My Wakeup Call with Dr. Mark Goulston

In this episode I speak with Jason Feifer, Editor in Chief, "Entrepreneur Magazine," author of, "Build for Tomorrow," and host, "Build for Tomorrow" podcast whose wakeup call was realizing that after many years of reports on others that he had ideas of his own to share and needed a platform to do it. https://www.jasonfeifer.com/

In this episode I speak with Alexandra Wyman, advocate and public speaker for resources in the aftermath of suicide and author, "The Suicide Club: What To Do When Someone You Love Chooses Death," After she lost her husband to suicide in August of 2020, Alexandra found a need to change the rhetoric around suicide. https://www.forwardtojoy.com/

In this episode I speak with Michael Clinton, author of, "ROAR into the second half of you life," who is a former senior media advisor to the CEO of Hearst, president of marketing and publishing director of Hearst Magazines and a member of the board of directors of Hearst Corporation whose wakeup call was being inspired by loving working class parents who introduced he and his five siblings to the...

In this episode I speak to Michael McFall, co-CEO of BIGGBY COFFEE and author of, "Grind: A No-bullsh*t Approach to Take Your Business from Concept to Cash Flow," whose wakeup call was seeing and then seizing the opportunity to create and give the best quality coffee to the common man - and woman - as opposed to only upscale coffee houses. https://biggby.com/b-involved/

In this episode I interview Jeremy Delk, author of, "Without a Plan: A Memoir of Unbound Action and Failing My Way to Success," serial entrepreneur with a passion for disrupting industries. Born and raised in a small-town, blue-collar household, he jumped into entrepreneurial ventures with the naivety of a child and the tenacity of a tycoon and whose wakeup call was realizing that as long as you k...

  In this episode I speak with JJ Stenhouse, former long time journalist, known as the Practical Alchemist and host of "Alchemy 1.01," on UK Health Radio whose wakeup call was realizing that she had spent decades giving voice to others, but had not dared to share her own authentic voice and is now dedicated to doing that and helping others share theirs. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jj-stenhouse/

  In this episode I speak to CJ Gross is author of, "What's Your Zip Code Story? Understanding and Overcoming Class Bias in the Workplace," He is also a TEDx presenter, international speaker and the founder of Ascension Worldwide, a firm dedicated to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity training and consulting, whose wakeup call was how people's class in life could be as much of a factor in DEI as t...

In this episode I speak to Jimn Kyles, the Lead Pastor at Anchor Bend Church in Richmond, Texas and author of, "Unstuck and Unstoppable," whose wakeup call was being at a very low point and having a convergence spontaneously happen in which he felt that God spoke to him and offered him a way to save his life. https://jimnkyles.com/

In this episode I speak with Sharon Melnick, PhD, author of, "In Your Power: React Less, Regain Control, Raise Others," host, "Power Shift" podcast and Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coach whose wakeup call was discovering the difference between striving to be in power and in YOUR power. https://sharonmelnick.com/

  In this episode I speak with David Magee, bestselling author of the award-winning, "Dear William: A Father's Memoir of Addiction, Recovery, Love and Loss" and creator and director of operations of the William Magee Institute for Student Wellbeing at the University of Mississippi whose wakeup call was losing everything secondary to his addiction, losing his son William to a drug overdose and near...

  In this episode I speak with returning guest, Amanda Holmes, CEO of Chet Holmes International and co-author of the Revised and Updated classic book, "The Ultimate Sales Machine," whose wakeup call was finding a way to connect the old-school sales process with hybrid online and offline instant gratification short attention span of consumers and blending the values of caring about your people with...

In this episode I speak with Amii Barnard-Bahn, creator of the "Promotability Index," former Fortune Global 50 executive, consultant to the C-Suite and leaders at global companies and recognized by Forbes as one of the top coaches for legal and compliance executives. She is a member of Marshall Goldsmith's 100 Coaches. Her wakeup call was realizing how self-reliant she would need to be following h...

  In this episode I speak to Billy Pittard, Professor of Media Arts at Middle Tennessee State University. and former founder of his own design company that was known for branding television networks and systems such as CBS, ABC, DirecTV, Food Network, and Showtime and more, whose through line has been an almost childlike curiosity about the world that immediately turned into an immense creative ou...

In this episode I speak with Firouz Daneshgari, M.D.,surgeon-scientist, educator, entrepreneur and author of: "Health Guardianship: The Remedy to the Sick Care System," whose wakeup call was realizing how broken and wasteful the healthcare system is at all levels and coming up with a common sense solution to fix it. https://www.amazon.com/Health-Guardianship-Remedy-Sick-System/dp/1957048662

In this episode I speak with educational psychologist, counselor, parenting expert and author of, "Holding On While Letting Go," Carl Pickhardt, PhD, whose wakeup call was facing an downturn in the economy and needing to pick a specialty to be known for and selecting adolescence and parenting because of his affinity for "coming of age" transformation. : http://www.carlpickhardt.com/

  In this episode I speak with Srikumar Rao, author of "Modern Wisdom, Ancient Roots: The Movers and Shakers' Guide to Unstoppable Success," elite coach, former teacher at Columbia University of their students' favorite course whose wakeup call was letting go of personal ambition and discovering freedom and peace. https://theraoinstitute.com/about-srikumar/

  In this episode I speak with Ayse Birsel, author of "Design the Life You Love" an "Design the LONG LIFE you love," whose wakeup call was spontaneously coming up with her personal mission in a meeting with fellow designers which was, "I want to design the life I love" and waiting until a downturn in the economy to make it her life's purpose. https://www.aysebirsel.com/ and https://www.amazon.com/...

In this episode I speak with Jane Velez-Mitchell, former TV news anchor and reporter, Founder/President of http://unchainedtv.com whose wakeup call(s) involved accepting and coming out as gay, an alcoholic and vegan. https://unchainedtv.com/about-us/jane-velez-mitchell-2/

In this interview I speak with Retired Captain Honorable Allen B. Clark, author of "Soldiers' Blood and Bloodied Money and the Ruling Elites," Silver Star and Purple Heart recipient, PTSD survivor whose wakeup call was discovering his Faith to help him recover from trauma and also researching the causes of four of the main wars America has been involved in. http://www.combatfaith.com/AllenClarkBio...

In this episode I speak with Dimple Thakrar, a Tony Robbins Platinum Partner, author of "Roadmap to Purpose," and media contributor working with the Top 1% of executives to increase their output in the most important areas of their lives whose wakeup call was having Tony Robbins break through to the loving part of her underneath the anger that was blinding her to it. https://dimpleglobal.com/

In this episode I speak with Peter Coleman, professor of psychology and education at Columbia, a renowned expert on constructive conflict resolution and author of, "The Way Out: How to Overcome Toxic Polarization," whose wakeup call was working one on one with in patient troubled violent teens and youth, who would leave and be readmitted and realizing that the problems underlying their problems an...

  In this episode I speak with Georgette Bennett and Jerry White, co-authors of, "Religicide: Confronting the Roots of Anti-Religious Violence." Georgette founded the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding to combat religious prejudice, Multifaith Alliance for Syrian Refugees and co-founded Global Covenant Partners. Jerry leads the United Religions Initiative (uri.org) – the world's lar...

In this episode I speak with Dave Asprey, founder of Bulletproof 360, creator of Bulletproof Coffee and 4x New York Times bestselling author, and the "Father of Biohacking," whose wakeup up call was being overweight, overworked, and unhealthy and finding himself with a dire decision to make - get a healthy mind, body, and spirit, or live a much shorter life span. https://daveasprey.com/

In this episode I speak with Stephen Shapiro, international speaker on innovation, creator of the innovation practice at Accenture and author of, "Invisible Solutions,," and saxophonist whose wakeup call was realizing his love for performing and focusing on giving his audiences what they want and need to make their lives better. https://stephenshapiro.com/

  In this episode I interview Joshua Page who is a husband, father, electrician, entrepreneur and TEDx Speaker and author of, "What Does Your Daddy Do?" whose wakeup call is realizing that you don't have to go to college to have a decent and successful life by going into the trades. https://tinyurl.com/2uehh2xu