Mike‘s Search For Meaning

Mike‘s Search For Meaning

By Mike TrugmanEducationSelf-Improvement
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Mike‘s Search For Meaning episodes

  • #61 - Solo Episode: Mike Trugman on Fierce Self-Compassion, The Power of Practice, and the Power of Presence

    By 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 called Internal Creations. Any and all donations make a difference!



    To connect with me:

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    Resources/People Mentioned:

    • Self-Compassion - Dr. Kristin Neff
  • Thich Nhat Hanh
  • Brene Brown
  • 50 min
  • #60 - Jenn Reilly on Conscious Parenting, Raising Wholeness, & Navigating Childhood Wounds

    Jenn 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, and unhealthy belief structures to reconnect to their true essence in her coaching work, and facilitates transformational workshops and online classes to help her clients build more self-awareness, and step into more authentic leadership and parenting. 



    Learn more about Jenn

     

    https://www.jennreilly.com/

     

    IG: @jennereilly 



    Raising Wholeness is an online platform, community, and programs to help parents, aspiring parents, teachers, and caregivers to transform their childhood programming in service of stepping into a new way of nurturing wholeness children. They combine regulation, trauma education, executive functioning, vertical development, and healthy masculine and feminine into embodiment practices. 

     

    https://www.raisingwholeness.org/

     

    IG: @Raisingwholeness



    Mystics Rising is a podcast dedicated to illuminating, celebrating, and sharing practices of wholeness.

     

    https://www.mystics-rising.com/

     

    IG: @mysticsrising

     


    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 Speak With Purpose. Any and all donations make a difference!



    You can also connect with Jenn on:

    • LinkedIn

     



    To connect with me:

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    Resources/People Mentioned:

    • Kim Barta
  • Stages International
  • Conscious Loving -  Gay Hendricks
  • Conversations With God -  Neale Donald Walsch
  • Dante's Inferno - Dante Alighieri
  • The Tao of Pooh - Benjamin Hoff
  • Stop Walking on Eggshells - Paul T. T. Mason
  • EMDR
  • Internal Family Systems
  • 1 hr 39 min
  • #59 - Agnes Otzelberger on Social Justice, Money Work, and What it Means to Be a Good Person

    Agnes 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 relationship to money using Peter Koenig’s powerfully transformative ‘Money Work’, which draws on Jungian ideas on shadow and the unconscious.


     

    Born and raised in Vienna, Austria, Agnes now lives in Brighton in the United Kingdom with her family. With roots all over Europe and experience living and working in various parts of the world, Agnes is very interested in intercultural and migratory life experiences and the questions of identity and belonging they bring.

     


    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 Allsorts Youth Project. Any and all donations make a difference!



    You can connect with Agnes on:

    • Website
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • Her writing, on Medium
  • Her talk on how to be a change maker


  • To connect with me:

    • Interested in working with me as your coach? Book a complimentary 15 minute call here.
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    Resources/People Mentioned:

    • The Wild Edge of Sorrow - Francis Weller
  • How Can I Help? - Ram Dass
  • My Grandmother's Hands - Resmaa Menakem
  • The Drama Triangle
  • Carl Jung - Shadow
  • Stephen Porges
  • Jim Hollingshead
  • Peter Hussey
  • Peter Koenig
  • Deb Dana
  • Nadjeschda Taranczewski
  • CU Money - Money Work Course
  • 1 hr 59 min
  • #58 - Adam Parker on Manifestation, The Power of Positive Thinking, Having a Growth Mindset, and Spirituality

    Adam 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.

     

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    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 Unstoppable Foundation. Any and all donations make a difference!



    You can connect with Adam on:

    • Website
  • Instagram
  • The Ideal Day Podcast
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    To connect with me:

    • Interested in working with me as your coach? Book a complimentary 15 minute call here.
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  • Website
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  • YouTube
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    Resources/People Mentioned:

    • Ask and It Is Given - Esther Hicks
  • Think and Grow Rich - Napoleon Hill
  • Bob Proctor
  • The Amazing Liver and Gallbladder Flush - Andreas Moritz
  • Manifesting Change - Mike Dooley
  • Peter Sage
  • Bruce Lipton
  • Eric Edmeades
  • David Nurse
  • 1 hr 33 min
  • #57 - Amy Elizabeth Fox on Leadership Development that Creates Cultures of Belonging, Generosity and Love

    Amy 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 long standing relationships with some of the world’s most innovative companies.



    Mobius services include top team intervention, multi-client CEO sessions, executive coaching and business mediation. Its signature offering is a cutting edge contribution to the field of transformation through the design and delivery of bespoke and immersive leadership programs for senior executives. Mobius enjoys a privileged partnership with Egon Zehnder as well as with numerous boutique firms promoting the work of its prestigious Senior Experts including Otto Scharmer, Peter Senge, Bob Kegan, Ron Heifetz, Linda Hill, Tom deLong, Amy Edmondson, David Kantor among others. Mobius operates as a consortium of practice across an expert network of coaches, trainers, and facilitators and brings customized programs to clients in the public and private sector.



    Prior to her Mobius, Amy was a senior trainer for Vantage Partners anchoring their corporate education delivery of Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most in both private and public sectors. Before that, Amy was the Director of Training and Organizational Development for Wellspace Inc., a health care start-up. She served as the Associate Director of the National Religious Partnership for the Environment, an educational initiative headed by Paul Gorman, Vice President Al Gore and Carl Sagan. She was Special Assistant to the Dean of Education, City College and Education Director of an in-patient alcohol rehabilitation hospital.



    Amy is a psychotherapist who received her B.A. from Wesleyan University and her master’s in Counseling Psychology from Lesley College. Amy is certified as an executive coach in the area of Emotional Intelligence by Hay/McBer and Associates, and as a trainer in the System for Analyzing Verbal Interaction by SAVI Communications.

     

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    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 Pocket Project. Any and all donations make a difference!



    You can connect with Amy on:

    • Website - Mobius Executive Leadership
  • LinkedIn
  • Listen to her Keynote presentation at Next Practice Institute
  • Follow her sister, Erica Ariel Fox, on LinkedIn
  • Follow Erica Ariel Fox on her Website
  • Follow Erica Ariel Fox’s contributions on Forbes
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    To connect with me:

    • Interested in working with me as your coach? Book a complimentary 15 minute call here.
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  • Website
  • Subscribe to my weekly newsletter
  • YouTube
  • Please leave a review for this podcast on Apple Podcasts!

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    Resources/People Mentioned:

    • Difficult Conversations - Doug Stone, Bruce Patten and Sheila Heen
  • Winning from Within - Erica Ariel Fox
  • Amy Edmondson, and her work on Psychological Safety
  • Joseph Cambell - Hero’s Journey
  • Yotam Schachter
  • Thomas Hubl
  • Lynda Caesara
  • Neem Karoli Baba
  • 1 hr 29 min
  • #56 - Beth Burns on Supporting Homeless Youth to Affirm Personal Worth and Create More Meaningful & Healthier Lives

    Beth 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.


    Beth, her husband, 10-year-old son and 8-year-old daughter spend their time exploring the Pacific Northwest seeking adventure in nature. 

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    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 p:ear. Any and all donations make a difference!


    You can connect with Beth on:

    • Website
  • LinkedIn
  •  



    To connect with me:

    • Interested in working with me as your coach? Book a complimentary 15 minute call here.
  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram
  • Website
  • Subscribe to my weekly newsletter
  • YouTube
  • Please leave a review for this podcast on Apple Podcasts!

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    Resources/People Mentioned:

    • On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous - Ocean Vuong
  • Salvage the Bones - Jesmyn Ward
  • Sing, Unburied, Sing - Jesmyn Ward
  • 1 hr 18 min
  • #55 - William Wright on Freeing Yourself from Self-Doubt & the Mind-Body-Spirit Connection

    Will 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 choice to release what’s heavy – whether it’s guilt, obligation, or self-doubt.  From there, they take action to step into life feeling driven, confident, and motivated.

     

    On a personal note, he has benefited from the exact processes and experiences he shares and creates for his clients.  He is grateful to be able to do the very work with his clients that have provided the learning and growth that has also served him.



    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 Hearts of Gold. Any and all donations make a difference!

    You can connect with William on:

    • Website
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Facebook
  •  



    To connect with me:

    • Interested in working with me as your coach? Book a complimentary 15 minute call here.
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  • Website
  • Subscribe to my weekly newsletter
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  • Please leave a review for this podcast on Apple Podcasts!

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    Resources/People Mentioned:

    • Dopamine Nation - Dr. Anna Lembke
  • Daring Greatly - Brené Brown
  • Big Magic - Elizabeth Gilbert
  • My Grandmother's Hands - Resmaa Menakem
  • Conscious Leadership Group
  • Hearts of Gold
  • Core Remastered
  • 1 hr 34 min
  • #54 - Solo Episode: Mike Trugman on 2022 Reflections, Morning Routine and Clean Pain vs. Dirty Pain

    This 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 heart that feels too important not to share?



    This was surprisingly a lot of fun, and I’ll be making this a more regular part of my show!



    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 Internal Creations. Any and all donations make a difference!



    To connect with me:

    • Interested in working with me as your coach? Book a complimentary 15 minute call here.
  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram
  • Website
  • Subscribe to my weekly newsletter
  • YouTube
  • Please leave a review for this podcast on Apple Podcasts!

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    Resources/People Mentioned:

    • Foundation Training - Video 1
  • Foundation Training - Video 2
  • Wim Hof Breathing Method
  • Insight Timer and the App
  • Gay Hendricks
  • Mike’s Search for Meaning - Episode #2 with Mom and Dad
  • Mike’s Search for Meaning - Episode #7 with Yotam Schachter
  • Mike’s Search for Meaning - Episode #8 with Yotam Schachter
  • Mike’s Search for Meaning - Episode #48 with Sam Lamott
  • Resmaa Menakem
  • 59 min
  • #53 - Matthew Helt on Mindfulness, Introversion in Entrepreneurship, & Mental Health First Aid

    Matthew 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 comes with business ownership. It's for this reason that he created his coaching practice to help entrepreneurs navigate the highs and lows of business ownership, and ultimately come home to themselves to fully understand who they are as human beings.



    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 Mental Health First Aid. Any and all donations make a difference!



    You can connect with Matthew on:

    • Website
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  •  



    To connect with me:

    • Interested in working with me as your coach? Book a complimentary 15 minute call here.
  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram
  • Website
  • Subscribe to my weekly newsletter
  • YouTube
  • Please leave a review for this podcast on Apple Podcasts!

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    Resources/People Mentioned:

    • Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind - Shunryu Suzuki
  • The Coaching Habit - Michael Bungay Stanier
  • The Joy of Living - Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
  • The Body Keeps the Score - Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
  • Ravi Rothenberg
  • Jerry Colona
  • Ram Dass
  • Prairiesattva
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    1 hr 47 min
  • #52 - Noelle Janka on Social Impact & Justice, The Importance of Mental, Spiritual and Emotional Healing Work, and The Dangers of Dogma & Binaries

    Noëlle 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 raising awareness for the charity or organization of my guest’s choice with each episode now. This episode, the organization is called Political Healers. Any and all donations make a difference!



    You can connect with Noelle on:

    • Website
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • YouTube
  • Facebook


  • To connect with me:

    • Interested in working with me as your coach? Book a complimentary 15 minute call here.
  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram
  • Website
  • Subscribe to my weekly newsletter
  • YouTube
  • Please leave a review for this podcast on Apple Podcasts!

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    Resources/People Mentioned:

    • adrienne maree brown
  • American Detox - Kerri Kelly
  • Inflamed - Rupa Marya
  • The Myth of Normal - Gabor Maté
  • Accessing the Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve - Stanley Rosenberg
  • My Grandmother's Hands - Resmaa Menakem
  • The Sum of Us - Heather McGhee
  • Anchored - Deb Dana
  • Pleasure Activism - adrienne maree brown
  • Emergent Strategy - adrienne maree brown
  • Ishita Sharma
  • LaTosha Brown
  • Academy for Coaching Excellence
  • Jeremy Blanchard Coaching
  • Thomas Hubl and his Workshop on NPI
  • Katina Macris
  • Wim Hof Breathing
  • Authentic Movement
  • Prochaska and DiClemente's Stages of Change Model for Social Workers
  • Deepa Iyer and her article What's your social change role?
  • Suzanne Kingsbury on Gateless writing
  • Afro Flow Yoga
  • Hidden Brain Podcast
  • Nick Shrewsbury
  • Andy Cahill
  • Political Healers
  • 1 hr 34 min

About Mike‘s Search For Meaning

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Mike‘s Search For Meaning is the intersection between philosophical and practical. How do leaders organize their inner world? What tools and tactics can we use to enhance our relationships and…