In this episode of Try Life On, Maurice Philogene sits down with Belen Wagaw, former Chief Storyteller and founder of MarkMind, to unpack the career pivots, bold decisions, and mindset shifts that led her to build a thriving business while living in Lisbon, Portugal. From creating location-independent income to helping others grow authentic personal brands, Belen shares the lessons she's learned from designing a life on her own terms.

In this episode, you'll discover:

• How to build a personal brand that creates opportunities
• Why embracing career pivots can lead to unexpected success
• What it takes to create income and freedom from anywhere in the world

Whether you're dreaming of working remotely, launching your own business, or simply redefining what success looks like, this conversation will inspire you to think bigger and take the next step toward a life that's truly your own.

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What if the wake-up call that changes your life doesn't have to be a heart attack?

After surviving a massive heart attack at just 34 years old, Glen Hicks realized he had built a successful career—but at the cost of the moments that mattered most. In this powerful conversation with Maurice Philogene, Glen shares how that life-altering experience transformed his approach to work, family, leadership, and ultimately led him to create a life of freedom through digital independence.

Together, they explore why your career should support your life—not become your identity—and how anyone can begin intentionally designing a life centered on purpose, relationships, and time freedom.

In This Episode:

• Why success without presence isn't success at all
• The difference between being a digital nomad and being digitally independent
• How to stop letting work define your identity and start living intentionally

If you've ever wondered whether there's more to life than climbing the corporate ladder, this conversation may be the perspective shift you've been waiting for.

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What if the thing holding you back isn't a lack of information—but a lack of implementation?

In this solo episode, Maurice challenges the modern obsession with consuming more books, podcasts, courses, and content. Inspired by a listener who transformed a simple financial freedom concept into $32,000 a year in dividend income, Maurice explores the powerful difference between collecting information and integrating it into your life.

Drawing from his own 30-year journey toward financial, time, and location freedom, Maurice shares why lasting transformation doesn't come from discovering endless new ideas—it comes from consistently applying a few meaningful ones.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why most people have an integration problem, not an information problem

• The difference between collecting information and collecting evidence

• How your "basic needs number" can create freedom long before millionaire status

• Why systematic patience beats chasing the next shiny opportunity

• How to turn life-changing ideas into subconscious habits and lasting results

The life you want may not require another book, podcast, or course. It may simply require living the wisdom you already possess.

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What if true wealth has nothing to do with money?

In this special crossover episode, Maurice Philogene joins Navy SEAL, filmmaker, entrepreneur, and Tactical Wealth host Kaj Larsen for a powerful conversation about financial freedom, life design, service, and creating a life that feels fully lived.

From growing up in a Haitian immigrant family and investing in real estate at 21, to serving as an Air Force Special Agent, police officer, entrepreneur, and world traveler, Maurice shares how he built financial independence without sacrificing purpose. Together, he and Kaj explore the lessons military service taught them about risk, resilience, perspective, and why chasing experiences often creates more wealth than chasing money.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why money runs when you chase it
• How to build financial freedom while keeping your day job
• The difference between building wealth and building a life
• Why exposure to new experiences changes the way you think
• How intentional life design creates time, freedom, and fulfillment

If you've ever felt trapped by the conventional path, this conversation is a reminder that you can consciously design a life that's aligned with your values, purpose, and vision.

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What if the most important resource you'll ever have isn't taught in school?

When Maurice was invited to speak at his son's middle school Career Day, he didn't show up to talk about careers. Instead, he shared a powerful lesson about imagination. The invisible force behind every meaningful chapter of his life. From military service and law enforcement to real estate investing, international living, and entrepreneurship, every achievement began as an idea long before it became reality.

In this episode, Maurice explores why imagination deserves just as much attention as education, skills, and discipline. He reflects on the question that stopped the room: "What was your biggest obstacle?" His answer wasn't failure, lack of opportunity, or money. It was often the fears and limitations projected by other people.

In this episode:

• Why every meaningful achievement is created twice—first mentally, then physically
• How adult peer pressure sounds different from childhood peer pressure
• The surprising lesson Maurice wanted students (and teachers) to hear
• Why imagination may be the most underdeveloped skill in modern life
• How to give yourself permission to dream beyond what others think is realistic
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If you've ever felt called toward something bigger, this conversation will remind you where every journey begins.

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In this deeply personal episode, recorded from the Mediterranean coast of Lebanon, Maurice shares a moment of unexpected recognition.

Over the course of 24 hours, four separate reflections arrived from very different people—a fellow podcaster, a community member, a former client, and a close friend. Each reflection pointed to the same realization: the TLO mission had not changed, but he had evolved.

For years, Maurice has spoken about designing a life of freedom through intentional choices, financial independence, geographic flexibility, meaningful relationships, and purpose-driven work. But as he reflects on the journey from where he started to where he is today, he recognizes that freedom was never the destination. It was the runway.

In this episode, he explores deeper questions that emerged once the noise began to fade:

• Why freedom is a path, not a destination

• How removing static creates space for deeper awareness

• The difference between optimizing your life and harmonizing it

• What it means to build coherence instead of simply building more

• Why success may be less about becoming someone new and more about remembering who you’ve always been

This conversation is both a reflection and an invitation—an honest look at what happens after many of the goals you’ve worked toward begin to materialize, and the focus shifts from creating a life to inhabiting it.

As Maurice puts it:

“The runway still matters. I’m just talking more about the flight.”

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What if the life you’re living is being shaped by thoughts that were never truly yours?

In this deeply reflective solo episode, host Maurice Philogene breaks down the concept of the “mental diet”: the information, conversations, environments, and narratives we unconsciously consume every day and how they directly influence our emotions, actions, and ultimately, our reality. From social media and mainstream news to inherited family beliefs and subconscious conditioning, Maurice explores how repetitive messaging quietly programs the way we think and live.

Drawing from his own journey through military service, corporate life, real estate investing, and global travel, Maurice shares how intentionally curating his mindset became the foundation for achieving financial, geographic, purpose-driven, and relationship freedom.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Thoughts shape emotions, emotions drive actions, and actions create reality
• How social media subtly shapes identity and self-worth
• The difference between inspiration and comparison
• Why your environment matters more than motivation
• How conscious mental inputs can completely change your life trajectory

If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed, stuck, distracted, or disconnected from your purpose, this conversation will challenge you to rethink what you allow into your inner world and reclaim the power to consciously design your life.

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What if the life you worked so hard to build is the very thing disconnecting you from yourself?

In this deeply honest conversation, host Maurice Philogene sits down with transformational coach and former psychotherapist Carla Royal to unpack the hidden “override” patterns driving high performers, founders, and entrepreneurs toward burnout, disconnection, and emotional numbness. Together, they explore how society conditions us to chase success while ignoring the wisdom of our own nervous systems, intuition, and inner voice.

Carla shares powerful insights on unconscious scripts, emotional regulation, masculinity, nervous system awareness, and the true cost of living in constant grind mode. Maurice opens up about his own journey of stepping away from endless achievement to finally inhabit the life he already created.

In This Episode:

• Why so many successful people only enjoy “10%” of the life they built
• The hidden scripts driving founders and executives
• How hustle culture disconnects us from ourselves
• The “Golden Buddha” analogy that will change how you see healing
• Why ambition doesn’t have to come at the expense of your humanity
• How nature, stillness, and inner work help recalibrate your life

If you’ve ever felt exhausted by chasing the next milestone, this episode is your reminder that fulfillment is not found in more — it’s found in reconnecting with who you already are.

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One phone call can completely reorganize your life.

In this deeply personal episode, host Maurice Philogene opens up about the emotional reality of stepping into the role of caregiver for his parents while still intentionally designing a life rooted in freedom, purpose, and connection. Through raw voice-note conversations with a close friend facing the same transition, Maurice explores the shock, identity shift, and unexpected growth that comes with caring for aging parents.

Instead of viewing caregiving as a setback, Maurice shares how he reframed it as a new season of intentional living — one built around systems, community, family, and presence.

In this episode:

• How to support aging parents without losing your own identity
• Why caregiving feels like a “shock to the system”
• The mindset shift from reacting to intentionally designing your life
• How automation, community, and systems can reduce overwhelm
• Why this chapter can deepen your relationships instead of shrinking your freedom

If you’ve ever felt the pressure of balancing family responsibility with the life you’re trying to build, this conversation will meet you exactly where you are.

Because you’re not retreating....you’re reorganizing.

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What happens when a 16-year-old stops waiting for permission and starts building the life she actually wants?

In this episode, host Maurice Philogene sits down with filmmaker, artist, and chess player Bianca Mitchell-Avila to unpack the mindset that transformed a small documentary idea into an internationally recognized project connected to names like Keanu Reeves, Carla Berkowitz, Michael Simkin & Zach Zamboni.

Bianca shares how she started reaching out to productions at 13, launched her own business as a teenager, faced criticism from peers, and ultimately created Mad Woman’s Game — a documentary highlighting women in the world of chess. More than a conversation about filmmaking, this episode explores identity, courage, creativity, and what becomes possible when you stop waiting to feel “ready.”

In this episode:

• ​Why movement beats perfection every time
• ​How to “create the space” for the life you want
• ​The mindset shift that changed Bianca’s future at 13
• ​Facing fear, rejection, and criticism head-on
• ​Building genuine relationships in creative industries

If you’ve been waiting for the perfect moment to start — this conversation might be the sign you needed.

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