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Mike‘s Search For Meaning#125 - Mike Trugman: The 6 Essentials to Manifest Your Dream LifeMike Trugman (yours truly) is a Professional Life & Career coach who is determined to illuminate the truth of the human experience and inspire open-hearted leadership. He works with driven, heart-centered professionals who’ve done everything “right”—the degrees, the job, the grind—but still feel a quiet ache inside, a call to something deeper.
He hosts THIS top 3% podcast, Mike's Search for Meaning, dedicated to mastering what it means to be human.
Before coaching and podcast hosting, Mike's background was in public accounting. He has over 11 years of public accounting experience, with a focus on fin...2025-04-2939 minMike‘s Search For Meaning#124 - Mike Trugman: The Raw Truth of How I Left Accounting to be a Full-Time Coach (with Erin Crotty)Mike Trugman (yours truly) is a Professional Life & Career coach who is determined to illuminate the truth of the human experience and inspire open-hearted leadership. He hosts THIS top 3% podcast, Mike's Search for Meaning, dedicated to mastering what it means to be human.
Before coaching and podcast hosting, Mike's background was in public accounting. He has over 11 years of public accounting experience, with a focus on financial services (hedge fund and private equity) clients, and made the choice to leave accounting in February.
This episode unpacks what went into his choice to leave ac...2025-04-141h 14Mike‘s Search For Meaning#123 - Mike Trugman: 5 Ways to Thrive as a Sensitive Professional (with Kevin Cornelio)Mike Trugman (yours truly) is a Professional Life and Public Speaking Coach who is determined to illuminate the truth of the human experience and inspire open-hearted leadership. He hosts THIS top 3% podcast, Mike's Search for Meaning, dedicated to mastering what it means to be human.
Before coaching and podcast hosting, Mike's background was in public accounting. He has over 10 years of public accounting experience, with a focus on financial services (hedge fund and private equity) clients.
Mike currently lives in the greater New York City area with his wife and son. He...2024-11-081h 25Mike‘s Search For Meaning#122 - Mike Trugman: Growth Mindset: How to Create Empowering Beliefs & Let Go of Destructive PatternsMike Trugman (yours truly) is a Professional Life and Public Speaking Coach who is determined to illuminate the truth of the human experience and inspire open-hearted leadership. He hosts THIS top 3% podcast, Mike's Search for Meaning, dedicated to mastering what it means to be human.
Before coaching and podcast hosting, Mike's background was in public accounting. He has over 10 years of public accounting experience, with a focus on financial services (hedge fund and private equity) clients.
Mike currently lives in the greater New York City area with his wife and son. He...2024-10-2050 minMike‘s Search For Meaning#121 - Mike Trugman: What is Coaching, and Why do People Invest $100,000 to Work With Coaches? (with Derick Deal)Mike Trugman (yours truly) is a Professional Life and Public Speaking Coach who is determined to illuminate the truth of the human experience and inspire open-hearted leadership. He hosts THIS top 3% podcast, Mike's Search for Meaning, dedicated to mastering what it means to be human.
Before coaching and podcast hosting, Mike's background was in public accounting. He has over 10 years of public accounting experience, with a focus on financial services (hedge fund and private equity) clients.
Mike currently lives in the greater New York City area with his wife and son. He...2024-10-0636 minMike‘s Search For Meaning#120 - Mike Trugman: Sharing My Mission: Illuminating the Truth of the Human Experience and Inspiring Open-Hearted Leadership (with Jen Cody)Mike Trugman (yours truly) is a Professional Life and Public Speaking Coach who is determined to illuminate the truth of the human experience and inspire open-hearted leadership. He hosts THIS top 3% podcast, Mike's Search for Meaning, dedicated to mastering what it means to be human.
Before coaching and podcast hosting, Mike's background was in public accounting. He has over 10 years of public accounting experience, with a focus on financial services (hedge fund and private equity) clients.
Mike currently lives in the greater New York City area with his wife and son. He...2024-09-221h 23Mike‘s Search For Meaning#119 - Mike DeSanti: Raising the Modern Man: A Guide to Fatherhood and Conscious ParentingMichael DeSanti is the author of New Man Emerging and is now the host of the Lessons for Luca Podcast. He is also the owner of Authentic Self Healing LLC, a mens’ fulfillment coaching company. As a Transformation Trainer and author, Michael is committed to inspiring men to live lives of purpose and fulfillment.
You can connect with Mike DeSanti on:
Website: https://newmanemerging.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mike_desanti/
To connect with me:
Interested in working with me as your co...2024-09-011h 46Mike‘s Search For Meaning#118 - Derek Sivers: Useful, Not True: Challenging Your Beliefs About Money, Work, Creativity, and LifeDerek Sivers (@sivers) is an author of philosophy and entrepreneurship, known for his surprising, quotable insights and pithy, succinct writing style. He is a former musician, programmer, TED speaker, and circus clown, who sold his first company, CDBaby, for $22 million and gave all the money to charity.
Derek’s books (How to Live, Hell Yeah or No, Your Music and People, Anything You Want) and newest projects are at his website: sive.rs. His very recently released book is Useful Not True.
Additionally, I donate to and raise awareness for the charity or...2024-07-211h 59
Heather Hansen OneillFinding Meaning with Mike TrugmanThis week’s theme: Finding Meaning
Ever wondered, “Who am I? What truly matters to me? What do I really want?” These questions guide us on the journey to finding meaning and purpose in life. We’re all explorers on a unique quest to understand what it means to be human. Each of us seeks ways to feel alive and fulfilled, though our paths may differ.
In this episode, we dive into these questions, inviting you to explore your passions, purpose, and sense of meaning. Our guest expert offers insights and guidance to help you...2024-07-1733 minMike‘s Search For Meaning#117 - Kim Loh: A Guidebook on Difficult Conversations Around Race, Politics, Sexuality, and LifeKim is the co-author of Compassionate Conversations: How to Speak and Listen from the Heart with Diane Musho Hamilton and Gabriel Wilson. With a background in conflict resolution, law and philosophy, Kim supports individuals and groups as a coach and facilitator. She also is a guide in meditation and yoga where she lives on Kaua'i, Hawai'i. Her past work includes mediation and conflict facilitation, peacebuilding research and policy development for the United Nations, international NGOs and universities, and a short stint as a lawyer in London and Singapore. Find out more at kimberlyloh.com
2024-07-071h 35Mike‘s Search For Meaning#116 - Andrew Horn: Having the Courage to Pursue Full Aliveness & Your TruthAndrew is the co-founder and CEO of Tribute.co, a platform with 5,000,000+ users that The New Yorker hails as “Hallmark 2.0.” The business was recently ranked #256 on the INC500 list of the fastest growing companies in the country. Previously, Andrew started an award winning non-profit venture called Dreams for Kids DC.
In addition to starting companies, Andrew is a leadership coach who advises mission driven CEO’s from companies like TOMS shoes, Hinge and Casper. He is also a trained communication strategist who frequently coaches his clients on the creation of TED talks, core-messaging architecture and investo...2024-06-231h 41Mike‘s Search For Meaning#115 - Janet Driver: Why Giving Makes You Rich, & Alleviating Global SufferingJanet spent her career as a highly accomplished human resources executive with over 30 years of experience in the entertainment industry. Her passion for empowering creative individuals to reach their full potential both personally and professionally has been a driving force throughout her career.
Throughout her tenure, Janet has held a variety of leadership roles, including corporate training, executive coaching, and troubleshooting for the C-suite. She also served as an Instructor at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in Los Angeles, where she shared her expertise with the next generation of industry professionals.
2024-06-091h 33Mike‘s Search For Meaning#114 - Dr. Haley Perlus: Mental Toughness, Achieving Peak Performance in Sport & The Boardroom, & How to Maximize Your Life PotentialDr. Haley Perlus has a PhD in sport psychology, is a certified coach and fitness professional and is an entrepreneur. With her knowledge and personal experience as an elite
athlete and overall wellness enthusiast, Haley provides her clients with the necessary tools to
achieve their highest level of performance quickly and consistently.
Dr. Perlus first aspired toward a career in sport psychology as a 12-year-old junior
champion athlete. Within one year of earning her doctorate, she became a professor, public
speaker, published author, consultant to national team and...2024-05-261h 29Mike‘s Search For Meaning#113 - Lindsey Lewis: Clear Self vs. Clouded Self, & Discovering Meaningful Work Through Inner ListeningLindsey Lewis is an international Life + Business coach with over a decade of experience helping women and a few good men across the world create more success and happiness. Her work has helped hundreds of women over the years. She has appeared on Roundhouse Radio, Breakfast Television, and the cover of WHERE Magazine. She’s been a featured speaker at numerous places including The University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, The Vancouver Business Network, and FuturPreneur Canada. She also: made only 8K her first year of business, has been deeply challenged by anxiety and at times depression, and is...2024-05-121h 45Mike‘s Search For Meaning#112 - Rosi Greenberg: Finding Freedom from our Negative Inner VoicesRosi Greenberg, an Artist of Leadership Development, has spent 15 years fostering a more connected, humane, and creative organizational landscape. Rosi is the founder and CEO of Drawn to Lead, through which she offers bespoke workshops and retreats that empower thousands of leaders to unleash their narratives and find their inner strength. Her book, "Everyone Has a Sam: Meeting the Inner Critic and Re-Writing the Rules," tackles imposter syndrome through Rosi’s own vulnerable personal story, life-changing strategies, and tender, inspiring illustrations. Rosi specializes in supporting people to connect more deeply to themselves and others.
...2024-04-281h 43Mike‘s Search For Meaning#111 - Seth Godin: Dancing with Resistance, Becoming an Indispensable Linchpin, & Choosing to Do Hard WorkSeth Godin is a best-selling author, entrepreneur, speaker and most of all, a teacher.
In addition to launching one of the most popular blogs in the world, he has written 21 best-selling books, including The Dip, Linchpin, Purple Cow, Tribes, and What To Do When It's Your Turn (And It's Always Your Turn). His book, This is Marketing, was an instant bestseller in countries around the world.
His latest books are The Song of Significance and The Practice, and creatives everywhere have made it a bestseller. Though renowned for his writing and spe...2024-04-1449 minMike‘s Search For Meaning#110 - Eric Nehrlich: You Have a Choice: Creating the Relationships & Career You Want, and Why We Get StuckEric Nehrlich is an executive coach who helps leaders have more impact by drawing on his 25 years of experience in the tech industry. He loves to identify and challenge mindsets and habits that hold people back from their next level of leadership.
Before becoming a coach, Eric spent ten years as an engineer and product manager across several startups before joining Google, eventually leading business strategy and operations for the Google Search Ads team for six years as Chief of Staff. He published his first book in 2023, You Have A Choice: Beyond Hard Work to Me...2024-03-311h 57Mike‘s Search For Meaning#109 - Jim Marsden on Daring Bravely, The 3 C’s We Deeply Desire, the Wilderness as a Guide, and the Journey of TransformationIntensely interested in the human experience, Jim guides individuals and organizations through transitions while stepping more fully into their lives. He’s keen to help entrepreneurs and start-up organizations discover their own authentic expression of leadership and the meaningful contributions that come from it. Jim has extensive cross-cultural experience and has worked in settings around the globe, including roughly 5 years in Italy helping to launch a business within Hewlett Packard.
As a speaker and workshop facilitator, he is engaging on topics of leadership, innovation, design thinking, and transformative change and has presented and led experiences in a va...2024-03-171h 51Mike‘s Search For Meaning#108 - Lalita Shree Maa on Quieting Your Mind, Eliminating Suffering, Living in Peace and Joy, & Being a Spiritual Being in a Human BodyLalita Shree Maa is a spiritual guide and healer who is guided by a deep passion to serve others in their journey to greater joy, inner freedom, and spiritual awakening. With a wealth of knowledge and experience in therapeutic, behavioral and spiritual practices for self-mastery, she guides others through a transformation of freeing themselves from the grip of destructive behaviors, and into a place where they can live in a state of inner calm, clarity and fulfillment in their lives.
Lalita met her guru, enlightened master Her Holiness Sai Maa in 2004, and since that time s...2024-03-032h 04Mike‘s Search For Meaning#107 - Jeff Lieberman on Human Flourishing, Learning Quantum Mechanics before Emotions, Well-Being in Young Adults, & the Intersection of Science and SpiritualityJeff received four degrees at MIT (Physics, Math, Mech E and Robotics). He hosted “Time Warp” on the Discovery Channel about the wonders of science, and made large-scale art for 15 years.
By external measures, he was incredibly successful. But inside, something was missing. This disconnect led him to a deep depression in high school, and chronic pain for almost 20 years after that.
Jeff learned quantum mechanics before learning about his emotions. He marvels at the fact that we can measure the external universe to 10-decimal accuracy, but most of us don’t learn...2024-02-181h 49Mike‘s Search For Meaning#106 - Robbie Swale on The Rules of Life, Leading With Honor, and Creating Magic Through CoachingRobbie Swale is a leadership coach, author and podcaster whose work focuses on creativity, leading with honour and the craft of coaching.
Alongside his direct client work, he has run coaching, training and facilitation for organisations including Deutsche Bank, 64 Million Artists, Moonpig and the University of Edinburgh.
He is the host of two podcasts – The Coach’s Journey Podcast and The 12-Minute Method Podcast – and the author of The 12-Minute Method series of books, including How to Start When You’re Stuck and How to Create the Conditions for Great Work.
2024-02-042h 00Mike‘s Search For Meaning#105 - Dr. John Demartini on Living Your Genius & Meeting All Parts of Yourself with LoveDr. John Demartini is a polymath and a world-renowned human behavior expert. His work has been described by students as the "most comprehensive body of work", "an extensive library of wisdom".
Dr. John Demartini's mission and vision is to share knowledge and wisdom that empowers you to become a master of your own life and destiny. He's an internationally published author, a global educator and the founder of the Demartini Method, a revolutionary tool in modern psychology.
His education curriculum ranges from personal growth seminars to corporate empowerment programs. His teachings ar...2024-01-211h 13Mike‘s Search For Meaning#104 - Shakiyla Smith on Death as a Portal to Vitality, Joy as a Spiritual Practice, and Life as InquiryShakiyla Smith is a scholar-practitioner and action researcher whose primary question is how we develop the individual, relational, and collective capacity to meet the demands of the 21st century.
She is currently the Vice-President of Organizational Culture at the Fetzer Institute where she leads efforts to create the conditions for a spiritually grounded, growth-oriented beloved community. She has a master's degree in public health and a doctorate in adult education with a focus on organization development.
Prior to her current position, she worked in the areas of injury and violence prevention rese...2024-01-071h 44Mike‘s Search For Meaning#103 - Michael Koehler on Healing Historic Wounds & What It Means to Be a Leader TodayMichael partners with his clients to choreograph powerful leadership development programs. A former national champion in Rock ‘n’ Roll Acrobatic Dance, he is attuned to tensions between technique and creativity, between order and improvisation, and the critical importance of timing.
To help changemakers bring about the organizational and societal changes that they envision, Michael supports (and provokes) his clients to make leaps in their own development. Michael's experiential methods build from pedagogical training at the University of Marburg, where he obtained a Master's in Education, and at Georgetown University, where he obtained a Certificate in Leade...2023-12-241h 27Mike‘s Search For Meaning#102 - Tamsin Astor on Mindful Leadership, The Importance of Habits, Divinity, & True FreedomTamsin Astor, PhD is the founder and Chief Habit Scientist of Yoga Brained Coaching. She is known for giving her clients the tools to shift their mindset, organize their vision, and improve their habits to create an efficient, productive & joyful life & business. We make 35,000 decisions every day, which leads to decision fatigue. Dr. Astor helps her clients reduce the amount of overwhelming decision-making they do by harnessing their goal-achieving machine – AKA – their brains. This also increases their time and energy for fun!
Prior to coaching, Dr. Astor was an academic and then a consultant, using yoga...2023-12-101h 29Mike‘s Search For Meaning#101 - Avi Greenberg on Breathwork, Near-Death Experiences, Finding Your Life Purpose, and Challenges of Being a DaddyAvi’s Bio:
Hi I’m Avi, a multidisciplinary Wellness Coach helping people create change through functional breath-work and contrast therapy.
With a diverse background working in Fashion, Tech, and Anti-Aging Medicine, one major turning point in my career was my education in Health and Wellness. At a time where I was at a mental and physical low point - overweight, depressed, and suffering from addiction, I found the Wim Hof Method and adopted it as a daily practice. I formed habits of morning breath-work, cold submersion, and sauna usage, all of wh...2023-12-031h 59
The Wonder Dome#131 Becoming a Father, Being a Son (with Mike Trugman)Host of Mike's Search for Meaning, coach, and longtime supporter of the Wonder Dome, Mike Trugman has gone through a beautiful journey of growth and transformation of reorienting his career to include space for deep inner work for coaching, health and wellness, mindfulness, while coming from a background in accounting and finances. He skillfully stands in both worlds now with a lot of curiosity and willingness to invite others into his own journey for growth.When Mike reached out to see if we could do a Wonder Dome conversation together, I immediately said y...2023-11-3054 minMike‘s Search For MeaningEPISODE #100!!! - Alan Trugman (Dad, Poppy, Best Pal) on Creating a Family Culture, Masculinity, & How to Raise a ChildEpisode 100 of Mike’s Search for Meaning is in the house!!!! I could not think of a more special way to celebrate this milestone than to invite my father back on as a return guest.
As a father to a 3 month old, fatherhood and parenting is very top of mind for me. This conversation focuses on how my father was raised, how I was raised, the ways I look at parenting my son, childhood pains and how they inform our parenting styles, masculinity…a lot of the things!
We attended a men’s...2023-11-261h 24Mike‘s Search For Meaning#99 - Jen Cody on Personal Power, Loyalty to Self, & A Life of Harmony and FlowJen is an executive & personal coach, group facilitator, and certified NLP Master Practitioner. She passionately assists her clients on their path to a more conscious life, fully stepping into being whole. Many clients comment that Jen’s work is so transformative that words simply don’t do it justice.
Jen’s corporate executive & private practice experience spans over 18 years of building high performing teams & individuals. Infinitely willing to meet the client wherever they are on the journey, Jen is confident and authentic in style. She leads through “extreme conflict” with clarity & insight which assists in developing...2023-11-192h 03Mike‘s Search For Meaning#98 - Clint Davis on Bringing Mindfulness & Connection Into Social Media, Ethics in Tech Companies, and Digital LegaciesCLINT’S BIO:
I'm all about first-person storytelling because I believe that knowing someone requires understanding their journey. My life's chapters have been diverse and unexpected.
Originating from South Africa, I embarked on a 15-year radio career that spanned 4 countries and hosted over 5 million global listeners. My radio career gifted me with remarkable experiences, from reality TV to Formula 1 rides, inspiring me to preserve and share these invaluable memories.
Relocating to Dubai in 2008 and later to Australia exposed me to various nationalities, enriching my understanding of cultures and the powe...2023-11-121h 42Mike‘s Search For Meaning#97 - Dr. Amanda Barrientez on Removing Money Blocks & Reprogramming Your Mind for AbundanceDr. Amanda Barrientez, known as "The Mindset Healer" and Manifestation Ninja for Entrepreneurs, is the founder of Inner Power Daily™, an international best-selling author and the host of the top 2% globally rated podcast called Inner Power Entrepreneur.
After going from food stamps to building a 6-figure business fast, it’s become her superpower to teach entrepreneurs science-based Law of Attraction strategies to reprogram their energy, mindset, and business growth habits, so they can get what they want in life and business! Start here: https://www.innerpowerdaily.com/innerpower101.
Additionally, I’ll be donating to and...2023-11-051h 24Mike‘s Search For Meaning#96 - Ross Schinik on Failure as the Catalyst for Success, Reverse Bucket Lists, & Building Resilience and DisciplineRoss Schinik is a conscious leader who loves having conversations about sales, management, and leadership. He has a passion for helping people to excel, and is a Senior Director of Sales at Indeed.
Additionally, I’ll be donating to and raising awareness for the charity or organization of my guest’s choice with each episode now. This episode, the organization is called Enneagram Prison Project. Any and all donations make a difference!
You can connect with Ross on:
Website - https://rossschinik.com/
LinkedIn - https://www...2023-10-291h 45Mike‘s Search For Meaning#95 - Cat Gelinas on Shadow Around Money, Ancestral Trauma, and Energy PsychologyBelow is Cat’s Bio:
Who I am and my beliefs:
I believe we’re all connected to each other and an infinite wisdom. I believe we all have the potential to live healthy, fulfilled, and loving lives aligned with joy and our highest potential. I’m here to compassionately serve and unconditionally love all those who cross my path. I’m here to support growth, healing, and evolution through healing work, teaching, and presence.
Education & training:
Since 2017, I’ve had a private practice working with peopl...2023-10-221h 25Mike‘s Search For Meaning#94 - Chrystal Bell on What Crime Scenes Teach About Humanity, & Vision Questing In Wilderness Without Food for 3 DaysChrystal Bell is an executive coach and facilitator. She works with leaders and teams to support them in bringing their best work and unique gifts forth. A former scientist, Chrystal spent 20 years in forensics, literally and metaphorically digging deeply to uncover what was hidden.
She brings that same energy and inquiry to her work with clients. Whether it’s working toward transformation, stepping into a new position, or navigating a transition, Chrystal draws from her experience leading and working in difficult places to help others cultivate grounded presence in the most challenging of situations.
...2023-10-151h 30Mike‘s Search For Meaning#93 - Solo Episode: The Madness, Joy, and Messiness of Being a New DadI’m a new dad! Being a new dad has brought up a LOT for me. I’ve heard a lot of well-meaning advice, like:
-Get some sleep while you can!
-Soak it all in. Being a parent is the best.
-You might not connect with your child immediately, and that’s ok.
These are all true, but they are very surface level. My intention with this episode is to provide depth, color and texture to what it’s like to bring a child into the world.
Being a dad has...2023-10-0851 minMike‘s Search For Meaning#92 - Justin Mulvaney on Emotions in the Workplace, Loving What Is, & Taking 100% Responsibility in Your LifeJustin Mulvaney is a conscious leadership and executive coach. He coaches founders and founding teams to reduce interpersonal drama, take radical responsibility, and become more conscious, connected, and effective.
Justin's training and coaching philosophy is heavily based on the work of the Conscious Leadership group. He helps founders and leaders in technology and corporate environments use the principles of conscious leadership to identify and shift the beliefs and patterns that hold them back and build more conscious, connected, and effective cultures.
Additionally, I’ll be donating to and raising awareness for the ch...2023-10-011h 42Mike‘s Search For Meaning#91 - Le’Angela Ingram on Creating Strong Culture, The Importance of Pivoting, & Systems ThinkingLe'Angela Ingram brings, over a decade of experience in a variety of private, public, and academic organizations in the areas of Change Management, Staff Training and Development, Career Development, Organization Development, Human Resource Assessment, Workforce Diversity, her work efforts focus on improved organization effectiveness, staff skills and employee commitment, and increased employee sensitivity to individual and cultural differences; reduction in cycle time and cost; and increased effectiveness and efficiency of workflow. She designs, develops, and launches customized seminars and conferences in diversity, leadership skills, change management, and team building yielding high ratings in content and quality for more than 200...2023-09-241h 26Mike‘s Search For Meaning#90 - Susan Olesek on Enneagram Prison Project, Following Your Green Lights, and Human PotentialSusan Olesek is an unapologetic idealist, a Human Potentialist in passionate pursuit of what is possible for people. Born outside of Boston, raised in Hong Kong and Japan, and educated in England and California, she earned a BA in Sociology from Occidental College and has cultivated a compassionate interest in human behavior during her lifetime.
Susan brings her conviction that there is something inherently “good” in people to anyone in her presence. During her 15 years of developing self-awareness training for Fortune 500 executives, corporate teams, schools, and those experiencing incarceration, she became known for her c...2023-09-171h 30Mike‘s Search For Meaning#89 - Raj Sisodia on Conscious Capitalism, Healing Personal and Collective Trauma, and Wise Fools of Tough LoveDescribed as an “Intellectual Shaman” in a book with that title, Raj Sisodia has been on a mission to bring caring, humanity and healing to business and capitalism since the 2007 publication of his groundbreaking book Firms of Endearment: How World Class Companies Profit from Passion and Purpose. A founding member and Chairman Emeritus of the Conscious Capitalism movement, Raj Sisodia is FEMSA Distinguished University Professor of Conscious Enterprise and Chairman of the Conscious Enterprise Center at Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico.
Raj is co-author of the New York Times bestseller Conscious Capitalism (2013) and Wall Street...2023-09-101h 56Mike‘s Search For Meaning#88 - Danielle Sunberg on Atlas of Being: From Briefcase to Backpack, One Former Lawyer’s Exploration of the Human WayDanielle Sunberg is an award-winning author, TEDx speaker, and authentic leadership coach. A former commercial litigator, Danielle left her Washington D.C. law firm after successfully defending her client against a $6 Billion judgment. Diagnosed with depression, she realized that she needed to redefine what success looked like without sacrificing her wellness and her values, taking her on a journey across six continents studying conscious self-development.
Danielle then founded a CPG wellness brand that she scaled and sold in 2021. Danielle believes that personal development fuels professional success, and she speaks to organizations and coaches individuals to d...2023-09-031h 35Mike‘s Search For Meaning#87 - Rikki Goldenberg on Why Discipline is BS, Jealousy as a Tool, and Getting Good at Messing UpRikki Goldenberg is an executive leadership and career coach who partners with seasoned folks on figuring out what comes next in their careers. A former product marketing director, consultant and human-centered service designer researcher, Rikki leverages her breadth of experiences from start-ups to fortune 500s to bring unique perspectives to her clients. Rikki loves pushing her clients to hang out on the edge of growth - all while not taking themselves too seriously.
Additionally, I’ll be donating to and raising awareness for the charity or organization of my guest’s choice with each episode now. This...2023-08-271h 41Mike‘s Search For Meaning#83 - Raul Espinoza and Ben Littauer on Transformational Healing In Prisons, Commitments to Freedom and Justice, & Doing The WorkRaul Espinoza, Executive Director of All Kings
Raul is an emotional intelligence and personal development consultant with over 15 years of experience. He has been working with impact initiatives to support oppressed communities around the world. Raul has worked on projects such as social incubators within the favelas of Brazil, psychosocial development groups in Iraq, youth empowerment groups in India, and many more. Raul has experience with psycho-social development, neurolinguistic programming, emotional intelligence development, leadership training, and mindset coaching. He has worked with local projects with the Department of Probation, Carnegie hall, and Stop the Violence.2023-07-301h 35Mike‘s Search For Meaning#82 - Ali Tocker on Deconstructing Education Systems, Immunity to Change, and Being a Lifelong StudentAli is an IECL accredited facilitator, advisor, and coach. She has worked in leadership, coaching and change for over 25 years, Ali has been involved in developing leaders both nationally and internationally. She partners with businesses, teams, and individuals to create a development process that is specific and highly relevant to the areas of the people she works with.
“I am a practically-minded leadership consultant and coach, known for my accessible style and extensive knowledge of how people develop most effectively at work”.
“I am best known for being an early adopter and a st...2023-07-231h 27Mike‘s Search For Meaning#81 - Valerie Livesay on Adult Development Theory and Fallback: Shining Light on Our Shadows and Embracing All of Who We AreFor more than a decade, Valerie Livesay, Ph.D. has been thinking about and inquiring into the phenomenon of fallback — when despite our optimal developmental capacities, what we often refer to as our developmental center-of-gravity, we make meaning, feel, and act from a smaller, less complex, less capable form of mind.
Following a career in higher education in both administration and faculty roles, Valerie’s present endeavors seek to extend the concepts and experiences that she studies, teaches, and writes about outside of the halls of academia, to the lives of all people trying to navigate the tric...2023-07-161h 49Mike‘s Search For Meaning#80 - Leslie Schrock on All Things Pregnancy: Fertility (Male & Female), Medicated vs. Unmedicated Birthing, What to Eat & Supplement With, Pelvic Floor & Exercises, and Expecting the UnexpectedLeslie Schrock is an author and angel investor working at the convergence of health and technology. Her breakout hit, Bumpin’: The Modern Guide to Pregnancy mixes the latest clinical research with practical advice for working families.
Her second book, Fertility Rules, (Simon Element, Spring 2023) was published on June 6 and addresses male and female fertility. Leslie is an investor in Caribou, Roon, Pangea, Tonal, Perchwell, Legacy, Kinfield, and dbt Labs (and others), and an advisor to Maven, Alife, Origin, Oath, and Reverance. She is also on Gameto’s bioethics board, and the board of advisors at the...2023-07-091h 47Mike‘s Search For Meaning#79 - Ingrid Edstrom on Revitalizing the Accounting Industry, The Energy of Money, Shifting from Power Over to Power With, and Saving Our Planet & HumanityIngrid Edstrom is the Chief Empowerment Officer at the award winning consulting firm, Priestess Of Profits, LLC. She is a Woodard Certified Business Coach, a certified Positive Intelligence Mental Fitness Coach, and a certified Offers and Needs Market Facilitator.
She has been recognized as one of the accounting profession's Top 40 Under 40, Most Powerful Women in Accounting, a Top 100 ProAdvisor, and the 2017 Top "Up-N-Comer" ProAdvisor.
Ingrid is the leader of the Empower Your Passion mastermind group for accountants through the RoundtableLabs community, a member of the Intuit Trainer/Writer Network, board treasurer of the Post Growth...2023-07-021h 48Mike‘s Search For Meaning#78 - Danny Miranda on The Power of a Growth Mindset, Balancing Ambition and Gratitude, and Making the Most of this Floating Rock in SpaceDanny Miranda is the host of the popular podcast, The Danny Miranda Podcast, where he interviews the happiest, healthiest, and wisest people in the world (entrepreneurs, creators, and thinkers).
Danny is an absolute force in the world of podcasting and personal development, having amassed a large following on multiple platforms and releasing 371 podcast episodes, to date. He has interviewed Gary Vaynerchuk, Tom Bilyeu, Seth Godin, Tucker Max, and many of the most prolific forces in the personal development space.
He is an incredible interviewer and inspiring person; you are going to love his energy.
2023-06-251h 36Mike‘s Search For Meaning#77 - Janet Driver on The Gift of Giving Back, Holistic/Sustainable Approaches to End Poverty, and The Unstoppable FoundationJanet spent her career as a highly accomplished human resources executive with over 30 years of experience in the entertainment industry. Her passion for empowering creative individuals to reach their full potential both personally and professionally has been a driving force throughout her career.
Throughout her tenure, Janet has held a variety of leadership roles, including corporate training, executive coaching, and troubleshooting for the C-suite. She also served as an Instructor at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in Los Angeles, where she shared her expertise with the next generation of industry professionals.
2023-06-181h 34Mike‘s Search For Meaning#76 - Ben Bergon on His Journey of Coming Out, Self-Discovery, and Creating Inclusive Spaces for LGBTQ+ CommunitiesBen Bergon (he/him) is deeply passionate about helping others. He is currently a Sr. Manager of Learning & Development at Chobani, where he focuses on providing challenging and fulfilling career journeys through an employee driven, robust career growth and development framework.
He spent the first chapter of his own career as a Certified Public Accountant working at KPMG and then at Chobani helping them prepare for an Initial Public Offering. His transition into Learning & Development was a product of his relentless pursuit of passion and purpose. He also leads the LGBTQ+ & Allies Employee Resource Group at Chobani a...2023-06-111h 32Mike‘s Search For Meaning#75 - Justin Scott Campbell on Creating Love, Safety and Belonging, Understanding Racism and White Supremacy through Somatics, and Planting Seeds for a Brighter FutureJustin Scott Campbell (he/him) is an ICF-certified ACC executive coach and diversity consultant & facilitator based in Los Angeles, CA. His work seeks to bring healing practices to organizations so that the people who work there can daily experience Love, Safety, Kindness, and Belonging, unfettered by bias and prejudice.
He helps his clients see problems in new ways, offering solutions they may not have thought of before. He also creates spaces that reveal to clients what’s working, what’s not, and what needs to be improved.
His work with teams and individuals has helped these...2023-06-041h 35Mike‘s Search For Meaning#74 - Mike Slavin on Finding the Magic in Everyday Life, Following Your Blissipline, & Reigniting Child-Like WonderMike Slavin is a magician and poet telling tales from the intersection of attention, deception, and wonder.
He has been a close-up magician for more than half of his life, so he understands much about how the mind works, and how easily it can be manipulated and deceived.
He is a core team member at HighExistence.com where he imagines strategy and builds community. He also writes the newsletter Down The Rabbit Hole that goes out to 39,000 people every week.
Additionally, I’ll be donating to and raising awareness for the...2023-05-281h 55Mike‘s Search For Meaning#73 - Former NFL Executive Mike Smith on Sports as a Framework for Leadership, Establishing Trust & Psychological Safety, the Importance of Feedback, and Seeing the SystemMike Smith is the founder of Huddle Advisory, a firm that guides leaders and teams to peak performance. When organizations maximize the potential of their "Leadership Athletes", they consistently deliver better results.
Having been both a CHRO and CFO, Mike has a special lens to align business and talent strategy. He guides leaders and teams through skilled inquiry, objective data analysis, and practical counsel. Mike’s diversified background allows him to work effectively with public company CEO’s, startup founders, and rising talent across consumer-facing and B2B industries.
Mike...2023-05-211h 51Mike‘s Search For Meaning#72 - Jules Peláez on Shifting from Cigarettes and Mtn. Dew to Vibrant Health and Wellbeing, Calling In Your Highest Self, & Appreciating the Zoo of LifeMeet Julie Peláez, the intuitive, heart-centered master coach behind Just Jules Nutrition. As a Board-Certified Holistic Health Coach and certified yoga instructor, Jules has spent the past several decades guiding her clients towards vibrant health and wellbeing. She co-founded the Conscious Cleanse, a 14-day clean eating program that has helped thousands of people break free from lifelong food struggles. With Jules’ guidance, you too can experience a life filled with energy, vitality, and joy. Book a free 30-minute discovery call today at justjulesnutrition.com and take the first step towards your future self.
Addi...2023-05-141h 34Mike‘s Search For Meaning#71 - Marietta Vis on Seeing Yourself & Being Seen, Embodying Your Commitments & Values, and Living the Life You Aspire ToMarietta Vis is a leadership coach, embodied change expert and team development facilitator. It has been her passion for more than 25 years to help individuals, leaders, teams and organizations who want to reconnect to their purpose and to what really matters to them. The most effective way to find that real, lasting change is to work with the whole person - integrating mind and body so that we can fully thrive at work.
Additionally, I’ll be donating to and raising awareness for the charity or organization of my guest’s choice with each episo...2023-05-071h 41Mike‘s Search For Meaning#70 - Sleep Coach Susan D’Addario on How to Optimize Your Sleep & Your LifeFor the past twenty-eight years, sleep coach, consultant, speaker and author, Susan D’Addario, CSW, has been transforming the lives of thousands.
Susan has worked as a licensed psychotherapist for twenty-four years supporting people in her private practice to work through challenging issues to bring about their positive change and growth.
Four years ago, Susan pivoted and became a Certified Sleep Science Coach. She provides sleep coaching primarily to individuals – but also to couples and families - in her role as Independent Sleep Specialist with the Human Transf...2023-04-301h 48Mike‘s Search For Meaning#69 - Jon Martin on Fitting in Vs. Belonging, Behavior Change, Optimal Health, and The Journey of Leaving Corporate AccountingJon Martin is a dear friend of mine who shares a similar life’s journey to mine. He began his career in corporate accounting, and after several years, realized he was lacking fulfillment and aliveness in his life.
After following a very traditional path, he began to explore what the life he truly wanted was. In this conversation, we explore the pain of misalignment, but also the beauty of finding yourself.
Jon has so much insight to share around optimal health, inner work, and so much more.
Additionally, I’ll be don...2023-04-231h 41Mike‘s Search For Meaning#68 - Sarah Tocker on Courage, Asking Hard Questions, and Creating Space at the Table for EveryoneSarah’s bio is as follows:
I am Tangata Tiriti, with ancestry from Scotland and Cornwall, and I live in Kāpiti, just outside of Wellington, with my partner and three daughters. My children and partner whakapapa to
Ngāti Hine and Ngāti Manu.
I have been working as a coach and facilitator for sixteen years with a background in
leadership development, systems leadership, culture and change. I’m particularly interested
in helping people and organisations thrive in times of flux and adaptation, and in supp...2023-04-161h 46Mike‘s Search For Meaning#67 - Kara Tremain on Experiences with Ayahuasca, Presence-Based Coaching and Somatics for Leadership DevelopmentKara Tremain is a growth and development coach for executives, innovators and business owners, whose holistic practice includes Somatic Experiencing™️ and psychedelic integration.
Her own experience working closely with other executives and providers in the healthcare industry led her to a less traditional approach that addresses the traumas and stresses people bring to and play out in the workplace, which ultimately impacts their success and satisfaction.
Additionally, I’ll be donating to and raising awareness for the charity or organization of my guest’s choice with each episode now. This episode, th...2023-04-091h 48Mike‘s Search For Meaning#66 - Aaron Finbloom on Asking 18,250 Questions, the Intersection of Philosophy and Healing, and Deep PlayAaron Finbloom is a philosopher, artist and pedagogue. He is the co-founder of The School of Making Thinking (SMT) and the founder & director of The Deep Play Institute (DPI). His practice involves expanding transformative inquiry through games, performance art and structured play.
With training in Circling, Authentic Relating, and Psychodrama, he also facilitates experimental individual and group sessions inspired by these practices. Finbloom has presented works internationally at venues which include: The Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, Gallery 151 (New York), Maschinenhaus Kulturbrauerei (Berlin), UNAM (Mexico City), and MainLine Theatre (Montreal).
He holds a PhD in In...2023-04-021h 27Mike‘s Search For Meaning#65 - Joel Monk on Unleashing Your Untapped Potential through Transformational CoachingJoel Monk is the co-founder of Coaches Rising and is very passionate about the role coaches can play in our turbulent times. He is also a coach and has worked with hundreds of executives, entrepreneurs and CEO’s from many different countries around the world.
He takes a cross paradigmatic approach to his coaching and is influenced by – developmental theory, Steve March & Aletheia coaching, Thomas Hübl, Circling, Doug Silsbee, Purpose Guiding, Somatics, Focusing, AEDP, and more.
He hosts the very popular Coaches Rising podcast where he interviews incredible people to explore...2023-03-261h 38Mike‘s Search For Meaning#64 - Kat Norton (Miss Excel) on How Inner Work, Energetics, and Mindset Can Create the Life & Business of Your Dreams, and on Being a Blue FrogSince launching Miss Excel in June of 2020, Kat Norton has grown a community of over 1 million people on TikTok & Instagram through viral Excel trick videos infused with creativity, music and dance. If you haven't seen her content before, picture freezing your Excel cells to "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice or creating a drop-down menu to "Drop it Like it's Hot" by Snoop Dogg. That is the type of energy she brings to her videos!
Kat was recently awarded the Microsoft MVP award and was named one of the Top 10 Social Media Influencers of...2023-03-191h 40Mike‘s Search For Meaning#63 - Jess Crutchfield on Dropping “Shoulds” and Expanding in Abundance, Love and Success Every DayJess Crutchfield views health AS life and is dedicated to helping others achieve and sustain good health for a healthier human race and planet. She is a National Board-Certified Health & Wellness coach with functional medicine as a focus, Thai Bodywork instructor at Boulder Massage Therapy Institute and practitioner/teacher, Yoga & Breath facilitator, and Boulder Zouk High dance community organizer. Her belief is that we all innately have the capacity to heal ourselves if only given the chance, and accordingly she assists her clients and students in becoming more vital, embodied, and aware.
Additionally, I’ll...2023-03-121h 35Mike‘s Search For Meaning#62 - Shelby Robbins on Teen Mental Health & The Healing Power of NatureShelby Robbins is the Co-Founder and CEO of Antelope Recovery, an online teen intensive outpatient program in Colorado. Shelby has put together a compassionate and fast growth team whose mission is redesigning teen mental healthcare to increase access and improve clinical quality of care. Her mission is to make behavioral healthcare healthier. Antelope Recovery is an organization that has a positive and transformative effect on the field of teen behavioral health and ultimately the entire healthcare ecosystem.
Additionally, I’ll be donating to and raising awareness for the charity or organization of my guest’s cho...2023-03-051h 36Mike‘s Search For Meaning#61 - Solo Episode: Mike Trugman on Fierce Self-Compassion, The Power of Practice, and the Power of PresenceBy popular demand, I am back for another solo episode!
In this conversation, I discuss:
>What the most important lessons I’ve learned from podcasting are
>Misconceptions about self-compassion, and what it really means
>Why I want to fall in love with doing the dishes
>My relationship with my phone and technology
>....and more!
Additionally, I’ll be donating to and raising awareness for the charity or organization of my guest’s choice with each episode now. This episode, the organization is call...2023-02-2649 minMike‘s Search For Meaning#60 - Jenn Reilly on Conscious Parenting, Raising Wholeness, & Navigating Childhood WoundsJenn Reilly is a mother, leadership development and parenting coach, facilitator, organizational designer, podcast host, artist, nature lover, and consciousness explorer. She is the founder of parenting education platform and community, Raising Wholeness, podcast host to Mystics Rising, and emergent visioning designer and consultant, and leadership development coach and associate with Bridge Partnerships.
By weaving in her own experiences working with vertical development, emergence, mindfulness, divine feminine and masculine, shadow work, and leadership development, Jenn brings her passions to life to help restore and celebrate wholeness. She works with parents and leaders to navigate shadows, childhood wounds, a...2023-02-191h 38Mike‘s Search For Meaning#59 - Agnes Otzelberger on Social Justice, Money Work, and What it Means to Be a Good PersonAgnes is a therapist, trainer, and coach working with change-makers who feel overwhelmed, burned out or stuck to support them in finding their resilience and creative power. Coming from a background in the not-for-profit sector and international development, with a focus on climate change, gender and social inequality, she started the Good Jungle to connect the worlds of beyond-profit organisations and activism with the emerging meeting place between psychology, neuroscience and contemplative practice.
As a therapist Agnes works in private practice and organisational settings. She also works with groups and individuals on their r...2023-02-121h 58Mike‘s Search For Meaning#58 - Adam Parker on Manifestation, The Power of Positive Thinking, Having a Growth Mindset, and SpiritualityAdam Parker is an executive wellness & performance coach, speaker and host of the top rated ‘Ideal Day Podcast’, where he collaborates with the world’s most respected minds in health, wellness and personal growth.
Through his podcast and speaking events, he inspires people across the globe with his wisdom and knowledge on how to achieve sustainable wellness in today’s overstimulated world.
Adam has an incredible passion to educate and empower you towards sustainable wellness in your career, social and personal lives to help you succeed in what's important to you.
2023-02-051h 32Mike‘s Search For Meaning#57 - Amy Elizabeth Fox on Leadership Development that Creates Cultures of Belonging, Generosity and LoveAmy Elizabeth Fox is a senior leadership strategist with two decades of experience consulting to Fortune 500 companies on issues of human capital, organizational health and leadership development. She is the Chief Executive Officer of Mobius Executive Leadership, a premier leadership development firm with offices in Boston and London. Since 2005, Ms. Fox has served as one of the lead designers and lead faculty members in Mobius transformational leadership programs offered globally. She is also the founder of the Next Practice Institute, a professional development arm for coaches and facilitators and has helped build a global firm with over 200 practitioners and...2023-01-291h 28Mike‘s Search For Meaning#56 - Beth Burns on Supporting Homeless Youth to Affirm Personal Worth and Create More Meaningful & Healthier LivesBeth Burns, a Chicago native, moved to Portland in 1997 for its vast beauty. She worked at Sisters of the Road Café before serving as the director of the Greenhouse Learning Center, a GED based alternative school.
In 2002, she and her 2 colleagues founded p:ear, a program for homeless youth. She serves as a co-founder and Executive Director of p:ear and is incredibly grateful to spend her days with these vibrant, strong and creative young people. And after all these years, she still walks into p:ear each day with wonder and hope.
2023-01-221h 17Mike‘s Search For Meaning#55 - William Wright on Freeing Yourself from Self-Doubt & the Mind-Body-Spirit ConnectionWill is a certified professional coach who is passionate about the personal development of himself and others.
Will spent 20 years as a personal trainer and was growing increasingly frustrated supporting people on the outer work only. Now, as a coach, Will has been able to leverage his ability to connect, with his compassion, in a way that significantly serves others.
Will’s clients have shared that he has been able to create spaces where they can truly get to the bottom of what’s holding them back and ultimately be at the choi...2023-01-151h 33Mike‘s Search For Meaning#54 - Solo Episode: Mike Trugman on 2022 Reflections, Morning Routine and Clean Pain vs. Dirty PainThis is a very special and vulnerable episode for me! By popular demand, I recorded a solo episode that answers some direct questions from you, the listener, and discusses my 2022 reflections.
You already know who I am, so I’ll skip the bio portion here. In this conversation, I answered some questions like:
>What are your 2022 reflections?
>What do you get most triggered by and how do you process it?
>What is your morning routine?
>What is clean pain, and what is dirty pain?
>What’s on your...2023-01-0858 minMike‘s Search For Meaning#53 - Matthew Helt on Mindfulness, Introversion in Entrepreneurship, & Mental Health First AidMatthew Helt is a growth and development coach for startup founders and CEOs under his coaching practice, Prairiesattva, based in Omaha, NE. Prior to starting his business in 2020, Matthew spent a little over 6 years with Techstars as the Global Director of Startup Week, a week-long event to catalyze and celebrate startup communities, and then joined the Ecosystem Development team where he served as the Senior Implementation Consultant, working with cities around the world to help them grow their entrepreneurial ecosystems.
As a former startup founder, he's intimately aware of the stress and anxiety that...2023-01-011h 46Mike‘s Search For Meaning#52 - Noelle Janka on Social Impact & Justice, The Importance of Mental, Spiritual and Emotional Healing Work, and The Dangers of Dogma & BinariesNoëlle Janka, PCC is a white, queer, disabled career and healing coach for social impact leaders, a yoga teacher, Gateless Writing Teacher, and mentor coach at the Academy for Coaching Excellence.
She especially loves supporting individuals to more fully inhabit their bodies, trust their intuition, and live well within systems of oppression and domination. She is a self-described "healing junkie," a dog lover, a student of herbal medicine, and a funk and soul enthusiast residing on unceded Pocumtuck land in so-called Western Massachusetts.
Additionally, I’ll be donating to and rai...2022-12-251h 33Mike‘s Search For Meaning#51 - Clint Davis & Sam Syed on Capsll: The Impact of Sharing Our Stories, Dictating History, and Leaving a LegacyClint Davis is the CEO and Cofounder of Capsll Inc. My company is all about first-person storytelling, so here’s my bio... in first person.
There was a time when I would have wanted to start my bio with a list of accomplishments. However, I believe that to know me, or anyone for that matter, we must know their story, albeit in part.
I’ve lived a full life to this point, with many hard-fought opportunities, and some fortunate ones. I was born in South Africa and lived through the end...2022-12-181h 47Mike‘s Search For Meaning#50 - Kat Teller on Counseling for Addiction, Recovery and Personal GrowthKat is the founder of Kat Teller I Health & Wellness Services, a sought after Certified Addictions Counsellor, Certified Personal and Professional Coach, Yoga + Meditation Teacher, and Podcaster.
Kat is certified with the Canadian Addictions Counselors Certification Federation (CACCF) and the International Coaching Federation (ICF). Working globally with individuals, families and groups, Kat has a strong passion for helping others align and thrive from the inside out, using a compassionate and holistic approach to health and wellness.
Additionally, I’ll be donating to and raising awareness for the charity or orga...2022-12-111h 23Mike‘s Search For Meaning#49 - Jeanine Cerundolo on Parts Work, Playing the Music of Life, and Learned HopefulnessJeanine Cerundolo is a holistic life coach whose mission is to help people reconnect with their inner wisdom and creativity so they can experience greater love, freer self-expression, and clarity of direction.
Over the past decade, Jeanine has worked with thousands of clients to support their personal and professional growth through individual coaching and group facilitation. She holds a master's degree in Clinical Psychology from Columbia University, a group coaching facilitation certification, and a yoga teacher certification.
Through her writing, Jeanine offers her experiential toolkit to help readers activate the authentic...2022-12-041h 45Mike‘s Search For Meaning#48 - Sam Lamott on How to HumanSam is an artist, writer, creator, and single father living in the Bay Area in California. He is a college drop-out and ex-meth head, who came out of a ten-year bender at the age of twenty-two with severe clinical depression, a two-year-old son, and zero life skills. Simply put, there is nobody more genuinely curious about how to be a human being.
He’s now the founder of Hello Humans, a platform for storytellers who capture the truth of what it means to be human. His site is chock full of stories from regular folks, lik...2022-11-2753 minMike‘s Search For Meaning#47 - Anne van der Giessen on Men’s Mental Health & What It Means to “Be a Man”Anne leads a growing coaching business that supports people to reconnect to their personal freedom (whatever that means to them).
With more than six years of corporate advisory experience across two continents behind her, Anne decided to shift gears, re-train and redirect her financial due diligence and corporate strategy skills toward helping people identify and shift the constraints that hold them back from accessing more of their potential and to generally live well.
Her main products are peace, power, and possibility, which are what she believes are the essential ingredients to cre...2022-11-201h 48Mike‘s Search For Meaning#46 - Cat Tweedie on Sleepawake Camp & Radically Shifting the Way We BeCat Tweedie holds a fire for honoring this one life. She is committed to the inner work needed to live in harmony with each other and the Earth. She brings twelve years of facilitation experience and twenty years of meditation practice. She supports individual healing and growth through relational group work, attention practices, and movement.
Cat was an All-American pole vaulter in college, earned her Ph.D. at MIT in Materials Science and Engineering, and traveled the world managing and facilitating transformational change projects in private companies and public organizations.
For mo...2022-11-131h 27Mike‘s Search For Meaning#45 - Kevin Cornelio on Awoken, The Power of Sensitivity, and CompassionKevin Cornelio is an introvert, an empath, and most of all a Highly Sensitive Person.
Kevin has always strived to help others but also worked very hard to help himself overcome his own shyness, depression, and social anxiety, which have plagued him throughout his life. While developing mindsets, habits, and coping strategies to overcome these challenges, Kevin obtained a degree in Psychology, then Professional Life Coaching certifications from iPEC, one of the world's premier coach training schools.
However, Kevin also unintentionally developed an extreme lifestyle that included work-addiction, as well as ea...2022-11-061h 25Mike‘s Search For Meaning#44 - Ishita Sharma on Wholeness, Coming to Center & Facilitating FreedomIshita Sharma serves as a mentor, mirror and activator to those who wish to better our world, starting within. She helps them embody their truest purpose while rising beyond ego-centric paradigms. Ishita’s work is the expression of her deepest realizations, and an invitation into your own.
Come to Center is fueled by her wish to realize a world that lives from enlightened awareness.
To join her next iteration of Murmurations, starting November 10th, 2022, please follow this link: cometocenter.com/groupintensive
Ishita has guided leaders from Google, Harvard, MIT, Sili...2022-10-301h 34Mike‘s Search For Meaning#43 - Elizabeth Solomon on The Influence of Systems, Emotional Intelligence, and Embracing PolaritiesElizabeth Solomon is a certified Emotional Intelligence Coach, communications expert, trained systemic constellations facilitator, and workplace strategist invested in equity and positive social change. Bridging business-oriented strategy and intuition-guided development, she has spent close to two decades at the intersection of organizational culture, storytelling, and leadership development—a place where transformation happens. Influenced by neuroscience, psychology, sociology, mindfulness, and a dash of the mystic, she helps individuals and organizations clarify their purpose, communicate authentically, and redefine “business as usual.” The founder of New Realm Coaching and Consulting, her approach is both data-driven and intuitive—grounded in the facts while embracin...2022-10-231h 35Mike‘s Search For Meaning#42 - Gay Hendricks on The Wisdom of the Body, Pure Consciousness, & Telling the Microscopic TruthGay Hendricks, Ph.D., has been a leader in the fields of relationship transformation and bodymind therapies for more than 45 years. After earning his Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Stanford, Gay served as professor of Counseling Psychology at the University of Colorado for 21 years.
He has written more than 40 books, including bestsellers such as Five Wishes, The Big Leap and Conscious Loving (co-authored with his co-author and mate for more than 35 years, Dr. Kathlyn Hendricks), both used as a primary text in universities around the world. In 2003, Gay co-founded The Spiritual Cinema Circle, which distributes inspirational...2022-10-161h 05Mike‘s Search For Meaning#41 - Katie Emory Zenger on Disordered Eating, Unlearning, & Healing Through Public SpeakingKatie Zenger is the founder and lead consultant of Zenger Strategies, LLC, and has over eight years of professional experience managing and evaluating public health interventions and grant programs.
Katie’s expertise lies primarily in public health program development and adolescent health promotion, as well as equitable healthcare access, community engagement, and nonprofit leadership. She is a skilled facilitator, strategic planner, and grant-writer, with experience in coalition-building and coordinating stakeholders for impact.
Katie served as a program officer and Director of Grants for a private SC foundation for over five years, where...2022-10-091h 41Mike‘s Search For Meaning#40 - Nick Shrewsbury on Leadership Lessons Learned from Living on a Wolf Sanctuary: The Myth of the Lone Wolf, Communicating Clearly, and PlayfulnessNick Shrewsbury brings all of his traditional and non-traditional skills to facilitation, including his work as a certified coach, court mediator, tantric teacher, yoga teacher, and wolf caretaker at Mission:Wolf. He helps big-hearted folks to create both intimacy and inner freedom through authenticity and honesty.
Nick delights in the ways that group work can exponentially expand the abundance of each member. He currently lives at 10,000 feet in the Rockies with 25 wolves.
Additionally, I’ll be donating to and raising awareness for the charity or organization of my guest’s choice with each epis...2022-10-021h 10Mike‘s Search For Meaning#39 - Sex Coach Danielle Savory on Pleasure, Desire, and SexualityDanielle Savory is a master certified coach, speaker, podcaster and influencer who has helped countless women transform their relationship to their sexuality and experience juicy pleasure in and out of the bedroom. Danielle weaves together her background in neuroscience, her expertise in mindfulness and skills as a coach to help women rewire their brains and connect with their bodies in the most orgasmic way. The host of the “It’s My Pleasure” podcast, she lives in Portland, OR with her husband, 2 daughters and dog Bruce.
Additionally, I’ll be donating to and raising awareness...2022-09-251h 30Mike‘s Search For Meaning#38 - Hilda Labrada Gore (Holistic Hilda) on Optimal Health & Nurturing Our Spirits and SoulsHilda Labrada Gore (a/k/a Holistic Hilda) is the host and producer of the popular Wise Traditions podcast (nearly 9 million downloads to date) and Tradiciones Sabias (the ancestral wisdom Spanish podcast), on behalf of the Weston A. Price Foundation. A certified health coach and ancestral health advocate, she has traveled the world exploring traditional practices for optimal well-being.
Hilda shares the best of experts, experiences, and epic adventures on the podcasts, her Holistic Hilda YouTube channel, and on ancestral health tours and conferences. Hilda is also a podcast coach and the author of “Podcasting Made Simple.”
2022-09-181h 09Mike‘s Search For Meaning#37 - Rada Yovovich on DEI & A, Accessing Pleasure, and Checking Our BiasesRada Yovovich (she/her) is an experienced transformational leadership and meta-coach, trainer, skilled facilitator, and entrepreneur based in Chicago.
She is the co-host and co-founder of The Darkest Horse (TDH), a minority and women-owned Think/Do Tank exploring the intersections of Radical Inclusion; Emerging Technology; The Future of Work; and Health, Well-Being & Human Potential. TDH stewards leaders, innovators and communities through a process of equity-centered experiences, to co-create new worlds + ways of being.
Rada co-leads The Rising Practitioners Circles, a national collaborative community of practice and growth for transformational facilitators, coaches, medi...2022-09-111h 37Mike‘s Search For Meaning#36 - Rebecca Babcock on Being a Warrior and Living a Passionate, Fulfilling LifeRebecca is a 43 year old badass, chronic illness (#nocolonstillrollin) warrior and highly effective corporate leader. After 20+ years of celebrated successes, she has stepped away from the corporate ladder to help others live their best life NOW, regardless of how lifey it gets.
Rebecca infuses her life experiences, of which there are plenty, with her ability to relate, communicate, and confidently lead her fellow seekers - those of us who are curious, passionate and driven to live our best, most fulfilled and truest life. She is committed to helping her clients discover their unique design for living, th...2022-09-041h 28Mike‘s Search For Meaning#35 - Lara Heacock on Niceness vs. Kindness, the Value of Hard Conversations, & the Power of “And”Lara Heacock is a Leadership Coach who brings over 20 years’ experience in Corporate America. She works with professionals and companies to help them bring kindness into business.
Lara's background includes working in companies ranging from small privately-held firms to multinational organizations. In over a decade of leadership in the talent acquisition industry, she managed geographically dispersed teams, and mentored and coached associates in the US and abroad.
Lara has an MBA, is an ICF credentialed coach (PCC), award-winning writer, speaker, author of the book Practical Kindness, and co-host of the podcast Doing...2022-08-281h 16Mike‘s Search For Meaning#34 - Elisa Haggarty on Taking Radical Responsibility & Ending DramaElisa Haggarty is a Conscious Leadership coach and consultant who works with individuals and teams committed to personal and professional growth. With over 18 years of coaching experience and with a background in Learning & Development, Elisa builds experiences and trainings that are dynamic, digestible and research backed.
With an emphasis on building self-awareness and up-skilling through experiential learning, Elisa empowers her clients to identify and break repeated drama patterns in their work and in life. Drama is inefficient and drains mental health resources, and the world needs leaders who are present, curious and agile in the f...2022-08-211h 16Mike‘s Search For Meaning#33 - Ravi Rothenberg on Finding Your Path to Peace and PurposeRavi Rothenberg is a transformational coach, embodiment facilitator, and trauma-aware space holder. He’s the author of Ready to Rise: How to Find Your Path to Peace and Purpose. His purpose is deeply rooted in sharing the heart-centric healing wisdom he’s realized through yoga, the union of his immersion in eastern traditions, and an adventurous journey of personal evolution.
On his path, he finds himself most at peace on his yoga mat, immersed in nature, exploring foreign lands, or writing in the early hours of the morning. He enjoys spending quality time around Colorado with...2022-08-151h 36Mike‘s Search For Meaning#32 - Monica Jamaluddin on Enoughness & Shifting from Scarcity to AbundanceMushfiqa Monica Jamaluddin is an Embodied Futures Researcher and Leadership Coach whose curiosity and sincerity are as invaluable as her perspicacity. Her clients have called her their trusted advisor, vision-holder, and midwife for their dreams, but she thinks of herself simply as a partner in exploration.
She is fascinated by relationality: how the ways we relate – to ourselves, to others, and to our environments – can shape, heal, and expand us. Her work is guided by her core desire to move the needle on a world that operates from fear, scarcity and contraction to one that operat...2022-08-071h 23Mike‘s Search For Meaning#31 - Dr. Lauren Borden on Doing Your Soul’s Work, Radical Connection, and the Gifts of SensitivityDr. Lauren Borden is a leadership coach who specializes in supporting mission-driven leaders in leading with greater empathy, emotional intelligence and consciousness so that they can disrupt their industries and broaden their impact in the world.
Her approach blends deep spiritual and healing aspects of coaching with application-based approaches. As a PhD in Industrial-Organizational psychology, she has a deep subject-matter expertise in research-based principles in supporting leaders and teams; and as a meditation and intuition teacher, she supports clients in doing the deep work to create lasting transformation and impact.
Additionally, I...2022-07-311h 26Mike‘s Search For Meaning#30 - Joe Bernstein on Rites of Passage in Men’s Work, Experiences with Psychedelics, and the Beautiful Roller Coaster of LifeJoe Bernstein is fully committed to your growth and evolution.
He is often described as bold, powerful, passionate and compassionate.
As a coach he works with highly motivated individuals to create anything from deeper intimate relationships, to healthier lifestyles and mission focused increases in income. He knows through personal experience and his professional work that human beings are capable of extraordinary transformation.
Joe has spent the last 15 years coaching, training, developing, and empowering thousands of people. First as a sales manager for Bose Corporation where he worked his...2022-07-241h 33Mike‘s Search For Meaning#29 - Zach Carlsen on Self-Mastery, Overcoming Addiction, and Peak PerformanceZach Carlsen is a lifelong student of human behavior & high-performance. From coaching and mentorship to visual design, spiritual study, philosophy, entrepreneurship, & nutrition—he is always “all in”.
In 2012, he was homeless, addicted to drugs, & lost. Since then, his journey has been the adventure of a lifetime. The tools & strategies he uses with his clients are the very same ones that he used to create this massive transformation.
He has worked with & learned from some of the best coaches on the planet—and has designed his life around the virtues of service to others, se...2022-07-171h 36Mike‘s Search For Meaning#28 - Andy Cahill on Dreaming Big & the Healing Power of Internal Family Systems (IFS)Andy Cahill is a transformative coach and facilitator who excels at inspiring culture makers, innovators, and change agents to dig deep, dream big, and do their greatest work. He’s spent almost 20 years working in education, public service, and human development. He’s also an essayist, a musician, host of The Wonder Dome podcast, and the author of the critically acclaimed science fiction novel Gradient.
Additionally, I’ll be donating to and raising awareness for the charity or organization of my guest’s choice with each episode now. This episode, the charity is The Sandy Hook Pro...2022-07-101h 14Mike‘s Search For Meaning#27 - Nishant Garg on Healing Trauma, Cultivating Resilience and Listening to LifeNishant Garg was working as a software professional who hit rock bottom in 2017 – heartbroken, stressed out, overwhelmed with life, going through the motions, and burnt out.
He couldn’t figure out how to live a mindful life. Then, he stumbled upon the book “How to be a 3% man”, read other personal growth books, and launched his first blog in 2018.
He continued to learn new life skills and shared personal transformation on social media, and along the way attended transformational and personal development seminars. He wanted to share his learnings on a big platfo...2022-07-041h 03Mike‘s Search For Meaning#26 - Deb Katz on Conscious Leadership & Living in Your Zone of GeniusDeb Katz has more than twenty years experience pioneering new models in conscious leadership in the organizational world. She coaches leaders 1-1, facilitates teams, and consults for organizational and cultural transformation.
She is known to radiate warmth and presence, to tell it like it is, and to walk her talk with a focused gentle fierceness. Deb is a powerhouse of a human being and leader.
Deb holds a BA in sociology with a focus on Collective Behavior/Organizational Development from San Diego State University, and an RN from Cabrillo College with ye...2022-06-2651 min
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