On Purpose with Elizabeth Pehrson

We’d love to hear from you! Send us a text! Back by popular demand, is none other than Martha Kemper!  Martha sat down with Elizabeth to share her extensive knowledge, wisdom and life experience surrounding the importance of planning for the end of our lives.  As Martha humorously states, out of the 8.2 billion people in the world, 100% will die at some point. And if we purposely prepare for that...

We’d love to hear from you! Send us a text! C.S. Lewis writes that. “What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing. It also depends on what sort of person you are.” Elizabeth shares multiple stories and a number of visuals, as well as her own thoughts on perspective and how our perspective shapes what we THINK and what we DO. She offers two practical ways to become...

We’d love to hear from you! Send us a text! Elizabeth sits down and shares how her dogs, Huck and Henry, were the surprising inspiration behind this short episode on envy and comparison. It’s one of those heart-check conversations for when the pull to compare ourselves and our lives with those that appear to have “greener” grass, sneaks up on us.  No one else can water your grass for you. And for...

We’d love to hear from you! Send us a text! Elizabeth sits down with guest regular, Vikki Fraker to discuss the art of surrender.  We covered the Let Them Theory , which ultimately is a posture of surrender, at The Exchange in March. Vikki shares her thoughts and insights into the “art of allowing” or surrendering - it begins with LISTEN, CREATE, SURRENDER and SHARE.  Connect with Vikki: www.reviv...

We’d love to hear from you! Send us a text! Elizabeth sits down and shares what she is learning about THE POWER OF SHOWING UP, after attending a wedding and a funeral in the past week. Witnessing and being present at both big and small events, fun and hard occasions - for those you love - is important both in the moment and for the long term. In her most vulnerable podcast to date, in immense hear...

We’d love to hear from you! Send us a text! On today’s show, Elizabeth sits down with the very wise Martha Kemper to unpack how we can better understand the men in our lives. Martha has been a student of men for decades.  Martha practically shares the differences between men and women in regard to their needs, how they process information and how we each perceive advice.  No matter how well you th...

We’d love to hear from you! Send us a text! Many of us have dreams. Things we desire to BE or desire to ACCOMPLISH. But fear is stunting our growth. Elizabeth vulnerably shares her desires and the fears that have been holding her back.  She unpacks five common fears that we often encounter, that instead of serving us well, have become roadblocks in our lives.  This episode is full of personal stor...

We’d love to hear from you! Send us a text! If your parents are in their 60s or 70s, this episode is for YOU!!!!  Sue McCormick, owner of Synergy Home Care sits down with Elizabeth to share what she has learned in her 17+ years of caring for, working with and talking to “Seniors” (or as she likes to refer to them as the Golden Population). She talks about helping our parents “age in place” for as...

We’d love to hear from you! Send us a text! The GRATITUDE Habit - Finding Contentment No Matter What What we focus on, expands.  We can CHOOSE to focus on all that is “going wrong” around us OR we can CHOOSE to focus on what we have to be grateful for.  Elizabeth sits down with author, speaker, podcaster and comedian, Tracy DeGraaf, to hear how GRATITUDE changed her life.  She shares personal stor...

We’d love to hear from you! Send us a text! NEW YEAR - SAME YOU! New habits, new routines -  SAME YOU!! Josie Balka writes, "Midnight on New Year’s Day doesn’t mean you become a new person but it is an opportunity for a blank slate and a fresh start if you would like to take it." What if we prioritized and kept resolutions that aren’t concentrated on changing us and fixing us, but rather...

We’d love to hear from you! Send us a text! You will not want to miss today’s episode as our editor, Liz Taylor, comes out from behind the computer and joins Elizabeth as her guest speaker! Liz is a certified HabitFinder coach and talks us through the importance of understanding the subconscious thoughts that drive our behaviors. You can take the assessment at habitfinder.com/purpose, or through L...

We’d love to hear from you! Send us a text! On today’s episode Elizabeth shares the cliff notes from the last Exchange - The Gift of Years - growing old gracefully, where she recaps the book, “The Well Lived Life” written by 103 year old, Dr. Gladys McGarey. Elizabeth shares about the number one predictor of how you will age. Do you know what that is? Tune in to find out the secret of adding/subtr...

We’d love to hear from you! Send us a text! On today’s episode, Elizabeth shares her journey of FINDING HER IT. Not so that you will follow her IT, but so that you can find yours. She shares the importance of knowing the why behind your what.  When you know your WHY, your WHAT has more impact because you are walking in and towards your PURPOSE. Rediscover who you were as a little child, what made...

We’d love to hear from you! Send us a text! Whether you have just launched a child to college OR about to launch one OR maybe you still have middle school or high school children (and you think college seems like a lifetime away), listen in to today’s episode and hear Elizabeth tips and thoughts on bird launching (she prefers that to empty nesting).  Elizabeth and David just sent their sixth child...

We’d love to hear from you! Send us a text! During the pandemic, 54 million women around the world left the workforce in the first year of covid.  Since that time, women are heading back to work, some for the first time, some for the first time in a long time, and ALL for various reasons.  Many women are deciding to jump into the working world because their kids are now independent or have flown t...

We’d love to hear from you! Send us a text! There is little difference in people but that little difference makes a BIG difference. The little difference is ATTITUDE. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative. Today’s guest, Miriam Troutman talks with Elizabeth to share her family’s unimaginable, unthinkable life and death journey with her two sons.  Nearly losing her oldest son Lee...

We’d love to hear from you! Send us a text! I WILL NOT DIE AN UNLIVED LIFE.  Those six words jumped off the computer screen and into my heart.  I want to continually remember what it is to live a life with passion, on purpose. Understanding that there is only enough light to take the journey step by step, but that is all any of us really needs…. Because I share what I need to learn, I invited podc...

We’d love to hear from you! Send us a text! Elizabeth and her “board” went away together for a long weekend, full of laughter, a few tears and great inspiration. She brought out the microphones for a casual conversation and a glimpse into the wisdom that she continually receives from these women.  So pull up a seat and join us for this lively and insightful banter. Elizabeth Pehrson created The Ex...

We’d love to hear from you! Send us a text! Many of us are in a season of change and for some, you are change-capable.  You welcome it!  You see it as an adventure.  If that is you, this might not be the episode for you!  But for those of you that are change-resistant, go ahead and push play. Elizabeth shares her about her upcoming major change, the discomfort that comes with it, how it is impacti...

We’d love to hear from you! Send us a text! Welcome to the infamous Maycember! In light of all that moms have going on during this fun, busy, celebratory month, we decided to repost Elizabeth’s motivation for moms! If you have not checked out this episode, you will not want to miss some of her favorite stories and quotes regarding motherhood. If you are a woman that has influence in anyone’s life...

We’d love to hear from you! Send us a text! Jane and Elizabeth vulnerably share their discoveries from their alcohol fast, along with some others that joined the experiment.  Whether or not you have ever had a sip of alcohol, you will certainly be enlightened as to the number of things that we consume, participate in or purchase that could possibly “own us.”  Ask yourself, what pulls me away from...

We’d love to hear from you! Send us a text! Today’s guest is thought habit expert, Amy Kemp. She is an effective communicator, strategic coach best known for making complicated ideas simple and accessible. She joins Elizabeth to talk about her new book, I SEE YOU and the core message of you can’t outwork your thought habits. Amy unpacks boundaries with yourself, unpaid labor and why working on YOU...

We’d love to hear from you! Send us a text! Joining Elizabeth today is viral phenom and HILARIOUS comedian, Heather Land!! She is known for her snapchat filter and her “ I ain’t doing it ” comedy. Heather finds FUNNY in the frustrating and reminds us to all LAUGH at ourselves. Elizabeth laughs her way through their conversation asking questions including (but not limited to), what is the best advi...

We’d love to hear from you! Send us a text! For two years, Elizabeth’s husband has been asked to be on this podcast, and David finally said yes! In this episode, you will hear from Elizabeth’s better half on a myriad of questions from what were some of your biggest challenges of having a large family, to what has been some of the best advice you have received over the years, to what’s your biggest...

We’d love to hear from you! Send us a text! Vikki Fraker sat down with Elizabeth to share of a VERY RECENT, life-altering diagnosis that changed everything in an instance. She vulnerably shares her heart as she and her husband, Eric, are in the waiting period of the unknown.  AND despite how hard it has been, they have CHOSEN to see the GIFTS in the midst of it all. She believes that we can choose...