My Wakeup Call with Dr. Mark Goulston

In this episode I interview Sharon Koifman, author of "Surviving Remote Work," Founder and President of Distant Job whose wakeup call was realizing how remote working was not only the future of work, but could make workers and companies much more productive.

In this episode I speak with world renowned headshot photographer, Peter Hurley, who is also the Founder of Headshot Crew, on his wakeup call from failing at so many things, but never giving up and then discovering he had a knack with a camera, that turned into a talent, gift and now something he teaches to others around the world.  http://peterhurley.com  

In this episode I speak with poet, filmmaker, musician and author of "Atmosphere of Mona," Matthew Shaw, about his wakeup in needing to observe, understand and then using multiple media to share it with the world.  www.texlahoma.com  

In this episode I speak with Simon Mainwaring, CEO of We First Branding and host of the Lead With We podcast about his wakeup call around the death of his dad helping him to discover his purpose and help others do the same. http://leadwithwe.com  

In this episode I speak with Mike Carruthers, host of the highly ranked podcast, "Something You Should Know," whose wakeup up call was needing to pivot from a long career in radio especially after becoming a dad to two boys later in life. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/something-you-should-know/id1150124880  

 In this episode I speak with global rock singer, Emmanuel Kelly,who was born deformed and left to die as an infant and was found by Iranian and Afghan soldiers who were shooting at each other and stopped when together they discovered compassion for Emmanuel and got him to an orphanage. His wakeup call was realizing that there was a reason he was born and survived and that was to bring joy, love a...

In this episode I speak with Sameer Hasija, Dean of Executive Education at INSEAD and co-author of, "The Phoenix Encounter Method," about needing to totally let go of your past and destroy your company in order to move into the future.

In this episode I speak with Robert Rosenberg, former CEO of Dunkin Donuts and author of, "Around the Corner to Around the World: A Dozen Lessons I Learned Running Dunkin' Donuts," who wakeup call was realizing that his arrogance at achieving early success nearly destroyed the company and how becoming humble and learning from it, saved it.   

In this episode I Interview psychiatrist, podcast host, and best selling author, and founder of the Ruthless Compassion Institute, Dr. Marcia Sirota, about her always being extra sensitive to people's pain has defined her life.

In this episode I speak with Executive Director of Martin's House (a transitional living for recently released incarcerated men), Pastor and therapist Joseph Hamilton about his wake up call realizing his calling of helping people, plus he helps me overcome an internal issue I was having.

In this episode I speak with Karen Hardy, a nationally know risk industry pioneer, about how the sacrifice of her mother and her mother's belief in her enabled her to take on and succeed at multiple challenges and see how managing risk is an opportunity as opposed to something to be feared. 

In this episode I speak with John Renesch, a pioneer in the Conscious Leadership movement, about waking up to the world needing different leaders if it is going to survive. 

In this episode I interview Warren Farrell, co-author of "The Boy Crisis" and the "The Martin Luther King of the Men's Movement" according to GQ Magazine whose wakeup call was realizing and championing the role of men in their son's life and standing up for that against a severe backlash from the Women's Movement.  http://warrenfarrell.com

In this episode I speak with Naomi Feil, creator of the Validation method. Her unique insight and empathy into the world of disoriented elders gives us new ways of communicating and forging relationships. There is a reason behind disoriented behavior and we can 'validate' the needs and feelings being expressed.  https:// vfvalidation.org/  

In this episode I speak with the Honorable David Shulkin, M.D., Ninth Secretary of the VA about his wakeup call in bringing better care to veterans and running into the politics of Washington.  https://shulkinsolutions.com/

In this episode I speak with Srikumar Rao, creator of Creativity and Personal Mastery, and who overflows with such serenity, kindness, warmth, acceptance and wisdom, you'll want to re-listen to this interview whenever you're feeling stressed

In this episode I speak with Margaret Heffernan, author of "Uncharted: How to Navigate the Future" TED talk speaker with more than 12 million views on her wakeup call about the importance of always speaking the truth, both to power and to oneself.  https://www.mheffernan.com/

In this episode I speak with Matt Zerker, Founder and CEO of Tethr, a transparent community for men to safely show their vulnerability, whose wakeup call was realizing that being a high achiever could not protect him from nearly lifelong feelings of depression and even suicidal feelings that were greatly contributed to by his being bullied as a child.  https://www.tethr.men/    

My Wakeup Call is on break until after September 1. Please check back after then and in the meantime when a wakeup call comes your way, do your best to wake up. Take good care and be safe.

In this episode I speak with Jay Izso, worldwide podcast host of "A New Direction with Jay Izso," and also a renowned coach of maverick personalities at:  http://coaching marvericks.com  about his wakeup call of reaching a devastatingly low point in his life and how he had to "train" himself well.  

In this episode I speak with multi-Emmy award winning director/writer/producer and director of the HBO Sports Special, "The Weight of Gold," Brett Rapkin, about his wakeup call about how awful life can be for Olympic athletes after winning their medals.  https://www.podiumpictures.com/  

In this episode I speak with Jennifer Ty, CEO, of the consistently 5 Star Home Health Awarded, Excell Home Care, whose wakeup call was being trained as an engineer but realizing a passion for risk taking to solve problems people were ignoring and about caring about people and the central importance of empathy.  https://www.excellhomecare.com/  

In this episode I speak with Gregory Scott,the deeply heartfelt leader, President & CEO of Community Action Partnership of Orange County about how his Faith, his mother and mentors woke him up to a life of serving the underserved.  https://www.capoc.org/ https://www.facebook.com/CAPOC/

In this episode I speak to Dr. Kami Hoss, author of, "If Your Mouth Could Talk," about realizing how oral health is connected to all our health and much more.   

In this episode I speak with serial social entrepreneur, investor and diplomat, Bill Liao, about why it's so awkward for male friends to tell each other they love each other - when they truly mean it - and also about how visionaries think. And check out this article Bill continually updates:  https://link.medium.com/EqiVBox6O7