Dr. Mark Goulston, best-selling author, writer, educator and podcaster shares his journey from depression to successful suicide prevention psychologist. As one of the world’s top thought leaders on empathic listening Dr Goulston injects his wisdom into the interview bringing life to his best selling book ‘Just Listen’ leaving gems for healthy relationships along the way. He explains the essence behind filling the ‘The mirror neuron gap’ principle and its place in creating healthy interactions and connections: an essential communication tool. Seeing beyond the façade to the potential in others is the message of the podcast. Some take away words of wisdom Being bright, you can turn nothing into something Being smart, you can turn something into every thing Being wise is knowing what’s important in life and what’s worth fighting for and what’s not. Solution focus beats competition focus. Journaling is lifesaving and brings out the creative side. Recommended Books Just Listen Get out of your own way Trauma-Triumph Why cope when you can heal Thinking fast and slow Defeating self-defeat – Loneliness and procrastination Lament for the Old When I was a doctor it was common practice to avoid the geriatrics floor. The most widely used rationalization was the reminder of our own ultimate demise. But since my colleagues knew not how to celebrate life, I doubted that they truly feared death. I then thought it was because we had been taught to salvage life quantitatively and not qualitatively. And it was obvious that this group was a poor bet. I then took the time to get to know some of these marvelous people, three times my age, who offered a wealth of experience that spanned hundreds of years. What was so obviously missing was someone to share the fullness of the past and to help relieve the loneliness of the future. And maybe someone to give a damn when they died… – Mr. Goulston is a third-year student at Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts. ABOUT DR. MARK GOULSTON Dr. Mark Goulston is one of the worlds top thought leaders on empathic listening with his book, "Just Listen," being translated into 28 languages and becoming the top book on listening in the world. He is the inventor of Surgical Empathy, an approach he used to reach suicidal patients for more than 25 years without any of them dying by suicide and is the co-creator and moderator of the documentary, Stay Alive: An Intimate Conversation about Suicide Prevention. He is the co-founder of Michelangelo Mindset and host of the highly rated podcast, My Wakeup Call and instructor of the Defeating Self Defeat audio course at Himalaya.com. He is also a former UCLA professor of psychiatry and FBI and police hostage negotiation trainer. Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarkGoulston https://www.instagram.com/markgoulston/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/markgoulston/ https://facebook.com/drmarkgoulston/ *Mark Goulston, M.D.* *Co-Founder, Michelangelo Mindset* *MG100 Coach* *Founding Member Newsweek Expert Forum* 12304 Santa Monica Blvd. #308B West Los Angeles, CA 90025 cel/text: 310.968.2366 email:mgoulston@gmail.com For more info: http://markgoulston.com Contact me: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markgoulston/ Company: Michelangelo Mindset New books are here: http://whycopewhenyoucanheal.com https://hcleadershipessentials.com/pages/trauma-to-triumph ABOUT SOPHIA NICHOLLS Sophia is a transformational Life Coach. Through coaching Sophia inspires and empowers her clients, to move from limiting beliefs to a life of purpose and passion. She provides spaces for self-discovery, changing perspective and clarity to move from self-sabotage to self-love & purpose, opening doors into the life you truly desire. If you would like Sophia to help move you from the challenges and self - limiting beliefs through the open doors of self-discovery and purpose, book a free 30 min call: https://calendly.com/sophianicholls/30min-investigation-session CONNECT WITH SOPHIA LINKTREE https://linktr.ee/sophianicholls21 LINKEDIN https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophia-nicholls/ INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/sophia.nicholls.1/ TWITTER https://twitter.com/SophiaBNicholls FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/sophia.nicholls.1/ WEBSITE https://sophianicholls.com/ OPENING CLOSED DOORS ON SOCIAL MEDIA OPENING CLOSED DOORS FACEBOOK OPENING CLOSED DOORS ON INSTAGRAM
