Mike‘s Search For Meaning

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 bestseller. Though renowned for his writing and speaking, Seth also founded two companies, Squidoo and Yoyodyne (acquired by Yahoo!).

By focusing on everything from effective marketing and leadership, to the spread of ideas and changing everything, Seth has been able to motivate and inspire countless people around the world.

In 2013, Seth was one of just three professionals inducted into the Direct Marketing Hall of Fame. In an astonishing turn of events, in May 2018, he was inducted into the Marketing Hall of Fame as well. He might be the only person in both.

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 Climate Central. Any and all donations make a difference!

You can connect with Seth on:

• Website: https://www.sethgodin.com/
  

To connect with me:

• Interested in working with me as your coach? Book a complimentary 15 minute call here. https://calendly.com/mike-trugman/15min
  

• Website - https://miketrugmancoaching.com/
  

Resources/People Mentioned:

• Man's Search for Meaning - Viktor E. Frankl

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 published his first book in 2023, You Have A Choice: Beyond Hard Work to Meaningful Impact, which he wrote to share the principles and mindsets that have helped him and his clients with a wider audience.

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 Year Up. Any and all donations make a difference!

You can connect with Eric on:

• Website: https://www.toomanytrees.com/
  

To connect with me:

• Interested in working with me as your coach? Book a complimentary 15 minute call here. https://calendly.com/mike-trugman/15min
  

• Website - https://miketrugmancoaching.com/
  

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• Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! - Richard P. Feynman

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.

Jim is a former core member of the  Presencing Institute, born from MIT’s Center for Organizational Learning and offering training and assistance in the application of Theory U – a methodology of transformative change. Along with coaching and leading team leadership and organizational development initiatives, Jim is also a wilderness guide.

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 the Humane Society of Boulder Valley. Any and all donations make a difference!

You can connect with Jim on:

• Website: https://www.reboot.io/team/jim-marsden/
  

To connect with me:

• Interested in working with me as your coach? Book a complimentary 15 minute call here. https://calendly.com/mike-trugman/15min
  

• Website - https://miketrugmancoaching.com/
  

Resources/People Mentioned:

• Episode 99 of Mike’s Search for Meaning with Jen Cody

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 her guru, enlightened master Her Holiness Sai Maa in 2004, and since that time she has been a devoted disciple. Sai Maa’s teachings have shaped every aspect of her life and who she is today as well as informing and inspiring her work with students and clients.

In 2016 Lalita received initiation into Sai Maa’s monastic order, the Order of Sai Maa Brahmacharya, making manifest her profound devotion and commitment to the life of spirit.

Her devotion to spiritual growth and supporting others hasn’t gone unnoticed. In February 2019 she was initiated as Mahamandaleshwar into the Vishnu Swami lineage of India, a lineage that goes back over 2700 years. This acknowledgement signified her as an international spiritual leader.

Lalita Shree Maa has 2 decades of training and experience in working with the body, mind, and psychology to transform the root of where people feel stuck and carry past trauma, freeing them up to feel good about themselves every day so they can live a life of fulfillment and success.

She holds the following certifications: Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Soma Source Practitioner, Brain Spotting practitioner, Profound Healing Facilitator, and Neuroencoding Specialist.

As a teacher for Her Holiness Sai Maa for more than 13 years, Lalita Maa has taught programs all over the world and has coached people from all walks of Life.

She is also an artist, musician, and loves to dance and spend time in nature, particularly hiking and biking in the beautiful mountains of Colorado where she lives.

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 Light Legacy. Any and all donations make a difference!

You can connect with Lalita on:

• Website: https://lalitashreemaa.com/
  

To connect with me:

• Interested in working with me as your coach? Book a complimentary 15 minute call here. https://calendly.com/mike-trugman/15min
  

• Website - https://miketrugmancoaching.com/
  

Resources/People Mentioned:

• Episode 99 of Mike’s Search for Meaning with Jen Cody

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 external universe to 10-decimal accuracy, but most of us don’t learn about our insides: our emotions, what leads to flourishing, how to take great care of ourselves. Years of personal exploration transformed him, leading to a determination to not have the road to joy be difficult for others to find.

He has spent the last 15 years training in meditation, personal development, and group dynamics for well being, facilitating high school students through a 3-week intensive and adults through an 18-month program. He speaks around the world on the topics of art, science, education, healing, and consciousness. See more of his work at bea.st.

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 Inside Circle. Any and all donations make a difference!

You can connect with Jeff on:

• Website: https://www.sleepawake.camp/
  

To connect with me:

• Interested in working with me as your coach? Book a complimentary 15 minute call here. https://calendly.com/mike-trugman/15min
  

• Website - https://miketrugmancoaching.com/
  

Resources/People Mentioned:

• The Body Keeps the Score - Bessel van der Kolk M.D.

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 When You’re Stuck and How to Create the Conditions for Great Work.

Learn more about Robbie at www.robbieswale.com and www.thecoachsjourney.com.

Buy the 12-Minute Method Books at: https://geni.us/12minutemethodseries

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 GiveDirectly. Any and all donations make a difference!

You can connect with Robbie on:

• Website: http://www.robbieswale.com/
  

To connect with me:

• Interested in working with me as your coach? Book a complimentary 15 minute call here. https://calendly.com/mike-trugman/15min
  

• Website - https://miketrugmancoaching.com/
  

Resources/People Mentioned:

• Toku McCree

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 curriculum ranges from personal growth seminars to corporate empowerment programs. His teachings are the synthesis of knowledge and wisdom from the greatest minds through history and his curriculum is designed to help you empower and inspire all 7 areas of your life.

You can connect with Dr. John on:

• Website: https://drdemartini.com/
  

To connect with me:

• Interested in working with me as your coach? Book a complimentary 15 minute call here. https://calendly.com/mike-trugman/15min
  

• Website - https://miketrugmancoaching.com/
  

Resources/People Mentioned:

• The Great Ideas: A Syntopicon of Great Books of the Western World - William Mortimer

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 organization development.  

Prior to her current position, she worked in the areas of injury and violence prevention research, program development and evaluation, and research administration for more than 15 years both within academia and the federal government. She is also a proud tree hugger, trained yoga and meditation instructor, and energy medicine (reiki) practitioner.  

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 Faith Matters Network. Any and all donations make a difference!

You can connect with Shakiyla on:

• Coaches Rising Podcast: https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/adult-development-theory-today-with-valerie-livesay-shakiyla-smith-and-dana-carmen/
  

To connect with me:

• Interested in working with me as your coach? Book a complimentary 15 minute call here. https://calendly.com/mike-trugman/15min
  

• Website - https://miketrugmancoaching.com/
  

Resources/People Mentioned:

• Doing Imago Relationship Therapy - Harville Hendrix

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 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 Leadership Coaching.

Michael has experienced first-hand the frustrations of generating change within multi-stakeholder systems. He founded bilingual K-12 charter schools and has a long list of his own leadership failures from attempting to generate changes in the German education system. He reflected deeply on these failures during his studies at Harvard for the Master's in Public Administration degree and zeroed in on the importance of leadership development in creating systems change.

He now has one focus: developing leadership. He co-teaches “Practicing Leadership Inside & Out” in the program “Doctor of Education Leadership” at Harvard Graduate School of Education, exploring the intersection between role, adult development, and systems change. He also founded the Adaptive Leadership Network to create holding environments for adaptive leaders and adaptive leadership educators to support and learn from one another. 

As a gay man born into a Seventh Day Adventist family, Michael has explored ways in which identity shapes how leadership is exercised. He thinks often about distinctions between “role” and “self.” In Michael's case, this includes the questioning of assumptions he's developed as a first-generation university graduate from a post-industrial German town and as a first-generation immigrant to the US.

You can connect with Michael on:

• Website: https://konu.org/michael-koehler
  

To connect with me:

• Interested in working with me as your coach? Book a complimentary 15 minute call here. https://calendly.com/mike-trugman/15min
  

• Website - https://miketrugmancoaching.com/
  

Resources/People Mentioned:

• Awaken - Rajendra Sisodia

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 also increases their time and energy for fun!

Prior to coaching, Dr. Astor was an academic and then a consultant, using yoga and meditation to support children and therapists, and teachers and students, on the ADHD and autism spectrum and in struggling inner-city schools. Dr. Astor is non-judgmental and compassionate, connecting multiple certifications to provide insight and support to her clients and to motivate and inspire others in her workshops, keynotes, and presentations.

In addition to her coaching and consulting practice, Dr. Astor is an avid traveler and foodie taking her three kids to Brazil, France, England, Amsterdam, Japan, Costa Rica and beyond because she believes travel helps breed tolerance and cultivates gratitude and reflection as you observe how other cultures operate and make choices.

Tamsin Astor holds a PhD in neuroscience and psychology and a post-doctorate in education. She also has certifications in yoga (RYT500, Yoga Ed.), mindset & Ayurveda (Living Ayurveda, Yoga Health Coach). She is an executive coach and author of the book Force of Habit: Unleash Your Power by Developing Great Habits.

You can connect with Tamsin on:

• Website: https://tamsinastor.com/
  

To connect with me:

• Interested in working with me as your coach? Book a complimentary 15 minute call here. https://calendly.com/mike-trugman/15min
  

• Website - https://miketrugmancoaching.com/
  

Resources/People Mentioned:

• The Buddha and the Badass - Vishen Lakhiani