The Purpose Mastermind: Helping Leaders Get Unstuck and Live with Meaning in Work, Marriage, and Parenting
The Purpose Mastermind is a podcast for leaders who want clarity, direction, and real impact...not just at work, but at home. Too many people succeed professionally while feeling disconnected personally. This podcast helps you close that gap.
Each episode will challenge you to stop living problem-focused and start living purpose-focused.
You’ll learn how to:
- Get unstuck and gain clarity about your life direction
- Discover your purpose and actually live it out daily
- Strengthen your marriage and show up better for your spouse
- Lead your kids with intention, not just react to life
- Bring alignment between your work life and your home life
Because leadership isn’t just about what you accomplish.
It’s about who you become—and how you love the people closest to you.
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Episodes
278 episodes
E277: When the Mess Feels Overwhelming: Hope for Your Family
Why problems in your marriage and parenting are part of the process—not the end of the story.Life doesn’t fall apart because of problems. It’s shaped by how we walk through them.In this episode, we sit dow...
E276: Why Am I Successful at Work, but Feel Like I Struggle As a Parent
Most of us spend years learning how to succeed at work… but almost no time learning how to succeed at home.What works in a professional environment doesn’t automatically work in your family. You may be direct, decisive, and effective at ...
E275:The Real Reason People Struggle to Find Their Purpose
People do not struggle with purpose because purpose is unattainable. They struggle because the thought of purpose can feel uncertain, overwhelming, and just out of reach.In this episode, I sit down with Ingo Rauth for a deep conversation...
E274: Why You Struggle to Open Up (And How It’s Holding You Back)
Most people want deeper relationships—but they’re not willing to be open.In this episode, we talk about why so many people struggle to open up, how living closed off quietly damages your relationships, and what it actually looks like to ...
E273: The Daily Fight Against Complacency with Marty Hoffman
In this episode, I sit down with Marty Hoffman, host of the Kill Complacency podcast, for a real and organic conversation about purpose, intentionality, and why so many people drift through life.We talk about why living on purpose...
E272: Why is Friendship hard for Men (Ken Sherin)
Friendship is often misunderstood among men. Many of us were raised to believe that strong men don’t need close friendships—that independence is strength and vulnerability is weakness. But the truth is, isolation slowly wears a man down....
E271: When the Game Ends (A Former MLB Pitcher On Purpose After Baseball)
What happens when the dream you’ve chased your whole life suddenly ends?In this episode, I sit down with a former Major League Baseball pitcher to talk about the transition from professional sports to everyday life. For years, his identi...
E270: How to Overcome Discouragement and Keep Pursuing Your Purpose
Discouragement is one of the most common reasons people stop pursuing the life they truly want. When problems pile up, it’s easy to focus so much on what’s wrong that we lose sight of where we’re going.In this episode, we talk about how ...
E269: Comfort Zones Are Killing Your Potential
Instinctually we all want to live in a comfort zone. But it holds us back from our potential. In this episode, we talk about why growth never happens inside your comfort zone, the hidden cost of playing it safe, and practical ways t...
E268: Physical Challenges for Personal Growth
Mark and Gary Stephens have a conversation about personal growth. Books and seminars bring some value, but conversations with real people can bring transformation. Gary has been creating physical goals for himself over t...
E267: Don't Be Afraid of the Problems in Your Marriage
Mark has a conversation in his office with a young father and husband about how to build a family that serves his entire life. They use football to talk about the husband wife relationship. Here is the link to the free marriage asse...
E266: The Tipping Point of Human Change (Aaron Goodman)
In the episode Mark has a conversation with Aaron Goodman about how human beings change. In Aaron's words, "Vulnerability is the tipping point of change." Change is hard. We oftentimes try to change by doing something impressive, or...
E265: How to Use Failure as Fuel (With Paul Germo)
What if failure wasn't fatal... but your compass?You've tried. You've failed. You've wondered if hope even matters anymore.A Failure's Guide to SUCCESS is a raw, honest roadmap for anyone who's ever hit a wall, lost their...
E264: What Do You Do with an Addictive Personality?
In this episode Mark brings back a previous guest. Daniel Dolan is a leader of men, a family man, and a godly man. You often hear people say, "I have an addictive personality." Daniel and Mark give their thoughts on this comment and...
E263: Servant Leadership at Home Isn’t Weakness
How does a man lead in his own home? I think it’s fair to say that most of us men start a family without any concept of what it means to lead in the home. It does not take long before a man’s lack of confidence as a leader begins to show up....
Bonus: "Girl by Birth, Woman by Fire" with Robin Goad
In this episode Adena has a conversation with Robin Goad. Robin Goad spent most of her life building a successful career while compartmentalizing her pain in her personal life. After decades of surviving, she took a very courageous step to shar...
E262: Chris Avery...Moving Men from Fear to Mission
Chris Avery is a Faith-First Performance Coach and founder of Run with Christ Blueprint, helping men move from fear to mission with emotional resilience and grounded faith. He’s run over 1,400 consecutive days, coached more than 1,000 men, and ...
E260: Living a Proactive Life in an Unpredictable World
Mark sits down for a conversation with Carter Anderson. Carter discussed his desire to live a proactive life in spite of the fact that life is unpredictable. Carter believes the predictable life does not exist. Those who try to make their life ...
E259: Examining Your Life With a S.W.O.T Analysis
Mark and Adena sit down to discuss how to examine your life, or marriage by doing a S.W.O.T. analysis. 1. Strengths2. Weaknesses3. Opportunities4. ThreatsIf you are interested in partnering with us, you c...
E258: Lessons from a Pinecone
Mark and Adena made this short episode to give parents a hands on idea to teach to their kids. The pine cone demonstrates a fascinating principle about life. People who are open can both give and gift and receive the gift of others....
E257: This Christmas, Choose Purpose instead of Pressure
Does Christmas bring you opportunities, or obligations? Or both?What gift should I bring? What dish should I make? What outfit should I wear? How do I set the timer for the Christmas lights?The holiday season can ...
E256: The Leader Humanity Needs with Dr. Daniel Tataje
Dr. Daniel Tataje is the Leader of Mercy Dental Group, an Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Company and multi-award-winning "Best Place to Work" organization. He helps leaders and families globally through his humanity-focused leadership approach cente...
E255: How a 70 Year Old Man Lost 190 Pounds
Rick Sponhaltz was 70 years old and weighed 388 pounds. Fast forward to today and he weighs 198 pounds. On this episode Mark asks Rick to share his story. You will hear about the great resilience and strong spirit that he as about life.