
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

May 31, 2022 • 1h 12min
Ep 344 - Marci Glidden Savage
Marci Glidden Savage In this episode I speak with Marci Glidden Savage, author of "And No One Saw It Coming," whose wakeup call(s) were the suicides of her two husbands and how that has made her a fierce advocate for mental health and breaking the stigma. https://marcisavage.com/

May 29, 2022 • 40min
Ep 343 - Cynthia Johnson
In this episode I speak with Cynthia Johnson, entrepreneur, Co-Founder, Bell+Ivy, personal and employee branding firm and author of: "Platform: The Art and Science of Personal Branding," whose wakeup up call was being home schooled and developing a laser focus on what is most important and identify trends many years before their time. https://www.bellivy.com/our-team/cynthia-johnson

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May 26, 2022 • 55min
Ep 342 - Dr. Randall Stutman
In this episode I speak with the Founder of the Admired Leadership Institute, Dr. Randall Stutman, whose wakeup call was learning the singular quality of the best leaders is how widely they are admired. https://admiredleadership.com/

May 24, 2022 • 46min
Ep 341 - Ken Sterling
In this episode I speak to Ken Sterling, Executive VP at BigSpeak whose wakeup call was to go from being homeless with his mother as a young child and to be appreciative of and practice kindness in the world. https://www.bigspeak.com/team/sterling-ken/

May 22, 2022 • 51min
Ep 340 - Thomas Vozzo
In this episode I speak to former CEO of a billion dollar company, Thomas Vozzos, author of: "The Homeboy Way: A Radical Approach to Business and Life," who became Homeboy Industries first-ever CEO in 2012 whose wakeup call was realizing how little corporate America truly cared about anyone other than shareholders and thinking there must be something more fulfilling and discovering the magic that is Homeboy Industries, the largest and most successful gang intervention, rehabilitation and re-entry program in the world (if you visit Los Angeles, you must visit and take one of their tours). https://homeboyindustries.org/

May 20, 2022 • 1h 3min
Ep 339 - Justin Zorn and Leigh Marz
In this episode I speak with Justin Zorn and Leigh Marz, co-authors of, "GOLDEN: The Power of Silence in a World of Noise," whose wakeup calls were discovering the power of mindfulness, meditation and silence to break through logjams and obstacles that pedal to the metal energy never did. https://www.amazon.com/Golden-Power-Silence-World-Noise-ebook/dp/B09CPZZSPS

May 17, 2022 • 50min
Ep 338 - Brian Elliott and Sheela Subramanian
In this episode I speak with Brian Elliott, Executive Leader, and Sheela Subramanian, Vice President and Co-founder of Future Forum and co-authors of: "How The Future Works: Leading Flexible Teams to Do the Best Work of Their Lives," whose wakeup call was realizing how leaders need to adapt to the needs of their people if they want to win the battle for talent and succeed in their future. https://futureforum.com/

May 15, 2022 • 41min
Ep 337 - Lara Hodgson
Lara Hodgson is President and CEO of NOW Corp, and has served as an Entrepreneur in Residence at Harvard Business School and is the co-author with Stacey Abrams of, "LEVEL UP: Rise Above the Hidden Forces Holding Your Business Back," whose through line and wakeup call was realizing she had a near unicorn blend of being an aeronautical engineer and excellent people skills which she has combined to become a highly successful AND credible entrepreneur. https://nowcorp.com/

May 12, 2022 • 39min
Ep 336 - Janice Perkins
In this episode I speak with Janice Perkins, a leadership warrior, founder of Capacity who liberates infinite capacity for individuals, teams and organizations and whose wakeup call was learning to be strong in overcoming health issues in her children and herself and learning to balance that with connecting with people. https://www.ihavecapacity.com/about-2

May 10, 2022 • 49min
Ep 335 - Mikhaila Peterson
In this episode I speak with influencer, Mikhaila Peterson, host of the Mikhaila Peterson Podcast whose through line and wakeup call have been diverging from conventional pure science based remedies for her health challenges to discovering alternative approaches that worked. https://mikhailapeterson.com/