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Journey to Purpose
by Philippa Bagley
Welcome to the Journey to Purpose Podcast — your guide to personal transformation, spiritual awakening, and finding meaning. Hosted by Philippa Bagley, each episode features in-depth interviews with inspiring thought leaders, therapists, coaches, and everyday people who have overcome addiction, trauma, financial hardship, and burnout to build purposeful lives. Whether you're seeking direction in your career, healing from past struggles, building resilience, or exploring spirituality, this personal development podcast delivers practical insights and transformational wisdom. Topics include: personal growth, healing and therapy, entrepreneurship, financial independence, mindfulness, spirituality, overcoming adversity, life coaching, and authentic living. Join our growing community of listeners discovering their life's purpose. New episodes every week. If you like what you hear, don't forget to follow, review and subscribe. If you really like what you hear,
Episodes
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Comfort Is The Enemy: Cost of Transformation | Scott Lackey
Real transformation isn't inspirational, it's expensive. Army veteran, entrepreneur and author Scott Lackey argues that every transformation has a cost most people never admit to, and the discomfort you're avoiding right now is usually the exact price of the life you say you want. Scott puts it...
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72 Is Only A Number: Reinventing Yourself After 60 | Norman Calvo
Reinventing yourself after 60 doesn't take one dramatic leap. It takes saying yes to the next small thing, over and over, until a whole new life adds up. "72 is only a number," says Norman Calvo, who spent 44 years in mortgage banking in New York before retiring in his early 70s and building a...
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Hit Pause: Reconnect With Your Spouse Before It's Too Late | Lee Baucom
well under the 4,000 cap) The most common reason marriages fall apart isn't an affair or a blow-up. It's what marriage coach Dr. Lee Baucom calls "the pause button": couples quietly put their connection on hold for kids, careers or hobbies, tell themselves they'll get back to each other later…
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You're Not Bulletproof: Stay Calm Under Pressure | Thomas Perkins
How do you stay calm under pressure? According to retired Navy Master Diver Thomas Perkins, it isn't a personality trait, it's a process you build through repetition until fear can't get to the front of the queue. "You don't have to let fear come all the way to the front and own the room,"…
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I Always Thought I Was Less: ADHD Diagnosis in Your 50s | Mark Steiner
Mark Steiner wasn't diagnosed with ADHD until he was 57, and only because his daughter was diagnosed first and started describing her symptoms back to him. Quitting alcohol around the same time is what he says finally let him see it clearly. "I always looked at myself as a little inferior. I was...
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Corporations Are Scared of This: Flexible Work for Women, Explained | Lisa Kent
Corporate America still doesn't trust flexible work — not because part-time or job-share talent gets less done, but because most managers aren't trained to run a team they can't see at their desk every day, and shrinking headcounts make companies reluctant to spend a full-time slot on anyone who...
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Everybody Wants to Be a Guru: 5-MeO-DMT Facilitation Done Right | Stephan Kerby
Ethical 5-MeO-DMT facilitation isn't a weekend certification and a single big mystical peak — it's minimum-effective-dose protocols, trauma-informed training, and integration support that starts before the session and continues for weeks after. "They went from one identity as the plumber, now the...
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Carrying Grief Like a Backpack: Rebuilding Self-Trust After Loss | Lori Karsch
Grief doesn't run on anyone else's timeline, and rebuilding trust in yourself after loss is less about one big breakthrough than learning to hear your own inner voice again, then actually acting on it. "I was carrying the grief about my mom around with me like a backpack for like 20 years... it…
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Doubting Everything: Trust Your Intuition When You've Lost It | Tania Ho
You don't need a data point or a life-altering diagnosis to trust your intuition again — you need to survive the moment you stopped trusting it, and rebuild from there. "No, I'm gonna trust myself and not follow what you said," says Tania Ho, describing the moment her retreat-centre partnership...
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You Don't Need Healing: Emotional Independence with an ICU Nurse | Jesseca Banchy
Emotional independence, according to former ICU nurse turned coach Jesseca Banchy, means learning to manage your own anxiety, anger and self-worth internally, instead of handing that job to other people, relationships, or things you own. "Self-improvement is a whole crock of shit. Psychology is a...
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Act Like You Already Have It: Unwritten Rules of Promotion | Maya Sharfi
The unwritten rules of promotion aren't secret, they're patterns leadership already rewards. Career and executive coach Maya Sharfi says the fastest way to learn them is to stop asking for the steps and start acting like you already have the role. "You don't want to show up in the promotion...
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She Smelled Burning for Weeks: Past Life Regression and Joan of Arc | Natasha Joy Price
Past life regression uses hypnosis to access memories a practitioner believes come from earlier lives, then works with the emotions attached to them so they stop bleeding into the present one. "I'm an absolute firm believer that what we see in our day-to-day life is not everything at all," says...
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Drank Through Burnout: Ayahuasca Retreat Costa Rica | Danny Yepez & Sarah Lynn Thomas
Behold Retreats has now guided nearly 2,000 alumni through ceremony across its three locations, and co-CEOs Danny Yepez and Sarah Lynn Thomas talk through what that number represents: a network of people who went through something disorienting together and came out the other side still connected....
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Ones and Zeros: Can AI Replace Therapy? | Chris Rhyss Edwards
This week I'm talking to Chris Rhyss Edwards. Army combat engineer, author of five books including "Good Reasons to Kill" and "The Woke Paradox", and now a PhD researcher building AI tools for people who won't talk to a stranger but will talk to a machine. Chris went from a bathroom-mirror pep…
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Stop Reacting, Start Connecting: The Communication Formula That Changes Everything | Dee Dee Fisher
In this episode of Journey to Purpose, Pippa is joined by Dee Dee Fisher — communications expert, founder of Discover Response, and one of those rare people who has spent 30 years building a career around the one thing most of us get completely wrong. Dee Dee grew up in rural Idaho, pivoted from...
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Stop Leaking Your Power: How Women Can Reclaim Their Influence at Work | Kisha Wynter
In this episode of Journey to Purpose, Pippa is joined by Kisha Wynter — leadership consultant, executive coach, power strategist, and author of Your Power Unleashed — for a frank and genuinely galvanising conversation about what it actually takes to advance in corporate life. Kisha spent over 20...
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Born Dead, Choose to Burn Bright: A Paralympic World Record Holder on Passion, Pain and Purpose | Mikael Avatar
In this episode of Journey to Purpose, Pippa is joined by Mikael Avatar — Paralympic long jump world record holder, life coach with over 20,000 hours, cerebral palsy researcher, painter, poet, film-maker, and founder of the Avatar Resurrection app. Mikael was born clinically dead for up to 45...
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From JP Morgan to French Fluency Coach: Leaving Corporate to Define Success on Your Own Terms | Rachel Pierre
In this episode of Journey to Purpose, Pippa is joined by Rachel Pierre — Haitian-born engineer, former JP Morgan Chase and Apple programme leader, executive French conversationalist coach, and author. Rachel grew up speaking only French, learned English in a year through baptism by fire, spent…
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Writing, Wealth and the 1% Rule: How Small Shifts Create a Life You Actually Want | Natalie Saar
In this episode of Journey to Purpose, Pippa is joined by Natalie Saar — writer, self-published author, embroidery pattern designer, and founder of the Embroider Everywhere Etsy shop and a snail mail art club. Natalie has spent a decade writing professionally across equities, finance, and...
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Surviving the Storm: Faith, Mental Health and Finding Purpose After Trauma | Chaplain Sy Ali
In this episode of Journey to Purpose, Pippa is joined by Chaplain Sy Ali — decorated veteran, mentor, author, and spiritual protector. Sy spent decades as a protection agent for diplomats and dignitaries, a professional wrestler, and a corporate security executive. By every external measure, he...
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From Big Tech to Big Purpose: Reinvention, Identity and Your Second Act | Colleen Pimentel
In this episode of Journey to Purpose, Pippa sits down with Colleen Pimentel — a former big tech leader turned purpose coach, speaker, and creator of the Second Act Playbook. Colleen spent 30 years in the tech industry, navigating more than ten reinventions within corporate life. By any measure,...
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Rethinking Retirement: What Corporate Anthropology Reveals About Purpose After Work | Andi Simon
In this episode of Journey to Purpose, Pippa is joined by the brilliant Dr. Andi Simon — corporate anthropologist, author, speaker, and host of the acclaimed On the Brink with Andi Simon podcast, now with over 468 episodes and ranked #18 in the Top 100 Change podcasts worldwide. Andi invented the...
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Inside the Harmonic Egg: How Sound and Light Reset Your Nervous System | Isabelle Daikeler
In this episode of Journey to Purpose, Pippa sits down with Isabelle Daikeler — holistic wellness expert, intuitive healer, and founder of Authenticity Stress Less, her wellness centre in Los Angeles. Isabelle's journey to this work was never planned. For over a decade she was a track and field...
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Building STEM Identity: Why Belief Matters More Than Skills | Dr. Jennifer Berry
In this episode of Journey to Purpose, Pippa sits down with Dr. Jennifer Berry — CEO of SmartLab Learning and a transformational leader driving purposeful collaboration between education, industry, and community ecosystems. Jennifer's career path is anything but traditional. From a background in...
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Conflict Revolution: How Inner Work Creates Real World Peace | Barbara With
In this episode of Journey to Purpose, Philippa is joined by Barbara With — international peace activist, award-winning author, intuitive psychic and spiritual teacher — for an extraordinary conversation about the nature of conflict, compassion, and how lasting world peace begins from within....
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Your Genes Aren't Destiny: What DNA Reveals About Stress and Burnout | Lane Kennedy
Could the key to managing stress and optimising your health already be written in your DNA? In this episode of Journey to Purpose, Philippa is joined by Lane Kennedy — functional DNA nutritionist and stress management expert based in San Francisco — for a genuinely eye-opening conversation about...
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Rewire Your Fear Response: How to Master Your Subconscious Mind | Marvin Wilkerson
What if the fears holding you back aren't real — and your subconscious mind is simply running an outdated file? In this episode of Journey to Purpose, Philippa sits down with Marvin Wilkerson, master astrologer and hypnotherapist based in Nashville, Tennessee, for a fascinating exploration of the...
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Super Purpose Power: How to Rise to Your Role as a Leader | Randall Ian Thames
What does it really take to bridge the gap between who you are at work and who you are at your core? In this episode of Journey to Purpose, Philippa is joined by Randall Ian Thames — founder, CEO and managing partner of the Inspirit Institute — for a rich conversation on purpose-driven…
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Breaking Free: How the Believe Crew Turns Addiction Recovery Into Purpose | Kevin White
In this episode of Journey to Purpose, Pippa is joined by Kevin White — co-founder of the Believe Crew — for an honest conversation about addiction recovery, intuitive leadership, and what it actually looks like to raise a family on the road.Kevin's own recovery sits at the centre of this one…
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From Skydiving to Lung Cancer: What Neuroscience Teaches About Resilience | Linda Kneidinger
In this episode of Journey to Purpose, Pippa sits down with Linda Kneidinger — personal coach, author, and sports-psychology-trained mindset expert — for a conversation that moves from competitive athletics to skydiving to a recent lung cancer diagnosis, and what neuroscience actually has to say...
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From Poverty to Purpose: Building a One-of-a-Kind Financial Life | Mike Milligan
On this episode of the Journey to Purpose Podcast, Mike Milligan shares his remarkable journey from childhood poverty to financial freedom — exploring your money story, personalised financial planning, and how to design a truly one-of-a-kind retirement life. In this inspiring interview, Mike...
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How Your Home Shapes Happiness: The Psychology of Purposeful Living | Talor Stewart
On this episode of the Journey to Purpose Podcast, architect Talor Stewart reveals how intentional home design can transform your well-being, deepen human connection, and create spaces that actively support personal growth, happiness, and purposeful living. In this insightful interview, architect...
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Childhood Healing and Self-Love: Unlocking Your True Potential | Dr. Ron Stotts
On this episode of the Journey to Purpose Podcast, Dr. Ron Stotts shares his profound journey from the edge of suicide to higher consciousness — exploring childhood healing, self-love, inner work, and the ancient philosophies that can unlock your deepest potential. In this inspiring interview, Dr...
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From Radiography to Radio: Finding Your Voice as a Communication Coach | Claudia Welsh
On this episode of the Journey to Purpose Podcast, communications coach Claudia Welsh shares her path from radiography to empowering others — exploring authentic communication, emotional intelligence, leadership presence, and how diverse life experiences shape the way we connect and grow.…
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From Navy SEAL to Therapist: Trauma, Service and Mental Health | Dr. Dice
On this episode of the Journey to Purpose Podcast, Dr. Dice shares his extraordinary path from Navy SEAL to addiction recovery to therapist — exploring the unique challenges of military-to-civilian transition, the power of community, and finding purpose through serving others after struggle....
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Emotional Wealth and Cystic Fibrosis: How to Thrive with Chronic Illness | Dave Thorne
On this episode of the Journey to Purpose Podcast, emotional wealth coach Dave Thorne opens up about living with cystic fibrosis — sharing how chronic illness shaped his understanding of mental health, emotional resilience, and how he now helps others find meaning and worth through their own…
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10 Commitments That Will Transform Your Life: A Retired CEO's Blueprint | Joe Elphick
On this episode of the Journey to Purpose Podcast, Joe Stumpf walks through his 10 commitments to true fulfilment — exploring the difference between pleasure and purpose, the power of forgiveness, nurturing relationships, and how a lifelong entrepreneurial spirit leads to positive, meaningful...
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Life as a Child of Deaf Adults: Empathy, Advocacy and the Power of Inclusivity | Maria Gallucci
On this episode of the Journey to Purpose Podcast, Maria Gallucci shares her remarkable journey growing up as a child of deaf adults — exploring empathy, advocacy for the deaf and hard of hearing community, the power of kindness to bridge differences, and how her book 'Raised in Silence' came to...
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From Bass Fishing to Changing Lives: How Veterans Find Healing on the Water | Gene Campbell
On this episode of the Journey to Purpose Podcast, Gene Campbell shares how a passion for bass fishing became a mission to heal — exploring how his nonprofit True Patriot Outfitters uses therapeutic outdoor experiences like kayak fishing to support veterans on their journey to recovery and…
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Clearing Dark Energy: A Shaman's Guide to Spiritual Wellness and Healing | Sondra Bailey
On this episode of the Journey to Purpose Podcast, shamanic practitioner Sondra Bailey takes us into the hidden world of spiritual healing — exploring black magic, demonic forces, spiritual awakening, and how shamanism intersects with Christianity to help people break free and reclaim their…
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The Love Formula: How Values and Self-Worth Shape Healthy Relationships | Zoey Charif
On this episode of the Journey to Purpose Podcast, author Zoey Charif reveals how values and self-worth shape the relationships we attract — exploring her groundbreaking framework from 'Love Can In Fact Be Calculated,' personal self-discovery, and practical tools for finding true compatibility…
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Develop Your Sixth Sense: How to Trust Synchronicity and Intuition | Anna Taronova
On this episode of the Journey to Purpose Podcast, researcher Anna Taronova explores the hidden dimensions of human experience — diving into intuition, synchronicity, the sixth sense, emotional science, and how understanding the connection between psychology and trauma can open doors to deeper...
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Train Your Mind for Happiness: The Science of Self-Empowerment | Ravinder Taylor
On this episode of the Journey to Purpose Podcast, Ravinder Taylor — who made a remarkable leap from microbiology to hypnosis and self-empowerment — shares what she's discovered about the extraordinary power of the mind to shape our happiness, health, and reality. Ravinder traces the…
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Positive Psychology and Peak Performance: Unlock Your True Strengths | Alfredo Borodowski
On this episode of the Journey to Purpose Podcast, positive psychology expert Alfredo Borodowski joins Philippa to explore what it really means to flourish — and how understanding your strengths can unlock greater happiness, purpose, and success in both life and work. Alfredo explains the core...
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From Survival Mode to Thriving: A Life Coach on Rebuilding After Divorce | Naomi Kreske
On this episode of the Journey to Purpose Podcast, life coach Naomi Kreske shares her remarkable journey from pub manager to women's life coach — and what she learned about trauma, self-awareness, and the long road from survival mode to truly thriving. Naomi reflects on a life of career pivots…
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Discover Your True Self: An Intuitive Coach on Breaking Self-Limiting Beliefs | Mason Farmani
On this episode of the Journey to Purpose Podcast, intuitive coach Mason Farmani shares his journey from corporate success to deeply personal coaching work — and what he's discovered about the stories we tell ourselves that keep us from who we truly are. Mason explains the core of intuitive...
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Finding Your Compass: A Stuntwoman's Hollywood Journey | Patricia Tallman
On this episode of the Journey to Purpose Podcast, actress and stuntwoman Patricia Tolman shares a life lived at full throttle — from a creative childhood through a career in Hollywood to a deep love of travel, adventure, and building genuine community. Patricia reflects on the evolution of…
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Embrace Flexibility in Business: Building a Purpose-Led Sales Career | John Golden
On this episode of the Journey to Purpose Podcast, John Golden — seasoned CRM industry veteran and host of the Sales Pop podcast — shares the business lessons he's learned across decades of navigating change, and why flexibility may be the most underrated skill in sales and entrepreneurship. John...
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Redefining Success: Embracing Curiosity, Failure and Nonlinear Careers | Seonaid Lee
On this episode of the Journey to Purpose Podcast, Philippa sits down with Seonaid (Shona) Lee for a wide-ranging, refreshingly honest conversation about rethinking what success really means — and why the winding, imperfect path is the one worth celebrating. Seonaid challenges the idea that…
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Cancer Resilience: Healing and Finding Joy After Three Diagnoses | Deb Krier
On this episode of the Journey to Purpose Podcast, Deb Kreer — Integrated Cancer Coach and three-time cancer survivor — joins Philippa for a powerful conversation about resilience, mindset, the healing power of laughter, and what it really means to live well in the face of serious illness. Deb's...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to the Journey to Purpose Podcast — your guide to personal transformation, spiritual awakening, and finding meaning. Hosted by Philippa Bagley, each episode features in-depth interviews with inspiring thought leaders, therapists, coaches, and everyday people who have overcome addiction, trauma, financial hardship, and burnout to build purposeful lives.
Whether you're seeking direction in your career, healing from past struggles, building resilience, or exploring spirituality, this personal development podcast delivers practical insights and transformational wisdom. Topics include: personal growth, healing and therapy, entrepreneurship, financial independence, mindfulness, spirituality, overcoming adversity, life coaching, and authentic living.
Join our growing community of listeners discovering their life's purpose. New episodes every week.
If you like what you hear, don't forget to follow, review and subscribe. If you really like what you hear,
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