Have you ever had a life that looked perfect on paper but felt quietly wrong? Mickelle sits down with Jordan Tarver (bestselling author and change thinker) to explore the moment you realize your “right life” is calling, and what it takes to answer.

Jordan shares the intuitive origin story behind You Deserve This Sh!t—a title that arrived with full-body chills and how solo travel became an initiation into deeper self-awareness. Together, they unpack purpose as a compass (not a job title), and why becoming often requires unbecoming first.

The conversation then turns practical and honest: moving abroad accelerates transformation, but it also brings grief, especially letting go of the American pace and learning a new rhythm of life. Jordan reflects on building a shared vision with his wife, choosing growth together, and co-creating with change rather than fighting it.

In this episode

• The “perfect life / wrong life” wake-up call

• How Jordan named You Deserve This Sh!t (and why it works)

• Travel as initiation + self-awareness in motion

• Purpose as the why, not the work

• Change signals: intuition, desire, emotion, surprises

• The grief (and gift) of slowing down abroad

For more details, visit the episode page https://www.houseofperegrine.com/podcast/ep-079

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