My Wakeup Call with Dr. Mark Goulston

In this episode I interview Kevin Hines, suicide attempt survivor and suicide prevention advocate and featured star on, "Stay Alive," and "The Ripple Effect," who wakeup call was surviving jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge and dedicating his live to helping people with mental illness and preventing suicide. https://www.kevinhinesstory.com

  In this episode I interview Gretchen Villegas, CEO of https://empowertheorphaned.org/team/ whose through line has been always giving to and empowering those who have less that she learned from her low income family and how others always shared what little they had with others who had less.

In this episode I speak with Michelle Tillis Lederman, CEO of Executive Essentials and author of, "The Connectors Advantage," whose wakeup call was coming from a poor home and being fiercely committed to being financially independent and then realizing when she was that life was about relationships and connections. https://executiveessentials.org/about-us/ Links: LinkedIn Newsletter:  https://www....

In this episode I speak with former astronaut, research engineer, technical education innovator, Charles "Charlie" Camarda, PhD, whose through line was a passion about space travel and whose wakeup call was observing how narrow mindedness could cause NASA to miss problems that could be identified by taking a research engineer approach to them. http://www.charliecamarda.com/  

In this episode I speak with Dr. Melissa Goldberg Mintz, PsyD, clinical psychologist, mother and author of, "Has Your Child Been Traumatized," whose wakeup call was realizing how widespread adverse events and resulting trauma were in children and how to help children and their parents deal and recover from it. https://melissagoldbergmintz.com/

In this episode I speak with Dr. Gauri Seth, UK psychiatrist who pioneered Brain-Based Connection, a science backed coaching methodology designed to facilitate connection with the authentic self, to then connect with others whose wakeup call was realizing that being both British and Indian gave her an opportunity to become more reflective about how people can truly connect with each other. https:/...

In this episode I speak with Joann Wortham, author of, "EDI is the New Black: Lead the Market with Diverse Teams," whose through line and wakeup call was to create equitable, diverse and inclusive teams after growing up and being discriminated against as a young Black nurse. https://www.amazon.com/EDI-New-Black-Market-Diverse/dp/1544530854/

  In this episode I speak to Jeff Hoffman, global entrepreneur, Hollywood film producer, Grammy winning jazz album producer, principal at Priceline.com whose wakeup call was realizing that he needed to explore the world and not be confined and constricted in a conventional job/life. http://jeffhoffman.com

In this episode I speak with my very down to earth, humble and decent guest, Dr. Michael Adamse, author of: "Make America Sane Again: A Mental Health Expert Weighs In." Make America Sane Again," whose through line has always being able to see the "hidden in plain sight" elephant in the room, common sense approach to problems and bringing them out into the open to help individuals and organizations...

In this episode I speak with Eric Edmeades, serial entrepreneur, award-winning international speaker, author, and pioneer in evolutionary biology, nutritional anthropology, and behavioral change dynamics whose wakeup call was having a successful business and hating it until he realized that his true "business" and calling was helping other people develop disguised as a barcoding business. https://...

In this episode I interview Nick Gray, entrepreneur and author of, "The 2-Hour Cocktail Party," a step-by-step handbook for building big relationships by hosting small gatherings whose wakeup call was seeing how to turn boring experiences into fun ones. https://party.pro/book/

In this episode I speak with Jeffrey Hull, author of, "FLEX: The Art and Science of Leadership in a Changing World," Executive Director of the Institute of Coaching a Harvard Medical School Affiliate, Marshal Goldsmith 100 Coach whose core value has been being on a long term journey of personal growth and helping others do the same which started from being adopted after being first misdiagnosed as...

In this episode I speak with Emilio Diez Barros, author of, "The Mystery of You: Freedom is Closer Than You Think," successful businessman, board member of more than a dozen companies whose wakeup call was realizing that racing to achieve was not freeing him from feelings of unworthiness. https://p-nt-www-amazon-com-kalias.amazon.com/Mystery-You-Freedom-Closer-Think/dp/1544529104/

In this episode I speak with Marianne Lewis PhD, Dean and professor at the Carl Lindner College of Business, University of Cinncinnati and co-author, "Both/And Thinking: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems," whose through like and purpose/calling has been to see the value in tension and the power of paradoxes to solve many problems. https://business.uc.edu/faculty-and-resea...

  In this episode I speak to Silicon Valley legend, creator of Atari, founder of Chuck E. Cheese and Steve Jobs' first boss, Nolan Bushnell, whose through line and wakeup call was learning to be an entrepreneur at age 8 and never looking back. https://www.linkedin.com/in/nolanbushnell/

  In this episode I speak with Fred Reichheld, creator of the Net Promoter system of management, the founder of Bain & Company's Loyalty practice, and the author of five books including The Ultimate Question and the New York Times bestseller "The Ultimate Question 2.0, whose recent book is, WINNING ON PURPOSE The Unbeatable Strategy of Loving Customers," whose wakeup call was how loving customers...

In this episode I speak with Paul Magnone, Head of Global Strategic Alliances at Google, co-author with Christopher Frank and Oded Netzer of "Decisions over Decimals: Striking the Balance Between Intuition and Information," whose wakeup call was being the first generation from an immigrant family and learning how the best decisions in life need to rely on both intuition and data working together i...

In this episode I speak with Scott Miller, host of On Leadership podcast and author of "Master Mentors - Vol. 2" who is a returning guest and whose wakeup call was learning from and internalizing the wisdom from the guests on his podcast and who are featured in his book. https://www.scottjeffreymiller.com/  

  In this episode I speak with former US Congressman and author of, "Chase the Bears: Little Things to Achieve Big Dreams," Ric Keller, whose wakeup call was realizing that instead of doing what others thought he should do - and becoming a physician - that he had to be true to his gifts of public speaking and becoming a lawyer and politician. Plus you'll love his inspiring story about how he paid...

  In this episode I speak with entrepreneur, "Win the Day" podcast host, Executive Producer of the multimillion-dollar Think and Grow Rich film whose wakecall was having debilitating anxiety as a teen and not taking care of himself in anyway, and finally becoming so disgusted with himself he knew he had to change and his mother stepped in with love and support to help him get started. https://jame...

In this episode I speak with Morag Barrett, CEO of Skyeteam and co-author of YOU, ME, WE. Why We All Need a Friend at Work (and How to Show Up as One) whose wakeup call was realizing the power and even necessity to have "friendships" at work to have the best culture and maximize productivity. https://skyeteam.com/morag-barrett

In this episode I interview Michaela Renee Johnson, licensed psychotherapist, author of, "Growth Mindset Workbook for Adults," and creator of the "Be You, Find Happy," workshops whose wakeup call was watching her dad pivot to a gritty never give up life after the construction industry cratered in the 1980's. https://www.michaelarenee.com/

In this episode I interview Richard Lackey, CEO and Chairman of the World Food Bank whose wakeup call was watching a newscast video of a young lady who left a child behind in the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan in 2013 because there wasn't enough food for both of her children and her. https://worldfoodbank.org/about/our-team/

In this episode I speak with Aron Ezra, Chairman of Plan A Technologies, serial innovator and entrepreneur whose through line was going through many career changes from writer/journalist, to crisis/turnaround consultant all of which he was successful at but he felt something was missing. What was missing was discovering his passion for building things and helping people and companies realize their...

In this episode I speak with Marc Pollick, Founder and President of the Giving Back Fund which help celebrities start and manage foundations they are passionate and whose wakeup call was hating injustice wherever he saw it and dedicating his life to correcting it. http://givingback.org