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.
Curt Fulster
For some, this may be a simple question. For me, it has been a journey to find my purpose and I’m still not where I want to be. Read more>>
Macy Bryant
It’s funny because I feel like the topic of “Purpose” has come up for me so much, especially over the course of this last year. I would say the thing that truly helped me find my purpose, was nurturing and growing my relationship to the universe and my ancestors. What that looked like for me was releasing what sense of control I naively thought I had over life (spoiler alert: we never had control), and surrendered to the beauty that is universal timing and your lineage redirecting and protecting you always. Read more>>
Kristine Kelly
I did not find my purpose, my purpose found me. I had a very empty feeling inside that I was trying to fill with my acting career, shopping, partying, and dating life but nothing fulfilled me. Animals were in my head constantly and when I saw animal abuse on the streets I could not ignore it. I became obsessed with helping animals. Read more>>
Barbara D Culp, Ed. D.
My true purpose was revealed to me when I was in seventh grade. My teacher, Mrs. Sherrod, thought I was smart but needed lots of exposure to broaden my worldview. One weekend in the Fall of that year, she asked my mom if I could spend the weekend with her and her family. As a child, I had no idea how people lived beyond my limited neighborhood. Read more>>
Tony McDaniels
I always believed and knew that I had a calling at a young age actually. I knew I was destined to entertain an audience and get them to feel emotions. I knew that I wanted to be in the entertainment industry but had to find my way of what that truly looked like authentically. Read more>>
Chikeitha Owens LPC CBC
From an early age, even before my college years, I found myself drawn to social work and became a natural referral source for family and friends seeking assistance. The joy I derived from helping others became a defining aspect of my character. Read more>>
Robbin Turner
I found my purpose when I became a new mother. Read more>>
Jaecelyn Merseberg
Purpose – the reason for which something is done, created or exists… Read more>>
Shaylah Mickens
I’ve always found my purpose by following my intuition and inner guidance. Whenever I veered off the path of alignment with my true self, my entire being felt out of balance. It was as if my spirit was sending urgent signals, like a compass desperately seeking the right direction. In these moments of uncertainty, I turned to prayer to seek guidance, helping me stay on the right course. Read more>>
Taryn Sage Larock
For me, purpose has always been distinctly tied to what I am passionate about, or the change that I would like to see in the world. From that starting point, it has been easy to get fully behind ideas or projects. Read more>>
Rujon Morrison
On Christmas Eve when I was just seven my father and mother were at a party next door. He slipped on ice going up the stairs and fell head first onto a marble floor below. I was fast asleep and never heard the ambulance. When my brothers and I awoke Christmas morning, only my grandmother was there- no parents. Read more>>
Gene Freeman
Discovering my purpose has been a journey, and it all began with my parents and our family business, “My Fantasy Adventure,” a comic book store that offered not only comics and collectibles but also movie and game rentals, particularly during the ’80s and early ’90s. Read more>>
Sharí Nycole
I’ve been fascinated by the ideal of purpose for many years. I’m a firm believer God has planted purpose on the inside of all of us, and it’s our efforts in watering that seed with gratefulness, hard work, faith, focus and fortitude that ultimately produce a harvest we not only benefit from, but others benefit from as well. Put simply, my purpose was found through pain. Read more>>
Barbara Sharpe
As the founder of a Black-owned hemp brand in South Georgia, finding my purpose was a journey that was deeply rooted in my personal experiences, convictions, and a strong connection to my community. As a brand, our path to discovering our purpose can be summarized by: Read more>>
Leslie Gallagher
I worked for over a decade for one of the wealthiest people in the world. When he died I was just devastated as he was like a father to me. He left behind in one of his (25!) homes, an older German Shepherd whom I adopted. A few weeks later I took her to the groomer to get bathed and when I picked her up she was paralyzed. Read more>>
Carlina Burkett
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Rebecca Cordes
I have always had a broad range of interests. When I was in high school, I enjoyed chemistry as much as music or creative writing. That – combined with growing up in a small, rural community where the arts had little foothold – made my path into music an unlikely one. Read more>>
Dr. Carolyn Strong
I came to my purpose after a lot of years of trying to evade my purpose and do other things with my life. I ran, I hid and I tried to mask and do other things because the gravity that comes along with doing anti-racism and equity work sometimes too much to bear. Especially when you started doing it in the 1990’s before we had the language surrounding equity, anti-racism and restoration that we have now. Read more>>
Crystal Kearney
I found my purpose in life by praying and asking God for his direction and guidance. It wasn’t an easy road to get to where I am today, as an Autism Advocate/ Mom and as an Influencer. It was my journey and life lessons. There is more in store, the next chapter in life the best is yet to come. Read more>>
Lenore Luca
As a kid, I’ve always wanted to be an actress and follow in the footsteps of my favorite Disney Channel stars. This spark ignited a journey into the world of acting and musical theater, compelling me to trek to the heart of New York City every weekend, a relentless pursuit of being noticed by the “right” casting directors, agents, and managers who could transform my dreams into reality. Read more>>
Angel Moore
Throughout your life your purpose will probably change. I define my purpose in life as an never ending journey. As I evolve my purpose is to continue becoming the best version of myself so, that I can help others along the way with their journey. Read more>>
Jake Dixon
I recently had the opportunity to travel abroad for an extended period of time and lived for 4 months in Copenhagen, Denmark. While there, I had the unique privilege of being able to study classical double bass at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and perform with their symphony orchestra. For me, there was no greater way to find a new purpose in life than by experiencing an entirely new way to live life. Read more>>
RYAN CHUA
How I found my purpose was a journey in itself. I thought I wanted to become a pharmacist and help patients get better, but I realized a career in healthcare was a very difficult profession and you really have to dedicate your time and energy and health in putting others first. Throughout undergrad pursuing a biology degree and 5 years working at the hospital, I realize I wasn’t really pursuing the life I wanted. Read more>>
Maya Hayes
I knew at a very young age of six years old who, I wanted to be in life. I come from a very educated family and a go-getter. I am the second of four girls in the immediate family and truly I have traveled an entrepreneurial road for years on my own. My parents met in college and both held higher education degrees. Read more>>
Ebone Watson
Finding my purpose wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be. I took my time in finding my purpose. I remember growing up wanting to be a veterinarian, then shifting from science to art and wanting to be a photographer. I believe that at some point in life we are all inspired by something that motivates us to want to be better. Read more>>
Christian Figueroa
I believe I have several purposes to be in this world. At my day job I’m an Associate Banker – ME at Chase bank and a part time group fitness instructor at LA Fitness as well running my own photography business on the side. I have found my purpose to help those who are wanting to learn about finances at my day job. Read more>>
Mikkita Moore
To be honest, my purpose found me, I ran for a long time before I truly looked in the mirror and began to be honest with myself. I remember being so mean, angry, and depressed all at the same time. Not knowing what to do or why I was feeling the way that I felt. I also remember being so very afraid to open up because of what other people thought about me. I needed what I thought was validation from everyone else but the person in the mirror. Read more>>
Heather Pelletier
The past several years were difficult for me. We were in the midst of a global pandemic, I was unhappy in my career and my marriage, menopause was striking, my children were grown and no longer needed me, and I was in chronic pain. Life seemed to take a turn for the worse and I didn’t know when or how I arrived in this miserable place. Read more>>
Stephanie Scalise
In July of 2015, I went in for my yearly mammogram and subsequent biopsy and came out of the appointment knowing I had Breast Cancer. No the Dr had not yet said those life-changing words, but the feeling of the biopsy was different ,and so I just knew. When the call came 10 days later, the Dr. was shocked that I knew what took him tests to confirm. Read more>>
Elena Grinenko
In the very beginning it was my mom who brought me to the Ballroom dance. I was only 7 years old, but I fell in love with it right away. At that age you don’t really think that it is your purpose in life, you just follow your passion and desire to be better. Read more>>
Daria Mazur
My purpose is to move people and make them truly feel. By bringing characters to life as an actress, I aim to help the audience reflect on their own journeys and their own lives. My purpose came to me quickly and naturally, which I know is not the case for many people, so I got lucky! Read more>>
Brandyn Bordeaux
From a young age I was always mesmerized by the power of cinema. There is something about video sequences that seems to catapult us to new worlds, new stories and new emotions. After dabbling in a variety of corporate jobs, I realized that my true calling was the very passion that I felt as a child and made the decision to pursue it full throttle. Read more>>
Christopher Rico
I think to live with purpose is true wealth. I like to think that my purpose found me rather than the other way around, but truthfully I was actively searching for it. I felt destined, but to what I did not know for a long time. Admittedly that comes from a place of privilege, but the road was not easy or straight or obvious in any way. Read more>>
Lydia Hurlbut
Discovering my purpose was a soulful journey that evolved and unfolded over the course of three decades as I explored my passions and interests, and ultimately discovered what made my heart feel full while using all of my skills. Read more>>
Eva Vennari
It found me. For a total of 25 years my time was spent in corporate America spread over the tech industry, then the natural stone industry. While I was good at whatever I chose to do, it wasn’t ever a calling. I always carried around with me an unspoken feeling that seemed to rattle around inside me that said, “There must be something more I can do with my time.” Read more>>
Jehan J” Carter”
I found my purpose by figuring out how to bring my two passions together: the arts and the law. Read more>>
Adaeze Nwanonyiri
Isolation and daily ritual of self reflection. Words and different types of energies started to intertwine within my soul and I received the answer. Read more>>
