Life Purpose – How to Live a Meaningful & Fulfilling Life

A deep an inspiring episode on have to live a purposeful, meaningful and fulfilling life.

In this episode I covered:

• What life purpose is.
• Myths about life purpose that might be blocking you from finding yours.
• Why the only way to be truly happy and fulfilled is to live a purposeful life.
• 5 Steps you can take today to be more aligned with your life purpose and find meaning in life.

 

 

EPISODE TRANSCRIPT:

(Please note this is not an exact transcript of the episode, it is more like a script, there are more detailed explanations and insights in the actual podcast!)

Hello and welcome to another episode of The Positive Mindset Tribe.

We are going to get a bit philosophical and spiritual today, this episode is going to be all about Life Purpose and how to live a meaningful and fulfilling life.

I’m doing a day of fasting today as it’s new moon tomorrow , I’ve done a lot of meditation, which always makes me feel very connected with myself, and I thought this was the perfect topic for today.

In this episode I will be covering:

• What life purpose is.
• Myths about life purpose that might be blocking you from finding yours.
• Why the only way to be truly happy and fulfilled is to live a purposeful life.
• 3 Steps you can take today to be more aligned with your life purpose and find meaning in life.

WHAT IS LIFE PURPOSE?

So let’s start by defining life purpose.

I believe that we all come here for a reason, with something to do, call it a mission, a purpose, a calling, whatever you prefer. I don’t believe that we are just animals with a more advanced brain that are born, study, find a job, have a family, retire and die and that’s the end of it. And if you are here today, if you have been attracted to this podcast, there are so many things you could be doing now, but you are here, it’s because you also believe there is more to life that finding a job to pay bills and just try to survive whatever life throws at you.

I believe that our incarnation on earth is a tiny fraction of a much deeper soul journey. The more we grow, the more lessons we learn, the more we are of service, the purest or spiritually advanced we become.

In most religions or spiritual esoteric traditions they use terms like escaping the wheel of incarnations, ascending, becoming one with God, becoming an ascended master, going back to source.

And all of them set guidance, rules, commandments on how to achieve this. And although different traditions have different systems or tools, I think they are all trying to achieve the same thing, call it enlightment, ascension, etc.

So for me, life purpose is the mission your soul sets for yourself in this particular incarnation.

It’s like sending a student to university with some actions and goals in mind.

One of the biggest myths when it comes to life purpose is that you have to find a job that saves the world. And that is not true, that is the case for some people, some people achieve great things and have a huge impact on others and the earth as a collective, but that is not a standard/average purpose!

And I see when I work with people who want to live a purposeful life, they compare themselves to these leaders or gurus and yeah, you might feel so small and insignificant compared to them!

But life purpose can be many different things – it can be learning a lesson, it can be caring for a family, it can be sharing your creative talents, it can be helping a specific group of people in your neighbourhood, it can be facing a challenge to grow, maybe experience something or clear karma.

So your life purpose can be anything in that list or a combination of multiple things.

There is no purpose small or big, more or less important. So if you are working on finding your purpose, or you have an idea of what you need to do, focus on that and don’t compare yourself to others cause you will only end up feeling frustrated and unfulfilled, which is the opposite of what we are trying to achieve here.

I work with many people who want to have a joyful, successful, abundant and when we work together one of the first things we do is explore what a successful life means to them, because success, happiness, joy can be very different for different people.

Now what I have seen, is that it doesn’t matter how much money you have, how many friends, how perfect your family is, people who experience the highest level of satisfaction in life and a deep feeling of content, inner peace and connection with God, with the universe, with their Soul, are the ones who live a life with purpose.

That is what gives you meaning, motivation to get out of bed every day and that satisfaction that comes from knowing that you are doing the right thing.

So let me share my example just to illustrate what I’m talking about and so we don’t get lost in complicated words.

I started my career in consulting and banking, I grew up being very disconnected from my emotions, from myself, being very goals-orientated and especially about having a successful job. And for me back then, the definition of a successful job was working for a big company with a big salary and having a lot of responsibility. That was what I learnt from my education.

And was doing great, I had a fantastic job in banking, getting paid a lot of money a nice Senior Manager title to show off in front of anyone who asked, but what happened is that eventually I got to a point where I felt so empty, I felt that what I was doing was so meaningless that I thought how is it possible that having a job that ticks pretty much all of the boxes, I feel so unfulfilled?

Well the problem is that that wasn’t my actual definition of success. That was the definition of success that I had been programmed to believe, but that is not who I am.

And that’s how I started my self-discovery journey and I started learning more form spiritual teachers, and doing that work of self-exploration of healing trauma of clearing the beliefs that weren’t serving me I started to discover that I was a different person really, that I had put on a lot of layers but that wasn’t me.

And what I felt deep inside is that the same way others had helped me in my self-development journey which completely changed my life, I had to learn because I was meant to do the same for others.

Eventually It clicked, but it took me a long time first of all to know myself and connect with my heart, my soul, my essence. And after that figure out what I was going to do with my life, because banking was clearly not for me.

So then I started to train as a Counsellor, a Coach, Energy Healer, Meditation Teacher and as I was learning I was kind of discovering what I was meant to do, and that’s how I started my business. This podcast, which is relatively recent, it’s only been running for a few months also came as part of my guidance and something I needed to do, to share my journey my knowledge in this format.

Now 2 myths I want to mention at this point.

For me my purpose is very linked to the work I do, and it is the case for many people, but life purpose doesn’t necessarily mean that you have to live it through your job, if that makes sense.

I know there are other lessons I have to learn, karma I have to clear and experiences I needed to face for my growth that are not related to my business but they are a big element of what I came here to do and my soul journey.

And another myth is that your life purpose is a one-sentence-killer-statement that makes people go WOW and that is it, either you discover that magic sentence that is written somewhere difficult to find or you perish and fail.

This is not the case, and a lot of people live a purposeful life without even questioning what their life purpose is. Some people are just so connected to their soul, their higher guidance, to God, to the universe, that they just create a meaningful, fulfilling and purposeful life without even thinking about it!

So don’t think finding purpose is like looking for the holy grail, sometimes it is just about getting to know yourself better, connecting with your essence and healing and removing all the layers that are not serving you and then you automatically start living a more purposeful life without thinking about it.

So if you want to have a purposeful life instead of thinking: what is my purpose? Think: how can I be my most authentic self?

 

STEPS TO LIVING A LIFE WITH PURPOSE AND MEANING.

1. The first thing like I said is reframing the thinking, make it a self-discovery journey deep within yourself rather than looking for something external set in stone.

 

2. Clear your mind by meditating, fasting, the time when I have felt the most connected in my life was when I went on a 3 day vision quest. Set an intention/prayer for guidance and pay attention to synchronicities.

 

3. Clear programming, limiting beliefs, trauma, old stories, close all that chapters. This is one of the main things I do when I work with people 1:1, regardless of their goals, because there is always something in our ‘baggage’, the lighter it gets, the more we will be able to elevate ourselves and manifest the abundant, joyful life we deserve. But if the baggage is heavy, we won’t go anywhere, it will hold us back.

 

4. Do some work with the inner child, and again this a core element of the work I do with my clients. A big part of it id to heal the inner child, but a very important element of this work is to reconnect with that playful, innocent part of yourself, full of dreams, not conditioned by the collective programming of fear and scarcity, that creative engine we all have. So think about what you used to love when you were a kid, what you wanted to be, what you were good at, ask your family if you don’t remember, this can give you a lot of valuable information.

 

5. And the last step and I know this is going to trigger some people, but it’s probably the most important one. Think about the main challenges you have faced in life, especially if there is a theme around it, because that will give you a lot of information about what you came here to learn. Sometimes we are presented with a challenge to learn something but we don’t listen. And then life comes back again with a bigger challenge and they will get tougher until we decide to learn.

 

How many people have you heard of that had to go through a terrible accident, a big loss, an exhausting burnout to stop and realise that something had to change?

We could learn the easy way if we paid attention to the signs, to our bodies, to our intuition but unfortunately sometimes the only way we learn is the difficult way  – through painful experiences.

 

So any time you find yourself struggling, in pain, frustrated, ask yourself – what is this situation trying to teach me?

Wow, this was an intense episode, wasn’t it?

It’s probably been one of my favourites I think I hope you have enjoyed it too!

Before I forget, I want to say that I am offering some no obligation free clarity sessions where I will help you identify the main block that is holding you back from manifesting a joyful, abundant and fulfilling life and I will share some tips to get you closer to that successful life you deserve. I will leave a ink in the description below, so make sure you book yours, especially if finding or manifesting your life purpose is something that is calling you at the moment as this is one of the main things I cover with my clients!

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Sending much love and light, see you next week!

 

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Hi, I’m Verónica, a Mindset Coach, Energy Healer, Counsellor & Founder of The Positive Mindset Tribe Podcast.

My specialty is helping women who feel stuck or unfulfilled to shift their mindset, clear their subconscious beliefs and heal the wounds of the past so they can manifest an abundant life full of joy, love and success, aligned with their Soul’s purpose.