
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

Mar 10, 2021 • 39min
Ep - 175 Ravishankar Gundlapalli
In this episode I speak to Ravishankar Gundlapalli, Founder and CEO of MentorCloud, about his wakeup call to move from a success career with a technical focus to changing the world through mentoring.

Mar 7, 2021 • 39min
Ep - 174 Katharine Manning
In this episode I speak with Katharine Manning, expert trainer and consultant on trauma and victimization in the workplace and author of, "The Empathetic Workplace: 5 Steps to a Compassionate, Calm and Confident Response to Trauma on the Job," about her wakeup call after having witnessed domestic violence in her childhood home. http://katharinemanning.com

Mar 3, 2021 • 53min
Ep - 173 Jeff Kavanaugh
In this episode I speak with Jeff Kavanaugh, co-author of "The Live Enterprise" and global head of the Infosys Knowledge Institute whose wakeup call was realizing an organization needs to function as if it is alive with all parts working together and tying that back to his farmer roots.

Feb 28, 2021 • 42min
Ep - 172 Alan Stein Jr.
In this episode I speak with Alan Stein Jr. keynote speaker, best selling author of, "Raise Your Game," and basketball performance coach to NBA all stars including Steph Curry, Kevin Durant and Kobe Bryant and whose wakeup call was going from a star basketball player in HS to sitting on the bench in college, becoming embittered and then turning his life around.

Feb 24, 2021 • 37min
Ep - 171 Blaine Bartlett
In this episode I speak with Blaine Bartlett whose name is synonymous with Compassionate Capitalism and whose wakeup call was discovering how compassion can lead to success and might just fix what's wrong with the world.Scheduling:

Feb 21, 2021 • 50min
Ep - 170 Andre Norman
In this episode I speak with former prisoner with a 100 year sentence turned Harvard Fellow at their law school, Andre Norman, whose wakeup call was realizing that he was the "king of nothing" in prison and that he could choose to stop being a quitter to going to Harvard. https://andrenorman.com/

Feb 17, 2021 • 45min
Ep - 169 JeVon "JT" McCormick
In this episode I speak with JeVon "JT" McCormick, CEO of Scribe Media, whose wakeup call was taking charge of his life after an incredibly horrendous childhood.

Feb 14, 2021 • 38min
Ep - 168 Suneel Gupta
In this episode I speak with Suneel Gupta, author of "Backable," about his wakeup call being inspired by his grandmother and daughter to be the best version of himself and how doing that can make all of us backable.

Feb 10, 2021 • 50min
Ep - 167 Sheel Bhuta
In this episode I speak with Sheel Bhuta who is a holistic health practitioner, trauma survivor and lives with Multiple Sclerosis whose wakeup call was how her illness freed her from depression.

Feb 7, 2021 • 44min
Ep - 166 Marcus "Bellringer" Bell
In this episode I speak to Marcus "Bellringer" Bell, American music producer, songwriter, activist and entrepreneur and creator of the "Wealth and Impact Bootcamp" whose wakeup call was paying forward the love and encouragement he received and learned from his late mother who did so much for the world.