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.
Heidi Aghajani
Who would’ve guessed that my journey from being a registered nurse in a county trauma hospital 18 years ago would lead me to the world of Medical Aesthetics? They say “find your purpose,” and I did exactly that through deep self-reflection. While working at bedside in a hospital fulfilled me, it didn’t ignite my passion. Read more>>
Barry Wolfryd
It’s hard to put your finger on the exact moment when this happens. And I feel it’s almost an invisible occurrence in life that although you may think you have an idea of what your purpose could be you may get blindsided and end up on another path. I went through many stages thinking this is it. Read more>>
#TAG / Ruben Karapetyan
I have always been drawn to street art. Whenever I walked through the streets, I was captivated by the artwork on display. There was something about street art that felt incredibly liberating to me. Read more>>
Emily Beddall
Purpose. What an important reason to live life. My purpose and passion is a driving factor in my decision making. Taking leaps of faith and building on my own experiences has been my motto since a very young age. I found my purpose in the feeling I get at the end of every event knowing I just created a flawless experience for the client. Read more>>
Noah Fearnley
I found my purpose through difficult childhood situations and emotions. I think there came a time in my life when I realized I found a career path that not only let me find ultimate creative express but also emotional healing in the art of movie making and storytelling. Read more>>
Jess Albonico
I answered a few of the questions. Feel free to take whatever tells the story best. I’m guessing the first one makes the most sense seeing as it’s the core of my story. Read more>>
Dr. Lashonda Wofford
I found my purpose through a personal tragedy. In my early twenties I was married to my high school sweetheart. We had one beautiful child together. Three months after we said “I Do” I found myself going from being a mother and a wife to a mother and a full time caregiver to my husband David Akins. Read more>>
Chris Kinkade
I am pretty sure my “purpose” found me. I think I just sort of “stumbled” onto it or was “led” to it by some divine guidance I do not pretend to know or understand. I am not a great “planner.” Never was. I have always just sort of followed my intuition and when that was unavailable or if I was not tuned into it I just sort of “winged it.” Read more>>
Rob Massar
While service to others has always been a part of my life, for instance, my high school’s motto was “Servons” or “let’s serve”, it wasn’t until my time after college that I realized how much service to others lit my spirit. When all my peers were graduating from college and going off to big-time jobs in big-time cities with big-time salaries and big-time benefits, I didn’t know what to do. So, once I graduated college I began volunteering at the MLB’s Urban Youth Academy in Compton, CA. Read more>>
Alexis Rhone Fancher
I wanted to be a writer. Since grade school, I wrote little poems and short stories, mostly for my own amusement. I wrote all through high school, where my 10th grade Creative Writing teacher, Ms. Bruce, read my work aloud in class, including a poem about apples, which she declared “the only poem written in class that had value.”. Read more>>
Ao Zhang
From a very young age, I sensed that art, specifically drawing, might be my lifelong companion. I remember back in kindergarten, there was this boy who could draw. Using simple shapes, he’d sketch robots, and it had everyone, including me, mesmerized. This was my first taste of the enchanting power of art. I envied the magic he wielded, creating worlds with just a pencil and paper. That’s when my bond with drawing began. Read more>>
Professor Majïç®™
I once read that “the meaning of life is to find your gift, the purpose of life is to give it away”- Pablo Picasso. That statement resonates down to the very fiber and fabric of my soul and being. On January 8th, 2020 I found my gift in this life through prayer, a pen, paper, microphone and music. Read more>>
Darlynn Childress
I used to be a reactive, angry, and overwhelmed mama. Read more>>
David Malek
This is the question that eludes most people in life, finding your purpose. For me, it was the first time I ever saw a really good close-up magician. I could not believe what I was seeing and had to know how it was done. When I found out the secrets, it became even more fascinating and it consumed me. Read more>>
Kate Mueller
I’ll reference one of my first literary loves, Franz Kafka. “God doesn’t want me to write, but I must”. I am not a writer, but I can identify with this sentiment. I feel driven to produce. Working with my hands, in flow state/ creative solving, I am able to disappear entirely. Read more>>
Barbara Canals
I think purpose is a very deep and profound subject. Most of us don’t only have one purpose, but we have many throughout our lives; some big and some smaller. Read more>>
Chris Allen Baldwin Hills Lawyer
Finding your purpose can be tough, especially when you are young. I think finding your purpose starts when you’re first navigating life, trying to figure out what you’re passionate about. Finding my purpose took time. As a child, I had a tendency to get into trouble sometimes because I was rebellious. Read more>>
Trina Johnson
Ever since I was a teenager working as a candy striper at University of Maryland Hospital, I wanted to be in healthcare. My mission is to inspire people to never give up on their dreams, to walk in faith while staying determined to achieve their goals despite what they may see. Never let your age, gender or your past dictate your future. Read more>>
Chris Louis
I found my purpose by developing my relationship with God. He gave me certain talents and gifts that I use in order to glorify Him. Getting to know Him better allowed me to discover who He created me to be. I love creating, and although it’s not always an easy process, it doesn’t mean it can’t be done. Read more>>
Michael Ng
Discovering my purpose in mixology was a journey that, like many, unfolded in the most unexpected ways. It wasn’t like a revelation that struck me like lightning, but rather a series of moments that gradually shaped my path. One of those moments stands out as a defining episode that assured me that I was on the right career path. It’s a story I that hold close to my heart. Read more>>
Shalese Pugh
I found my purpose when I worked as a clinical dietitian at the Children’s Hospital. I was asked to take over the Ketogenic diet program to help children with seizures. The keto diet went against all the rules I learned in school but I was excited to learn. I began to notice that the high fat, low carb diet was reducing seizures! Read more>>
Mansi Joshi
My purpose lies in the people around me, their lives, their stories, their struggles, their joy, their hardships & their success. All of this gives me a purpose. A Purpose that inspires me, motivates me & makes me think out of the box about the simplicity that lies around me. Read more>>
Marco Tulio
Music has always been present in my life. When I was a kid I used to spend hours listening to the records we had at home and also on the radio. My parents were not musicians but my mother used to sing at home some classic Brazilian songs just for fun and my father used to buy me records quite often. Read more>>
AAron Vereen
My drumming journey began when I was six years old through my mother’s Afro-Caribbean drum and dance company. I was very shy and suffered from anxiety and the drums helped me to overcome this and develop self-confidence. I later began touring the world extensively as a drummer and percussionist, (which I really loved), but I knew I had a higher calling than just performing onstage… Read more>>
Jenny Eakes
What inspires me is empowering others to make desired changes in their diet and lifestyle – so they can ease digestion, drop unwanted weight, reduce stress, and ultimately, feel better in their bodies and in their lives. Read more>>
Emily Jacobs
It all started in childhood, when I watched my mom tell me she was “fine” but I could tell she wasn’t. She “gave up her life for her kids.” She wore this badge of honor until she lost herself in the process. She then became resentful and tried to hide it. Read more>>
Abigail Ann
I find my purpose through my faith. Being confident in what I believe in and finding my identity in something higher than myself motivates me to work hard for what I’m passionate about. Read more>>
Marni Truelove
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rika Kelly
Finding one’s purpose, I’ve come to understand, is not a singular event but a tapestry of moments, decisions, and experiences that guide us. For me, the quest to find my purpose has been an organic blend of profound roles and life-altering challenges. Each pivotal event, from motherhood to a health crisis, and my profound connection with yoga, has shaped my understanding of purpose. Read more>>
Scott Stevens
I’ve always enjoyed playing Tabletop Role Playing Games. I think my enjoyment of TTRPGs came from my enjoyment of reading when I was young, I had consumed all of the content available to me (this is before the internet!), and TTRPGs offered a way for me to create content as I was imagining the scenes in the story. A never-ending story generating machine powered by me and my friends! Read more>>
Lovey Scott
I am a very spiritual person and consider myself Christian. I believe that we are born with beautiful gifts and purposes. I was always in some type of music class, or acting on stage since I was little. My grandmother always saw something in me that needed to be brought out more. Read more>>
Anna Quach
My purpose in life is to make meaningful and positive impacts in everything I do and for everyone I am blessed to meet. Events in my life have brought me to where I am today and have given me the opportunity to find the purpose for my business. Read more>>
Jordan Scales
It may be cliché to say, but when I think about it, my purpose found me. Read more>>
Angelica Pascoe
Finding my purpose has been a journey shaped by both personal experiences and professional pursuits. One of the defining moments that steered me toward my purpose was working closely with my parents in taking calculated risks with small investments after I graduated high school in 2018. Read more>>
Hykeem Johnson
The word “love” can be overly common to use in this time of age while lacking the actual meaning of the word itself. Yeah things are different over here. I believe my God given purpose in life is to spread love amongst all. But unconditional love, not the love where it fades away in due time over a simple argument. Read more>>
Jenni-Lee Basson
Finding my purpose in life has been really putting one foot in front of the other , pushing through the struggles , embracing the moment and standing up for what I truly believe is my calling . Read more>>
Rishi Jaiswal
I was one of two Indian kids in my grade in school in Northern Cali. Shy at first, skinny and as a result bullied at times, I would barely be able to voice my opposition when asked. I also moved between India and America often and constantly had to adapt to changing circumstances, schools, people, languages and environments- never living in one place for more than two years. Read more>>
Jonathan Bareford
I found my purpose in instrumental music accompanied by visual storytelling when falling in love with guitar and songwriting over a decade ago. To me, music sonically could always tell a story and paint a picture without any lyrics. And as I started my songwriting journey, painting these pictures sonically based on inspiration that usually came from colors and landscapes from nature were where I gravitated to most. Read more>>
Allen Lara
I found my purpose during an underground show, in the middle of nowhere, and in the warehouse are of Detroit, MI. I’m originally from Los Angeles, CA; born and raised. And my friend, Bryant, who I grew up with told me to join him for a festival called Movement. Read more>>
Dominic L. Santana
I actually felt my purpose all the way back in childhood. I didn’t quite know what it was in detail or what was driving me but I knew it was there. I knew I wanted to be somebody and use that to help others. I would tell my mom “I want to be in movies when I grow up”. We laugh about it now because of course as most parents feel, she thought it was just the thing of the moment that a kid is saying. Read more>>
