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
Jun 23, 2022 • 44min
Ep 354 - Jefferson Rogers
In this episode I interview Jefferson Rogers, failed entrepreneur turned alcoholic, drug addict who turned around his life in 2018 by going "All In," and now helps others to do the same with his "All In," book, podcast and coaching/training. https://jeffersonkrogers.com/
Jun 21, 2022 • 48min
Ep 353 - Pauline Victoria
In this episode I speak with Pauline Victoria, a woman who was born without arms or legs and whose spirit is so inspirational it hurts. I believe she is a future TED (not TEDx) speaker in the making. Please join me in helping to make that happen. http://paulinevictoria.com
Jun 19, 2022 • 39min
Ep 352 - Bill Flynn
In this episode I speak with Bill Flynn, Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches coach, NeuroLeadership Certificate Holder, advisor to hundreds of companies whose wakeup call was realizing that it was much more impactful to empower others in their decision making than to tell them what to do. https://catalystgrowthadvisors.com/catalyst-growth-advisors/about-2/
Jun 16, 2022 • 33min
Ep 351 - Billy Samoa Saleebey
In this episode I speak with Billy Samoa Saleebey, Co-Founder of Podify, and host of the "Insight Out " and "For Love of Podcast" podcasts whose through line has always been being focused on creating entertaining and rewarding experiences for others. https://billysamoa.com/
Jun 14, 2022 • 41min
Ep 350 - Genevieve Piturro
In this episode I speak with Genevieve Piturro, founder of the non-profit, Pajama Program, and author of, "Purpose, Passion and Pajamas," whose wakeup call occurred in the middle of a successful entertainment executive career when she met a 6 year old in a protective shelter whose simple question, "What are pajamas?" blew her away and changed the rest of her life.
Jun 12, 2022 • 41min
Ep 349 - David Leighton
In this episode I speak with David Leighton, Co-Founder, President and Chairman of WITI (Women in Technology International) whose wakeup call was being inspired and informed by his mother, Carolyn Leighton, the other Co-Founder of WITI, about how the talent of women was being underutilized and their potential unrealized and wanting to create a community to change that. https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidleighton/
Jun 9, 2022 • 43min
Ep 348 - Tom Vaughan
In this episode I speak with former "king of the London party scene" turned everyman philosopher and author of, "Hope...And the Hedgehog," Tom Vaughan, whose wakeup call was pondering the meaning of life and coming up with a question we must all answer for ourselves. https://www.amazon.com/Hope-Hedgehog-Death-personal-quest/dp/1789632900/
Jun 7, 2022 • 51min
Ep 347 - Michael Slepian
In this episode I speak with Michael Slepian, Associate Professor of Leadership and Ethics at Columbia University and author of: "THE SECRET LIFE OF SECRETS: How Our Inner Worlds Shape Well-Being, Relationships, and Who We Are" whose wakeup call was learning the secret that he and his brother's father, was not their biological father which coincided with research he was already doing on the top. http://www.columbia.edu/~ms4992/
Jun 5, 2022 • 53min
Ep 346 - Andy Norman
In this episode I speak with Andy Norman, public philosopher and author of, "Mental Immunity: Infectious Ideas, Mind-Parasites, and the Search for a Better Way to Think," whose through line and wakeup call was going into philosophy because he was fascinated about the difference between human wisdom and foolishness. https://andynorman.org/mental-immunity
Jun 2, 2022 • 48min
Ep 345 - John Bates
In this episode I speak with John Bates, Founder of Executive Speaking Success, and author of, "Your Amazing Itty Bitty Guide to Being TED-Worthy," whose wake up call was a life threatening illness and financial disaster that caused him to turn his life into giving value to others. https://executivespeakingsuccess.com/
