My Wakeup Call with Dr. Mark Goulston

In this episode I interview Alex Brueckmann, author of, "Secrets of Next-Level Entrepreneurs," strategy facilitator and speaker who has impacted thousands of business leaders and whose wakeup call was realizing how non-human the technical side of business was and becoming dedicated to changing that. https://www.brueckmann.ca/

In this episode I welcome back Garry Ridge, former CEO at WD40, who gives a mini-masterclass in leadership and shows us what it's like to "refire" rather than "retire." https://thelearningmoment.net/

  In this episode I speak with Kathy Eldon, author of, "Hope Rising, A Musing," Founder of Creative Visions, inspired by the wakeup call from the loss of her son, Dan Eldon, an activist photography killed in Somalia. http://kathyeldon.com

In this episode I speak with Quan Huynh who as been described as a mighty warrior a magician, and a mountain of goodness. He is the bestselling author of "Sparrow in the Razor Wire: Finding Freedom from Within While Serving a Life Sentence," Executive Director of https://www.defyventures.org/our-community/defy-socal and whose wakeup call was realizing in the middle of a life prison term that he ha...

In this episode I spoke to Elliot Kallen, highly successful Financial Planner and Advisor, whose wakeup call was the suicide of his college student, and great athlete son, Jake, and the shock and grief that threw him into and caused him to create: https://abrighterday.info/

  In this episode I speak to Johann Ilgenfritz, fashion photographer turned founder of: http://ukhealthradio.com whose wakeup calls were a heart attack and two bouts of cancer, with the second bout being called terminal by conventional treatment and his clear thought in his mind, "I'm going to live!"

In this episode I speak with Tom Hardison, Founder of the https://generativeleadershipgroup.com/ whose wakeup call was realizing that he needed to expand beyond his needing to be right engineer mind and get in touch with who he was and in touch with how to bring out the best in others as a leader.

In this episode I speak with Soren Kaplan, PhD, affiliate at the Center for Effective Organizations at the University of Southern California and author of, "EXPERIENTIAL INTELLIGENCE: Harness the Power of Experience for Personal and Business Breakthroughs," whose wakeup call was having a tumultuous childhood with a mother with mental illness and his realizing he couldn't depend on her to be in tou...

In this episode I speak with Dr. Bruce Hutchison, retired Canadian psychologist and author of, "Emotions Don't Think: Emotional Contagion in a Time of Turmoil," whose wakeup calls after being bullied as a child was being curious about why people do what they do and realizing how much emotions drive behavior. https://www.drbrucehutch.com/

  In this episode I speak with Matt Mayberry, author of, "Culture is the Way: How Leaders at Every Level Build an Organization for Speed, Impact and Excellence," leading global expert in leadership development, culture change, and organizational performance and former NFL player whose wakeup call was turning his life around after extensive drug use in high school and being inspired by his football...

In this episode I speak with Tom D'Eri, Co-Founder and COO of Rising Tide Car Wash, an organization that employs over 90 individuals with autism in a successful car wash business. Tom is a Forbes 30 Under 30 social entrepreneur and is the author of "The Power of Potential: How a Non-Traditional Workforce Can Lead You to Run Your Business Better." His wakeup call was having a brother with autism an...

In this episode I speak with Jeff Burnside, multi- award winning journalist, former tv news investigative reporter and co-author of, "Cashup Davis: The Inspiring Life of a Secret Mentor," whose wakeup call was watching his dad be so engaged in reading and watching news that Jeff realized he wanted to be journalist/reporter. https://www.jeffburnside.com/

  In this episode I speak with Rebeccah Silence, global advocate and leading coach in emotional healing and relationships, author of, "Coming Back to Life," host of the "Healing IS Possible Experience" and the "Tougher Together Breakthrough" podcasts, and the creator of the on-demand "The Emotional Survival Kit course," whose wakeup up call was surviving domestic abuse and then coming down with St...

  In this return appearance, Cameron Herold, author of, "The Second In Command - Unleash the Power of Your COO," founder of the COO Alliance, the World's Leading Network for Seconds in Command, he's also the host of "the Second in Command: The Chief Behind the Chief" podcast whose through line has been seeing how COO's can be instrumental to the success of their CEO's and companies. https://cooall...

  In this episode I speak to Alex Mont-Ros, author of the "Family Meeting Planner" and co-founder of the "Step Up Method" whose wakeup call after a tumultuous childhood and being a father at a young age, was the need to help families improve following similar principles to what makes businesses succeed. https://www.familymeetingplanner.com/

In this episode I speak with Patricia Cori, author of, "HACKING THE GOD CODE: The Conspiracy to Steal the Human Soul," system buster, freedom fighter, warrior for truth, justice and the liberation of humanity whose wakeup call was realizing the dangers of sharing your most precious gift, you DNA, with companies that are misusing your information. http://patriciacori.com

In this episode I speak with Jan Patterson, co-author of, "Breath for the Soul: Self-Care Steps to Wellness," integrative medicine and infectious diseases physician who has practiced and taught medicine for more than 30 years and whose wakeup call was how integrative medicine can help many disease states and how it especially helped her cope with and move on after the death of her son by suicide....

In this episode I speak with Jeff Lerner, Founder of the ENTRE Institute and author of, "Unlock Your Potential," whose wakeup call was realizing that the only way for him to succeed, and maybe even survive, was to be true to himself vs. conforming to a world he never fit into. https://jefflernerofficial.com/

On this episode I speak to Bob Cousins, co-founder of Novasolix and has worked with startups in both energy and computing for more than 35 years. Bob has served as CTO and/or Engineering VP of multiple technology companies from New York to California. He was selected as Inventor of the Year, 2020 by the Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Law Association and has also written three novels, "Pipov,...

In this episode I speak with Beth Hendler-Grunt, Founder and President of https://nextgreatstep.com/ , super successful corporate sales person turned parent college student empowerment expert and author of, "The Next Great Step: The Parent's Guide to Launching Your New Grad Into a Career," whose wakeup call was seeing how college grads were NOT getting the jobs or starting the careers they wanted.

  In this episode I speak with Chris Do, Founder and CEO of https://blind.com/studio/people/chris-do/ whose wakeup call was noticing certain teachers who were the exception at inspiring their students and wanting to follow in their tracks.

n this episode I speak with Abby Davisson, co-author of, "Money and Love: An Intelligent Roadmap for Life's Biggest Decisions" and former corporate executive and president of the GAP foundation, whose wakeup call was being inspired by her teacher, mentor, former Stanford professor and now co-author, Myra Strober, on how to approach the most difficult decisions in life with a clear multi-step proce...

In this episode I speak with Aren Bahia, former gang member and drug addict/dealer, entrepreneur coach, whose wakeup call was having a motorcycle accident and being humbled by all the people who spontaneously stepped in to help him which turned is mind and life into "learn and serve" which he has now been doing around the world. https://arenbahia.com/

In this episode I speak to Alex Wills, M.D., Board Certified Psychiatrist, author of, "Give a F*ck," and creator of Radical Emotional Acceptance and whose wakeup call was realizing that feeling your emotions and accepting them, but not acting on them was more effective than not giving a f*ck. https://independentdocsid.com/alex-wills-md/

  In this episode I speak with Leslie Reyes, author of, "The Zen of Learning to Ride a Motorcycle," psychiatric and chemical dependency nurse, yoga teacher and motorcycle enthusiast whose wakeup call was facing her fears and developing a calm mindfulness and learning many other practical lessons while learning to ride a motorcycle. https://www.lesliereyesauthor.com/