Over the years we’ve had the good fortunate of speaking with thousands of successful entrepreneurs, artists and creatives. Some are happy, some are not. The happy ones almost always had a strong sense of purpose and so we are very focused on trying to help our community members and audience find their purpose. This series is our attempt to create more dialogue around finding your purpose.
Latasha Mobley
When I was younger I use to shadow my grandmother in the kitchen with baking along with cooking. She taught me alot of things when I was younger. She was definitely my biggest inspiration. Read more>>
Ria Carrogan
The word purpose carries so much meaning. It can be a heavy word, but as I have grown older, I have re-evaluated what it means to me and how I want to take up space in the world. For me, purpose is about living this one life that we have. Read more>>
Christina Siepiela
I found my purpose by questioning myself and how I would like to live my life. I decided which values mean the most to me along with the difference I would like to make in people’s lives. This evaluation process went on for about 10 years, between 2009-2019, the timeframe between being a full-time mom/wife and the founder/teacher of Kasa Yoga by Christina. Read more>>
Rick Fowler
When growing up my father was a very important person in my life. My parents were divorced and lived in different states. I lived with my mother I would see my father during the summer and holidays. My father was an emergency room physician and wanted to walk in the footsteps of my father I aspired to be a medical doctor. I attended Howard University and graduated with a bachelors of science in chemistry. Read more>>
Mischelle Saunders-Gottsch
I found my purpose in helping women around the world heal from brokenness to fulfill their purpose, as I healed from my childhood trauma as a childhood cult survivor. I also discovered about the healing power of sharing my faith and story with others and wanted to provide a platform for women to share their stories to heal and help others heal. Read more>>
Eboni Allen
Trial and error! My interest in birthwork started when I had my first baby. I did the bare minimum to prep- read some articles, took a childbirth education class, toured the hospital and called it a day. I wanted an unmedicated birth and to be real, my expectation of what childbirth was like was not accurate. I was not as prepared as I could be, and neither was my support team. Read more>>
Quornesha Lemon
Finding my purpose wasn’t simple at first. It was through adversity that I defined my reason for existing. It was when I focused less on my own problems and on my strengths and put into practice how it could benefit others. It was then that the lightbulb moment went off. Read more>>
Johnny Duncan
I don’t really feel like I found my purpose, rather it found me. I don’t think my purpose is 100% defined either. As I grow so does my understanding of purpose, and the things that matter more than what matters to just me. Read more>>
Amanda Means
I’ve wanted to work with children since the third grade. Honestly, the first time a sent a pair of scissors gliding along lamination, I was hooked! I was convinced that teaching combined most of the things I loved. I could be be creative, read, act, listen to music, and be silly while imparting my love of learning to others. Plus, I believed, I’d be in charge of my classroom, so it was a win-win. Read more>>
Morgan Whitney Cook
The idea of “finding your purpose” sounds like something you have to wake up and go searching for every day. Then once you’ve got it, it’s yours, as if it is a tangible thing to hold onto. Read more>>
Bernisha Rynia
I found my purpose through motherhood. I was a teen mom at 16 years old and as you can imagine; my life changed. When you have the complete responsibility for someone it really is a big deal. I believe being a mother is one of the most important tasks God blesses you with. I fully operate for my kids. Read more>>
Angel Scott
For me, finding purpose has always been about learning how to lean into the things that both come naturally to me and genuinely feel like an extension of who I am. Read more>>
Angela Minard
found my purpose while I was working toward healing from trauma and trying to heal my relationship with my body. I am a childhood sexual abuse survivor, and that early trauma led me down a path of self harm. I developed Anorexia Nervosa, and it was wreaking havoc on my body and my mental health. Read more>>
Brett Roth
I truly had no idea that there was a job such as a Private Investigator until I needed to hire one. The investigator I hired became a mentor for me, I looked up to the way he ran his company, his empathy, his thought process behind it all. As he worked my case, I listened to how he handle other cases, how he could relate to some of his clients. Read more>>
Nikki Cohn-Byrd
Purpose, to me, is one of those fickle mistresses that if you chase it, it will run. Some people are lucky to almost be born with an idea of what they want to do and who they want to be. That unfortunately wasn’t the case for me. I struggled for years to find what I wanted out of life and who I wanted to be. Read more>>
Hoppy Highhat
Discovering my purpose as an artist has been a fascinating journey, shaped by a combination of my upbringing, my life experiences, mixed with my personal passions. Growing up in a family of professional artists, surrounded by the creativity of my parents and older brothers, I was naturally drawn to art from a young age. Read more>>
Kaneeka Moore
It actually took a long time for me to “find my purpose”. When I was younger I found myself always being a helping hand to others. Which I actually enjoy being able to help others. I was 30 years old when I actually realized what ‘”my thing” and/or passion was. And 35 when I knew for sure what my purpose was. Read more>>
Sherice Dugan
How did I find my purpose? Great question. Read more>>
Niesha Davis
I believe that I found my purpose when I was an adolescent, and embraced it more in my young adulthood. As I always had family, friends, and random people coming to me and opening up to me about their life and challenges that they were experiencing and it continued to adulthood prior to me becoming a therapist. Read more>>
Neslene Sahagun
Discovering my purpose as an esthetician has been a meaningful and evolving journey for me these past couple years. It definitely wasn’t something that happened overnight, but rather a process of self-discovery. Read more>>
