I am Driven Podcast

Tucker Max, New York Times Bestselling Author and founder of Scribe, and Veronica Max, a Nurse Practitioner, and entrepreneur herself, have been in a Driven marriage now for over a decade. In raising 4 kids, they've found a balance of organized chaos that works for them both, although that doesn't mean it's never a point of friction. The drive for self-sufficiency can cause turmoil in a relationsh...

Tim Corcoran is the founder of Purpose Mountain, where he offers Nature-Based Purpose Guidance to support people with a love for wild nature who feel a deep yearning to discover their purpose. Tim also serves as co-Director of Twin Eagles Wilderness School, an organization he co-founded with his wife, Jeannine Tidwell, in Sandpoint, Idaho in 2005 dedicated to facilitating deep nature connection me...

Steven Sisler is a behavioral analyst and axiologist who grew up in Boston as the son of a preacher. He went to seminary and his curiosity ended up pushing him out of the profession. Steven shares that life is a three-dimensional system and people who have their priorities of those dimensions in check are the most successful. Steven shares stories about how he has used axiology to read clients and...

Rick Ricart is the president of a family-owned group of car and motorcycle dealerships in Ohio, originally founded by his grandfather. Rick shares with us the 'full-speed' pursuit of success engrained during his upbringing, surrounded and supported by Driven individuals. We talk about the dark side of drive, and Rick's travels to the depths of addiction, as well as the rituals and practices he has...

Jason Fowler is a physician's assistant in an Emergency Room as well as the Owner of Lake Effect Hockey, a fast-growing youth hockey organization. Jason's first job as a forensic pathologist assistant opened doors for him to teach pathology at a university which led him to want to go back to school to become a PA. Following his graduation with a 4.0 and testing in the top 2% on his boards. Eject b...

As a trailblazer in the mental coaching space, it's an honor to have Gay Hendricks on the podcast. He shares his ideas about pure consciousness, the upper limit, and more. Getting to where you need to be is about the sincerity of your commitment. To not know the path to get there is part of the beauty of the journey. Gay's books include The Big Leap, The Genius Zone, Conscious Living, Conscious Lo...

Mike Green is a Master Certified Coach who hosts some of the wildest expeditions we've heard of; and that's no metaphor. Mike's expertise lies in hunting and hiking the most extreme wilderness terrain across multiple continents from South Africa to Alaska, where he calls home. Mike has seen his Drive on display in all aspects of his life and shares with us his transformation from curiously wanderi...

Andrew Johnston is a Driven through and through. His story details a continued fight through adversity as a professional athlete and multi-race champion in two endurance sports, while engaged in an ongoing battle with a rare form of Leukemia he was diagnosed with at 32. Andrew continued his practice and study of the body after his professional athlete career by becoming a personal trainer and holi...

Sean Lake is a former pro-snowboarder turned entrepreneur who has consistently defined himself by taking 'hard lefts.' Sean thrived in the punk-rock scene, quickly latching on to skateboarding as a kid, which was hardly defined as a sport in the early 80s. In talking with Sean we discover that this exploration of friction in going against status quo was actually his way of following his heart. Sea...

Drew Myers wrapped his arms around his father's advice: "if you're not happy, do something else." It took Drew 11 jobs in 11 years to figure out that happiness isn't 'found' in what we're doing. We talk with Drew about stumbling upon his calling as a radio show host, his journey to hell realms, and about a novel concept he embraced to lift himself out: Obedience. Check out Drew's amazing book on A...

What gets people 'into Dr. Doug's office' is a sense of aloneness. Humans are wired for attachment. Every cell in our bodies is connected to the cells next to it. Separation creates pain. A cut to the skin is separation that creates pain, just as separation from other humans creates pain. Today we take a deep dive into the pain of isolation, the difference between pain and fear, and the realizatio...

Justin Foster noticed his defiance at a young age and his Driven behaviors grew in the shadows, manifesting as the imposter syndrome that so many Driven's are familiar with. Justin shares with us key awakenings in his life that uprooted the ideal persona he had formed to be accepted in the herd. He moved to Austin, uncoupled from his wife, and changed careers, radically altering his life and forci...

In part 2 of 2 on driven relationships, Dr. Doug talks us through the unconscious behaviors that may often put us at odds with our partner, and how we discern when our masculine or feminine energy may be at work. We outline some simple but critical steps to drastically improve your relationship with a Driven partner, and discuss practices we've implemented to improve our own relationships. We can...

There's been a lot of interest from our Driven audience in understanding dynamics of intimate relationship with another Driven person. Whether you are married or seeking a partner, there are likely areas of consistent frustration when trying to connect with another. We're breaking this topic podcast into two parts, focusing first on the key relationship that must be integrated in your inner world...

Matt Terwilliger learned through competitive sports that emotions, when unchecked, can be exploited by your opponent. He strived for stoicism all the way through his basketball career, landing him in the 2007 NCAA Basketball National Championship. We talk with Matt about the motivating power emotions can have when you welcome and understand them, and how he tries to explain emotional regulation to...

Joey Coleman grew up as one of seven kids in a household that allowed his Drive to bloom from the start. A former criminal defense lawyer and jack of many trades, Joey now travels the country speaking and coaching C-suite executives on customer retention. We talk with Joey about the human condition, being married to a Driven, and impactful moments in his most influential relationships. Joey explai...

On today's podcast, we aim to wrap our hands around Imposter syndrome. Dr. Doug defines it broadly as the creation of an ideal or expectation in the outer world that doesn't match our inner world identity. As Driven individuals with a more complex emotional identity and often a heavy dose of perfectionism, many of us experience imposter syndrome. We talk through our personal experience with impost...

Paul Chek has always been a seeker of knowledge and comprehensive understanding, constantly asking the question 'what caused that?'. This led him to a life of learning, first as an auto mechanic, then in the 82nd airborne division, then progressively exploring exercise science, holistic health, and spirituality. Paul is a licensed holistic health practitioner and founder of the Chek Institute, whi...

Entrepreneur turned investor, Scott Thompson grew up in Pennsylvania and identified as a 'pusher' from an early age. He pushed himself to become an Eagle scout by the age of 14 and All-state Wrestler by 17. Scott aspired to pursue his MBA at Stanford, but ultimately found more value in another type of education: sales training. Through his salesmanship and pushing drive, Scott started a staffing c...

Don Joseph Goewey worked hard throughout his career, finally landing himself a dream job at Stanford University. As fate would have it, his world was turned upside down with the diagnosis of a brain tumor, thrusting him out of a job and into an important phase of self-discovery. We talk with Don about how sometimes it takes a life-changing event to get you to 'wake up' and how finding happiness st...

Brad Mills used his dream of making a movie, and the desire to fund it, to fuel his navigation through life. The now-retired serial entrepreneur was always an early adopter of technology and was one of the first to get involved in Bitcoin when he bought his for $5 each. Brad started out with the Google search 'how to make money online' which led to him working through numerous scams and network ma...

Megan Hottman was a late bloomer, athletically. She found cycling in law school and it became her passion; so much so that she spent time as a professional cyclist and then started her own law practice representing injured cyclists. Megan was fueled by her passion, until the exposure to crash scenes, injuries, and death took its toll psychologically. We talk with Megan about secondary trauma and h...

Jayson Gaignard, founder of Mastermind Talks, joins us on the podcast for a deep discussion about both success and failure. He shares with us the internal battle of finding fulfillment in his work and in his life, as well as his commitment to the one thing that can't be taken from us: our relationships. Coming out of darkness is difficult, but Jayson shares how he was able to get through dropping...

We get back to topics on the I am Driven podcast this week with projection. We talk about what projection is and how it impacts your life in your everyday interactions with both the world in general and other people. What you see is what you feel and what you feel is what you see. We also talk about projection in relationships, as well as collective projection and confirmation bias. The difficulti...

A God-fearing man with a God-shaped hole in his heart, Trey Weis is yet another Driven who has turned to meditation to help channel his ambition. As a pediatric dentist, he credits his success to his education, along with his ability to focus on accomplishing one thing at a time. We talk with Trey about growing up as a driven kid, building a business versus buying a business, his experience with m...