Second Calling: Life Purpose for Professionals at an Inflection Point

How can we intuition to find more purpose in our lives?
Sunil Godse has made a career of studying intuition. He accurately refers to himself as an intuitionologist. With a background in engineering, Sunil takes a rigorous approach to understanding how intuition works. He's interviewed countless people on the topic, and he's even written a book: Gut! He enthusiastically shares both how intuition works in our lives and what we can do to have more of it.
In this episode, you'll learn about

• How intuition identifies breadcrumb trails in our lives into where we should be going
• How ego is a barrier to following our intuition
• How to recognize intuitive signals 
• The ways we can strengthen our intuition
• Fostering intuition and purpose in our children

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Learn more at schoolofpurpose.org.
Want to start your own podcast? This podcast is edited and produced (and music too) by Josh Gilbert. He does a great job and is a joy to work with. Contact him at   [email protected]

The pursuit of purpose is multifaceted. It incorporates not only different aspects of our life but also different ways of engaging knowledge. This mini-lesson reviews the four basic ways of learning about our purpose. Identifying them helps us to use them more effectively. 

What story will people tell about you after we're gone? Is it a beautiful, powerful, meaningful story?

Paul Batura writes tributes and biographies of people who have lived impactful lives. This includes his book Good Day!: The Paul Harvey Story. He has a knack for telling stories about what matters in a person's life. These stories point to purpose. Paul and his wife adopted three children and actively advocate for adoption.

In this episode, you'll learn about:

• The power of writing your own obituary
• A radically different definition of success
• How life prepares us for our purpose
• Preparing children for a life of purpose
• Writing your own story

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Want to connect? Have a question? Just want to say "hi"? Send me an email at [email protected]. Would love to hear from you.
Learn more at schoolofpurpose.org.
Want to start your own podcast? This podcast is edited and produced (and music too) by Josh Gilbert. He does a great job and is a joy to work with. Contact him at   [email protected]

What we expect going into a search for purpose affects whether we actually find it. This mini-lesson identifies a common wrong expectation as well as a more helpful one.

Can a single event change the purpose in our life?
Steve Nelson has adventurous hobbies. Among them is rock climbing. One day, there was a mistake on the side of mountain, and Steve fell off a 100' cliff. (That's as high as ten story building!). Miraculously, Steve survived, but the experience changed him. Relationships with others became more important to him. He became less focused on just reaching ambitious goals that he had set for himself.
In this episode, you'll learn about
* The relationship between purpose and goals
* How to think about leaving a legacy for the next generation
* How the scarcity of time can motivate us into purpose
* Taking responsibility for whatever happens to us
* Why it's a good idea to laugh, think and cry everyday
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Want to connect? Have a question? Just want to say "hi"? Send me an email at [email protected]. Would love to hear from you.
Learn more at schoolofpurpose.org.
Want to start your own podcast? This podcast is edited and produced (and music too) by Josh Gilbert. He does a great job and is a joy to work with. Contact him at   [email protected]

How can sacrificing for someone else create purpose for us?
Monica Spooner has eight children-six biological and two adopted. Her youngest biological child, Abby, has Down Syndrome. Over the years, Monica has made many changes to her life to love and nurture Abby. In recent years, she created a weaving workshop where Abby and other disabled young adults come together and create beautiful textiles. This gives them--as well as Monica--a joyful sense of purpose.
In this episode, you're learn about:
* Bringing purpose out of what might initially feel like tragedy 
* How to create purpose for other people
* The role of creativity and productivity in purpose
* The sometimes sacrificial nature of purpose

Learn more about Monica's textile workshop at: https://www.threadbendertextiles.org/
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Questions? Comments? Just want to say "hi"? Send me an email at [email protected]. Would love to hear from you.
Learn more at schoolofpurpose.org.
Want to start your own podcast? This podcast is edited and produced (and music too) by Josh Gilbert. He does a great job and is a joy to work with. Contact him at   [email protected]

Everyone's path to purpose looks different. Yet, is there a way of answering this question-"How do I find my purpose in life?"-that is helpful to everyone?

How can being in a very dark place in our lives into finding purpose?
Sarah Jenkins was there. Nine years ago, she was facing five years in prison on a felony charge rooted in her substance abuse. Her life was tragic. Now, she's is clean and sober and thriving. She's found her purpose as a psychotherapist helping others--often with their addiction issues. In this episode, she shares her journey.
In this episode, you'll learn about:
* The impact of self-image on finding purpose
* The need to both connect and separate from other people as we pursue purpose
* How purpose can feel like a calling
* The use of love as a proxy for our purpose
* The relationship between pain and purpose

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The School of Purpose is a place to learn the process of finding purpose in life. Visit us at schoolofpurpose.org.
Questions? Comments? Just want to say "hi"? Send me an email at [email protected]. Would love to hear from you.
Edited and Produced by Josh Gilbert, Music also by Josh Gilbert. 
Are you interested in starting your own podcast? Send Josh an email. He will get you going and make you sound good. [email protected] 

Many people find themselves getting older every year. Some of us have had this happen long enough that we're officially old--at least not young anymore. How does this affect finding purpose? This mini-lesson explores the pros and cons of age when it comes to finding purpose.

How can college students effectively find purpose in their lives? They have so many options--which is best?
Today's guest is Lily Forand. She is gifted at finding purpose. Though just a sophomore, she has already made courageous--at times risky--decisions to pursue purpose. She turned down  acceptance at an Ivy League school because she believed that attending a state university would better fit her discovery of purpose.  At 17 she took a gap year to intern for a Senator  in Washington DC. She even tried out beekeeping.
From Lily's story, we learn important principles about finding purpose. They include:
* The true cost of pursuing conventional success for its own sake
* The need to prioritize our day-to-day emotions and experiences in planning a career
* How to assess opportunities in our life in terms of how they will affect our purpose
* The value of sampling small experiences for discerning what is purposeful
* How we can be the director of our own life experience

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The School of Purpose is a place to learn the process of finding purpose in life. Visit us at schoolofpurpose.org.
Questions? Comments? Just want to say "hi"? Send me an email at [email protected]. Would love to hear from you.
Edited and Produced by Josh Gilbert, Music also by Josh Gilbert. 
Are you interested in starting your own podcast? Send Josh an email. He will get you going and make you sound good. [email protected]