The Listen Podcast

In this month’s episode, David reflects on the values and principles that shape ethical behavior, from lessons learned in childhood to the difficult decisions we face later in life.

In this episode, David reflects on how his early experiences with money shaped the way he understands security, work, and self-reliance. Through stories from his childhood and adult life, he considers the habits that endure long after circumstances change.

In this conversation, David reflects on work and purpose across a lifetime, from childhood chores on a farm to decades as a surgeon and an active retirement.

In this third conversation, David reflects on education—not only as schooling, but as a lifelong process shaped by opportunity, inequality, discipline, and curiosity.

In this second conversation, David looks back on the relationships that shaped him—from the quiet confidence instilled by his mother to teachers, mentors, colleagues, and even the animals who helped forge his path.

In this first conversation, David reflects on a lifetime in medicine, from his early ideals as a young doctor to the realities of practicing healthcare.

Are you curious about what coaching is, and how it can help you to open new possibilities in your life?

A young man pursues the career he thinks he wants, but begins to feel farther and farther from his center.

Following stage 4 cancer, an executive decides to revamp her life, get to know herself and discover how she can contribute to the greater good.

After experiencing the loss of her first son, just eight days after his birth, a young mother learns to grow around her grief – first by bringing her second son into the world, and then by becoming a life and loss coach, dedicated to helping others transform the pain of loss into strength.

When a young newlywed is diagnosed with an auto-immune disease and her journey to motherhood is put on hold, she decides to look at the challenge as an opportunity to learn all about pregnancy and postpartum, and launches a new podcast in the process.

A British journalist living and raising her children in Barcelona embraces the unknowns of motherhood by founding MumAbroad, one of Europe's leading online resources for international families.

A holistic health counselor opens up about menopause, the importance of educating the men in our lives, and removing the taboos around this key transitional moment.

After casting aside the limits imposed by her Scottish immigrant parents and practicing law for decades, a woman embraces the joy she feels while working in the garden and decides to go back to school for a Masters in Applied Theology at age 62.

A lifetime of letter-writing inspires a retired French professor to compile her unsent correspondence to her favorite authors in the book Letters to Men of Letters.

A journalist collaborates with artists of all types to get the word out about a wide variety of crimes taking place on the world’s oceans.

A war correspondent overwhelmed with the pain and suffering surrounding her on assignment in the Middle East takes action by founding INARA - an NGO providing medical care to child victims of war.

After falling in love with the internationalism and common humanity of Greenpeace, a young woman returns to her native Greece to advise the government on environmental issues, and then founds an online magazine and podcast.

After spending his childhood and young adulthood working with wood, a craftsman is ready for a challenge.

A boy in rural Indiana discovers the joy of singing in a barbershop quartet, and is launched into a life of music.

As a university student, a young trumpet major is told that if he wants to be a great band director, first he’ll have to become a great musician.

It was his grandmother who told him to observe nature carefully. Then she named him after his grandfather, who owned his own livestock in Kenya.

After her animated short for Cartoon Network receives overwhelming acclaim and over 5.5 million views on YouTube, Elizabeth Ito is asked to bring her talents to the new animation division at Netflix.

Growing up in a home bursting with creativity – music, literature, theatre and more – a young boy begins to draw and discovers that it is the source of his own joy.

She began as a reader on the bookmobile in her small New Jersey town. Her next chapter was as a writer, but these days she lives on an olive farm in Italy, and she’s back to reading in her role as a coach, guiding authors through the process of writing their own books.