My friend, Fran Sorin, is a coach, best-selling author, gardening and health evangelist, futurist, and an advocate of open-heartedness, joy, and deep connection. Her mission is to help people design a life they’re meant to live–one that’s aimed at joy, wellbeing, and freedom. In her highly-regarded book, Digging Deep: Unearthing Your Creative Roots through Gardening , Fran teaches the art of living creatively and encourages us to discover the magic taking place every day. Fran joins us today to ...
Dec 27, 2021•39 min
My friend, Helen Appleby and I recorded a series of conversations for LinkedIn last year discussing the challenges our clients face in their Senior Leadership positions. We received so much great feedback that I decided to release them as podcast episodes for you to experience. Helen and I met in a mastermind six years ago. In that mastermind, we developed deep, lifelong friendships that are invaluable to us today. But friendship isn’t the only benefit. "I hang with people who think so highly of...
Dec 24, 2021•9 min
Carl Ficks Jr. is the Founder of No Surrender, a venture he created after his 30-year career as a trial lawyer. Through No Surrender, Carl helps busy professionals get back in the fitness game so they can lower their stress and reclaim their wellness. He also created the “Ficks System , ” a proven road map for endurance athletes and weekend warriors. Being passionate about educating people on building consistent, healthy habits, Carl shares strategies, tools, and inspiration in his bi-weekly new...
Dec 20, 2021•35 min
My friend, Helen Appleby and I recorded a series of conversations for LinkedIn last year discussing the challenges our clients face in their Senior Leadership positions. We received so much great feedback that I decided to release them as podcast episodes for you to experience. Today’s show explores the power of deep listening in all the relationships of your life. "Do you know what is important to your direct reports?” – Mark J. Silverman “Men tend to interrupt twice as much as women, and when ...
Dec 17, 2021•11 min
Joyce Shulman is the Co-founder, CEO, and Pack Leader of 99 Walks, an organization aiming to get a million women walking with a powerful app. An idea junkie, self-branded “recovering lawyer,” and former CEO of the digital media company, Macaroni Kid, Joyce has shifted her focus to being an entrepreneur committed to building authentic communities. She also hosts the Weekly Walk podcast, where she and her co-founder and husband Eric Cohen, interview thought leaders and explore a wide range of topi...
Dec 13, 2021•27 min
My friend, Helen Appleby and I recorded a series of conversations for LinkedIn last year discussing the challenges our clients face in their Senior Leadership positions. We received so much great feedback that I decided to release them as podcast episodes for you to experience. Today’s show explores how our self-limiting impact every aspect of our lives. "Uncovering the beliefs we formed when an event happened helps us right size it for who we are today .” – Mark J. Silverman “Some events from c...
Dec 10, 2021•10 min
Peter Docker is a speaker, executive coach, leadership consultant, and author who is passionate about teaching leadership that is focused on commitment and human connection. After serving as a Royal Air Force senior officer for 25 years, Peter worked as an international negotiator for the UK government. He worked with Simon Sinek for seven years and was one of the founding “Igniters” on Sinek’s team. Alongside Simon Sinek and David Mead, Peter co-wrote Find Your Why, a book that has been transla...
Dec 06, 2021•33 min
My friend, Helen Appleby and I recorded a series of conversations for LinkedIn last year discussing the challenges our clients face in their Senior Leadership positions. We received so much great feedback that I decided to release them as podcast episodes for you to experience. Today’s show explores how we take everything, especially work, too seriously. And how the heaviness of our day-to-day costs us productivity, creativity and enjoyment. "It’s ok to play hard when you are on the field. The t...
Dec 03, 2021•9 min
Kleo Curry is a certified financial planner and chartered retirement planning counselor. She currently serves as a financial advisor and wealth strategy associate for one of the world’s largest wealth management firms, UBS. In addition to helping her clients meet their financial goals through volatile market conditions, Kleo is committed to serving her community as a member of the Loudoun County Transit Advisory Board and the Loudoun County Abused Women’s Shelter. Kleo joins me today to recount ...
Nov 29, 2021•38 min
My friend, Helen Appleby and I recorded a series of conversations for LinkedIn last year discussing the challenges our clients face in their Senior Leadership positions. We received so much great feedback that I decided to release them as podcast episodes for you to experience. Today’s show explores how we help our clients (and ourselves) carve out the time to do the important work that needs our full attention. "Billions of dollars are spent on getting your attention. It takes unnatural acts to...
Nov 26, 2021•8 min
When you do things publicly, you’re going to have haters. If your alive, you’re going to run into not-so-great people. What do you do with that? And in 2020, we are all running on fumes, not at our best. How do we navigate the knees and elbows of the times? "When I give an asshole a break, I’m free. I have a better day.” – Mark J. Silverman Today on Mastering Midlife: Social media is a magnification of both the good and the bad People are grey… good one minute, rude the next How I got the nickna...
Nov 19, 2021•8 min
Stephanie Eberhart is the Co-founder and Managing Partner of TalentRemedy, a company revolutionizing the staffing and recruitment industry. With over 25 years of recruiting and business development experience, Stephanie works closely with emerging organizations to ensure that they hire the best talent. Stephanie has previously worked as a business development manager for Adecco and ALEX, and currently serves as the President of the Washington Executive Association. Stephanie joins me today to sh...
Nov 17, 2021•32 min
Joe Perrone is a business coach who helps business owners reclaim their time and freedom. Since August of 2020, Joe has been helping his clients find full enjoyment in everything that they create and do without burning out. Joe—a serial entrepreneur himself—owns and operates Astro Auto Repair and New England Collision in addition to working with his coaching clients and raising his family. Joe joins us today to share his journey into personal development and becoming a productivity coach. He exp...
Nov 15, 2021•50 min
Mastering Midlife...Together! Thanks for tuning into today’s episode of the Mastering Midlife Podcast: How to Thrive When the World Asks the Most of You with Mark Silverman. If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts and leave us a review. Be sure to visit our website and connect with us on Facebook , LinkedIn , Twitter , and YouTube and don’t forget to share your favorite episodes on social media....
Nov 12, 2021•8 min
Vicki Shillington is an executive coach as well as the Chief Happiness Officer of ThingqShift, a company dedicated to creating adaptable leaders and organizations that easily thrive from their start-up stage. She has led business and digital transformations for Fortune 500 companies as an executive coach and organizational development executive. For over two decades, Vicki served as an executive and consultant at North Highlight, Andersen, and IBM. She received her Master’s degree in Applied Pos...
Nov 08, 2021•36 min
350 Podcast Episodes 70,000+ Books Sold to Date 100s of Talks to 1000s of People 1000s of Coaching Conversations 100 Essays in 100 Days What have I learned? Not what you think! If I can write a book, so can you. If I can make a million dollars, so can you If I can change my career, so can you If I can create deep, meaningful relationships, so can you If I can be free of addiction, face my fears, become a new version of myself... So can you! If my improbable and miraculous life brings any message...
Nov 05, 2021•7 min
Karen Davis is an executive coach, author, and speaker. After 25 years in managerial and executive leadership roles in B2B tech and services, Karen changed her life by working to transform the lives of others. Karen’s practice focuses on one-on-one coaching with executives, entrepreneurs, and other executive coaches. Alongside Alex Mill, Karen authored How to Get the Most Out of Coaching: A Client’s Guide for Optimizing the Coaching Experience. Karen joins me today to reveal the characteristics ...
Nov 01, 2021•32 min
Walking home from the gym one morning, I remembered something traumatic from a show we watched the night before. My body stiffened. Grief washed over me. It’s a TV show. I know the actor is on other shows. It’s not real! Then I realized…. My body doesn’t know the difference. "We have a far deeper and more interactive relationship with our thoughts and perceptions about the world… than the actual world.” – Mark J. Silverman In this episode of Mastering Midlife: When something happens, we react fr...
Oct 29, 2021•8 min
Omar Pinto is a Life Transformation Coach, Addiction Recovery Specialist and Lifestyle Entrepreneur. He impacts and transforms people’s lives daily through my podcast, thriving Facebook communities and coaching platforms. Omar also a recovered alcoholic in long term sobriety, and as a recovering alcoholic, understands the challenges associated with maintaining sobriety. Omar helps his clients in the following areas: Heal emotional wounds Build a strong foundation for sobriety Create strategies f...
Oct 25, 2021•36 min
My marketing people often use excerpts from the chapter called “fear” in “ Only 10s – How to Use Distraction to Get the Right Things Done,” because they are the most relatable and compelling. I reread this chapter for myself when I get stuck. In today’s episode, I read from the chapter and talk about how and what fear costs me… and what to do about it. “I am amazed at how much time and life fear has stolen from me.” – Mark J. Silverman Today on Mastering Midlife: You know you want to speak up, c...
Oct 22, 2021•8 min
Gerald DuBose is an entrepreneur, author, speaker, coach, poet, and artist. He is the COO and co-founder of The New Wealth Order—an organization dedicated to helping people become designers of their own destiny and better human beings—and the author of The Formula 4 Success. A visionary on a mission to change the world’s consciousness, Gerald has built and advised several multi-million dollar businesses over the last two decades. Gerald joins me today to discuss what it takes to bring an idea to...
Oct 18, 2021•48 min
What a great word used by my friend, coach and accountability partner, Katie Nelson, with her clients. A healthy business, like a healthy body, puts in the work to head off problems in the future. Prehab is the extra work we put in to our lives. "Prehab is forcing yourself to carve out the time to head off playing whack-a-mole with all the fires that break out.” – Mark J. Silverman Prehab is training and developing your people Prehab is creating a culture of accountability Prehab is meditation a...
Oct 15, 2021•7 min
Kendra Cunov is a Relational Coach and the Founder of The Collective, a global web of women devoted to embodied awareness. Over the past 15 years, Kendra has been studying, facilitating, and practicing authentic relating, embodiment practices, and deep intimacy. She also co-founded The Embodied Relationship Training Salon with John Wineland and pioneered some of the most cutting-edge relation work on the planet. Throughout her career, Kendra has worked with men, women, couples, leaders, and orga...
Oct 11, 2021•36 min
Beliefs and thoughts have been plaguing us for 1000s of years. They stop us from doing things we want to do; they distract us from the good in our lives and can make us believe the craziest things. Is there a solution? Yes. But it’s going to take some practice. "The jig is up when you get wise to the tricks of your mind.” – Mark J. Silverman Today on Mastering Midlife: Realize that the mind is “a drunk monkey stung by a scorpion” If you had a friend who talked to you like your head does, you’d g...
Oct 08, 2021•8 min
Steve Schlafman is the Founder of High Output, a boutique leadership development company, where he coaches to improve the habits, productivity, and energy management of high-performing entrepreneurs. A certified coach, Steve is also an angel investor, facilitator, and speaker, with a Bachelor's Degree in Business from Northeastern University. He has previously held a mix of operating and investor roles with companies including Primary Venture Partners, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, RRE Ventures, The K...
Oct 04, 2021•28 min
We all get it confused. We are searching for our reason for being here. I believe it is easier if we understand the difference between understanding “purpose” for being here, and creating our “mission”, while we are here. Contact Mark: MarkJSilverman.com Get FREE Access to the Only 10’s Course Are you struggling with knowing what, when, and how to focus your efforts to get things done? As a long-time sufferer of severe ADD, I understand the struggle - and that’s why I created the Only 10’s syste...
Oct 01, 2021•7 min
In addition to being a nationally syndicated radio host, award-winning speaker, author, and educator, Dr. Diane Hamilton is a thought leader in the fields of leadership, sales, marketing, management, engagement, personality, curiosity, and motivation. To help improve relationships in the workplace — and performance as a result — Dr. Hamilton draws on her decades of work experience in software, computers, corporate training, pharmaceuticals, real estate, mortgage lending, social media, education,...
Sep 27, 2021•22 min
Get FREE Access to the Only 10’s Course Are you struggling with knowing what, when, and how to focus your efforts to get things done? As a long-time sufferer of severe ADD, I understand the struggle - and that’s why I created the Only 10’s system. This system has help me and thousands of others clear the clutter and focus their energy on getting the right things done. The Only 10’s free online course is based on my proven system to help you focus your attention and maintain momentum around your ...
Sep 24, 2021•7 min
Dan Waldschmidt is a renowned business strategist, author, keynote speaker, and ultra-runner, with one of his achievements being the 10th person to run Everest. He helps business leaders build their strategies in a way that affords them time to live life outside of work. Dan also wrote the book, Edgy Conversations , where he imparted wisdom that aims to make readers rethink their definition of success and show them how successful leaders do it. Dan joins me today to share his thoughts on how peo...
Sep 20, 2021•33 min
Are you a busy, overwhelmed business leader? Through my work as an author and executive coach, I’ve discovered the 10 lies we all tell ourselves that keep us away from true productivity and creativity. If constant firefighting is part of your daily grind, I have a free gift for you. My “10 Uncomfortable Truths” about overwhelm, from “Only 10s, Confront Your To-Do List – Transform Your Life.” Go to www.markjsilverman.com , click on the red banner and receive your 10 videos (one minute, one per da...
Sep 17, 2021•8 min
