I am Driven Podcast

Leading expert in Developmental Trauma, Stephen Terrell shares the traumas of his own life that have influenced his role as a healer today. Stephen's "Transforming the Experience Based Brain" is a healing modality that has helped many people work through their own developmental trauma--which is trauma experienced in utero or as a child--as well as provided psychologists, therapists, and other heal...

Army veteran Scott DeLuzio was deployed to Afghanistan in 2010, and, like it does for many others, that deployment changed his life forever. His deployment ended when he was given the news that his younger brother, who was also deployed in Afghanistan, lost his life in combat. Upon his return home, he struggled to find himself and face his grief while also trying to learn how to be a father. Scott...

Anthony Trucks is a former NFL football player turned 'identity shift coach' who grew up in the foster care system. Experiencing numerous hardships at a young age motivated him to take action, constantly looking to improve his circumstances. He joins the I am Driven podcast to share challenges he's faced as a person, parent, and professional, as well as the importance of being able to shift your i...

Tom D'Eri was obviously a Driven from a very young age. He went from being isolated and lonely as a kid, to becoming a businessman named in Forbes 30 Under 30. He joins Dr. Doug and Meghan to share his experience growing up with parents who fostered his Driven nature, his entrepreneurship journey, as well as his book. He also specifically dives into his venture in his business Rising Tides Car Was...

Erin Bellanca struggled through her Driven identity most of her young life, always eager to accomplish the next big thing. Once she was able to come down to earth, her identity shifted from being solely placed in her work and she was finally able to be present. Erin takes a deep dive with Dr. Doug and Meghan about life in a Driven marriage and how they manage to find balance as Driven women in the...

Dr. Doug and Meghan break down and discuss some of the intricacies of dreaming and what some parts of dreams can mean. What you can learn from and work through personally with your dreams might surprise you. Resources mentioned include Why We Dream by Matthew Walker, PhD and Inner Work by Robert A. Johnson.

A term that a lot of our Driven listeners have asked for us to break down, Dr. Doug joins Meghan to break down dorsal freeze on today's podcast. In sharing some analogies, as well as some real-life applications, plenty of Drivens should now have a better understanding of a term that gets thrown around quite a bit. Books mentioned in this podcast: The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van den Kolk Tra...

Melissa Hughes, Founder of Live Rich. Spread Wealth. Movement & Company, was sick of being suffocated and over worked in corporate America. She transitioned into coaching people into living richer lives by becoming their best selves. Melissa is a best-selling author, speaker, and master business coach that became a self-made millionaire by the age of 31! She shares her work with Drivens in helping...

JL Holdsworth went from College Football player to World Record holder in powerlifting in 2 years. Failure is not an option and success can never come fast enough. JL experienced an awakening and until he did so, he didn't even realize all of the things he was missing out on, from observing the world to experiencing feelings. JL shares his story of how a self-sabotaging injury got him to where he...

Trivinia Barber, the Driven woman whom Dr. Doug wrote chapter 5 of his book Driven about, gets vulnerable in this weeks episode. She shares about how her many traumas shaped her life and how, with the help of Dr Doug, she tackled a variety of intrusive thoughts and finally got her marriage to thrive after 20 years.

A United States Marine Corps Veteran turned serial entrepreneur and keynote speaker, Ben Taylor, gets vulnerable on the podcast this week. Ben shares stories from the impact of his military service and entrepreneurial endeavors, as well as his recent experience at the Driven Meditation Shooting Retreat. Many Driven's will surely be able to relate to what Ben shares about his journey through life....

From being overseas and leading covert intelligence briefings to orchestrating security programs for 4,000 Soldiers, Shelly Rood joins Dr. Doug and Meghan for this week's episode. She shares just some of the things she learned in her 16-year role as a female in a male-dominated profession as an Intelligence Officer in the US Army Reserves, along with the numerous challenges of that system. Shelly...

The youngest podcast guest to date, Jordan Yusunas, started working with Dr. Doug while still in high school. He shares about his experience in discovering and channeling his drivenness, reframing his life to focus on the process, and realizing there isn't a finish line.

Kenny Baker is a former professional and continued competitive road cyclist who also works with his business 51 Fitness, a holistic health practice with the idea of full body wellness. Kenny is a true driven who has always found his most important competition in his eyes was himself. He found holistic practices in hearing about the work of Paul Chek (I'm Driven podcast guest 3/9 Episode 36) and do...

Neuroscience has shown that 95% of our life experiences are shaped by unconscious programs. Dr. Olga Stevko is a Russian MD who has created a unique and powerful methodology that allows her to identify and transform unconscious programs which are caused by childhood traumas and traumas passed down genetically. We talk with Dr. Stevko about transforming unconscious programs and how we can change ho...

Rebecca Boatman has been working with Dr. Doug for about two and a half years through her transformation from girl to woman. As the founder of The Brave Movement, she has taken her training in emotional intelligence and helped transform the lives of thousands of women. Dr. Doug and Rebecca reference the book She by Robert Johnson as they discuss the parallels Rebecca experienced in her own life, a...

Amber Setter became an accountant, following in the footsteps of an admired role model, until she realized there was a desperate need in the industry. She decided to get her Masters in Leadership Studies and started her own company supporting better work-life balance and conscious business practices for CPAs. She talks with us about how her trauma molded her into becoming the professional and pers...

Ken Kladouris is a true driven who saw the lifestyle his uncle lived as a financial planner, and at a very young age decided that he would do anything he could to get to that place. Ken works in a unique position to be able to help people to stop living in how fear drives their desire to make money, and transition into helping people find stillness in their lives. Ken speaks on his experience with...

Freddy Silva is a leading historical researcher, specifically in the realm of temples and consciousness, who has written seven books and starred in fourteen documentaries. Freddy shares a lot of insights to how he has worked to ground himself and continues to analyze his lifestyle and grounding habits. He also shares his unique relationship to music and how he uses it as a form of meditation. You...

Dr. Doug and Meghan break down the practice of patience and its difficulties being a Driven. Specifically, in her current situation, being 9 months pregnant, Meg shares her experience being a Driven, expecting another child. The illusion of being trapped while anxiously awaiting the next big thing tests your patience to the utmost. Dr. Doug suggests taking time to meditate to continue a daily prac...

Aaron Doughty took the leap that most say they want to take, but few persevere through. We talk with Aaron about what Doug calls the sin of the feminine: Control. Aaron grew up with a controlling, narcissistic step-mother, which led to a pattern of this type of female figure always controlling a part of his life. Noticing these patterns, and sick of living in the monotony of his 9-5 job selling wo...

Mike Koenigs has always challenged at least the pace of the status quo. As a leader of his current company, he helps people see what they do best, but he still wrestles with his Driven fear-fueled scarcity. Mike shares with us how he hustled his way through life, finishing high school then moving away to go to technical school. He kept his head down, until he was forced to look up when his wife ch...

A self-titled former 'frogifier of men', Alison Armstrong's curiosity has led her to pursue a better understanding of men. We dig into the difference in mentalities of men and women with Alison, how they process situations differently and communicate differently. Our interactions with the opposite sex can get pretty complex considering every person's tendency to project wounds and to assume the ot...

Michael Holt grew up in Philadelphia and knew as a young man he needed to remove himself from the environment to stop his self-sabotage, after a handful of run-ins with the law. Michael moved to California to forge his own path, studying under previous podcast guest, Paul Chek, to become a holistic health practitioner. We talk with Michael about the critical balance of being a savage and being a s...

This week we take some time on the podcast to review my top 10 recommended reads for those who have recently been introduced to this work. If you've read Dr. Doug's book and relate to being Driven, it's probably spurred A LOT of new questions and curiosities. These are some of the books Dr. Doug recommended to me in our early days working together, and some others I've really appreciated in my own...