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 5, 2020 • 51min
Ep - 118 Colonel (Ret) Chris Kolenda
In this episode I speak with Colonel (Ret) Chris Kolenda, Founder of Strategic Leaders Academy whose wake up call was to to become a committed, determined leader and trainer of leaders after having been assaulted at 15.
Jul 1, 2020 • 39min
Ep - 117 Halee Fischer-Wright
In this episode I speak with "Back to Balance" author and CEO of the Medical Group Management Association, Halee Fischer-Wright, about her waking up to realizing how important it is to be a better listener if you want to be more impactful as a leader
Jun 28, 2020 • 46min
Ep - 116 Father Gregory Boyle
"You're much better than the worst you have ever done." In this episode I speak with Father Gregory Boyle, Founder of Homeboy Industries, one of the largest rehabilitators of gang members, and whose every word overflows with making the world a more forgiving place.
Jun 23, 2020 • 51min
Ep - 115 Dr. Gleb Tsipursky
In this episode I speak with world renowned "Disaster Avoidance Expert" and author of: "Resilience: Adapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic," Dr. Gleb Tsipursky about his waking up to how people make bad decisions by "trusting their gut" too much.
Jun 21, 2020 • 43min
Ep - 114 Bobby Herrera
In this episode I speak with Bobby Herrera, author of "The Gift of Struggle," about how an act of kindness to him when he was 17 changed his life and also how realizing the positive aspects of struggle can make it easier to get through them.
Jun 17, 2020 • 48min
EP - 113 Mark Johnson
In this episode I speak with Innosight, Co-Founder and co-author of "Lead from the Future," Mark Johnson about how to see into the future and then "future back" from it to change your company and life. https://www.innosight.com/insight/lead-from-the-future/
Jun 14, 2020 • 43min
Ep - 112 Amy Newmark
In this episode I speak with Amy Newmark, Editor in Chief and Publisher of the Chicken Soup for the Soul book series about her wakeup call realizing how life changing average people's stories can be and how they made her a nicer person.
Jun 10, 2020 • 46min
Ep - 111 Dan Hill
In this episode I speak with facial coding expert and Sensory Logic, President, Dan Hill, about waking up to be fascinated by facial expressions from a combination of growing up in a foreign country, visiting Dachau and falling in love with Rembrandt
Jun 7, 2020 • 36min
Ep - 110 Shane Snow
In this episode I speak to Shane Snow, investigative journalist, and author of "Dream Teams" whose wakeup call was having his hard working dad read Hardy Boys books to him at night and which turned into his knowing he wanted to be a journalist and more.
Jun 3, 2020 • 51min
Ep - 109 Sally Helgesen
In this episode I speak with "How Women Rise" co-author, Sally Helgesen, who is also one of the top women coaches in the world about her waking up to her purpose when she was inspired by pulling together with the purpose to serve by the Sisters at her Catholic School as a child
