I am Driven Podcast

Codi & Valerie Gharagouzloo are a husband & wife DRIVEN power couple and are quite literally on a journey to change the world through groundbreaking medical research & technology development. In this episode, they discuss their calling to grow a business that is innovating healthcare and advancing the ball for curing cancer, Alzheimer's, and even age-reversing therapy. Listen in as they talk about...

I Am Driven Podcast is celebrating our induction into the 100-episode club! Join us as we discuss some of our favorite highlights from the first 100 episodes!

Laura Di Franco is an Author, Wellness Coach, and retired Physical Therapist who joins us in this episode to share her powerful journey to becoming a healer, advice on overcoming imposter syndrome, exploring the idea of purpose driven fear, and much more. You can find more about Laura and her work on her website at www.bravehealer.com

Jenn Drummond is a world record holder, mother, speaker, businesswoman, author and host of the Seek Your Next Summit podcast. Driven from as early as she can remember, she shares her story of being a Driven woman in a world of sheep, how she got hit with a wake up call and realized she needed to not wait to go for her goals. You can find more about Jenn and her work and books on her website at htt...

Jeff Hays recognized that he had an entrepreneurial brain and he found a way very early in his life to harness his Drivenness for his supreme benefit. He became the president of a publicly traded firm at the age of 29 amongst numerous other endeavors in all kinds of spaces. Jeff has since become an award winning filmmaker, author, and television producer, famously creating Fahrenhype 9/11 in 2004...

Christine McCarron has been involved in different levels of real estate for 20+ years as well as being a podcaster, entrepreneur, realtor, speaker, author, coach, home improvement contractor and real estate investor. While Christine obviously keeps very busy, she also, like most Drivens, feels like most people just don't get her and why she is the way that she is. She shares her unique experience...

Jim Harshaw Jr is a former Division I All-American Collegiate Wrestler, then became the youngest DI College Wrestling coach at the time he was hired. He has now transitioned into performance coaching and speaking as a TEDx speaker. Jim speaks to his collegiate experience where he experienced repeated failure and how he changed his mindset in his final year of competition to reset his mind on the p...

We have another Driven couple ladies and gents! Ethan & Stephanie Bull own and operate their business ProAssisting which pairs up remote executive assistants with entrepreneurs. They share their story and dynamic as a Driven couple, as well as how they vet their EAs and how they shaped the business model to be most successful. You can find both of them on LinkedIn and can also learn more about the...

Ruth Cohn struggled, like many drivens, finding a way to live life in her own skin. She found a purpose in activism then, following therapy of her own, in helping others through trauma therapy. She speaks with us on the podcast about the troubles she sees those with trauma have in not only therapy, but their relationships. You can find more about Ruth's work at her website https://ruthcohnmft.com/

Craig Weller is a former USN SWCC (Special Warfare Combatant Crewman) who, like many other Drivens, grew up going through school just bored out his mind while also getting perfect scores on tests. He decided to early enlist in the military where he struggled for years through the testing but developed a unique ability to observe himself from an outside perspective. You can find more about the work...

Marianne Smith is an academic who works directly in studying paradoxes and has found life is full of them. In her fathers' work with Harvard MBA students, he shared that the biggest complaint they had from their students was arrogance. She shared what she's found with Drivens using arrogance as a mask and patterns she finds in those who are very Driven. Marianne is the coauthor of Both/And Thinkin...

John Miles is the founder of the Passion Struck podcast and is another one of our former military Drivens. John spent a lot of his post-military career in the security and cybersecurity space, and his Driven tendencies has led him to be an innovator in these spaces. He then realized he wasn't living out his purpose as he felt called to, and began his entrepreneurship journey. Passion Struck is the...

Justin Breen is yet another serial entrepreneur in the Driven community who sees Drivens as the cream that rises to the top and won't accept excuses. He also shares a story from his dad's diary from battles in World War II that he has turned to in times of doubt and his dad's stories have driven him even more to be great. Justins passion to bring together Driven people is reflected in not only his...

David McRaney is the author of How Minds Change and that concept is the basis of his conversation with Dr. Doug and Meg. From his upbringing to his journey through writing and how writing about how minds change in turn changes his mind many times. Human resistance to change, specifically change of opinion, is a tale as old as time and the conversation that exists in that space can teach you so muc...

Batja Mesquita is a social and cultural psychologist, as well as the author of Between Us: How Cultures Create Emotions. She shares her perspective on understanding different cultures and how they interact in both positive and negative circumstances. You can find Batja at her website at www.batjamesquita.com and you can find her book on Amazon

Wendy Smith is a professor at the University of Delaware, as well as the coauthor of Both/And Thinking: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems (available on Amazon). In a conversation that appeals to not only Drivens, but all people balancing their life, Wendy joins Dr. Doug and Meghan to talk through how to draw connections in life instead of having to choose one thing over t...

Tom Jones has mastered taking the plentiful adversity he has faced in his life and turning it into his superpower. Tom's story is one that has so many twists and turns between what he's been put through to what he has chosen to pursue in his inherent Driven nature. From training with Chuck Norris to working with foster homes to setting world records, his 'quit-proof' nature has inspired him to now...

Todd Kashdan wandered from his family tradition of having a seat on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange to take a deep dive into human psychology, as well as becoming an author. He has been working toward, and continues to aspire to work with people and organizations to be able to have conversations conducive not necessarily to persuasion, but to understanding. Todd's newest book, The Art of...

Kelsea Simons, Meghan's sister, is an ICU nurse and 'studier of humans'. Kelsea understands that she uses her intuition in many situations in her attempt to understand people. She has excelled in her many years as a nurse with her driven ability to empathize with patients. She joins the podcast to talk through her difficulty in working with non-driven people, sometimes stubborn doctors, and also h...

Neuroscientist Moshe Bar joins the I am Driven podcast and the wondering brain of Dr. Doug stirs up an intuitive conversation covering many facets of the human mind and its tendencies. Moshe also shares about his unique journey from early childhood to becoming the director of the Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center at Bar-Ilan University. Moshe's book Mindwandering can be found on Amazon...

Mónica Guzmán is a bridge-builder, journalist, entrepreneur, and author of I Never Thought of It That Way. She shares with us her concept of conversation dials and how that dynamic can play out in both in-person conversations and online communication. Her desire to help people understand one another is what drives her in her work as well as her daily life. Mónica shares how valuable trust is in co...

Randy Perkins, from a very young age, developed a fear of failure rooted in the fear of disappointing his parents. That fear lit the fire on his Drivenness, and that fire has been burning just as brightly ever since. As a former athlete, he finds ways in not only his work life but many other parts of his life to compete in all things. Randy has been a serial entrepreneur and investor ever since an...

Dr. Salvatore Forcina, an Italian immigrant in Argentina, grew up being told he was stupid and not important at the monastery. He didn't have any sense of self-confidence until he got to university in the United States, where he studied to become a surgeon. Not even knowing how to speak english, he was able to finish college and medical school and has been able to thrive in his career with a chip...

Travis Luther spent his late childhood and early adult years being the one his family and friends relied on.  He took it upon himself, as a teenager, to care for his younger brothers following the divorce of their parents. His entrepreneurial spirit led him to take on a wide range of endeavors, from a record label to online pillow sales. He was always finding a new way to feed his drive as well as...

MK Stahl is a textbook Driven who is an owner of multiple businesses, mother of 2 and a wife. Her upbringing fostered her competitive nature, but she found herself lost following graduation like many Drivens and was able to find her passion after recognizing a desk job was not her cup of tea. MK shares about her life being married to an also Driven husband, learning how to balance being a business...