by Meredith Walters | Aug 14, 2017 | Blog, Career Change, Exercises
School teaches many things, but in 13 years most of us learn almost nothing about how to live a fulfilling life. We’re not taught how to identify what’s most important to us or be true to our deepest desires in a dynamic and imperfect world. We’re not taught how to...
by Meredith Walters | Apr 18, 2017 | Blog, Common Challenges, Exercises, How to Make Decisions
Last Monday I did an experiment after getting back from vacation. I wanted to see if I could maintain the level of relaxation I’d established the previous two weeks while traveling when I returned to work and my more stressful To Dos. I decided not to do anything...
by Meredith Walters | Dec 13, 2016 | Blog, Career Change, Exercises
If you still aren’t doing work you love, you’ve probably developed a good story about what you’re missing in order to explain why that is. Maybe it’s that you don’t have enough time, money, or energy to find work you’d enjoy. Perhaps it’s that you don’t have the right...
by Meredith Walters | Nov 29, 2016 | Blog, Exercises, Purpose
Some people know their life’s purpose from an early age. I am not one of them. For me, purpose was more like a spleen: I knew I had one, and I recognized that it was probably helpful, but I had no clear idea of what it was or how it worked. As a result, it seemed...
by Meredith Walters | Nov 1, 2016 | Blog, Exercises, Featured, Uncategorized
We all have them: powerful capabilities bestowed by some freak accident that give us the power to vanquish evil and save the world. Okay, or—perhaps more likely for most of us—they’re incredible talents that we were born with under more normal circumstances, and that...
by Meredith Walters | Oct 27, 2015 | Blog, Exercises, Purpose, Resources
If you’ve had a hard time figuring out what your purpose in life is, don’t worry. You’re not alone. And what’s more, you don’t really need to figure it out to find what you’re looking for. When we talk about finding our life purpose, we’re usually looking for an...
