A World On Purpose

My life story was one of great adversity. When others ask how I got through it, I always tell them that living a purpose driven life-doing what I could to help people and the planet-was the course that lifted me out of many painful experiences and led to my resilience. Over the years while living my life and work on purpose, I met so many other incredible purpose driven people with great stories, I wanted to create a show that shined a spotlight on them and inspired others to recognize theirs.

Accomplishing any goals or dreams in life can be challenging enough, but imagine an unexpected and rare medical affliction paralyzing you at the age of 15, changing the course of those goals and dreams forever. David Cooks-Speaker, Educator, Coach, and Author of Getting Undressed: From Paralysis to Purpose, shares his compelling story of how becoming a T-6 paraplegic didn't derail his life goals or dreams, but in fact propelled him to accomplish more and enact his life's purpose.

It takes immense trust in one's self and vision for a better world to leave high level jobs at giant corporations that aren't in alignment with that vision. That was exactly the position that James Bidwell took as the co-founder and CEO of two companies called Re_Set and Springwise. Learn how taking a leap of faith starting these two companies that drive impact and innovation not only propelled him into living his purpose, but also inspired his efforts to help expand NGO 1% for the Planet into the UK.

What happens when an early passion for purpose intersects with a skilled career in tech? You get a genius innovator that creates one of the largest social media platforms focused on social impact by mobilizing communities to take action. Bart Meyers, Founder of Countable and Causes.com, shares how his his upbringing combined with a work project ignited his desire to become

Wellbeing engineer, teacher, self-defined neuroplastician Indy "Rishi" Singh has a diverse heritage rooted in purpose. As a Sikh child raised by Indian immigrant parents in the U.S, he endured racism & culture shock. A deep conversation with a guru led to the discovery that his purpose was to Co-found & co-collaborate an amalgamation of services for all humans in efforts to empower them by way of multiple tech platforms that teach emotional, social, and cognitive skills to kids, teens, & inner-children.

Dr. Nancy O'Reilly, Author, Philanthropist, Founder of Women Connect 4 Good, trailblazer for women's empowerment, had an epiphany as a little girl that "boys had more fun!" That early realization about the obvious inequalities between genders sparked a deep knowing that her life purpose was to leverage her skills, knowledge and wealth to achieve gender equality. Experience as a licensed therapist also taught her that to really #LiftWomenUp we need to learn that both genders are truly "In This Together."

Physical trauma oftentimes nudges us in the direction of purpose. Laurie Mackenzie, Development Director for Canadian based NGO RAVEN Trust, shares how a head injury coupled with a family member's lineage to her indigenous heritage, instilled a massive desire to do more for First Nations and help protect the environment help dear. She also shares how these experiences led to her personal project of creating a program to change the hamster wheel of stress, anger and fear into enlightenment & positivity.

In the late 90's Sam Pardue, Co-Founder & CEO of Indow Windows, had an awakening. On a shared commute to work at Intel with environmental scientists, essentially climate crisis early adopters, discussions formed his views on climate & later became the motivation for creating a product that is part of the solution. Hear his powerful tale as well as his unique leadership supporting the hiring of refugees in the U.S. & Indow Window's Covid19 safety protocols adopted by over 500 companies in the U.S.

John Stix is co-founder of Fibernetics, Canada's top award winning workplace culture company & telecommunications innovator. He tells his story of hitting the wall, having built his dream company then finding he didn't want to be there. A set of circumstances changed his life and inspired his journey to transform his company & himself into a workplace innovation giant. Hear how he creates a safe place for his employees to realize their dreams & the added benefit of providing deep personal fulfillment.

Though Laura-Doss Hertz & David Hertz, founders of Skysource.org, had their own individual paths to purpose through careers in advertising, photography & architecture, they both shared a passion for protecting water and the belief that it is human kind's most precious resource. This belief resulted in a life changing idea that fueled the innovation of the self-contained, sustainable energy-water generator called WEDEW to solve water scarcity. This also granted them the prestigious XPrize award in 2018.