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Mike‘s Search For Meaning

by Mike Trugman

Accountant turned Life Coach Mike Trugman explores life‘s biggest questions: Why are we here? How can we live fulfilled, joyful lives individually, in our communities, and as a collective planet? Join Mike on his lifelong journey and quest to master what it means to be human.

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  1. #131 - Melissa Ford: Living Service, Staying the Path, and the Long Game of Learning

    Melissa Ford is a Master Business and Life Coach who helps people grow their leadership, impact, income, and joy. Her clients range from highly committed coaches and entrepreneurs to executives and career changers. Her approach spans both the practical and the spiritual. Melissa invites clients…

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  2. #130 - Tricia Bolender: You Only Need One: How Your Language Creates Your World

    Tricia works with leaders and organizations who are changing the world. She advises senior leaders in governments, social impact organizations, and Fortune 500 companies on strategy, innovation, and impact. She is a consultant and coach at Crux Consulting Consortium and serves as Faculty at the...

  3. #129 - Dr. Matthew Jones: Cofounder Coaching, Turning Conflict into Clarity, and Relationships as a Vehicle for Transformation

    Dr. Matthew Jones is a licensed psychologist and cofounder coach who helps startup teams turn conflict into clarity. He’s the author of The Cofounder Effect, a groundbreaking guide to navigating the hidden dynamics that make or break startup partnerships. Through his company, Cofounder Clarity,...

  4. #128 - Lindsay Jean: Loving with Intention & Creating a Thriving Romantic Partnership

    Lindsay is a registered nurse turned relationship coach who helps couples create happier, more connected, secure relationships. In SO many relationships, only one person is ready and willing to do the work and Lindsay is so grateful to support these individuals on their journeys too. She works…

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  5. #127 - Ariane de Bonvoisin: Conscious Parenting & Coming Out of the Spiritual Closet

    Ariane de Bonvoisin is a best-selling author, international speaker, entrepreneur, and change optimist whose work deeply resonates with high-achieving leaders and CEOs navigating the pressures of success and personal growth. She is a former venture capitalist and had a varied career in media and...

  6. #126 - Lissy Alden: Change Your Mental Fitness, Change Your Life

    Lissy Alden is CEO + Founder of MYNDY, a pioneering Organizational + Mental Fitness company built to beat employee burnout. Recognizing stress as a multifaceted challenge, she's engineered two proven frameworks addressing psychological, physiological, and organizational factors that…

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  7. #125 - Mike Trugman: The 6 Essentials to Manifest Your Dream Life

    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…

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  8. #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...

  9. #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...

  10. #122 - Mike Trugman: Growth Mindset: How to Create Empowering Beliefs & Let Go of Destructive Patterns

    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...

  11. #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...

  12. #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...

  13. #119 - Mike DeSanti: Raising the Modern Man: A Guide to Fatherhood and Conscious Parenting

    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…

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  14. #118 - Derek Sivers: Useful, Not True: Challenging Your Beliefs About Money, Work, Creativity, and Life

    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...

  15. #117 - Kim Loh: A Guidebook on Difficult Conversations Around Race, Politics, Sexuality, and Life

    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...

  16. #116 - Andrew Horn: Having the Courage to Pursue Full Aliveness & Your Truth

    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...

  17. #115 - Janet Driver: Why Giving Makes You Rich, & Alleviating Global Suffering

    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…

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  18. #114 - Dr. Haley Perlus: Mental Toughness, Achieving Peak Performance in Sport & The Boardroom, & How to Maximize Your Life Potential

    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…

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  19. #113 - Lindsey Lewis: Clear Self vs. Clouded Self, & Discovering Meaningful Work Through Inner Listening

    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...

  20. #112 - Rosi Greenberg: Finding Freedom from our Negative Inner Voices

    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…

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  21. #111 - Seth Godin: Dancing with Resistance, Becoming an Indispensable Linchpin, & Choosing to Do Hard Work

    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…

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  22. #110 - Eric Nehrlich: You Have a Choice: Creating the Relationships & Career You Want, and Why We Get Stuck

    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…

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  23. #109 - Jim Marsden on Daring Bravely, The 3 C’s We Deeply Desire, the Wilderness as a Guide, and the Journey of Transformation

    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...

  24. #108 - Lalita Shree Maa on Quieting Your Mind, Eliminating Suffering, Living in Peace and Joy, & Being a Spiritual Being in a Human Body

    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…

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  25. #107 - Jeff Lieberman on Human Flourishing, Learning Quantum Mechanics before Emotions, Well-Being in Young Adults, & the Intersection of Science and Spirituality

    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…

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  26. #106 - Robbie Swale on The Rules of Life, Leading With Honor, and Creating Magic Through Coaching

    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...

  27. #105 - Dr. John Demartini on Living Your Genius & Meeting All Parts of Yourself with Love

    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...

  28. #104 - Shakiyla Smith on Death as a Portal to Vitality, Joy as a Spiritual Practice, and Life as Inquiry

    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…

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  29. #103 - Michael Koehler on Healing Historic Wounds & What It Means to Be a Leader Today

    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...

  30. #102 - Tamsin Astor on Mindful Leadership, The Importance of Habits, Divinity, & True Freedom

    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…

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  31. #101 - Avi Greenberg on Breathwork, Near-Death Experiences, Finding Your Life Purpose, and Challenges of Being a Daddy

    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…

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  32. EPISODE #100!!! - Alan Trugman (Dad, Poppy, Best Pal) on Creating a Family Culture, Masculinity, & How to Raise a Child

    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…

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  33. #99 - Jen Cody on Personal Power, Loyalty to Self, & A Life of Harmony and Flow

    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...

  34. #98 - Clint Davis on Bringing Mindfulness & Connection Into Social Media, Ethics in Tech Companies, and Digital Legacies

    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...

  35. #97 - Dr. Amanda Barrientez on Removing Money Blocks & Reprogramming Your Mind for Abundance

    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...

  36. #96 - Ross Schinik on Failure as the Catalyst for Success, Reverse Bucket Lists, & Building Resilience and Discipline

    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…

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  37. #95 - Cat Gelinas on Shadow Around Money, Ancestral Trauma, and Energy Psychology

    Below 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...

  38. #94 - Chrystal Bell on What Crime Scenes Teach About Humanity, & Vision Questing In Wilderness Without Food for 3 Days

    Chrystal 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…

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  39. #93 - Solo Episode: The Madness, Joy, and Messiness of Being a New Dad

    I’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...

  40. #92 - Justin Mulvaney on Emotions in the Workplace, Loving What Is, & Taking 100% Responsibility in Your Life

    Justin 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...

  41. #91 - Le’Angela Ingram on Creating Strong Culture, The Importance of Pivoting, & Systems Thinking

    Le'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…

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  42. #90 - Susan Olesek on Enneagram Prison Project, Following Your Green Lights, and Human Potential

    Susan 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…

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  43. #89 - Raj Sisodia on Conscious Capitalism, Healing Personal and Collective Trauma, and Wise Fools of Tough Love

    Described 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.…

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  44. #88 - Danielle Sunberg on Atlas of Being: From Briefcase to Backpack, One Former Lawyer’s Exploration of the Human Way

    Danielle 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...

  45. #87 - Rikki Goldenberg on Why Discipline is BS, Jealousy as a Tool, and Getting Good at Messing Up

    Rikki 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...

  46. #86 - Matthew Matheson on Overcoming Public Speaking Anxiety, Quiet Power, & The Myth of Rapport

    Matt is a public speaking and communications coach, hailing from Brighton, UK. Working with clients ranging from The World Health Organization and the EBRD through O2 and Virgin, he specializes in helping people say what they need to say when it matters most. He runs workshops, coaching cohorts…

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  47. #85 - Yash Singri on Healing Trauma and Pain, Peak Performance, and The Joy of Being Alive

    Yash is a strategic partner to founders, executives, and senior leaders. He’s spent nearly a decade in corporate America and technology startups consulting and coaching leaders on their most pressing issues. He also loves to nerd out on peak performance, leadership psychology, philosophy, and...

  48. #84 - Chelsea Flagg on Finding Your Life Purpose and Healing through Writing

    Chelsea’s Bio: I’ve been passionate about writing from as early on as I can remember. In 2014, I finally stopped ignoring the stories bubbling up inside me and wrote my first book. A quirky memoir appropriately all about discovering myself. I went on to create a children’s fantasy series about a...

  49. #83 - Raul Espinoza and Ben Littauer on Transformational Healing In Prisons, Commitments to Freedom and Justice, & Doing The Work

    Raul 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…

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  50. #82 - Ali Tocker on Deconstructing Education Systems, Immunity to Change, and Being a Lifelong Student

    Ali 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…

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Accountant turned Life Coach Mike Trugman explores life‘s biggest questions: Why are we here? How can we live fulfilled, joyful lives individually, in our communities, and as a collective planet? Join Mike on his lifelong journey and quest to master what it means to be human.

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