In this live panel discussion, we explore what it truly means to live with purpose in a world that constantly pulls us toward performance, striving, and the next milestone. Hosted by Dr Mel Baker, the conversation brings together three voices who each, in their own way, help people navigate identity, purpose, and the tender work of becoming. Together, they create spaces where clarity emerges, where old stories soften, and where alignment becomes possible.

Kevin Chu is a youth mentor and host of The Voices of Tomorrow podcast. He creates intentional spaces for young people during that tender "in-between" phase, helping them and their parents make sense of who they are becoming. 

Siobhan Bailey is a coach, mentor, and facilitator informed by experiences of living abroad, life change, and career transition. She’s deeply interested in how identity evolves over time and how we stay connected to ourselves as life shifts around us.

Cassy Croucher is a coach and wellbeing facilitator, centring her work around inner strength and purpose, guiding clients to build lives that feel grounded, spacious, exciting, and true. 

We talk about the beliefs and influences that shape our lives, and how connection, values, and curiosity form the backbone of a purposeful existence. The panel reflects on our shared human longing to be understood and to understand others, and how curiosity — real, open, generous curiosity — becomes a way of meeting ourselves and the world with more compassion.

A recurring theme is the reminder that purpose isn’t found in constant upward striving. Instead, it lives in the small, everyday moments we often overlook. Living on purpose can be as simple as noticing what matters today, honouring our values in the present moment, and allowing ourselves to breathe rather than push. Purpose becomes less about achievement and more about alignment — a daily practice rather than a distant destination.

Each guest brings their own lived experience of supporting and helping others, offering insight into how purpose is shaped, reshaped, and reclaimed throughout a lifetime. Their stories invite listeners to slow down, pay attention, and consider how purpose might feel if it were grounded in presence rather than pressure.

*Special thanks to the artists of Pixabay for their royalty-free music.