My Wakeup Call with Dr. Mark Goulston

On this week's My Wakeup Call, hear Lori Gottlieb, NYT Best Selling author of "Maybe You Should Talk to Someone", describe the wakeup calls that caused her to talk about her experience as a patient.

Join me as I speak with Esther Wojcicki - mother of Susan (CEO of Youtube), Anne (co-founder of 23andMe), and Janet (Fulbright winning anthropologist and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics), whose wakeup call was about how helicopter parents can hurt their children's future, and how she did the opposite. 

Join me and and a remarkable mother/daughter duo, Jann and Shari Simmons, as we hear about a lifetime of wakeup calls that inspired the daughter to become a therapist to help free her mom of haunting abuse, which she then chronicled in her book, "Which Way? One Woman's Traumatic Journey and Her Daughter's Explanation of How to Turn Pain Into Power."

Join me as I interview former British pop star, Will Henshall, about a TRUE wakeup call that happened when he came back to life after flatlining and being dead for twenty minutes.

Listen to my conversation with Kristin Sunanta Walker, CEO of Mental Health News Radio Network, as she talks about her lifelong journey to recover from childhood sexual abuse, and the wakeup calls along the way that have helped her to cope and heal.

Listen to Taylor Smith talk about the dramatic wakeup call that enabled him to go from doing what he thought he should, to doing what he knew was his true calling.

Listen to my chat with MIke Critelli, former CEO Pitney Bowes, and featured in the iconic book "Good to Great", about the wakeup calls that turned him step by step into one of the best leaders of our time. 

Join me as I speak with Frank King, the mental health comedian who woke me up and blew me away when he spoke about having chronic suicidality, and how knowing you can always kill yourself can keep you from doing it.

Join me as I speak with Bruce Keenan, who talks about the wakeup call that took him from a successful career in corporate America, to helping orphaned, abandoned and disadvantaged children in Nepal discover education and hope, with his Himalayan Children's Charities.

Listen in as I speak with Ellie Krug, transgender lawyer and activist, as she talks about the wakeup calls that led her to transition male to female in 2009, and all the wakeup calls since. https://elliekrug.com/about/

Join us as we hear entrepreneur Jay Reid talk about the worst wakeup call you can receive... a phone call from someone breaking the news to you that your 14-year-old son has hung himself.

Check out my conversation with Whole Life Challenge founder, Andy Petranek, as he describes the wakeup calls that have transformed his whole life, turning personal challenges into powerful new commitments.

Join me on an intimate journey with Rabbi Steve Leder, author of More Beautiful Than Before: How Suffering Transforms Us , one of Newsweek's most influential rabbis in America, the Senior Rabbi of Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles, as he describes the gift of a wakeup call that started with a car accident and ultimately transformed his life. 

Join me and Paul Jenkins, creator of Marvel's Wolverine: Origin and an original employee of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, as we discuss a creator's obligations to his fans, and hear the story of helping to grant a child's final wish - a wakeup call that forever changed him...and will likely change you too.   

Listen in as former Campbell Soup CEO, Doug Conant, talks about his early struggle with being an extreme introvert, and the wakeup call that helped him overcome and become one of the most respected leaders of the last fifty years.

Join me as I go way down under with Lisa Scaffidi, the first female Lord Mayor of Perth Western Australia, to hear her talk about the public and private wakeup calls that changed her life. 

Wake up and smell the coffee with me and Howard Behar, former President of Starbucks and author of "It's Not About the Coffee", as Howard talks about the wakeup calls that led him to create an empire from a life of service.

My guest this week is Richard Janes, Emmy winner, Hollywood branding expert, and host of the Passion and Purpose Podcast.  Listen in as Richard tells the dramatic story of how his 8-year-old daughter gave him a wakeup call that literally saved his life.

Join me for an exciting journey with my guest Eben Pagan, top digital training guru, as he describes the wakeup call that illuminated his ego and eventually his destiny.  

My guest this week is Mark Eckhardt, CEO of the socially conscious Common accelerator. Join me in hearing Mark describe the soulful wakeup call he experienced at age 13, that led him to create his un-common business startup machine.

My guest this week is Dr. Pamela Wible, the world's leading expert on physician suicide. Join me in hearing Pam talk about her lightbulb moment, the wakeup call when she realized that she had a calling to stop good people from killing themselves.

My guest is Garry Ridge, the charismatic CEO of WD40.  Listen in as Garry describes the slippery slope of ego, and how a series of wakeup calls transformed him into an admired leader.

My guest is Ivan Misner, founder of Business Network International, and co-author of Who's in Your Room? , a great new book about who to let in and who to keep out of your life. Join me in listening to Ivan describe the wakeup calls that manifested through the process of holistically treating prostate cancer.

Join me in hearing Sarah Hiner, President and CEO of the ever-popular expert advice digest Bottom Line, talk about the failed medical treatments and miraculous wakeup call that changed her entire approach to life.

Join me and my guest, visionary business leader Quint Studer, author of "Building a Vibrant Community", as Quint describes his journey from being a lost and alcoholic youth, to the wakeup call that launched him as an acclaimed community builder.