Better On Purpose

What happens when being helpful starts getting tangled up with needing to feel indispensable? In the Season 1 finale of Better on Purpose , I’m reflecting on reassurance, validation, capacity, and the ways we sometimes tie our value to being the person who can handle it all. We’re talking about what happens when the reassurance doesn’t come, when someone else steps in, when we’re misunderstood, an...

Sometimes we don’t realize how depleted we’ve become until we experience what it feels like to come back to center. This week, I’m reflecting on a pretty dramatic shift I experienced in less than 24 hours. One night, I was so overstimulated that the smallest sounds and movements felt like too much. The next day, after spending a few hours hiking at Mount Rainier, I returned to my everyday life fee...

What happens when everything feels important, but you only have so much time, energy, and attention to give? In this episode of Better On Purpose, Teryn reflects on the difference between being capable of carrying more and actually having the capacity for it. From the things that keep getting pushed to “when I have time,” to the automatic yes, to the belief that if something really matters we’ll a...

What happens when you know your heart, but someone else walks away with a completely different understanding of your intentions? This week, Teryn reflects on what it looks like to navigate misunderstanding, accountability, boundaries, and the very human desire to explain ourselves until someone finally gets it . She shares what a couple of difficult conversations reminded her about growth, includi...

What if figuring out what’s next requires looking at where you’ve already been? In this episode of Better on Purpose , Teryn reflects on the different versions of herself she’s been over the years and the interests, experiences, and parts of her identity that have continued to show up in different ways. For her, one of those threads is photography. From growing up surrounded by family photos, to s...

Feelings are real. They matter. But they don’t always have to decide what happens next. In this episode of Better on Purpose , Teryn talks about the space between what we feel and how we choose to respond. The discomfort that makes us want to leave. The insecurity that starts writing a story before we have all the information. The disappointment that can quickly turn into assumptions about someone...

This week on Better On Purpose , we're making a little room to exhale. Life can be full of really good things: people we love, work that matters, experiences we're grateful for, places to go and people who need us. But even a life we love can require moments of quiet, rest and restoration. In this episode, Teryn reflects on our own relationships with busyness, her growing craving for quiet...

Life has a way of reminding us just how quickly things can change. And sometimes those reminders make us look a little differently at the people we love, the memories we're making, and even the seasons that don't look quite like they used to. In this episode of Better On Purpose , we'll reflect on loss, change, the fear of what we can't control, and the importance of being present...

What does it really mean to consider someone? Sometimes it looks like remembering their favorite candy. Sometimes it’s asking the follow-up question, noticing when someone seems a little quieter than usual, making the introduction, or simply telling someone something good you’ve noticed about them instead of keeping it to yourself. In this episode of Better On Purpose , we'll explore the diffe...

I almost didn't record this episode. After spending four days as a mentor at youth summer camp, I came home with pages of journal entries and stories I wanted to tell. But as I reflected, I realized the biggest lesson didn't happen at camp. It happened before I ever got there. This week, we're talking about the stories anxiety tells us before reality ever gets a chance to speak. The co...

What if the version of yourself you miss isn't gone...what if that person just needs a little more room to breathe? In this episode, I reflect on an unexpected lesson from a recent family camping trip. I thought I would come home wanting to tell you about campfires, hiking, and time away from home. Instead, I came home realizing how much margin I'd been missing. We live in a world that con...

Community isn't just something we find, it's something we help create. In this episode of Better On Purpose , we explore what it really means to be part of a community and the role each of us plays in shaping the spaces we're in. Inspired by a recent day spent volunteering at the Cierra Sisters' Wellness on the Block event, this conversation goes beyond volunteering and asks a bigg...

Some days leave us feeling encouraged. Others leave us replaying the hard moments over and over again. But what if the way we experience our lives is shaped not only by what happens to us, but by what we repeatedly pay attention to? In this episode of Better On Purpose , I'm sharing a practice that has quietly been changing the way I move through everyday life. We talk about worry, perspective...

Social media has given us so much. It's helped us stay connected with family and friends, preserve memories, grow businesses, discover new places, learn new skills, and celebrate some of life's biggest moments. But somewhere along the way, I started noticing something else. Not just what social media was showing me about everyone else, but what it was revealing about me. In this episode, w...

We all like to believe that if our heart is in the right place, that's enough. But what happens when our intentions and our impact don't quite match? In this episode of Better On Purpose , we're exploring the space between what we mean and what others actually experience. Along the way, we unpack the deeper stories that often drive our behavior. From people-pleasing and overfunctioning...

In this episode of Better On Purpose, we're exploring a question that has been sitting with me lately: Who are you without productivity? Many of us have learned to connect our worth to what we accomplish, how much we produce, how helpful we are, or how many things we can fit into a day. Productivity itself isn't the problem. The problem starts when our identity becomes tangled up with our...

In this episode of Better On Purpose, I'm joined by leadership coach, speaker, entrepreneur, and host of The Dynamic Pause Podcast , Angie Jones of Ataruka Coaching . Together, we explore the tension between productivity and presence, why saying "no" can feel so uncomfortable, and what happens when we give ourselves permission to slow down and pause with intention. We talk about overextending ours...

Why do the same emotional struggles seem to show up in completely different relationships, environments, and seasons of life? In this episode of Better On Purpose , we'll explore the patterns that often exist beneath the situations themselves. From family dynamics to friendships, community, and personal growth, this conversation looks at how old wounds, nervous system responses, and deeply ing...

In this episode of Better On Purpose, we’re talking about reassurance, emotional processing, vulnerability, and the difference between expressing emotions honestly versus learning how to hold and process them intentionally. Together, we explore: reassurance versus emotional regulation, external processing, emotional flooding, discernment, impact versus intention, and the importance of learning how...

How you show up matters. Not just in the big moments, but in the quiet ones too. In our reactions. Our relationships. Our patterns. The way we speak to ourselves when no one else is around. In the very first episode of Better On Purpose, we explore emotional awareness, intentionality, growth, and the reality that meaningful change often starts smaller than we expect. This conversation isn’t about...

Welcome to the Better On Purpose Podcast Better On Purpose is a real-life, practical podcast about growth, responsibility, service, and everyday impact. We explore self-care, mental health, business practices, creative responsibility, relationships, and community — and how intentional choices add up over time. Because meaningful change doesn’t happen all at once. It’s built in the consistent choic...