
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

Apr 14, 2022 • 41min
Ep 324 - Mike Malatesta
In this episode I speak with Mike Malatesta, author of "Owner Shift," and host of the "How'd It Happen," podcast whose wakeup call was realizing that he wasn't being true to who he wanted to be by going along with business practices around him that weren't honorable. https://mikemalatesta.com

Apr 12, 2022 • 46min
Ep 323 - David Glass
In this episode I speak with David Glass, author of: "Moving On: Redesigning Your Emotional, Financial and Social Life After Divorce," whose wakeup calls were realizing he liked giving people solutions to their problems as a family law attorney more than passively listening to them solve them as a psychologist/ therapist and also learning from his own divorce. https://www.enensteinlaw.com/practice_areas/family-law/

Apr 10, 2022 • 43min
Ep 322 - Davin Salvagno
Davin Salvagno is the Founder & CEO of PurposePoint, the Cofounder of The Purpose Summit, and the author of “Finding Purpose at Work" and whose wakeup call was learning the power of purpose from many people, especially his grandparents who he lived with starting at age 5. https://www.purposepoint.com/

Apr 7, 2022 • 43min
Ep 321 - Jonathan Levi
In this episode I speak with Jonathan Levi, the Founder of Superhuman Enterprises, SuperHuman Academy™ and Branding You™ Academy whose wakeup call was realizing he was different and being wounded by that and then learning to embrace it and found it made him special. https://superhumanacademy.com/about/

Apr 5, 2022 • 55min
Ep 320 - Stephen M.R. Covey
In this episode I have back for a second time, famed, NY Times bestselling author of, "The Speed of Trust," Stephen M.R. Covey, to talk about his latest book, "Trust and Inspire: How Truly Great Leaders Unleash Greatness in Others," whose through line and wakeup call is realizing how trusting in others vs. having a command and control will bring out their best and directly impact the bottom line. https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Trust-and-Inspire/Stephen-M-R-Covey/9781982143725

Apr 3, 2022 • 41min
Ep 310 - Donnie Boivin
In this episode I speak with Donnie Boivin, former Marine, podcaster, entrepreneur, author of, "How to be a success champion: Business Strategy for Badasses” and Founder and CEO of the Success Champions family of companies whose wakeup call was realizing that working for others was a dead end and making the leap to entrepreneur. https://donnieboivin.com/

Mar 31, 2022 • 49min
Ep 318 - Tom Paladino
In this episode I speak with Tom Paladino, Scalar Energy Researcher and creator of the Scalar Light Instrument whose wakeup call was discovering a non-electromagnetic energy field that can treat and heal a wide variety of human health conditions first discovered by Nikola Tesla and Tom's 45 year uphill battle of bringing it into the mainstream. Check out his work and even have a free session by going to: at https://www.scalarlight.com/

Mar 29, 2022 • 50min
Ep 317 - Beth Handel
In this episode I speak with Beth Handel, Co-Founder and Vice Chair of the Handel Group, one of the most successful life and executive coaching companies in the world, whose wakeup call was wanting to leave her corporate job and marriage and realizing her younger sister, Lauren (who was on a prior episode), was a genius and visionary and that her genius was building empires which is what she did with the Handel Group. Check out their Free Reality Quiz: https://iu.coach/MARK-0217-CRQ

Mar 27, 2022 • 51min
Ep 316 - Michael Gervais
In this episode I speak to Michael Gervais, high performance psychologist, co-founder of "Compete to Create," and host of the "Finding Mastery" podcast whose wakeup call was realizing how being completely present and mindful can reduce anxiety and replace it with focus and determination. https://findingmastery.net/

Mar 24, 2022 • 1h 9min
Ep 315 - Mark Parsells
In this episode I speak with Mark Parsells, Marshall Goldsmith MG 100 Coach and ranked #26 in the world on the LeadersHum Global Power List of Leadership Thinkers in 2022 whose through line more than a wakeup call was being inspired by his CEO grandmother and CEO father on being successful yet egoless and to treat everyone with respect. https://www.mpven.com/