Try Life On

Becoming who you’re meant to be isn’t clean. It isn’t linear. And it definitely isn’t comfortable. In this episode, I sit down with Meghann Dawson to talk about what happens when your outer life looks successful, but your inner world starts breaking down. Meghann did everything “right.” She built a 20+ year career, rose through the ranks, earned respect, and checked every box society told her to c...

This is not parenting by default. This is parenting by design. Most parents raise their kids inside a script they never questioned. School. Safety. Conformity. Status. Follow the path. Hope it works. In this rare and deeply personal episode of Try Life On, Maurice Philogene and Jeff Hitner open up about fatherhood, co-parenting, raising two sons across cultures, and why exposing children to the wo...

Some conversations matter because of the information shared. Others matter because of the recognition inside the conversation. This is one of those. When Maurice joins Billy Keels, you hear two men who understand something many people never fully grasp: the default path is optional. Both are fathers of two. Both built serious careers through the corporate world. Both chose not to let titles define...

What if the life you’re chasing was never truly yours to begin with? In this powerful conversation, Maurice Philogene sits down with former Navy pilot turned leadership coach Brandon Jenkins to unpack the “Golden Path Fallacy”—the unconscious career trajectory so many high performers follow without ever questioning why. From flying combat helicopters to leading hundreds, Brandon shares the pivotal...

What if getting fired was the best thing that ever happened to you? On this episode of Try Life On , Maurice Philogene sits down with Adam Coehlo to unpack his unexpected journey from a high-powered career at Google to semi-retired entrepreneur. After a performance warning forced a crossroads, Adam used his financial independence and mindfulness practice to bet on himself—launching a new path root...

What if the life you feel stuck in… isn’t actually your life? In this episode of Try Life On , Maurice Philogene breaks down a powerful shift in perspective: you’re not trapped, you’re simply returning to a state that no longer serves you. Drawing from decades of experience across law enforcement, military service, corporate leadership, entrepreneurship, and global living, Maurice explains how ide...

What if everything you’ve been told about money… is backwards? At the Get Out of California Summit hosted by longtime friend, Amy Silvis, Maurice Philogene shares a radically different perspective: real estate isn’t the goal—it’s just a tool to build a life you actually want. From saving his first down payment over five years to creating passive income across multiple countries, Maurice breaks dow...

What if losing your job isn’t the end—but the wake-up call you needed? In this episode, Maurice Philogene responds to a message from a TLO community member who was suddenly laid off and felt something unexpected: relief. Using her story as a starting point, Maurice shares the unfiltered truth about his own career journey, retiring from three different professions while navigating layoffs, politics...

What if you didn’t have to choose between your passion and your profession? In this episode, Maurice Philogene sits down with two-time Olympian Gabriella Doueihy to unpack what it really looks like to chase the Olympic dream while building a corporate career. From representing Lebanon at the Rio 2016 Olympics and Tokyo 2020 Olympics to working at Ernst & Young through a global athlete program,...

What if telling the truth about your life could finally set you free? In this powerful conversation, host Maurice Philogene sits down with award-winning filmmaker Nicole Amelio-Casper to explore what it really means to build a life around purpose — even when it costs you comfort, security, and certainty. From volunteering at NPR at age 30 to documenting the untold stories of veterans, Nicole share...

In this conversation with Mindful Fire podcast host Adam Coelho, Maurice breaks down the exact process he used to integrate three parallel careers over 25 years, retire from each, build sustainable wealth and cash flows, build businesses and more. Along with principles he developed, he walks through the process of creating a life he doesn’t need a vacation from. That lived experience led to develo...

In this unscripted convo recorded in a car on the way to the airport, Maurice sits down with his friend, Maher Harb, founder of Sept Winery in the mountains of northern Lebanon. After losing his father in the Lebanese Civil War at just seven years old, Maher grew up carrying responsibility far too early… eventually walking away from a stable corporate career in France to return home and reclaim fa...

Most people think they’re living their lives—until they realize their nervous system is on call for everyone else. In this episode, Maurice Philogene breaks down the subtle but dangerous pattern of unconscious living where notifications, urgency, and external demands dictate your mood, energy, and identity before your feet even hit the floor. Drawing from a powerful conversation with a fellow busi...

What if everything you’re building is costing you your life instead of giving it back? In this unfiltered conversation on the Best Ever CRE Show, Maurice and Matt Faircloth step outside the usual business playbook and challenge deeper assumptions behind modern success. The entrepreneurial system, formal education, and corporate culture train people to pursue income and status, but rarely ask wheth...

The words you use out loud and in your head are quietly determining the life you live. In this powerful Mastermind call, Maurice sits down with NLP practitioner and hypnotherapist Edgard Aziz to explore how language acts as the bridge between thought and action, vision and manifestation. Drawing from neuroscience, emotional intelligence, and real-world application, Eddie breaks down how everyday s...

What happens when you finally build the life you dreamed of… and it still doesn’t feel complete? In this deeply honest and unfiltered episode, Maurice shares a behind-the-scenes team call recorded during a moment of personal struggle and transformation. After years of building time, financial, and geographic freedom, he finds himself wrestling with a new question: What do you do once the building...

Most people try to fix inner tension by achieving more—and it quietly makes life heavier instead of lighter. Recording in real time from the Mediterranean, Maurice Philogene shares a grounded realization sparked by an Emmett Fox passage and decades of lived experience as a police officer, entrepreneur, investor, and family man. This episode cuts through spiritual abstraction and explains why resis...

What if the thing you’re missing most in life isn’t success—but play? In this episode of Try Life On, Maurice Philogene sits down with Marisa Wong, Founder & CEO of M Experiences, to explore how intentional travel and shared experiences can wake adults back up to joy, connection, and purpose. Marisa shares her journey from corporate life to building a family-run experiences company—after getti...

What if being a great dad isn’t about doing more—but thinking differently? In this powerful conversation, Maurice Philogene sits down with Jeff Hittner, founder of Ambitious Dads, to unpack the invisible pressure modern fathers carry—and why so many high-achieving men feel confident at work but uncertain at home. Jeff shares how redefining fatherhood through intention, presence, and flexibility tr...

What if you didn’t have to destroy your current life to create your next one? Maurice sits down with Marc Weisi, a former coaching client and Wall Street professional who quietly designed a life of freedom—without burning the boats or chasing overnight success. Marc shares how he used his 9–5 as leverage, made “boring but powerful” financial decisions, and slowly built optionality that allowed him...

What if the moment you fear most becomes the one that finally sets you free? When Lolly Spindler got a phone call in Cambodia telling her she was fired effective immediately, she had two options: run back to safety… or bet on herself. That single moment became the catalyst for a life built on intention, creativity, and radical self-trust. In this conversation with Maurice, Lolly shares how losing...

What if your job could fund your freedom instead of stealing it? Maurice sits down with Marc Kuhn to break down the mindset shifts, investing decisions, and intentional life design that transformed a traditional W-2 career into a vehicle for time, financial, and geographic freedom. Maurice shares how conscious decisions around investing, personal discipline, and a deep desire to “try life on” help...

What if your life could expand the moment you stopped shrinking yourself to fit the status quo? Maurice breaks down the deeper meaning behind the three pillars he’s been exploring: human performance, human dignity, and human divinity. Drawing from years of coaching, global travel, military leadership, and a lifetime of unconventional choices, Maurice reveals how these themes repeatedly show up in...

What if the life you’re living isn’t even yours? This episode was never planned. It began as a simple check-in from Earl Talbot in the UK, a man Maurice hadn’t spoken to in months after stepping away from LinkedIn and social media as part of his own mental diet. What followed was a spontaneous voice-note exchange that unfolded into a powerful, real-time exploration of consciousness, imagination, a...

What happens when you stop chasing “more” and start designing a life that actually feels good? In this reflective solo episode, we are reminded why Try Life On exists—to help people trade the noise of routine for the peace of ritual. The recording live from the coast of Lebanon, unpacks mindset that fuels intentional living. Some takeaways: ​ Shifting from autopilot routines to meaningful rituals...