The Uncomfortable Truth About Purpose

Most of us spend years searching for purpose as though it's somewhere out there waiting to be found in the right job title, the right opportunity, the right season of life.

But here's what I've learned, from my own experience and from working with accomplished, capable, and quietly exhausted people: purpose isn't lost. It's buried.

It gets buried below decades of doing what was expected. Under the pressure to be practical. Under the roles we stepped into: devoted employee, reliable leader, caretaker, and provider. Leaving little space for the question, what do I actually want?

For years, I put off building my own coaching practice. Not because the desire wasn't there, it was always there, but there was always a reason to wait. A responsibility to honor. A season to get through. A more practical path to follow first. Sound familiar? The thing I wanted most was the thing I kept deferring. Until I stopped.

That's what I see again and again in my coaching work. The breakthrough rarely looks like a revelation. It looks like a recognition. A quiet, oh, right, that'sme.

So, if you've been waiting to feel purposeful, waiting for some external signal to tell you you're on the right path, let me be that sign.

Stop searching outward. Start listening inward.

Purpose isn't something you find. It's something you remember. And the work of remembering,  slowly, honestly, without rushing toward an answer, is some of the most meaningful work a person can do.

If that sounds familiar, you're in the right place.

Ready to stop deferring and start listening? Let's talk.