Creating Meaning and Purpose

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Dr. Patrick Reyes, author of The Purpose Gap: Empowering Communities of Color to Find Meaning and Thrive (Westminster John Knox Press, 2021), talks to Dr. Robin Owens about their shared passion for helping others find meaning and purpose. Dr. Owens—author of the forthcoming book Purpose-Based Decisions: An Inspirational Guide to More Meaning, Purpose, and Passion in Your Leadership, Business or Career (Balboa Press, 2022)—combines her experience in business, social work, and higher education to help students, women entrepreneurs, and leaders unlock their purpose. Dr. Owens has been thinking about the “big questions” since she was a young girl. “In the end, if you have some people in some way who are supporting you, that is the key to move on through any adversity,” she tells Dr. Reyes. “I will always, always encourage [students and others]… to think about different ways of being in community and what that means to them.” If the pandemic has taught us anything, she says, it is that people long to be with others and that building community is an essential way to move beyond challenges. Dr. Owens urges listeners to meditate on the following personal big questions: To what extent am I using my natural abilities at this phase, at this stage? To what extent am I doing the things that I love, that I have some passion around? To what extent am I doing the things that really matter to me? To what extent am I using a combination of the above in service to someone or something other than myself now?

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