
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 4, 2023 • 56min
Ep 494- Heather E. McGowan
In this episode I speak with Heather E. McGowan, author of, "The Empathy Advantage" and future-of-work strategist, thought leader, researcher, and one of the leading voices on the Future of Work whose wakeup call and through line has been a lifelong curiosity about why people behave the way they do and innovation and making stuff. http://heathermcgowan.com

May 2, 2023 • 1h 6min
Ep 493- Kim "KC" Campbell
In this episode I speak with Colonel Kim "KC" Campbell, former Air Force fighter pilot, military leader and author of: "Flying in the Face of Fear: A Fighter Pilot's Lessons on Leading with Courage," whose wakeup calls were watching the Challenger disaster as a child, wanting to become an astronaut, becoming an Air Force fight pilot and surviving a near crash on a mission over Baghdad. https://kim-kc-campbell.com/

Apr 27, 2023 • 1h 1min
Ep 492- Emily Bashah
In this episode I speak with Emily Bashah, a licensed psychologist and co-author with Paul Johnson, of "Addictive Ideologies," whose parents made a harrowing escape from Iraq before she was born, and whose wakeup call was to fight against the ideologies that traumatize and kill innocent populations like her parents and hers by digging down into what drives people to become addicted to them. https://www.bashahpsychological.com/

Apr 25, 2023 • 1h 3min
Ep 491- Robert Glazer
In this episode I speak with Robert Glazer, Global Chairman of Acceleration Partners and author of: "ELEVATE YOUR TEAM: Empower Your Team To Reach Their Full Potential and Build A Business That Builds Leaders," whose wakeup call was the need to truly elevate and empower your people if you're wanting to attract and retain the best talent in these challenging times. https://robertglazer.com/

Apr 20, 2023 • 45min
Ep 490- Heather Younger
In this episode I speak with Heather Younger, Founder and CEO of http://employeefanatix.com and author of, "The Art of Active Listening: How People at Work Feel Heard, Valued, and Understood," whose wakeup call was being born to inter-faith, inter-race parents and how after feeling different from everyone fueled her to achieve and make the world more caring.

Apr 18, 2023 • 56min
Ep 489- Pavel Stuchlik also known as NOA/AON
In this episode I speak to Pavel Stuchlik, also known as NOA/AON, an expert in self-realization techniques, biohacking, and breathwork whose mission is to bring people back to their center in union with others through his movement, #noamovement, and whose wakeup call was learning to stop focusing outwardly and begin focusing inwardly to find his center and his purpose. https://noaaon.com/

Apr 13, 2023 • 1h 45min
Ep 488- Joe Polish
In this very long form episode I interview Joe Polish, author of: "What's in It for Them? 9 Genius Networking Principles to Get What You Want by Helping Others Get What They Want." He is the founder of Genius Network® and GeniusX®, President of Piranha Marketing Inc., Creator of the Genius Network® Interview Series, Co-founder of 10XTalk.com and ILoveMarketing.com, and Founder of GeniusNetwork.com and hosts 3 highly popular free podcasts on iTunes. His wakeup call was surviving childhood sexual abuse which was a trigger for multiple addictions and now being dedicated to dealing with addicted individuals with compassion instead of judgment. https://joepolish.com/

Apr 11, 2023 • 1h 8min
Ep 487- Morra Aarons-Mele
In this episode I speak with Morra Arrons-Mele, author of, "THE ANXIOUS ACHIEVER: Turn Your Biggest Fears into Your Leadership Superpower," and host of, "The Anxious Achiever," a top-10 management podcast that helps people rethink the relationship between their mental health and their leadership whose wakeup call was and continues to be a lifelong struggle with anxiety and turning that into a strength. https://hbr.org/2019/09/podcast-the-anxious-achiever

Apr 6, 2023 • 47min
Ep 486 - Aarash Darroodi
In this episode I interview Aarash Darroodi, General Counsel at Fender, the iconic guitar manufacturer and President of the Fender Play Foundation™, the brand's 501(c)(3) public charitable organization whose wakeup call was being separated from his parents from infancy to age seven and stranded in Iran and what that taught him about resilience, adaptability and patience. https://www.linkedin.com/in/aarashdarroodi/

Apr 4, 2023 • 1h 10min
Ep 485 - Randall Bell
In this episode I speak with Dr. Randall Bell, socio-economist, leading authority on disasters an author of "Post-Traumatic Striving: The Art, Science & Stories of Resilience," whose wakeup call was realizing he had been traumatized by a health condition as a child and also digging into the personal stories of people who survived and thrived after being traumatized. http://drbell.com