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
Jul 14, 2022 • 40min
Ep 364 - Victoria Labalme
In this episode I speak with Victoria Labalme, Founder of Risk Forward and Rock the Room and author of, Risk Forward: Embrace the Unknown and Unlock Your Hidden Genius, whose through line has been bringing out the genius and courage in others to express it and whose wakeup call was being in Manhattan on 9/11 which coincided with the terminal illness of her mom. https://www.victorialabalme.com/
Jul 12, 2022 • 45min
Ep 363 - Randal D. Pinkett, Ph.D and Jeffrey A. Robinson, Ph.D
In this episode I speak with Randal D. Pinkett, Ph.D, MBA and Jeffrey A. Robinson, Ph.D, co-authors of, "Black Faces in High Places: 10 Strategic Actions for Black Professionals to Reach the Top and Stay There," whose through lines and wakeup calls have been what specific actions Black Americans can do and what the responsibilities of organizations are to help all minority communities to survive, thrive and succeed in the business world. https://www.randalpinkett.com/ https://www.business.rutgers.edu/faculty/jeffrey-robinson
Jul 10, 2022 • 45min
Ep 362 - Connie Zweig
In this episode I speak with Connie Zweig, PhD, author of "The Inner Work of Age: Shifting From Role to Soul," whose wakeup call was shifting from a life of spiritual exploration and doing therapy to focusing on the inner transformation of people as they age past their career life. https://conniezweig.com/
Jul 7, 2022 • 47min
Ep 361 - Renee Fraser
In this episode I speak with Renee Fraser, PhD Psychologist turned long time successful ad agency Founder and CEO and host of KABC AM's Renee Fraser, Why Women show whose wakeup call was as a child being concerned about the inequities of women of color, becoming highly successful in her career and then rediscovering her concern when her advertising industry dad was dying and asked her what became of those concerns and who now helps women of color to get board seats. https://www.frasercommunications.com/
Jul 5, 2022 • 49min
Ep 360 - Adam Mendler
In this episode I speak with Adam Mendler, CEO of the Veloz Group, nationally recognized authority on leadership and host of "Thirty Minute Mentors" leadership podcast whose wakuep call was realizing it was more important to help people become the best version of themselves than it was to merely focus on material success. https://www.adammendler.com/
Jul 3, 2022 • 41min
Ep 359 - Nataly Kogan
In this episode I speak to Nataly Kogan, CEO of Happier, host of the "Awesome Human Podcast," and author of "The Awesome Human Project," whose wakeup call was being driven as a Russian refugee to succeed and becoming successful in the corporate world only to discover that she was burned out. https://natalykogan.com/
Jun 30, 2022 • 47min
Ep 358 - Edward Sullivan
In this episode I speak with Edward Sullivan, CEO & President of the renowned executive coaching consultancy Velocity and co-author of, "Leading with Heart: 5 conversations that unlock creativity, purpose and results," whose wakeup call was realizing he could use empathy in service of himself or others and discovering he was ashamed of the self-serving side of his personality. https://velocitycoaching.com/team
Jun 28, 2022 • 43min
Ep 357 - Myra Fordham
In this episode I speak with Myra Fordham, Australia's #1 Trauma Coach for Women whose wakeup call was surviving a physical assault by and ex-partner that left her with Traumatic Brain Injury and her recovery from that and how that led her to becoming a trauma coach. https://bit.ly/Coachmyra
Jun 26, 2022 • 36min
Ep 356 - Gretchen Rubin
In this episode I speak with 5 time NY Times best selling author, Gretchen Rubin, and host of "Happier with Gretchen Rubin," podcast whose through line has been loving to read and her passion for understanding the human condition and whose wakeup call was leaving a legal career to become a full time writer and speaker. https://gretchenrubin.com/
Jun 25, 2022 • 41min
Ep 355 - Daniel Goleman
In this episode I speak to Daniel Goleman, internationally known psychologist, NY Times reporter and author of the iconic, game-changing 1995 book, "Emotional Intelligence," whose wakeup call was returning to Harvard after visiting India and exploring meditation and other practices and deciding to introduce that to Western thinking, way before it was ready to accept it. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/first-person-plural-ei-beyond/id1538498597 https://www.danielgoleman.info/
