In this conversation with Mindful Fire podcast host Adam Coelho, Maurice breaks down the exact process he used to integrate three parallel careers over 25 years, retire from each, build sustainable wealth and cash flows, build businesses and more. Along with principles he developed, he walks through the process of creating a life he doesn’t need a vacation from.

That lived experience led to developing the Try Life On Framework which he’s used to coach thousands of people across the work to design their lives and achieve five freedoms (time, financial, geographic, purpose, relationships). And the purpose of the episode is to give it to you so you can too!

From corporate executive to federal agent to real estate investor living between continents, Maurice shares how intentional design—not hustle—changed everything.

You’ll hear how to reverse-engineer your perfect day, build financial systems that support your lifestyle (not trap you), and shift from “or” thinking to “and” thinking in work and life.

In this episode, we explore:

• ​The 4-step Try Life On framework (Perfect Day → Lifestyle Blueprint → Financial Blueprint → Principles)
• ​Why promotions can quietly steal your freedom
• ​The difference between work with purpose and work that is purposeful
• ​How to create a “14-month year” using time architecture
• ​Designing mobility, autonomy, and meaningful relationships intentionally

If you don’t design your life, you’ll default into someone else’s. This conversation invites you to dream again…and then build it.

Connect with Adam:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamcoelho/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/adamcoelho/

Connect with Maurice

Try Life On Newsletter: https://www.trylifeon.com/blog?tag=newsletter

Email: maurice@trylifeon.com

Website: https://www.trylifeon.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mauricephilogene

In this unscripted convo recorded in a car on the way to the airport, Maurice sits down with his friend, Maher Harb, founder of Sept Winery in the mountains of northern Lebanon.

After losing his father in the Lebanese Civil War at just seven years old, Maher grew up carrying responsibility far too early… eventually walking away from a stable corporate career in France to return home and reclaim family land, learn winemaking from scratch, and build a biodynamic lifestyle from the ground up.

What followed wasn’t just a winery—it was a mission. Maher built a brand rooted in Lebanese identity, reviving indigenous grape varieties and reshaping the country’s wine scene while proving that purpose will always outlast a paycheck.

In this episode, you’ll hear about:

• ​Turning loss into legacy
• ​Following your inner voice to create
• ​Leveraging corporate to pursue purpose
• ​Cultural identity via entrepreneurship
• ​Building life you don’t need vacation from
• ​Power of non-transactional relationships

This isn’t a polished studio interview. It’s two fathers, two entrepreneurs, and two friends talking about purpose, pressure, legacy, and what it really means to “Try Life On.”

Follow Maher:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/septwinery

Website: https://www.levinsept.com

Connect with Maurice

Try Life On Newsletter: https://www.trylifeon.com/blog?tag=newsletter

Email: maurice@trylifeon.com

Website: https://www.trylifeon.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mauricephilogene

Most people think they’re living their lives—until they realize their nervous system is on call for everyone else.

In this episode, Maurice Philogene breaks down the subtle but dangerous pattern of unconscious living where notifications, urgency, and external demands dictate your mood, energy, and identity before your feet even hit the floor. Drawing from a powerful conversation with a fellow business owner and insights from his TLO Mastermind, Maurice explains why so many high performers feel anxious, reactive, and disconnected despite doing “everything right.”

This episode is a practical wake-up call for anyone who feels constantly behind, overstimulated, or trapped in manufactured urgency and a guide back to authorship over your own life.

Key themes include:

• ​Unconscious living vs. conscious living
• ​How notifications hijack your nervous system
• ​Why responsiveness is not the same as leadership
• ​Creating boundaries that protect your energy and focus
• ​Simple practices to wake up inside your own life again

Your life is not meant to feel like a constant emergency. If it does, that’s not fate, it’s a pattern. And patterns can be rewritten.

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Maurice’s Money Coach Lisa Chastain

Website: https://www.lisachastain.com

Wealth Within: https://lisachastain.com/the-wealth-within/

Connect with Maurice

Try Life On Newsletter: https://www.trylifeon.com/blog?tag=newsletter

Email: maurice@trylifeon.com

Website: https://www.trylifeon.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mauricephilogene