Mike‘s Search For Meaning
 

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 careers? Join host and life coach Mike Trugman as he seeks to unlock the keys to living a deeply fulfilling life.

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#124 - Mike Trugman: The Raw Truth of How I Left Accounting to be a Full-Time Coach (with Erin Crotty)

Monday Apr 14, 2025

Monday Apr 14, 2025

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 podcast hosting, Mike's background was in public accounting. He has over 11 years of public accounting experience, with a focus on financial services (hedge fund and private equity) clients, and made the choice to leave accounting in February.

This episode unpacks what went into his choice to leave accounting in pursuit of full-time coaching and entrepreneurship.

He is currently in the midst of a challenge to coach 100 people in 100 days. You can book your session here.

Here’s more about the challenge:

It’s called the 100 Powerful Coaching Conversations in 100 Days Challenge. I'm embarking on this challenge because I am eager to serve; to support you in living your life with more courage, joy, freedom and truth. 

 

Coaching has transformed my life and continues to activate my heart and soul. It has supported me in becoming a more loving and open-hearted father & husband, and has emboldened me to trust myself and take courageous action, such as leaving my six-figure accounting job to coach.

 

Do any of these resonate with you...

 

-Have you achieved lots of external “success” but still feel that something is missing?

 

-Are you a spiritual or “woo woo” person who feels trapped and wants to break free from corporate? 

 

-Are you worried about failing or what other people will think of you?

 

-Do you want to learn how to have important, crucial conversations with people?

 

-Do you want to overcome the fear of putting yourself out there more?

 

-Is there another area you’d like to get handled?

 

I get it. I’ve been there.

 

That’s why I created my coaching practice and that’s why I am doing the 100 Powerful Coaching Conversations Challenge.

 

The details:

 

  • Open to anyone and it’s free.

 

  • There are 100 spots. No waitlist. The experience is first come, first served.

 

  • Each conversation is 75 minutes.

 

  • All conversations are 100% confidential.

 

 

Mike currently lives in the greater New York City area with his wife and son. He loves reading, learning, cooking, spending lots of time outdoors, watching his beloved but usually struggling Knicks and Jets, and connecting with his friends and family.


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#123 - Mike Trugman: 5 Ways to Thrive as a Sensitive Professional (with Kevin Cornelio)

Friday Nov 08, 2024

Friday Nov 08, 2024

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 coaching and podcast hosting, Mike's background was in public accounting. He has over 10 years of public accounting experience, with a focus on financial services (hedge fund and private equity) clients.

 

Mike currently lives in the greater New York City area with his wife and son. He loves reading, learning, cooking, spending lots of time outdoors, watching his beloved but usually struggling Knicks and Jets, and connecting with his friends and family.


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

Sunday Oct 20, 2024

Sunday Oct 20, 2024

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 coaching and podcast hosting, Mike's background was in public accounting. He has over 10 years of public accounting experience, with a focus on financial services (hedge fund and private equity) clients.

 

Mike currently lives in the greater New York City area with his wife and son. He loves reading, learning, cooking, spending lots of time outdoors, watching his beloved but usually struggling Knicks and Jets, and connecting with his friends and family.


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#121 - Mike Trugman: What is Coaching, and Why do People Invest $100,000 to Work With Coaches? (with Derick Deal)

Sunday Oct 06, 2024

Sunday Oct 06, 2024

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 coaching and podcast hosting, Mike's background was in public accounting. He has over 10 years of public accounting experience, with a focus on financial services (hedge fund and private equity) clients.

 

Mike currently lives in the greater New York City area with his wife and son. He loves reading, learning, cooking, spending lots of time outdoors, watching his beloved but usually struggling Knicks and Jets, and connecting with his friends and family.

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Derick is a coach and retreat leader. His work focuses on supporting clients to connect to their bodily, lived experience as a rich, and often underutilized, source for resolving issues and moving their life forward.

Derick is also a teacher at the Focusing Institute and has a background in Philosophy with a particular interest in the overlap of Western, Eastern & Indigenous practice and philosophy.

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#120 - Mike Trugman: Sharing My Mission: Illuminating the Truth of the Human Experience and Inspiring Open-Hearted Leadership (with Jen Cody)

Sunday Sep 22, 2024

Sunday Sep 22, 2024

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 coaching and podcast hosting, Mike's background was in public accounting. He has over 10 years of public accounting experience, with a focus on financial services (hedge fund and private equity) clients.

 

Mike currently lives in the greater New York City area with his wife and son. He loves reading, learning, cooking, spending lots of time outdoors, watching his beloved but usually struggling Knicks and Jets, and connecting with his friends and family.

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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 justice.

 

Jen’s corporate executive & private practice experience spans over 18 years of building high performing teams & individuals. Infinitely willing to meet the client wherever they are on the journey, Jen is confident and authentic in style. She leads through “extreme conflict” with clarity & insight which assists in developing a strong culture to support company values, navigating through challenging mergers/acquisitions and communicating through rapid company growth.

 

Guided by her strong intuition and deep knowledge of the human experience, Jen gets to the core of what “holds the client back” from living the life they want. One of her most gratifying discoveries working with clients is their enjoyment of the work and the continued growth. Jen thrives on being present to those special “ah ha” moments when the client's connection to themselves and life is forever changed.


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

Sunday Sep 01, 2024

Sunday Sep 01, 2024

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 and fulfillment.


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

Sunday Jul 21, 2024

Sunday Jul 21, 2024

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 charity.

 

Derek’s books (How to Live, Hell Yeah or No, Your Music and People, Anything You Want) and newest projects are at his website: sive.rs. His very recently released book is Useful Not True.


Additionally, I donate to and raise awareness for the charity or organization of my guest’s choice with each episode. This episode, the organization is called Give Well. Please take the time to donate at least $1. Give Well is an organization that compiles charities that save or improve lives the most, per dollar. Their goal is to produce the world's top research on where to give. Free, for everyone.


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  • Website: https://sive.rs/

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

Sunday Jul 07, 2024

Sunday Jul 07, 2024

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 and yoga where she lives on Kaua'i, Hawai'i. Her past work includes mediation and conflict facilitation, peacebuilding research and policy development for the United Nations, international NGOs and universities, and a short stint as a lawyer in London and Singapore. Find out more at kimberlyloh.com




Additionally, I donate to and raise awareness for the charity or organization of my guest’s choice with each episode. This episode, the organization is called The Maui Strong Fund from the Hawaii Community Foundation. Please take the time to donate at least $1. The Maui Strong Fund is providing financial resources to support the immediate and long-term recovery needs for the people and places affected by the devastating Maui wildfires.




You can connect with Kim on:

  • Website: https://kimberlyloh.com/

  • Book: Compassionate Conversations: https://www.amazon.com/Compassionate-Conversations-Speak-Listen-Heart-ebook/dp/B07XXBJNH1

  • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgzwvvtW9ZOTesp7ssU6JFQ/featured

  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberly-loh/

  • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thekimloh

  • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thekimloh/


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

Sunday Jun 23, 2024

Sunday Jun 23, 2024

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 called Dreams for Kids DC.

 

In addition to starting companies, Andrew is a leadership coach who advises mission driven CEO’s from companies like TOMS shoes, Hinge and Casper. He is also a trained communication strategist who frequently coaches his clients on the creation of TED talks, core-messaging architecture and investor presentations. In 2017, Andrew started the Junto, A leadership community built for the exploration of modern masculinity and personal transformation. He currently leads quarterly men’s retreats and hosts a year long mastermind for executives who are serious about personal growth.

 

Andrew has been featured on TED.com, frequently speaks for Fortune500 companies and top-tier conferences like Summit Series and Conscious Capitalism on Relational Leadership. He is a proud papa to Hiro, loving partner to Mel and probably day dreaming about surfing in Costa Rica as you read this.




Additionally, I donate to and raise awareness for the charity or organization of my guest’s choice with each episode. This episode, the organization is called So Kids SOAR. Please take the time to donate at least $1. So Kids SOAR provides free adaptive athletic, recreational, and skill-building activities that empower youth with physical and developmental disabilities to Strive, Own, Achieve, and Realize their potential.




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

Sunday Jun 09, 2024

Sunday Jun 09, 2024

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 career.

Throughout her tenure, Janet has held a variety of leadership roles, including corporate training, executive coaching, and troubleshooting for the C-suite. She also served as an Instructor at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in Los Angeles, where she shared her expertise with the next generation of industry professionals.

Janet's dedication to giving back is evident in her extensive volunteer work in the non-profit sector. She focused on helping women and children in need, including working with orphans, training abused and battered women to re-enter the workforce, and coaching troubled youth for higher Education.

Currently, Janet is making a tremendous impact as part of The Unstoppable Foundation

team. She is thrilled to be working every day to bring sustainable solutions to poverty and

improve the lives of families in Kenya.

Janet has embedded a commitment to a healthy lifestyle throughout all her achievements

and takes great joy in living clean. Above all, Janet lives by her mantra of "family first." Her

greatest joy comes from being a loving wife, mother, and grandmother.

 


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 Unstoppable Foundation. Please take the time to donate at least $1. The Unstoppable Foundation is tackling poverty and building thriving communities in Kenya and rural Africa. It’s an incredible cause to support.




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