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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#13 - Orlando Bishop on How We Can Be Great

Sunday Mar 20, 2022

Sunday Mar 20, 2022

Born and bred in Flatbush, Brooklyn, Orlando Bishop’s journey followed a long and winding path, figuratively and literally. Nearly a decade into a sporadic Hollywood career as a writer and producer that had taken him through a gauntlet of near misses with a range of studios and production companies – Fox, MTV and Nickelodeon to name a few – he found himself at a crossroads. How could he be true to his need to create and the desire to serve that had led him to teaching high school English at his alma mater, Poly Prep, in Brooklyn? How could he leverage the unique viewpoint that had delighted audiences in comedy clubs like The World Famous Comedy Store and the Hollywood Improv and his lifelong commitment to helping others find their voices? How, to cut to the chase, could he make a living while honoring the person he had always been and the husband, father and man he’d become?

 

He looked back over his life and found that the greatest successes he’d experienced — or even witnessed — all pointed to one basic reality: To consistently perform at the highest levels, we must align who we are, where we are and where we want to go. Alignment had been the key as he navigated Flatbush streets to get to the cobblestone paths of Yale University.

 

Alignment had been key in making his way west to USC’s Peter Stark Producing Program where he earned his MFA. Alignment had even been critical in creating the family he shared with his wife, Daphne and their twins, Alex and Maya. Yes, alignment had been key in all those situations, but how does one create it?

 

In answering that question for himself, Orlando uncovered the questions and insights he now shares with others as they face their own crossroads, personally and professionally. Today, people from all walks of life have used and are using the Align approach to change careers, get promotions and even find the romantic relationships they desire. One might wonder how Orlando can be so confident that the Align approach will work for such a range of clients pursuing such an array of desired outcomes. His answer: “Each person has to define their own line, to walk their own line. What I provide is simply the approach. And I know the Align approach works; it worked for me.”

 

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#12 - Fionn Wright on Optimizing Human Development & Co-Creating a Better World

Sunday Mar 13, 2022

Sunday Mar 13, 2022

#12 - Fionn Wright on Optimizing Human Development & Co-Creating a Better World

 

Fionn Wright is a serial entrepreneur, an executive coach, a deep thinker, and a visionary. He was named one of the “11 Most Influential Movers and Shakers in Shanghai” - a city of 24 million - for his national television appearances and the impact of his coaching.

 

His friends call him a mix of Tim Ferriss and Tony Robbins for his speed learning techniques, paired with profound coaching transformations. He makes it his daily mission to transform into the best husband, father, and human being he can be to help as many people as he can live a life they love.

 

Fionn always asks and lives into the question: “Are you closer to your dream today than you were yesterday?”

 

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#11 - Jen Jamula on Finding Your Authentic Voice & Leading with Empathy

Sunday Mar 06, 2022

Sunday Mar 06, 2022

Jen Jamula is an entrepreneur, coach, and performer whose work looks at communication in the Digital Age. She and frequent collaborator Allison Goldberg have helmed several artistic projects that have been featured on Good Morning America, in Forbes, WIRED, VICE, and more. The pair was featured on the cover of Time Out New York, which ranked them two of the "top 10 funniest women in NYC."

 

Drawing inspiration from her performance work, Jen leads corporate communications trainings and coaches speakers through her company, GoldJam Creative. She is passionate about helping others gain confidence, find their authentic voices, and cultivate practices of empathy, respect, and inclusion in the workplace and beyond. She is a graduate of Yale University and a contributor to Forbes.

 

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#10 - Jordan Gross on Reimagining Personal Development & Trailblazing One Small Step at a Time

Sunday Feb 20, 2022

Sunday Feb 20, 2022

Meet Jordan, The Trailblazer

 

Jordan believes that personal development is a never-ending process of imagining who you want to be, interpreting why you want to be that person, creating a plan to get there, and then implementing that plan in the most enjoyable and fulfilling way possible. 

 

Through his platform imagitivetation (imagination + interpretation + creativity + implementation), he helps guide people to think differently and make daring changes in their lives. Jordan is trailblazing in the personal development field by using creative storytelling to allow people to gather their own insights from the characters he creates and the stories he shares. 

 

Jordan is a son, grandson, writer, speaker, guide, editor, and soon-to-be therapist. He is a Northwestern and Kellogg School of Management graduate where he studied absolutely nothing to do with writing. He’s a former startup founder, restaurant manager, and soccer goalie. A solopreneur, podcast host, and 2x TEDx speaker, he is also the #1 bestselling author of Getting COMFY: Your Morning Guide to Daily Happiness and The Journey to Cloud Nine.

 

Jordan loves people and would be overjoyed to chat with you.

 

https://jordan-gross.com/ 



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#9 - Adam Parker on The Optimal Human Diet & Taking Control of Your Health

Sunday Feb 06, 2022

Sunday Feb 06, 2022

Adam Parker is a Corporate Wellness consultant and host of the Ideal Day Podcast.

 

Adam is a former Tech Executive who transformed his career from ‘Corporate Business Centric Living’ to ‘Health Centric Living’ and now specialises on mind, body, health optimisation and corporate executive health coaching.

 

His coaching and consulting services combined biohacking, cutting edge science technology with the wise traditions of ancestral techniques.

 

His clients include CEOs, executives and partners from some of the world’s top Big Tech Firms, Fintech companies and Wellness Brands from the UK, US and across Europe .

 

He supports them with nutrition, meditation, biohacking, productivity hacks and corporate wellness programmes so they can have it all. A healthy personal life, productive work life and to live out their ideal day, everyday.

 

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#8 - Live Coaching Session with Yotam Schachter

Sunday Jan 23, 2022

Sunday Jan 23, 2022

This is a very special edition of Mike’s Search for Meaning. I decided to record a coaching session with my coach, Yotam Schachter.

 

This session illuminates what my inner work is like, and is a typical coaching session where I explore where I’m stuck and in resistance in my life.

 

Working with Yotam continues to be one of the best investments I make in myself and my growth. I’ve never felt more alive, grounded, and expansive.

 

Check out how the sausage gets made in this episode!

 

To listen to Yotam’s excellent interview, check out Episode #7.

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#7 - Yotam Schachter on Healing our Pain, Full Aliveness, and Being a Mensch

Sunday Jan 23, 2022

Sunday Jan 23, 2022

Yotam Schachter is a coach, facilitator, and teacher specializing in emotional fitness and the art of change. In addition to his training in traditional coaching tools such as Adaptive Leadership and Internal Family Systems, Yotam's work draws from his experiences as a massage therapist, rabbinical student, investment analyst, and meditator. He helps clients to find beauty, wisdom, and opportunity in their toughest challenges.

 

Yotam has studied coaching and facilitation with master teachers from around the world, including Thomas Huebl, Erica Ariel Fox, Robert Gass, Dr. Richard Schwartz, and Jennifer Garvey Berger. In addition to his own work as Presence Tree founder, Yotam facilitates leadership development workshops with Mobius Executive Leadership, Cultivating Leadership, and Bridge Partnership, developing and delivering cutting edge transformational experiences for senior executives. Yotam lives in Boston with his wife, a rabbi and climate activist, and his son, a panda firefighter train-engineer rock star.



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#6 - Kevin Cornelio on Introversion, Shyness, and Highly Sensitive People

Sunday Jan 09, 2022

Sunday Jan 09, 2022

Kevin Cornelio holds a degree in Psychology, as well as Professional Coaching certifications from iPEC, one of the world's premier life coach training schools. He spent several years in the fields of behavioral analysis, sales, and business management before starting his life coaching practice, which he now maintains part-time, while writing his first novel. 

 

As an empath and Highly Sensitive Person, Kevin’s life is a continuous journey of immersive learning about the mental, physical, and spiritual connections among living beings. Kevin embraces and explores those connections primarily from New Jersey, where he resides with his wife, their two pets, and their first child on the way. 



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#5 - Julie Ann Otis on Intuitive Intelligence, Living with Ease, and Letting Go

Sunday Dec 26, 2021

Sunday Dec 26, 2021

Julie Ann Otis is an intuitive healer and somatic therapist committed to an experience of ease. for. every. body. She founded Samana Consulting in 2014 with the mission of empowering people to radically change their reality. 

 

Julie Ann partners with clients to change the landscape of what is possible in every aspect of their lives. In addition to energy healing and somatic therapy, she offers mentorship to coaches and healers who wish to bring somatic and energy practices into their work with clients. 

 

Julie Ann's work combines Buddhist psychology, somatic therapy, creative arts, shamanic practices, dreamwork, meditation, and energy healing. She has more than a decade of experience in vipassana meditation and body-mind integration work including Authentic Movement, Focusing-Oriented Therapy, and Jin Shin Jyutsu. 

 

She is deeply grateful to have studied with Seven Stones Leadership, the Focusing Institute, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Insight Meditation Society, Cambridge Insight Meditation Center, and Dell'Arte International. 

 

For more information, please visit www.julieannotis.com.

 

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#4 - Xavi Donobedian on Masterful Communication & Nourishing Your Body for Optimal Health

Sunday Dec 12, 2021

Sunday Dec 12, 2021

Xavi Donbedian is a jack of many trades. He is the founder of Stoked Communication, a platform designed to coach entrepreneurs in the art of masterful communication. His struggles as a teenager with co-dependency and violent communication spawned his journey of speaking his truth as a communication coach and entrepreneur. 

 

His living, breathing purpose is to coach you in the art of masterful living to communicate your truth with grace from a place of embodied well-being.

 

Xavi is also a NASM Certified Personal Trainer, and ADAPT Certified Holistic Health Coach, a CHEK Integrated Movement Specialist, and a RYT-200 Yoga Teacher. Whether it comes to emotional, physical, mental, or spiritual tenants of well-being, Xavi has a breadth of experience and knowledge.

 

In this episode, we primarily focus on the art of communicating in business and relationships. What makes a dynamic communicator? What are the areas we get stuck in? The beautiful thing is that ANYONE can be an effective communicator, and it will deeply enhance your career and relationships.

 

We also discuss nutrition, and the ways that Xavi nourishes his body for optimal performance, with actionable takeaways you can use as well.

 

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