
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

Aug 11, 2019 • 29min
Ep. 38 - Zack Friedman
On this episode please join me with guest Zack Friedman, author of the Lemonade Life, on his discovery of how he and you can turn a lemon life into a lemonade one.

Aug 4, 2019 • 33min
Ep 37 - Dr. Mao
On this episode of My Wakeup Call, hear international best selling author of "Secrets of Longevity" and Chinese Medicine expert Dr. Mao Shing Ni talk about how you can lose yourself once you gain sudden stardom and become someone you don't recognize or like.

Jul 28, 2019 • 44min
Ep. 36 - Jim McCarthy
On this episode of My Wakeup Call, hear Jim McCarthy, author of Live Each Day: A Surprisingly Simple Guide to Happiness, talk about how being diagnosed with cancer was the wakeup call that pushed him to live the life he’d always dreamed of.

Jul 21, 2019 • 32min
Ep. 35 - John Livesay
On this episode of My Wakeup Call, join me as I speak to The Pitch Whisperer, John Livesay, as he shares the wakeup calls that led him to value resilience as the key to effectively managing life’s many challenges.

Jul 14, 2019 • 43min
Ep. 34 - Sam Morris
On this episode of My Wakeup Call, join me in hearing Sam Morris, founder of Zen Warrior Training, talk about how an accident that left him paralyzed was the wakeup call that renewed his commitment to living his best life

Jul 8, 2019 • 43min
Ep. 33 - Sam Horn
On this episode of My Wakeup Call, join me as I speak with Sam Horn, transformational coach and author of "Someday is Not a Day of the Week”, as she describes her personal journey in dealing with a cancer misdiagnosis, and how it was the wakeup call that transformed her.

Jun 30, 2019 • 39min
Ep. 32 - Jeanne Allen
On this episode of My Wakeup Call, hear Jeanne Allen, Founder and CEO of the Center for Educational Reform, talk about what woke her up to seeing Charter Schools as the best way to give students the chance to learn what they need to succeed.

Jun 23, 2019 • 39min
Ep. 31 - Larry Senn
On this episode of My Wakeup Call join me as I speak with Larry Senn, "The Father of Corporate Culture," about how his divorce from his first wife was the wakeup call that brought him to his knees - and inspired him to become the best version of himself.

Jun 16, 2019 • 45min
Ep. 30 - Pete Linnett
On this episode of My Wakeup Call, join me as I speak with Pete Linnett, Founder of the Life Adjustment Team, about the wakeup call that led him to find the best way to keep chronically mentally ill patients from relapsing.

Jun 10, 2019 • 58min
Ep. 29 - Marissa Orr
On this episode of My Wakeup Call, hear Marissa Orr, author of "Lean Out”, talk about the wakeup calls that illuminated for her why women will succeed in the workplace as women, instead of trying and failing to succeed as men.