Try Life On

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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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlaroyal/

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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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Becoming who you’re meant to be isn’t clean. It isn’t linear. And it definitely isn’t comfortable.

In this episode, I sit down with Meghann Dawson to talk about what happens when your outer life looks successful, but your inner world starts breaking down.

Meghann did everything “right.”
She built a 20+ year career, rose through the ranks, earned respect, and checked every box society told her to chase. But underneath it all, something wasn’t aligned. Her voice was being silenced. Her health was declining. And the life she built no longer reflected who she was becoming. 

This conversation goes beyond career transitions. It’s about the moment you stop performing and start telling yourself the truth.

We talk about what it really looks like to listen to that inner voice — especially when it asks you to walk away from everything that “makes sense.” Meghann shares how she reached her breaking point, found the courage to speak up without attachment to the outcome, and ultimately stepped into a completely new chapter rooted in authenticity, healing, and service.

We also go deep into the inner work most people avoid — understanding the difference between your inner voice and your inner critic, healing from past wounds, regulating your nervous system, and learning how to operate from wholeness instead of survival.

Because the truth is: most people don’t change until they break.
But maybe they don’t have to.

If you’ve been feeling the tension between who you are and who you’ve been… this conversation will meet you there.

In this episode, we explore:

• Why success on paper can still feel empty
• The cost of ignoring your inner voice
• How to speak your truth without needing a specific outcome
• The difference between survival mode and true alignment
• Healing trauma, identity shifts, and self-worth
• Why authenticity is a higher frequency than perfection
• Building a life from the inside out

About Meghann
Meghann Dawson is the creator of Becoming Is Messy and founder of the Unperfect Life Collective. After leaving a long corporate career, she now helps people navigate burnout, trauma, and reinvention by guiding them back to wholeness — so they can build lives rooted in truth, not performance. 

This is not parenting by default. This is parenting by design. Most parents raise their kids inside a script they never questioned.

School. Safety. Conformity. Status. Follow the path. Hope it works.

In this rare and deeply personal episode of Try Life On, Maurice Philogene and Jeff Hitner open up about fatherhood, co-parenting, raising two sons across cultures, and why exposing children to the world matters more than protecting them from it.

From sending kids overseas, teaching financial literacy early, encouraging independent thought, and building resilience through real experiences, they share the same unapologetic mindset used to build their own lives and how it shaped the way they raise family.

In this episode:

* Why parents follow unconscious conditioning

* How real-world exposure expand identity

* Teaching kids freedom, confidence, resilience

* Why money skills matter early

* Co-parenting with intention instead of ego

* Leading kids w/o forcing them into your script

* Why success is not the same as fulfillment

If you’ve ever wondered how to raise kids while building an ambitious life, or how to give them more options, this episode is for you.

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Some conversations matter because of the information shared. Others matter because of the recognition inside the conversation. This is one of those.

When Maurice joins Billy Keels, you hear two men who understand something many people never fully grasp: the default path is optional.

Both are fathers of two. Both built serious careers through the corporate world. Both chose not to let titles define them. Instead, they used work as a tool, income as fuel, and discipline as leverage to build lives rooted in freedom, intention, family, and movement.

Billy created his life in Barcelona. Maurice created across places like Beirut and Cyprus. Different paths, same frequency.

As you listen, notice the language. The certainty. The lack of need for outside approval. The long-term thinking. The willingness to challenge the script. The hunger to actually live while others delay life for someday.

This is what it sounds like when two people who truly get it sit down together.

Key Takeaways:

• ​The Utility of Corporate: Why there is nothing wrong with a 9-to-5 if you leverage the pay to fund your mission.
• ​Systematic Patience: The blueprint for executing a decades-long vision without obsessing over immediate outcomes.
• ​The Power of Detachment: Learning how to leave high-status identities behind to find your true "human divinity."

Join us for this masterclass in lifestyle design and learn how to make your physical world catch up with your boldest thoughts.

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What if the life you’re chasing was never truly yours to begin with?

In this powerful conversation, Maurice Philogene sits down with former Navy pilot turned leadership coach Brandon Jenkins to unpack the “Golden Path Fallacy”—the unconscious career trajectory so many high performers follow without ever questioning why. From flying combat helicopters to leading hundreds, Brandon shares the pivotal moment that forced him to rethink success, purpose, and what it really means to live intentionally.

Together, they explore how ambition, structure, and societal expectations can quietly pull us away from what actually fulfills us—and how to course-correct without burning everything down.

Key Takeaways:

• Why “the next logical step” might be leading you astray
• How to reconnect with your values, purpose, and personal blueprint
• A practical way to shift direction without blowing up your life

If you’ve ever felt successful on paper but disconnected in reality, this episode will challenge you to pause, reflect, and choose your path—on purpose.

Because the real goal isn’t climbing higher… it’s living truer.

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What if getting fired was the best thing that ever happened to you?

On this episode of Try Life On, Maurice Philogene sits down with Adam Coehlo to unpack his unexpected journey from a high-powered career at Google to semi-retired entrepreneur. After a performance warning forced a crossroads, Adam used his financial independence and mindfulness practice to bet on himself—launching a new path rooted in purpose, not pressure.

They explore how redefining success, embracing uncertainty, and prioritizing fulfillment over money can completely transform your life.

Key Takeaways:

- How mindfulness reveals—and rewrites—the stories holding you back- Why financial independence gives you freedom, but vision gives you direction- The shift from chasing money to building a life centered on connection and joy

If you’ve ever questioned the path you’re on, this conversation might just inspire you to try a different one—and truly try life on.

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What if the life you feel stuck in… isn’t actually your life?

In this episode of Try Life On, Maurice Philogene breaks down a powerful shift in perspective: you’re not trapped, you’re simply returning to a state that no longer serves you.

Drawing from decades of experience across law enforcement, military service, corporate leadership, entrepreneurship, and global living, Maurice explains how identity isn’t fixed—it’s formed by the states we repeatedly step into. And more importantly, how you can consciously change it.

If you’ve ever felt stuck, uncertain, or ready for something new but unsure how to move forward, this conversation will show you a simpler path: try something on, follow alignment, and allow your identity to evolve.

This episode is a reminder that you’re not locked into one version of yourself—you’re always one decision away from a new state, and a new life.

Key Takeaways

- You’re not stuck in your life, you’re stuck in a state you keep returning to 

- Identity is built by the states you repeatedly come back to, not the ones you briefly explore 

- You don’t need a master plan. You need the willingness to try something on

- Alignment shows up as a feeling - pay attention to it

- Some states last decades, others months, but none are permanent

- Growth comes from both stepping into and stepping out of identities

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