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.
Maurielle Laurenne
We’ve all wondered things like : ‘”What is my purpose ? What should I be doing with my life ? Why was I born ?” It’s a fascinating human question, because the question itself innately implies that we sense there must be some kind of order or plan of which we play our part. Read more>>
Victoria Marie Malone
Like many, I thought I was fulfilling my purpose, my journey through my work. My work life seemed very good and was fulfilling. Then on Jan. 01, 2021 our family suffered the tragic death of my 27 year old son. I had no idea the anguish, the questions and the confusion would bring all my life experience to shine the light on my True Purpose. Read more>>
Tamilee Webb
My father was the driving force in planting the seed to find my purpose. As a young girl, I remember my father telling me “whatever it is you want to be or do when you grow up you must have an education as your foundation. Learn good business skills because you’ll need these skills no matter what profession you decide to go into”. Read more>>
Lyrical
My purpose came from years of trying to figure out my life.. For a very long time I silenced things I loved and liked to appease people and it really got me nowhere. I created this thing in my mind to help them more than I helped myself…..still got me nowhere. That in itself made me realize that I was traumatized with trying to make people happy. So I worked on myself and realized my purpose was being a connector, an advocate for correct business in the music business along with being a mentor. My purpose also is to save one soul a day and bring people closer to God. Read more>>
Deonte Bolden
I found my purpose after losing my brother in 2006. After my brother’s death, I went through a period of depression and contemplated suicide twice, but it wasn’t until I discovered my passion for writing, where I felt like I had a voice to impact a nation Read more>>
Pierre Burrell
Really I think being alone a lot & not having many friends like that but God was preparing me & elevating me to the next level. I don’t drink or smoke, gamble, or go to casinos so that kind of separates me from certain groups & I always stay true to myself no matter what room I step in. Read more>>
SaraMaria
I think I am still in the process of finding my purpose- I know part of my calling but I do not know the full purpose God has for my life. God is the reason that I even have my business. It was Him who gave me the idea for Boss Hour and for Business Babe Basics, along with other projects that I have not even begun yet! Its hard trying to figure out your purpose. My relationship with God showed me that I was created for a time like this. He put inside me the love I have for supporting women and bringing them together. He put inside me a servants heart as I have always loved helping people. He took all of that and transformed it into a way for me for me to make a living.
Tommia Hartsfield
All of my life, I’ve been overwhelmed by what I see and hear. My husband calls it “a gentle mental.” Over the years, I consistently and unconsciously did four things as a result of having a gentle mental : I learned, applied, wrote, and talked/taught about everything I saw and heard. Sometimes I did all four of those things based on things I didn’t see because, in addition to my mental being gentle, I also have a very “vivid imagination”. As I got older, and closer to God, I realized that my ability to transform knowledge into skill was not as common as it seems. The way I understood things was not common. The way I applied things was not common. The way I wrote things is not common. The way I talked and taught was not common…which is why I was chosen to do it. Finding my purpose was simply a process of identifying what set me apart from other people, and not hiding it because it made me different, then showing God to come in and perfect it. As a result, when I write, and people read it, they feel. And when I speak, and people understand, they seek the Lord and begin to heal. Read more>>
Frankie Garcés
Finding your purpose is a life long journey of self-discovery and exploration. It involves reflecting on your values, passions, and using that self-knowledge to pursue a fulfilling and meaningful life. I was fortunate to have discovered mine when I was very young.
Tenice Holman
My ultimate purpose is currently in process of fulfillment. It’s larger than business and more impactful than organization or design. My ultimate purpose is to love and be of service to others. With that said, I found my purpose in helping others elevate their lifestyle through Organization in my early 20s. In my early youth, I’ve always organized myself in all my personal spaces, and eventually in others. I learned to demonstrate and teach others how to maximize their spaces and learn more functional ways to live in their environments. My ultimate purpose in my business is to give my clients the opportunity to have peace, energy, and joy. Read more>>
Pamela Wirth
What is my purpose? This question has been one that I have thought about frequently throughout my life and interestingly the answer has changed during different periods of my life. As I grow older, I have become more comfortable with what my values are, who I want to spend time and how I want to spend my time. Read more>>
Jenna Neumann
I knew I needed to find something that made me feel worthwhile while also making a positive impact in the world we live in today. To me, it’s about giving back to help our schools and community make impactful changes for a better tomorrow. Read more>>
Misha Body
I’ve always been fascinated and awed by nature, and that interest led to studying zoology and a career in the sciences. During my early studies and career experience, I repeatedly saw how human impact has driven so many species to extinction. As it became clear that these issues are human-made, it also became obvious that we have a moral responsibility to reverse some of that loss. This led to an unwavering and deep-seated imperative to have an impact on wildlife conservation. Read more>>
Valerie Herskowitz
I don’t think I was searching for my purpose. I think my purpose found me. My father was a physician, and from an early age, I used to go with him to visit people in the hospital, in their homes, and even in his office practice. This led to an early volunteer opportunity as a candy striper. When, choosing a vocation, I look towards the therapy arts and chose to become a speech pathologist, which I have done for 45 years. But my biggest inspiration was becoming a mom to son with autism Who is now 31 years old. All throughout his life, I have had to create opportunities for him whether it be therapy opportunities, recreational activities, camp programs, and eventually an employment opportunity, I would devise programs that would serve the community in our autism population as well. Read more>>
Jacob Grapevine, DDS
I have always enjoyed being a dentist and working on patients. However, when my wife broke a tooth and I replaced the crown she continued to crack the same crown. I decided it was time to do some research . My research led me to experts in my field and I learned about the importance of the temporomandibular joint and how it requires a balanced bite to function properly. When the bite is imbalanced the muscles of the jaw will be fighting to balance. This can lead to symptoms such as headaches, tinnitus, jaw pain, jaw locking, tooth-grinding and wear and of course cracked teeth. After I helped my wife by treating her TMD or TMJ, she shared her story with friends and realized many people suffer with these symptoms, which are often dismissed by doctors or not even noticed or mentioned by their dentists. I have always enjoyed learning but I have found my greatest gift is being able to connect with a mentor to learn and grow. I would encourage other dentist to never stop learning and don’t be afraid to ask questions. Read more>>
Kaylie Roth
This is something, I feel we as humans are always striving to find. Our purpose. Finding mine has not been a easy journey and in all honesty, I feel like even though I found the “purpose” I am supposed to pursue, I am always striving to find my true purpose everyday as it is always changing in some aspect within the field I am in now. I think I always knew my purpose was meant to be around Marketing, Promotions, and Music of some sort. I received the opportunity to be a intern for the Colorado Eagles Hockey Team back in 2014-2015 and learned a ton on how marketing worked and honestly fell in love with promoting. I was young though around 18 at the time and diverted my career path elsewhere. Fast forward a few years later (like 5) and I am a stay at home mom, covid is upon us, and well I needed something to do. I started up my own business using my platform on tiktok using my love for Country Music and some knowledge I have gained along the way in terms-promoting/marketing and boom my purpose of helping others and passion fell into one: Kaylie Michelle Promotions. It took a long time to figure out how to incorporate helping others and a few loves of mine. But, so far it has been totally worth the wait. Read more>>
Brandy Blackford
I truly feel that our purpose is something that we are born with, that we are given the skills to succeed in that purpose and that it will tug at you until you find it. I have always wanted to serve and help people celebrate all of life’s moments from the big, huge moments to the smaller, daily moments. I’ve been happiest being in the background making all the pieces move in harmony. Recognition is amazing, but knowing that an event, a moment has been flawlessly presented is a true thrill. Read more>>
Jaslean Ahuja
Ever since I was little I knew my purpose was to connect with individuals in some way and enhance their quality of life. In high school my friends would come to my house and I would offer my advice in whatever way they needed. My mom used to joke around that I should start “charging” for therapy sessions because Saturdays would be filled with my friends coming over and venting in my room. I knew as a teenager I had passion for helping others. Fast forward to college where I decided to double major in psychology and speech, language, and hearing sciences. I knew as a career I wanted to be involved in something that would help me build rapport with people, create relationships, and help them in areas in life that they struggle in- I always felt called to do this. It was natural for me to want to be there for other people. I currently work as a doctor of audiology in the phoenix area where I diagnose and treat patients with hearing loss. My career is so rewarding because I get to meet incredible people and give them the gift of hearing. I also have a side passion of natural health, wellness, and an advocacy for mental health. I created my own wellness & mindfulness page called “curating cures” where I discuss a wide range of health and wellness from natural homemade remedies to how we can live a more prosperous and intuitive lifestyle. I knew creating this page would help my purpose of serving and healing others in a variety of ways, even some ways I never imagined I would be able to do. Read more>>
Meline Gasparyan
In my career in fashion and styling my purpose is my clients men or woman. Dressing them to make them feel good inside and out makes me feel like I did my job. When you dress good you feel good, it’s empowering for me and my clients. Finding the right pieces and style for my clients lifestyle to make their day start faster & motivated is what keep me going. It give me purpose to be able to help others and be apart of their lifestyle. Fashion is more than just clothes, with each person’s individual style it’s like art. Dressing correctly for the office, for events, meetings etc gives you that boots of confidence and when your have confidence you can accomplish anything! Read more>>
Rená Koesler
I recall the day that I recognized something amazing was just revealed to me. At the time, I did not identify it as my purpose but as I look back over my life and the common themes that are thread throughout, all stars had aligned from that experience.
Dianna Healy
I would say, I found my purpose through LIFE experience and helping people. I’ve been on the other side where people have had to help me when I was sick with Crohn’s disease or asking for help with my eating disorder or drug abuse and I feel like my purpose in life is to have empathy for others, because I’ve been on both sides of the coin as a young teen, I struggled with body image and an eating disorder which shaped my entire life around starvation and deprivation, drug abuse then sickness ( Crohn’s disease) Read more>>
Jacobo Aparicio Garcia
I think it’s been a gradual process: starting during my teenager years, feeling hooked by the idea of being able to contribute to future series and films like the ones that inspired me and led me to want to be working in said industry, and as I was fortunate enough to start a career in the field that I wanted to, feeling a sense of creative integrity and social responsibility towards the writers, directors and overall talent that I work with, and the stories that they want to tell. More specifically, one of the most stimulating purposes that drive me the most on a daily basis is the opportunity to find, encourage and support new voices, from all over the world. A purpose that I hope won’t just lead us to working on one project, but rather a longer professional relationship through which I’ll be able to support the new storytellers of my generation in whom I believe the most.
Shun Lauren
Finding my purpose has always been through the arts and working and being an advocate for mental health. Being a professional actor has been a journey of self-expression and learning through my own experiences in everyday life. I have been involved in performing arts since I was eight years old. I started singing first and then really started taking acting more seriously once I started attending middle school in Port Huron, Michigan. Read more>>
Randy Leyva
That took years of self doubt and wonder and toiling at jobs I felt like I had to do. Then one day in my career after about 20 years I thought why am I not doing what I actually like and love doing? I made a change and realized this is what I am happiest doing and it changed my perspective and put me on my creative path that love. Read more>>
Christen Funderburk
I found my purpose through prayer. I remember a few months after graduating college with a bachelors degree in Criminal Justice, I still did not know what I wanted to do with my life. I kept getting rejected from jobs in my field and I began praying to God telling him that I just needed to know why he put me on this earth and asking him to send me a sign of what I was supposed to do with my life. I kept hearing my spirit say “I already did”. I was so confused for weeks, and then I got a phone call. So lets rewind to my last semester of college, I began making my own laundry detergent because I had eczema and the commercial detergents would always make my skin breakout. So, fast forward back to that phone call, lol. The call was from a family friend that purchased a gallon from me a few weeks before. She was so excited to tell me that the laundry detergent helped lighted the dark marks under her arms. That phone call made me feel so good to know that a product I unknowingly knew would add value to some ones life actually did, it actually helped them. Eventually I realized that helping people feel good was my purpose. Whether it’s a compliment, having a conversation with someone that’s lonely or making skincare products that has helped transform peoples skin, my purpose is simply to serve. So, prayer really helped me to find my purpose. Read more>>
Amber Tolbert
To be honest I’ve always known it was something in me but I didn’t quite at the time know it was called purpose. I just knew I had a great amount of passion for the things I loved doing. My success, helping others, loving myself and my family. I wanted to leave my 9 to 5 to focus on my business and was terrified of leaving and going through the uncertainty. But one morning I stepped out on faith and did it. It was truly the best decision I ever made. It built my confidence. It placed me right in front of problem-solving and correcting not just in business but my mindset. I didn’t have a foundation as a child. So when it was time to have my children I was determined to have a solid foundation for them. I know goals without a plan is just a dream. Being able to take my reset and get back to Amber. Like the real Amber was my purpose. Read more>>
Shilpa Tiku
I believe that having a sense of purpose can transform our lives. For that reason, I try to focus my energy on things I love to do, and things I am passionate about. I read books on health, business, economy and global events, cook, whip up new recipes, listen to podcasts that enable me to learn things on a day to day life. I love spending my energy and time with my family and very close friends. Read more>>
Mora Steele
I don’t actually believe that our purpose is directly related to work. Our purpose really is HOW we do everything. How we choose to show up in the world, how we operate in all different aspects of our journeys, and how we treat others. We are on purpose. Read more>>
Araiz Cervantes
I believe in order to find true purpose you have to spend time in quiet reflection with yourself, thinking about your values, passions, and long-term goals. Ask yourself what matters most to you and what kind of impact you want to make on the world. Research different career paths, organizations, and volunteer opportunities. Read more>>
Carter Eve
I took my first metalsmithing class when I was in high school and fell in love with the process of making jewelry and small metal sculptures. I didn’t think it was something I could do as a career, or as my “calling” at that time, however. A few years later I ended up moving to NYC for college, studying Design + Management and I happened to live above a jewelry store. Every day I would walk by and look in the windows, and eventually I started going inside and talking to the goldsmith and asking questions about wax carving and his process. Finally he told me, “You should take some classes, I don’t have time to teach you”, so I started taking jewelry classes in Brooklyn and became obsessed. Read more>>
Jacqueline Recendez
I found my purpose through the risk taking decision to follow my dreams, essentially and most importantly the one of becoming a successful and talented artist. I had absolutely no idea the rollercoaster of a life that was awaiting me the minute I drove out of my hometown, El Paso, Texas. But through it, little by little, as I discovered my art through my life, I discovered my individual persons purpose, my art, anything and everything involving it. The struggles of my life at time’s heavily relied on spontaneously making a rents worth sale of my art, and often these spontaneous sales were in fact successful. The observation of the grand variety of obstacles that I have overcome as an artist has taught me to live and love this unique, amazing, harsh, but oh so worth it life of an artist. There is no better way to motivate others on overcoming life’s obstacles, than the beauty of creating a unique piece of art. Read more>>
Ronnel Parham
It may sound cliché, but I believe my purpose found me. I’ve told this story a few times but I honestly stumbled into acting. I had never given it more than 2 thoughts until I was 20 years. I was in-between colleges, had the semester off as I was waiting to transfer to another school and I wasn’t really doing much. I went down to a local talent agency in Philadelphia, looking to become a model, and the agent told me I should think about doing commercials. She told about a commercial class that her friend was teaching and that I should think about going. After giving it some thought, I went down there. Nervous and not knowing what to expect at all—I was instantly amazed at the dynamic of the class. I was amazed and what acting really was and the process to learning and getting more comfortable with it. From then and up until now, acting (and now creating) continues to fascinate and challenge me. I have that same burning desire now to be great at it as I had back then in 2010. Read more>>
EVitta Hobbs
Finding your purpose in life can be a daunting task. It took me a while to find mine, but when I did, it was worth it. For me, my purpose is to inspire, motivate and help others. I do this by being a fitness coach and entrepreneur. I share my knowledge and experiences through instructing, podcasting, providing services and products. I hope that by sharing my story, I can help others find their purpose too. Read more>>
Jessica Stamm
How did I find my purpose is such a big question! I feel that throughout my career my “purpose” has changed and evolved each year. Initially, I found purpose in being a dietitian because I felt health and nutrition were so broad and had so much misinformation floating around. I wanted to be able to help clients with nutrition material that would weed through the chaos and simplify how to shop and eat in a health-minded way but also one that was practical and personalized for each individual. After working in the nutrition field for now over fifteen years, this career purpose has shifted to one that I feel is much more important and I have so much more passion for. I still work with clients to find realistic and individual plans but I have a large emphasis on intuitive eating, positive body image and non-diet centered counseling. I find myself truly joyful and feeling full of purpose when I finish a consult and a client expresses less stress around food and had regained their love of mealtimes again. This “healthy medium” nutrition mind-frame has become even more important to me after becoming a mother and going through many health issues of my own including binge eating, miscarriage and thyroid problems. Read more>>
Ashley Richards
My purpose was very clear to me once I became a mother. Once my 2 precious children came into this world, I knew my entire focus was on being the best mother I can be, but I also knew I had a love for my career, so my purpose from that moment has become advocating for the working mother. Encouraging women that they can have the best of both worlds, and to be bold in not having to choose one or the other. I am proud to say a large portion of my team is ran and managed by working mothers, and they are the most incredible, and dynamic people on this planet. If you want something done right, and efficiently, as a mother. Read more>>
DIANE A GELMAN
I discovered that I was an artist and had always been an artist, but didn’t know it. My first career was as a Registered Dietitian. I was always trying to add creative aspects to my work. For example, as a Dietitian at one of the Diet Programs at Duke University, I created a cooking school for my patients so they could learn a healthier way to cook. I randomly decorated my home kitchen with hand painted vegetables and discovered that I liked to paint. I enrolled in Painting 101 at a local community college and then ended up studying art for 10 years, finally graduating from Glassell School of Art in 2012. As an art student, I would often use food as my subject matter because I am fixated and passionate about food! Read more>>
ALDA ESCOBAR
From traveling experiences with my mother and and the vision to give back to my country, Guatemala. I discovered this emerging passion complemented with the mission of creating an impact of fashion responsibility and creative lifestyle. I founded Madre Luna in 2017 to recognize the importance of heritage, high quality and craftsmanship. I want to support artisans towards economic independence by helping create social and economic opportunities through trading partnership with jobs and a Fair Trade model of business. In Madre Luna, we partner with cooperatives, small and independent artisans to help grow their businesses. My vision is to empower artisans, inspire and connect with people by becoming an influencer and educator specially supporting humanitarian rights and appeals. Read more>>
Alyssa Daniels
There is this saying as old as time “everything happens for a reason” and I used to be guilty of saying that to justify things in life to make myself and those around me feel better. Then I experienced my first real trauma, and another and another and thinking that it “happened for a reason” sparked so much anger and bitterness in me. How could there be a reason for such horrific things happening? I was feeling so defeated talking through this with a therapist one day when she stopped me and said “not everything happens for a reason. Sometimes horrible things happen and there is not a reason for it and there’s nothing you did to ‘manifest’ it. You can, however, find purpose in everything and take back control through finding that purpose.” That is something that stuck with me all these years later and literally imprinted into my nervous system. The horrible things we have to go through sometimes are not our fault, they don’t have a “reason”, but we can find the purpose in them to take back our control and to help others. Read more>>
Paty Renda
I believe we make this topic more complex than it needs to be as we tend to see purpose as an individual talent that is amazingly superior to others. I see purpose as what makes you feel connected to your heart, what comes from the heart, what is natural to you. For me, being around people, learning and teaching, speaking, has always been easy. As a journalist, I used my natural curiosity to ask questions and learn new things. As a yoga teacher, I use my voice to create a safe atmosphere where people can love themselves through each posture. Purpose is an energy thing. If you are extremely happy being a gardener, your energy is felt everywhere and that is all that matters. Our energetic imprint is far more important than what we see as success (fame, money etc) because our energy is our biggest contribution to this world. I found my purpose by following what made me feel peaceful and in love, by being brutally honest with myself and not caribg for what the world thought I should be so I could be my authentic self. Energy never lies and we know when we are in love with what we do and who we are because love feels deliciously peaceful and easy. Read more>>
Merissa Ware
I found my purpose through taking time to reflect on the things I enjoyed doing and the activities that I enjoyed as a kid. In high school, I was an actress in my school’s play and the day of the performance was one of the best days of my life. I felt like I was on cloud 9. I would also create short comic strips and write narratives while in high school. In middle school, I loved to draw and sometimes I would give my illustrations a backstory. In elementary school, I used to write stories on notebook paper, fold it, and staple it to create a little booklet. When I reflected on all of these memorable moments, I knew my passion was for storytelling! Read more>>
