Why I Talk About Purpose

In this second solo episode of the show, I explain why I speak and write so consistently about the idea of “purpose,” and give context that will set the stage for the next episode of the podcast—releasing on February 1, 2022—with Charles Eisenstein and Lauren Buckley, called “Purpose + Illness.”

Here’s what you'll hear me talk about in this episode—

• My search for “purpose” until now.
• The portions of Charles’s work that helped me begin to make real connections between work, purpose, and health.
• A reading of my essay, “A Sick Society + An Individual Burden,” which gives extra context to the connections I see between work and illness, and my upcoming conversation with Charles and Lauren.
• Why you might be born to heal a divide between two worlds.
• A reading of my essay, “Wisdom Teeth + Chronic Illness,” tells the story of finding dental cavitations in my mouth, and much of what Charles, Lauren, and I discuss in the upcoming episode.
• How doing work you don’t enjoy is a kind of “toxic load” on your body.
• And, why we need to start saying “This isn’t normal.”

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Music: The in-house musicians at Slip.stream
Audio Engineering: The team at Upfire Digital