Holly and Sara talk about the start of holiday wish lists and wonder if Amazon is creating expectations that are too high for “the perfect thing at the perfect price,” especially when it comes to Sara’s search for a couch. They also dig deep on what purpose looks like (for real) in mid-life and beyond, including the concept of “big P” and “little P” purpose, Eric Erickson’s Stages of Development (Sara’s favorite psycho-social developmental analyst), Enneagram wings, and what you can do to kick-start your own purpose excavation (for both you and your kids).

Resources/ things we talked about:

Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for Two Halves of Life

Eric Erickson’s Stages of Development

Nikki Erlick, The Measure

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