What if the thing you are searching for this year is not more success, more productivity, or more answers — but deeper purpose?

It's been nearly one year of That's So Akiba podcast - so why keep going?

As listeners enter 2026, Sarah shares an honest conversation about purpose, inspiration, freedom, joy, and the power of community. From building businesses and hosting dinners to motherhood, relationships, and daily acts of kindness, this episode is an invitation to slow down, reflect, and choose a more intentional way of living.

Sarah explores why people have always been her purpose, how giving to others creates fulfillment, and why joy is different from fleeting happiness. She opens up about shedding relationships and habits that no longer serve her, choosing worthy connections, and learning to show up fully for the people who matter most.

Timestamps: 

00:00 – Searching for purpose & inspiration

02:05 – Living life through inspiration (work, mindset, daily rituals)

02:55 – Why purpose matters right now

03:24 – Realizing work as fulfillment and purpose

04:10 – Community as purpose & making others feel good

05:10 – Acts of kindness & the ripple effect

06:15 – Shedding old traits: Year of the Snake → Year of the Horse

07:20 – Freedom, joy vs. happiness

08:15 – Finding your “why”: journaling, prayer, daily intention

09:35 – Small mindset shifts that transform your life

10:43 – Personal reflection: people as purpose & motherhood

11:50 – Building community (it starts with one person)

12:40 – Showing up better for family, not just work

13:05 – Choosing worthy connections

14:15 – Giving back authentically

14:55 – Entering 2026 with intention & purpose

15:25 – Subscribe, share & closing message

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