Whether you’re listening to this podcast at the start of 2021 and wondering how we can set goals given the unpredictable nature of a pandemic, or, you’re in a period of transition in your life and want to use goal-setting to navigate that transition--while leaving plenty of room for pivots--this podcast is for you. Goal-setting in uncertain times is a great skill to have, because of course, life is fundamentally uncertain. The ability to use goals for focus, while leaving plenty of room for adaptation, is a life skill you can take with you anywhere. Let’s get excited about what the new year brings, and set goals that lift us up no matter what tides may come.

2020 was a hard year--and? It was an opportunity. It was an opportunity to dig deeper, finding out what it is that you want most out of life when so many options were taken away. It was an opportunity to find out where our skill-sets were coping had holes. It was an opportunity to look at justice in a new light. It was an opportunity to say more true yes, and more true no. Want the next year of your life to be different? Let’s recap what we’ve been through to pave the way for what’s next.

If we are willing to look “underneath” a behavior, and see the need that is trying to get met, we can start reframing behaviors that on the surface don’t make much sense (but that actually have a very intended purpose). Reframing behaviors as needs trying to get met can help us understand ourselves, as well as how we are relating to others.

We often think of finding your purpose as this thing that you do, a space you arrive at, and having arrived there...the heavens part and golden light shines down, and you skip off into the sunset because now you’ve got a purpose and life is great. (Spoiler alert: it doesn’t quite work that way). In today’s podcast episode, I’m busting some of the popular myths about finding your purpose and inviting you into using today--yes, this today--as your moment to find your purpose in the here-and-now.