I am Driven Podcast

Wendy Smith is a professor at the University of Delaware, as well as the coauthor of Both/And Thinking: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems (available on Amazon). In a convers…

Tom Jones has mastered taking the plentiful adversity he has faced in his life and turning it into his superpower. Tom's story is one that has so many twists and turns between what he's been put thro…

Todd Kashdan wandered from his family tradition of having a seat on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange to take a deep dive into human psychology, as well as becoming an author. He has been work…

Kelsea Simons, Meghan's sister, is an ICU nurse and 'studier of humans'. Kelsea understands that she uses her intuition in many situations in her attempt to understand people. She has excelled in her…

Neuroscientist Moshe Bar joins the I am Driven podcast and the wondering brain of Dr. Doug stirs up an intuitive conversation covering many facets of the human mind and its tendencies. Moshe also sha…

Mónica Guzmán is a bridge-builder, journalist, entrepreneur, and author of I Never Thought of It That Way. She shares with us her concept of conversation dials and how that dynamic can play out in bo…

Randy Perkins, from a very young age, developed a fear of failure rooted in the fear of disappointing his parents. That fear lit the fire on his Drivenness, and that fire has been burning just as bri…

Dr. Salvatore Forcina, an Italian immigrant in Argentina, grew up being told he was stupid and not important at the monastery. He didn't have any sense of self-confidence until he got to university i…

Travis Luther spent his late childhood and early adult years being the one his family and friends relied on.  He took it upon himself, as a teenager, to care for his younger brothers following the di…

MK Stahl is a textbook Driven who is an owner of multiple businesses, mother of 2 and a wife. Her upbringing fostered her competitive nature, but she found herself lost following graduation like many…

Leading expert in Developmental Trauma, Stephen Terrell shares the traumas of his own life that have influenced his role as a healer today. Stephen's "Transforming the Experience Based Brain" is a he…

Army veteran Scott DeLuzio was deployed to Afghanistan in 2010, and, like it does for many others, that deployment changed his life forever. His deployment ended when he was given the news that his y…

Anthony Trucks is a former NFL football player turned 'identity shift coach' who grew up in the foster care system. Experiencing numerous hardships at a young age motivated him to take action, consta…

Tom D'Eri was obviously a Driven from a very young age. He went from being isolated and lonely as a kid, to becoming a businessman named in Forbes 30 Under 30. He joins Dr. Doug and Meghan to share h…

Erin Bellanca struggled through her Driven identity most of her young life, always eager to accomplish the next big thing. Once she was able to come down to earth, her identity shifted from being sol…

Dr. Doug and Meghan break down and discuss some of the intricacies of dreaming and what some parts of dreams can mean. What you can learn from and work through personally with your dreams might surpr…

A term that a lot of our Driven listeners have asked for us to break down, Dr. Doug joins Meghan to break down dorsal freeze on today's podcast. In sharing some analogies, as well as some real-life a…

Melissa Hughes, Founder of Live Rich. Spread Wealth. Movement & Company, was sick of being suffocated and over worked in corporate America. She transitioned into coaching people into living richer li…

JL Holdsworth went from College Football player to World Record holder in powerlifting in 2 years. Failure is not an option and success can never come fast enough. JL experienced an awakening and unt…

Trivinia Barber, the Driven woman whom Dr. Doug wrote chapter 5 of his book Driven about, gets vulnerable in this weeks episode. She shares about how her many traumas shaped her life and how, with th…