Repurpose Your Purpose: The Podcast

For all Three Principles students and practitioners, Dr. Linda Sandel Pettit hardly needs an introduction (although you will find her bio right below!). For everyone else, let me say that Linda’s deep loving presence and capacity to truly listen to her clients shine through every interaction.

Linda joined me for the 20th episode of the Repurpose Your Purpose Podcast to share her journey of career change, how she found her vocation, what it was like to write a memoir spanning decades, the grief that comes from losing people we love, and how her inner guidance, including insights into love and gratitude, supported her throughout her life.

This is a long conversation, but one that gets increasingly deeper and more insightful, so stick to it until the end. I am confident you will get more than one insight from our engagement with a number of transformational topics.

DR. LINDA SANDEL PETTIT is a distinguished author, speaker, trainer and mentor, renowned for her insightful work, including her acclaimed memoir, Leaning into Curves: Trusting the Wild, Intuitive Way of Love.

With over five decades dedicated to writing, four decades immersed in counseling psychology, and two decades serving as a spiritual mentor, Dr. Linda brings a wealth of experience and expertise to her writing, speaking and client work.

A quiet yet compelling presence, Dr. Linda embodies both depth and strength. She approaches her work with a profound commitment to listening, offering presence, compassion, and understanding to all who seek her guidance.

Unafraid to delve into divine wisdom, deep feminine knowing, and intuition, Dr. Linda empowers her clients, readers and audiences to tap into their innermost truths. Linda holds a doctorate in counseling psychology, a master’s degree in counselor education and a bachelor’s degree in journalism.

To learn more about Linda’s work and connect with her, visit:

https://lindasandelpettit.com/

https://lindasandelpettit.com/leaning-into-curves/

https://lindasandelpettit.com/podcast/

https://www.facebook.com/thewildintuitivewayoflove

https://www.instagram.com/lindasandelpettit/

I am your host, AURORA MENEGHELLO.I am a Transformative Coach and Consultant. I work with individuals and groups from all over the world to create space for inner Wisdom to show up.

I work with career changers who are not sure what they would like to do next, with business owners who want to grow their profits and impact, and with leaders who want to more powerfully actualize their vision.

I support my clients in living a life of purpose, feeling at peace within themselves, taking powerful action, and doing work they love.

Find more about Repurpose Your Purpose and The Podcast at https://repurposeyourpurpose.com/

After a short break, I am back with a new episode of The Repurpose Your Purpose Podcast! In this episode I follow up on some ideas from episode 18 and delve into thoughts and tips to bring a more entrepreneurial mindset to your work as an employee.

Before diving into the topic, though, I share a little about the future of the podcast and why I am not "niching down."

Some of the topics I touch on in this episode:

* Taking responsibility for your work

* Sharing ideas

* Setting "natural boundaries"

* The pull of power dynamics

* When childhood trauma gets triggered

* Your effect on the environment and the environment effect on you

* Networking, learning, and staying dynamically engaged in your career

* Why this episode is not about staying in an unhealthy workplace

I am your host, AURORA MENEGHELLO.I am a Transformative Coach and Consultant. I work with individuals and groups from all over the world to create space for inner Wisdom to show up.

I work with career changers who are not sure what they would like to do next, with business owners who want to grow their profits and impact, and with leaders who want to more powerfully actualize their vision.

I support my clients in living a life of purpose, feeling at peace within themselves, taking powerful action, and doing work they love.

And I am the Founder of Repurpose Your Purpose, a program to help people change careers by using what they already know to do something new.

Find more about Repurpose Your Purpose and The Podcast at https://repurposeyourpurpose.com

This is the last podcast episode before I take a short break. In the 18th episode of The Repurpose Your Purpose Podcast I share some thoughts on how working for yourself create challenges that become opportunities for growth.

From self discipline to self expression, from community to choice, being your own boss requires courage, flexibility, and fully showing up.

If you are self employed, or have experience both as a business owner and as an employee, leave a comment and let me know what you think is both a challenge and a reward of working for yourself.

Find more about Repurpose Your Purpose and The Podcast:

https://repurposeyourpurpose.com/

https://repurposeyourpurpose.com/podcast/

I am your host, AURORA MENEGHELLO.I am a Transformative Coach and Consultant. I work with individuals and groups from all over the world to create space for inner Wisdom to show up.

I work with career changers who are not sure what they would like to do next, with business owners who want to grow their profits and impact, and with leaders who want to more powerfully actualize their vision.

I support my clients in living a life of purpose, feeling at peace within themselves, taking powerful action, and doing work they love.

And I am the Founder of Repurpose Your Purpose, a program to help people change careers by using what they already know to do something new.

Miyo Yamauchi, aka Miyo The Storyteller, joined me on The Repurpose Your Purpose Podcast to talk about finding work she loves through curiosity, becoming a storyteller, funny moments of misunderstandings as a Japanese woman in the US, and when a gut feeling is not really a gut feeling.At the end of the podcast I mention a blog post I wrote about intuition, here it is:

https://repurposeyourpurpose.com/recognize-true-intuition/

Let me introduce MIYO THE STORYTELLER, a Moth StorySLAM Champion who was featured in the first LA SLAM Showcase. Born and raised in Japan, Miyo brings a unique perspective and wry humor to her stories. She majored in Swahili in college—yes, seriously!—but now speaks the language of computers as a programmer. Beyond writing narratives for machines, she loves crafting and performing personal stories. Her solo show, "How To Be Japanese: Your Normal Is Not My Normal," has entertained audiences globally, blending laughs with cultural insights.

You can find out more about Miyo and sign up for her newsletter at miyo.net

https://miyo.net/

I am your host, AURORA MENEGHELLO.I am a Transformative Coach and Consultant. I work with individuals and groups from all over the world to create space for inner Wisdom to show up.

I work with career changers who are not sure what they would like to do next, with business owners who want to grow their profits and impact, and with leaders who want to more powerfully actualize their vision.

I support my clients in living a life of purpose, feeling at peace within themselves, taking powerful action, and doing work they love.

And I am the Founder of Repurpose Your Purpose, a program to help people change careers by using what they already know to do something new.

Find more about Repurpose Your Purpose and The Podcast:

https://repurposeyourpurpose.com/

https://repurposeyourpurpose.com/podcast/

In the 16th episode of the Repurpose Your Purpose Podcast, Franco Folini and I dive deep into a conversation on moving to a different country, pursuing entrepreneurship, the joy of learning and teaching, plus why it's so important to understand different cultural norms.

FRANCO FOLINI is a Digital Marketing Trainer and Consultant. He helps small and medium businesses strategize their marketing activities and investments to maximize their returns. Leveraging extensive experience as an entrepreneur and marketer in Silicon Valley, Franco now shares these skills with clients and students.

Franco enjoys teaching Digital Marketing at UC Berkeley, the University of Strasbourg (France), and IULM University in Milan (Italy). In collaboration with clients, he prioritizes and coordinates marketing activities to help them reach their business objectives. Franco approaches all marketing endeavors, believing everyone's success begins and ends with the customer.

Passionate about technology and innovation, he also works with a few startups as a mentor.

You can connect with Franco Folini and find out more about his work on Linkedin:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/francofolini/

Or reach out at folini at gmail dot com

I am your host, AURORA MENEGHELLO.I am a Transformative Coach and Consultant. I work with individuals and groups from all over the world to create space for inner Wisdom to show up.

I work with career changers who are not sure what they would like to do next, with business owners who want to grow their profits and impact, and with leaders who want to more powerfully actualize their vision.

I support my clients in living a life of purpose, feeling at peace within themselves, taking powerful action, and doing work they love.

And I am the Founder of Repurpose Your Purpose, a program to help people change careers by using what they already know to do something new.

Find more about Repurpose Your Purpose and The Podcast:

https://repurposeyourpurpose.com/

https://repurposeyourpurpose.com/podcast/

Join me for an episode dedicated to the Principles of Mind, Consciousness, and Thought. Dr. Thomas M. Kelley, Ph.D. joined me to talk about ego, writing his books, wellbeing, understanding how thinking works, getting “the thought-flu,” and more.

DR. THOMAS KELLEY is the Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Criminology at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI. He is a Licensed Psychologist in private practice at Reflections Counseling Center in Troy, MI (where he uses exclusively the Three Principles understanding).

Dr. Kelley has authored over 100 peer-reviewed papers and empirical studies in high impact academic and professional journals, over 30 of which are grounded in the Three Principles.He authored three 3P-based books:

- Falling in Love with Life

- How Good Can You Stand It? https://amzn.to/4bYLBvY

- Upside-Down & Backwards: The Innocent Failure of Mainstream Psychology https://amzn.to/4bT1bsQ

During the episode, Dr. Kelley refers to the paper One Generic Mental Illness: A Principle-Based Psycho-Spiritual Explanation of General Factor p and Its Application to Spiritually Informed Clinical Practice. You can read it here: https://drbillpettit.com/One-Generic-Mental-Illness.pdf

I am your host, AURORA MENEGHELLO.I am a Transformative Coach and Consultant. I work with individuals and groups from all over the world to create space for inner Wisdom to show up.

I work with career changers who are not sure what they would like to do next, with business owners who want to grow their profits and impact, and with leaders who want to more powerfully actualize their vision.

I support my clients in living a life of purpose, feeling at peace within themselves, taking powerful action, and doing work they love.

And I am the Founder of Repurpose Your Purpose, a program to help people change careers by using what they already know to do something new.

Find more about Repurpose Your Purpose and The Podcast:

https://repurposeyourpurpose.com/

https://repurposeyourpurpose.com/podcast/

I would love to introduce you to ANTHONY PHILLS, the AI Design Jedi who is passionate about designing a Better World.

The 2024 Webby Anthem Award, and 2023 International Design Award winner for Slideteller - Hearing Is Seeing, Anthony is a certified MIT xPro AI Product Designer and Design Champion for the Don Norman Design Award.

I invited Anthony to the podcast because he is one of those people who seem to know to look for a solution…or better yet, to create it.

Through technology, design, mentorship, unstoppable learning, and the inspiration of his parents, Anthony is committed to sharing his gifts and making a difference to the lives of others.

Learn more about Anthony Phills on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-phills-65323/

I am your host, AURORA MENEGHELLO.I am a Transformative Coach and Consultant. I work with individuals and groups from all over the world to create space for inner Wisdom to show up.

I work with career changers who are not sure what they would like to do next, with business owners who want to grow their profits and impact, and with leaders who want to more powerfully actualize their vision.

I support my clients in living a life of purpose, feeling at peace within themselves, taking powerful action, and doing work they love.

And I am the Founder of Repurpose Your Purpose, a program to help people change careers by using what they already know to do something new.

Find more about Repurpose Your Purpose and The Podcast:

https://repurposeyourpurpose.com/

https://repurposeyourpurpose.com/podcast/

I am thrilled to introduce you to Joe Altepeter.

I met Joe a few years ago because of his work at the Downtown Women's Center. DWC is a ground breaking organization that is at the forefront of working on “women's homelessness in greater Los Angeles through housing, wellness, employment, and advocacy.”

In this episode of The Repurpose Your Purpose Podcast, Joe and I talk about changing careers, for profit and impact driven organizations, volunteering, taking care of yourself and others, community, courage, and Purpose.

Psst: Joe Altepeter also joined me as a guest on one of my panel discussions in 2018, you can watch the recording on my blog: https://repurposeyourpurpose.com/careers-with-purpose-los-angeles/

JOE ALTEPETER is a senior executive leader with expertise in human services including homelessness, social enterprise, workforce development, and LGBTQIA+ services.

For over 18 years, Joe has been a skilled innovator in approaches that lead to meaningful change, including community collaboration, project management, program development, Government and NGO collaborations, business and funding oversight that lead to community investment, and systems change on both local and national levels.

Learn more about Joe Altepeter and connect with him:

- on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-altepeter-b8b79312/

- on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joealtepeter/

I am your host, AURORA MENEGHELLO.I am a Transformative Coach and Consultant. I work with individuals and groups from all over the world to create space for inner Wisdom to show up.

I work with career changers who are not sure what they would like to do next, with business owners who want to grow their profits and impact, and with leaders who want to more powerfully actualize their vision.

I support my clients in living a life of purpose, feeling at peace within themselves, taking powerful action, and doing work they love.

And I am the Founder of Repurpose Your Purpose, a program to help people change careers by using what they already know to do something new.

Find more about Repurpose Your Purpose and The Podcast:

- https://repurposeyourpurpose.com/

- https://repurposeyourpurpose.com/podcast/

New week, new Repurpose Your Purpose Podcast episode.Today I recorded a spontaneous talk (no rehearsing and just one take) on what I have learned about changing careers.

Psst: listen even if you are not a career changer, what I share is applicable to all sorts of change.

Over the years I talked to many people who feel stuck in their professional lives, but don’t know what they want to do next and working with career changers, I developed (and continue to deepen) an understanding of how you can shift from a state of professional stuckness, disempowerment, and dissatisfaction to creating or discovering what’s next for you.

In this episode of The Repurpose Your Purpose Podcast, I share what the process is like. As I often say, changing careers is both an extremely common and very unique experience; it’s not about knowing the theory, it’s about really doing the inner work and taking action in real life.

This episode is best listened with a relaxed and open state of mind. Consider listening to it more than once, and welcome whatever comes to you - including nothing at all :D

If you feel like it, reach out, I would love to hear if something resonated with you or if you have questions or comments.

A few resources you might enjoy:

* My video on The Four Main Reasons You Get Stuck (and what to do about them)

* A blog post I wrote a few months ago about My Framework for Career Change

* Are You Stuck Because You Are A Big Picture Thinker?

* Podcast Episode Six: Career Change and the Dark Night of the Soul

* Learn more about my work with Career Changers

In the newest episode of The Repurpose Your Purpose Podcast, Christa Núñez joins me to talk about taking chances, creating community, the importance of generosity, helping others, and what it's really like to bring to life a place where children can learn by being in nature.

The Learning Farm: https://learningfarm.org/

https://www.facebook.com/LearningFarm.Org/

https://www.instagram.com/learningfarm/

CHRISTA NÚÑEZ is the founder and Director of CAN Cooperative Media, The Learning Farm, and its non-profit sister organization Khuba International. She operates the STEAM In Nature Program at the Learning Farm, spearheads the literacy initiative, Ubuntu Library, that centers narratives of people of color and directs Quarter Acre for the People, a food justice-focused program for youth and family farming education and land governance.

Through her PhD studies in Global Development at Cornell University, and in her for and non-profit organizations, as well as with community organizations such as her church and Black Farmers United, Christa works to diversify farming and scholarly landscapes and prioritizes the increase of equity in landholdings. In order to create sustainable food, land, and nature systems for systemically urbanized and displaced youth and families, this work includes the uplifting of stories that center people of color in dignity-affirming ways.

You can also explore Christa’s work on Facebook, Instagram, and at Farming for Freedom Trail.

I am your host, AURORA MENEGHELLO.I am a Transformative Coach and Consultant. I work with individuals and groups from all over the world to create space for inner Wisdom to show up.

I work with career changers who are not sure what they would like to do next, with business owners who want to grow their profits and impact, and with leaders who want to more powerfully actualize their vision.

I support my clients in living a life of purpose, feeling at peace within themselves, taking powerful action, and doing work they love.

And I am the Founder of Repurpose Your Purpose, a program to help people change careers by using what they already know to do something new.

Find more about Repurpose Your Purpose and The Podcast.

https://repurposeyourpurpose.com/

https://repurposeyourpurpose.com/podcast/