145 Colleen Mullen | Trial by Fire

After answering an ad from a radio producer in Houston, Texas that was looking for an idea for a radio show, Colleen Mullen received a phone call saying that she had been chosen as the lucky person to launch a podcast - in less than a month! With no prior broadcasting experience, she jumped in two feet first into the podcasting ring and created the Coaching Through Chaos podcast where she interviews authors and experts in the field of psychology to help them navigate through the chaos in their lives. Colleen is also the co-host of another podcast called Shrink to Shrink and she runs a private practice as a relationship therapist in San Diego, California where she specializes in high conflict couples.

Show Notes

Colleen is also the co-host of another podcast called Shrink to Shrink and she runs a private practice as a relationship therapist in San Diego, California where she specializes in high conflict couples.

05:21 - Colleen’s relationship with technology
05:52 - How she started podcasting
09:34 - Hurricanes, earthquakes, aftershocks, and tremors
14:03 - Fulfilling her commitment to launch Coaching Through Chaos
15:24 - The response she’s received on her podcast and the connections she’s made
17:07 - Her second podcast, Shrink to Shrink
18:09 - What she has gotten out of going to podcasting conferences
21:33 - Podcast Movement and being completely present in conversations
23:54 - Colleen shares an exciting story from Podcast Movement
26:41 - Building lasting connections and treating your guests like gold
28:29 - Using her podcast as a way to leverage and enhance her business
32:06 - If social media is bringing us closer together or further apart
34:12 - The younger generation’s erosion of social skills
35:15 - How constant communication through texting is bad for couples
36:58 - If experiences with clients and guests on her show merge with one another
38:26 - Using podcasts to establish yourself as a thought leader
40:33 - The creative way she brands her podcast in her waiting room
43:25 - Her time growing up in New York
46:20 - Reminiscing about old New York clubs and NYC living
49:36 - Visiting museums when she’s in big cities
50:06 - One of her memorable museum experiences
51:39 - Our experience with contemporary art installations
54:03 - Her story about the powerful ‘The Lost Boys’ painting by Kerry James Marshall
57:50 - The first time I saw Rembrandt’s Night Watch painting
58:59 - What she’s changed her mind about recently
01:01:08 - The one most misunderstood thing about her