Beyond Purpose
As part of the Tracking Wonder Quest Challenge, I listened to the podcast of a discussion on purpose between Katie Dalebout and Caroline Adams Miller , facilitated by Jeffrey Davis from Tracking Wonder. We are all distracted from our purpose by what society expects from us. Women are trying hard to fit in with the body image created by society, leading to disorders around fixating on body weight, appearance, focusing your whole life around food. As Katie Dalebout put it: addicted to wellness in an unhealthy way. She also mentioned how our life choices (and sometimes simple ones like not going out with friends because it means we might be diverting from our diets) are influenced by these obsessions. I remember in Oprah Winfry 's last (epic) show, she summarised the issue of many women who came on her show, who felt that they were just never good enough. Some broke free of that through long and difficult journeys. Both Katie Dalebout and Carolin...