How did you find your purpose?

Core to our mission is helping our audience and community reach their full potential and the most important part of reaching your full potential is starting to find your purpose. Below, we’ve shared stories and insights from the community around how various folks found their purpose and we hope it helps you in your journey.

Bailey Van Cleave

My purpose in life was shaped significantly by my personal experiences, particularly my struggles and triumphs with mental health. Growing up, I faced numerous mental health challenges that allowed me to deeply empathize with those who are hurting. This personal connection to mental health issues became even more profound when, at the age of 15, I lost my best friend to his own mental health struggles. Read more>>

Michelle Shaw

Finding my purpose was one of the hardest challenges I faced, I spent a lot of time unsure of what my purpose was. I couldn’t keep jobs, I got bored easily while working for someone else. I found my purpose by circling back to the things I loved as a child, the things I naturally loved, before life tells you otherwise. Read more>>

Sheridan A. King

My purpose originates from my background. Before I was born, my mom decided not to go to law school because she wanted to be super active in my life, especially during my childhood. Because of that, I made it my mission to always make her and my dad proud and excel in whatever I did.  Read more>>

Yadusha Williams

Finding my purpose has often stemmed from adversity and challenges I’ve faced. I believe that difficult situations, whether they arise from circumstances beyond my control or from my own mistakes, have a way of revealing new paths and opportunities. For me, these moments become a catalyst for growth and change. Read more>>

Patti Tutalo

I like to say that my purpose found me. I stayed open throughout my journey, ready to receive clues about what my purpose might be. I believe my calling is to advocate for women, whether in male-dominated industries or for young women navigating high school. Women have often been told to mute their voices, tone down their power, and “be a lady.” Read more>>

Starfire Jones

It took me a long time to realize that there were more options for soul expression than what was in that tiny box provided by the family and belief system I grew up in. It was also a beautiful journey back to self. Read more>>

Sara Rowland

Have you ever experienced so much chronic pain that you felt like your life was over? I have. In 2018, I was on my way home from a job interview and my car was T-Boned by someone who ran a red light. This started a long path of correcting my injuries. Massage therapy was the only thing helped me.  Read more>>

Nick Sampler

I found my purpose at a young age, I might’ve been in maybe fifth or sixth grade when I started telling people I wanted to be a fashion designer and getting into clothes without really even knowing what it was I just knew I loved fashion. I lost that spark though as I started to get older and real life started to happen, so I strayed away from what I was originally passionate about, to occupations that was just going to make me money.  Read more>>

Helene Cardon

I am a 39 year old mom (two boys, 4 and 6) with a passion for slow fashion. I moved to the US from France over 10 years ago and live near Boulder, Colorado. Although my deep interest in fashion developed during my formative years, my career path had led me to become a business analyst/project manager in the corporate world. Read more>>

Kristin Kienzle

My path to finding my purpose is rich with depth. While I always knew I wanted to be a hairstylist, my true passion was being a mother. I had three children, all born with a fatal genetic disease. Since the gene for this disease is recessive, each conception carried only a 25% risk, which explains why we had another child after the first two, close in age, were diagnosed. Read more>>

Nate Evans

After dealing with depression and suicdial thoughts I found a passion for making music.
Through music I was able to write songs and share them with the world, this not only helped me deal with my issues but gave me a reason to keep fighting and pursure a carrer in music. In hopes to help people and changee the world. Read more>>

Johnquetta Webb

How did I find my purpose? Or how did it find me? The latter question best suits the foundation that supports The Playhouse of Excellence. The answer is quite simple … God. This journey, profoundly personal and yet shared with you, is the heart of The Playhouse of Excellence. Read more>>

Hayley Holzhacker

I found my purpose through reflection, gratitude, following my heart, and working very hard to be where I am today. Life is stressful, busy, and sometimes unbelievably challenging. This is when I found the time for reflection and brainstorming to be most effective and influential. Often through the hardest times is when your true strength and resiliency come into play.  Read more>>

Nolan van Lith

I love creating music that lets others experience what’s going on in my mind. To me, it’s like painting a picture, but with sound. I start with one note or drum and let it evolve, bouncing around until I have a finished piece that captures how i’m feeling.  Read more>>

Alex Poppe

What makes me get out of bed every day is this: Theoretically, we all have the right to the same rights. But in practice, we don’t. My only possession I will own throughout the entirety of my life is my body, yet I lack agency over it. I cannot decide who gets to touch it, when and how. I cannot decide what is best for my own reproductive health. Read more>>

KaceyTheSongbird

I discovered my purpose through trying to get discovered. Meaning all the years of being a Dreamer and knowing that you have this gift that needs to be expressed and yet to know that I was expecting another being to discover me and direct me with their perspective of me as opposed of going deep within and finding out that all the answers are inside of me and have always been. Read more>>

Larissa Jean

First and foremost, thank you Bold Journey for this opportunity to share my story! Wow, this is both a powerful and a loaded question! The only way anyone can truly find purpose and a reason for living is by getting back into a relationship with their Creator, who is God, the Maker of Heaven and Earth. Read more>>

Anjeanette Guinn

It took me awhile to realize what my purpose was, although I used them everyday. My mom had this picture taken of me when I was about 3 years old. She always told me throughout my life it’s something about those hands while looking at this photo, All I can remember is her saying that all the time.  Read more>>

Courtney Doyle

I sort of accidentally stumbled into my purpose before I was even fully aware of it. When I was a kid–I think around Kindergarten–I would give my family nightly performances reenacting what had happened at school that day, replete with voices and characterizations.  Read more>>

LaToya Davis

Living out her passions and dreams, LaToya helped plan special events and milestone celebrations for her family and friends for years before realizing her true gift. Not only did she plan and design the special occasions, but she also curated the vibes and flow of the events with ease and poise. Read more>>

Julie Barber

For 15 years I worked in Radiology, and don’t get me wrong, I did love that career! But when I adopted an unruly dog in 2015 I quickly realized I needed help…STAT! I struggled to find someone who could actually help me Group classes and private lessons turned out to be a waste of money overall. Read more>>

Kalilu Kamara

I found my purpose by overcoming the challenges I went through in foster care and group homes. I did not let this get the best of me, as I stayed motivated and continued doing well in school, although I did not have much family support. Read more>>

Helmer Noel Hernandez

I found my purpose when I left the northeast in search of a new exciting life with my husband, David and our adventure pup, Emma. The pandemic was in full swing and we were about a 8 months into lockdown. We decided that if we were going to quarantine we would do it from the comfort of our vehicle while exploring the absolute finest this country has to offer.  Read more>>

Akemi Kaushik

Finding our purpose to continue our practice in Central Valley and serve women with pelvic floor dysfunction has been a journey of dedication, compassion, and unwavering commitment to women’s health. Over the years, we have witnessed firsthand the profound impact that effective pelvic floor rehabilitation can have on a woman’s quality of life. Read more>>

Victoria Garcia

After surviving cancer by the grace of God, I had an entire different perspective in life I understood that we all have a purpose in life. I know my purpose is to help others, especially kids and young adults being affected by cancer. Floristry became my therapy and grew to be my passion. Read more>>

Veronique Barrillot

As a painter, as an artist ,i started to think of creating a kind of paintings that had never been done before. I started to analyse what kind of illusion the art history was made of and i understood that most of the optic art that was created were a question of angle or use géométric forms. Read more>>

Etheard Joseph

Living a meaningful life gives me purpose. Read more>>

Semiyah

I found my purpose by pouring into me. From a young age, it was clear to me that music was what I’m passionate about, but the older I became, the more healing I did, the more intentional I became with my time and those I surround myself with, purpose become a lot clearer. Read more>>

Tenesi Castro

To start off simply, I found my purpose by sort of inevitably stumbling upon a concoction of three things for which I’ve grown love/already had love for in my life so far: audio engineering, lyric writing, and singing. Through these three things, and with the passing of a few years, I’ve come to realize that I’m a vocal-producing, songwriting, audio engineer!  Read more>>

Sydney Karmes-Wainer

I’ve always had a passion for food and cooking because of my French grandmother, and through that love I’ve had the opportunity to heal PCOS and hormone imbalances with food. My experiences with food and health have shown me that helping other women do the same through food is a major theme, and purpose, in my life.  Read more>>

Terri Allred

I love this question. How did you find your purpose? I have found many different purposes throughout my life. I am lucky because I knew early on that I wanted to help people who were furthest from justice. Of course as a child I didn’t understand that’s what I was being pulled to do. Read more>>

Jesse Campbell

Finding a purpose isn’t easy. I would say it takes a fair amount of self knowledge and exploration of self. What are you good at? What do you value? What do you enjoy? What do others see in you? For me it was learning and understanding that at more core i care about people an awful lot! When they’re happy, I’m happy.  Read more>>

Kristin Cofer

I discovered my purpose in photography at a young age, first influenced by my grandparents, who always had a camera around. They let me take photos, developing the film without question. As I grew, my passion for photography deepened, leading me in high school to assist a local photographer. She taught me posing techniques and how to work with film and lighting. Read more>>

Brian Hanner

The simplest answer is I stopped searching for my purpose and discovered it was sitting next to me the whole time. I knew that I wanted to be a musician fairly early. After 2 university degrees and about 15 years as a professional, I walked away. Read more>>