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.
Zeinab Kachmar Zahid
My children give me my purpose. Prior to being their mom, being an attorney was just a job. Now that I have my most important job, being their mom, I see that my degree and this firm can be their future, or at give them some kind of security in their future. Read More>>
Julie Kaminski, MA
Purpose rarely arrives as a sudden revelation. More often than not, it reveals itself in the moments that keep pulling at your heart. Finding my purpose was not a single lightning-bolt moment. It revealed itself over time through the experiences my heart kept gravitating toward. Looking back, the clues were always there. Read More>>
Kelsey O’Toole
I’m honestly still figuring that out. What I do know is that I’ve learned to stick to the things that make me feel what I like to call my “muchness.” The things that feel natural, energizing, and real to me — connecting with people, sharing experiences, laughing about the chaos of family life, and discovering the people doing interesting things in our communities. Read More>>
Randall Cole
Through perseverance, trial and error, and learning what I can do efficiently, I carved my own path. Nothing was ever outlined for me, and the challenges I faced in my teens and early twenties pushed me into years of survival instead of building. Read More>>
Jessi Jae Joplin
I found my purpose through creating community. I started out producing events and DJing in Los Angeles, and over time I realized that the most meaningful part was not just the party itself. It was the way music and nightlife brought people together and created space for connection, creativity, and self expression. Read More>>
Seamus Platt
Finding my purpose took an entire career. I’ve always felt the need to serve others and because of this, was drawn to cooking and hospitality. However, the facets of this industry that draw in young people are often what force them out later in their career – and I was no different. Read More>>
Dr. Jonathan Locust
Finding purpose is rarely a single moment of clarity. More often, it unfolds through curiosity, relationships, challenges, and the willingness to explore what truly brings you alive. For me, purpose began with simply following what made me feel engaged and curious. That meant trying new things, meeting new people, and being open to experiences that pushed me beyond what I already understood. Read More>>
Yolanda Rawlings
I found my purpose through some of the hardest moments of my life, including the loss of my husband. That grief changed me, but it also pushed me toward healing and faith. Through that journey, I realized my pain could become purpose. Read More>>
Amy McKee
Two years ago, my husband and I saw the need for a Christian gift shop in our hometown of Winter Haven, Florida. My husband has always had an entrepreneurial spirit, owning several health food stores and other business ventures. This one however, would be owned by the both of us, but I would be responsible for the business operations. Read More>>
Rachel Erickson
I found my purpose when I started to see the kind of impact I could have on other female founders and their businesses. About a year ago now, in the Spring of 2025, we had just launched a new annual membership for apparel brand founders, called ‘The Board.’ We had five founding members in the group. Read More>>
Dr. Maurya Cockrell 
I found my purpose by slowing down enough to notice the synchronicities in my life. I always went after learnings and experiences that sparked my interest, but I can’t say I ever had a full plan or map. Read More>>
Samantha Diaz
I found my purpose by paying attention to what truly fills me and what keeps me inspired. Dance has always been that for me. It’s something that gives me energy, that keeps me motivated, and something I’m willing to stay disciplined and consistent with. Read More>>
Ty Brueilly
We all have many purposes in our lives, oftentimes they overlap, and sometimes they are singular. Right now, I’m in the most overlapping era of my life. I have my purpose as a husband, as a father, as a son, as a community leader and as an artist. Read More>>
Carole Goguen, PsyD
For a long time, I felt like I didn’t quite belong anywhere. In my twenties I explored several different career paths—entertainment, business, real estate, and tech—but none of them felt like the right fit. Each time something didn’t work out, I took it very personally and began to question myself more and more. Eventually that uncertainty turned into anxiety and depression. Read More>>
Mim Chowdhury
Finding my purpose wasn’t something that happened overnight—it evolved naturally through my love for fashion and creativity. From a young age, I’ve always been drawn to style, aesthetics, and expressing myself through clothing. As I started sharing my looks and photos on social media, I realized that people were connecting with my content and feeling inspired by it. That’s when it clicked for me. Read More>>
Giorgia Alliata
Purpose is a particular word, that I am never convinced by. But I always like to reference it still, as a way to measure where my commitment is in the things I do. Even when I try not to think about it, having a sense of purpose, or an intention for completion, is always underlying. When one chooses art that changes, things become unsolicited. Read More>>
Kateryna Boldyrieva
I found my true purpose when I discovered the Matrix of Destiny and started guiding people with it. Before that, I wondered endlessly: “Why am I here?” I consulted astrologers and tarot readers—but their answers were always vague, inspiring at most, and rarely practical. The Matrix of Destiny revealed a clear path: each of us has three soul contracts—and understanding them changes everything. Read More>>
Raina Hill
I didn’t stumble into my purpose; I grew into it, one bead, one knot, one brave step at a time. In June 2024, I made myself a promise: within a year, I would learn how to make jewelry and earn a spot at our town’s big art fair. I had little experience, just a spark of excitement and a vision of what could be. Read More>>
Sherry Wong
While the discovery of one’s purpose can take many forms, it is almost invariably influenced by key individuals who guide and shape a young person’s journey. In my case, my father was the first and foremost influence, followed closely by my Chinese teachers. Beyond people, one’s personal circumstances and life experiences also play an essential role in forming that purpose. Read More>>
Nafysa Parpia
My purpose clarified as I started seeing patients whose symptoms didn’t fit into neat categories—multi-system illnesses, post-infectious syndromes, complex inflammation, mysterious symptoms—people who were often dismissed or told it was “just anxiety” or “all in their head.” Early in my training, I stepped beyond primary care rotations and into advanced clinical environments dedicated to complex chronic illness. Read More>>
Brande Wilkerson
Purpose is a deeply embedded, divinely placed treasure that you spend your whole life seeking out. In my experience, it has always been an ever-evolving process of discovery. In the creative fields, there are many outlets where you can serve and show up, but finding the link to that inner purpose can be challenging. Read More>>
Debra Driscoll
I am 19 years old and spend most of my waking hours oscillating between deep and hidden insecurity, outward bravado, and a gut full of “who the f**k am I?” Shuffling a deck of tarot cards on the rarely vacuumed carpet of the university-days home I share with friends and the intuitive door swings wide open. It is immediate. Read More>>
Paul Salfen
My purpose has always been right in front of me. It’s been to inspire people like me that needed a little comfort and encouragement to keep going. I wrote a book for my younger self and for those like me to stay inspired and to remember to never give up. Read More>>
Don Katz
I didn’t find my purpose. I lost everything first. In 2001, I went blind from bacterial meningitis and woke up from a coma unable to see or walk. For years, my focus was survival, learning how to move through the world again and figuring out who I was without sight. Before blindness, I worked in restaurants. My world was fast and visual. Read More>>
Amy Turner
I was truly lucky to have my purpose, my love of art and creativity, encouraged at a very early age. My parents gave me the space to try my hand at everything and there was never a ‘right or wrong’ element surrounding that. My purpose has always been to be creative and share that with others and encourage THEM to be creative. Read More>>
Luana Basso
I don’t think I had one big moment where I suddenly discovered my purpose. It was more something that became clear little by little. I’ve always been a very curious person, and I’ve always paid attention to what was happening around me, especially when it came to social issues and the way certain stories were told, or sometimes not told at all. Read More>>
Barry Lee
It wasn’t until later in life when I realized my purpose. After having gone through a 13 year contentious marriage I was adrift. It wasn’t until I found Caroline Mullen and fell in love, then married her, that I came into my own. Read More>>
Rachel Ogden 
Growing up, I watched families. As an only child, I noticed that many families on our street had four or more children, and I was fascinated by the differences between them. Some seemed happy and engaged, while others barely interacted. Read More>>
Amanda Bryant
For a long time, I didn’t feel like I was walking in my purpose. I spent seven years working in dermatology as a medical assistant, and while I was grateful for the experience, I always felt like there was something more I was meant to do. Read More>>
Sheila Maingi
My purpose began long before I understood what wellness meant. As a child, I would massage my mother’s feet when she came home tired, and I noticed how relaxed she became afterward. Later, when my grandmother broke her leg, I helped care for her by massaging and stretching her muscles. Read More>>
Ashley Rath
Before cancer, I often found myself wanting to volunteer or support a cause, but I never quite knew where to focus my energy. In April of 2021, that changed when I was diagnosed with breast cancer. What followed was a long and challenging treatment journey that included surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation. Read More>>
Arden Cartrette
My purpose came from my journey to motherhood which wasn’t as clean cut as I expected it to be. Read More>>
Angelique Fish & Cindy Vance
Our purpose was born out of something we saw women struggle with again and again, something we had both struggled with ourselves. Angelique here. I grew up in a teeny-tiny, very poor town in the middle of nowhere Oklahoma. Read More>>
Amanda Corvelle
I found my purpose when I stopped pretending to be someone else because I thought I wasn’t good enough. That’s it. That’s the whole story. Except it took me 4o something years to get there. I spent decades performing and I don’t just mean on stages, though I did that too. I mean performing in life. Performing being ‘fine’. Performing confidence. Read More>>
Alexia
Over time, I’ve started to realize that my purpose connects deeply to both my personal health journey and the small business I’m building. As I’ve worked on improving my health and learning more about nutrition, wellness, and the ingredients in everyday products, it naturally shaped the kind of business I want to create. Read More>>
Lindsay Marie Morris
My author journey began in 2019, when I found myself reflecting on my grandparents’ World War II story. My grandmother was 18 when her family decided to leave Sicily for the United States. She had to say goodbye to the warmth and familiarity of her fishing village and the boyfriend she left behind. Read More>>
ana carolina canepa falconi
For a long time, I thought purpose was something you had to chase or figure out intellectually. But in my case, it actually emerged when I learned how to slow down and listen. Like many people in the modern world, I was living in a constant state of doing building, achieving, moving fast. Read More>>
Beauté Harleaux
My purpose really developed through experience and paying attention to where I could make the biggest impact. As a licensed cosmetologist, I originally focused on general hair services, but over time I noticed how much confidence people regain when their hair is restored or enhanced in a natural way. Working with clients experiencing hair loss especially changed my perspective. Read More>>
Kristen Vincent
I didn’t wake up one day and suddenly discover my purpose. My purpose found me through experiences, compassion, and a calling I couldn’t ignore. Over twenty years ago, God placed a vision in my heart: to create a place where children who needed stability, love, and opportunity could find it. Read More>>
Ale’Jandra Breaux
I found my purpose by listening to the vision that kept pulling at my heart. I realized the creativity and ideas placed in me weren’t meant to stay as dreams—they were meant to be built. At the intersection of passion and faith, I understood that I was meant to create something that inspires confidence , bold ambition and a representation of me. Read More>>
