763/
Jul 26, 2022 • 35min
Ep 369 - Cory Pesaturo
In this episode I speak with Cory Pesaturo, multiple world champion accordion player whose wakeup call was discovering his unique talent with the accordion and then discovering jazz and what he could do with an electric instrument. I hope you'll be as mesmerized by this episode as I was. https://www.cpezmusic.com/
Jul 24, 2022 • 46min
Ep 368 - Sarah Hiner
In this episode I speak with Sarah Hiner, creator and author of "The Chemistry of Happiness," whose wakeup call was having a medical condition 25 years ago that traditional medicine could not help and then discovering the natural biochemical connection between their actions, thoughts and bodies and using that to heal and cure many conditions. Use code SH50 and get 50% off of the first month when you purchase her Chemistry of Happiness Program at https://soaak.com/21-day-programs/
Jul 21, 2022 • 43min
Ep 367- Sterling Hawkins
In this episode I speak with Sterling Hawkins, author of, "Hunting Discomfort: How to Get Breakthrough Results in Life and Business No Matter What," CEO of the Sterling Hawkins Group whose wakeup call was having a $500 million business go bankrupt during crash of 2009 and being inspired by his mother to discover the way out is the way through. https://www.sterlinghawkins.com/
Jul 19, 2022 • 44min
Ep 366 - Anita Stubenrauch
In this episode I speak with Anita Stubenrauch, Founder and Principal of Cause Effect Creative, whose wakeup call was reaching the point when she knew she was burned out after being very successful and working her way up at Apple and realizing she needed to return to her core passions of creativity, poetry and artistry. https://www.causeeffectcreative.com/
Jul 17, 2022 • 41min
Ep 365 - Katherine Twells
In this episode I speak with Kathy Twells, Sr. VP Customer Excellence, host of the Coca Cola Compassion Lab podcast and women's empowerment advocate whose wakeup call was nearly dying from a serious illness at age 29 from which she healed herself through a mind-body-spirit approach and awakened her to the power of consciousness. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-coca-cola-cmo-leadership-summit-podcast/id1420268358
