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 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...
Apr 29, 2025•40 min•Ep. 125
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 t...
Apr 14, 2025•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 124
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. Mik...
Nov 08, 2024•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 123
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. Mik...
Oct 20, 2024•51 min•Ep. 122
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. Mik...
Oct 06, 2024•36 min•Ep. 121
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. Mik...
Sep 22, 2024•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 120
Michael 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...
Sep 01, 2024•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 119
Derek 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...
Jul 21, 2024•2 hr•Ep. 118
Kim 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 univ...
Jul 07, 2024•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 117
Andrew 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 communic...
Jun 23, 2024•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 116
Janet 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 Fashi...
Jun 09, 2024•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 115
Dr. 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 prof...
May 26, 2024•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 114
Lindsey 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. Sh...
May 12, 2024•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 113
Rosi 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, ...
Apr 28, 2024•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 112
Seth 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 b...
Apr 14, 2024•49 min•Ep. 111
Eric 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 publi...
Mar 31, 2024•1 hr 58 min•Ep. 110
Intensely 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 sp...
Mar 17, 2024•1 hr 52 min•Ep. 109
Lalita 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 ...
Mar 03, 2024•2 hr 4 min•Ep. 108
Jeff 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...
Feb 18, 2024•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 107
Robbie 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 Wh...
Feb 04, 2024•2 hr 1 min•Ep. 106
Dr. 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 curriculu...
Jan 21, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 105
Shakiyla 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 organizatio...
Jan 07, 2024•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 104
Michael 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 fr...
Dec 24, 2023•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 103
Tamsin 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 als...
Dec 10, 2023•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 102
Avi’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 bre...
Dec 03, 2023•2 hr•Ep. 101
Episode 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 retreat togethe...
Nov 26, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 100
Jen 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 t...
Nov 19, 2023•2 hr 4 min•Ep. 99
CLINT’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...
Nov 12, 2023•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 98
Dr. 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 t...
Nov 05, 2023•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 97
Ross 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.c...
Oct 29, 2023•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 96
