Support, Protect, Empower - The Project Purpose Podcast

Helpful Ways to Cope with Helplessness | Challenging Limiting Beliefs and Harnessing Inner Alignment We've all at some point experienced a sense of helplessness. Whether it was a result of our sense of our own ability to perform or to execute, or if it was being faced with a situation that seems beyond our ability to cope. We're never as helpless as we think. Helplessness can be learned th...

How to Avoid an Identity Crisis by Reframing Your Sense of Self | Finding Growth in Life Transitions Not every moment is created equal. All to say, we can expect that pivotal moments will both challenge and inform our evolving sense of self, often in unexpected ways. Sometimes the only thing that is painfully clear, is that we aren't, and no longer identify with who we once were. Oftentimes du...

Extract the Value from Diversity | How Differences in our Problem Solving Abilities Change the Game All of us have a quirk, belief, or interest that makes us different. Oftentimes we spend so much time minimizing the differences that we have from one another, trying to blend in - that we lose sight of our own uniqueness. We hear the word diversity and we immediately think, "other." We as...

Seeing the Value in What Sets Us Apart | Why Develop the Skill to Build Connections on Differences? Many of us learned at a young age to be wary of what and whom, was different. While the differences that we were cautioned about will differ based on our lived experiences, the outcome is the same. We've learned to fear what is foreign to us. Which often translates as fearing what stands to cont...

Developing Mental Mastery | 3 Building Blocks that Discipline Your Mind Against Intrusive Thinking There are tactical tips that you can put into practice that will enable you to manage through intrusive thoughts. It simply takes practice. Just like you wouldn't expect to cultivate strength without building muscle, or expect to eat healthier without a fitness plan, you cannot expect to develop...

Learning to Quiet Intrusive Thoughts | How to Reclaim Power Knowing that You are Not Your Thoughts Maybe people don't recognize the distance that exists between them and the thoughts they entertain. We judge and criticize ourselves for thoughts that we know are not welcomed. Truth is, unless we're consciously following a stream of thinking, thoughts reserve the right to just pop into our h...

The Power of Kindness in Attracting the Energy You Want & Counting the Energy that Doesn't Serve You Energy Management requires you to tap in the energy that serves you best. Rarely has anyone successfully navigated through life operating through a fear-based model, because we attract the energy we focus on. Which means we need to discipline ourselves to focus on what we want, rather than...

What to do When Feeling Intimidated? | Dos & Don'ts that Maintain Alignment With Your Highest Self What's the best way to respond to intimidation? Rise. Rise to the occasion. Whether it's an exciting new opportunity, a new hobby or activity that you're curious about, or whether it's your (un)friendly neighbourhood bully, intimidation is the feeling that is calling you to st...

Never mistake being new to the conversation as a translation as having nothing of value to contribute to the conversation - especially when the opposite is so true. Any questions? Send us an email: inquiries@spe-projectpurpose.com #education #silenceisviolence #speakup 0:00 - 2:30 - Intro 2:30 - 9:30 Being New to the Conversation 9:30 - Wrap Up Any questions? Send us an email: inquiries@spe-projec...

Developing the Courage to Speak Up | Leveraging Your Voice on Concerns & Issues that Matter to You Many of us shut ourselves down before anyone else has the opportunity to criticize us. We are in effect, our own worse critic and discount the contribution we stand to make on conversations that require a diversity of perspectives. There are many global issues take place that require all of us to...

Why Protecting Your Feelings Enables Authenticity | How Objectivity of Care Creates Healthy Distance Not caring is a form of self-care. To be specific, not giving everyone and the opinions they have, equal care and consideration is a key skill to enable you to preserve your mental health. In a world where cancel culture reigns supreme, it is difficult to deny the power of a word, belief, or opinio...

Focusing on Being Comfortable in Your Own Skin & Disregarding the Projections of Shame from Others A tell-tale sign that someone is operating from a place of shame? It's blame. Or, more often, the assumptions, criticisms and judgments that people feel inclined to place on you. When they say that what people have to say about you, gives you more insight into their inner world - that's n...

3 Ways to Tell if You are Ready to Bounce Back from Burn Out | Getting Back to Living on Your Terms You've done the brave thing and given yourself a much needed time-out. For many people, this is a massive, celebratory first step - so when do you jump back in the rink? Often times we find ourselves getting back to the arduous and hectic schedules not because we're ready, but because we are...

How to Be Unapologetic about Taking Time to Rest | How Rejuvenation Enables You to Develop Endurance There are many things in life that we can feel guilty for... take the time to rest shouldn't be one of them. Many of us feel flawed for the fact that we are human. Specifically, that our need to rest, eat well, and sleep adequately is somehow a flaw in our design that limits our ability to prod...

4 Scenarios When No Response is the Best Response | How to Leverage Silence as a Communication Tool Many of us have lived the experience of pouring our hearts out, and having what we had to say fall on deaf ears. What we recall from those experiences is that silence speaks volumes. So, if we have experienced first had the power of silence, why do we struggle to recognize the power that silence has...

3 Strategies to Maximize Your Success in Delivering A Message that Matters | Learning to Communicate Many of us take communicating seriously when we have something to say, whether moved by conviction or principle, we think what we say matters, and we assume that the person we are addressing feels the same. Except in most cases they don't. All of us carry our own set of principles and values, w...

Keeping the Limiting Beliefs that Others Have From Defining You | Breaking Barriers Unapologetically One of the hidden blessings that life will hand you are the unsavoury beliefs and opinions that people have of you. When you are faced with judgments, assumptions, and the self-interested conclusions of others, you have a choice. To allow those views to define you or to dismiss them. While we often...

Being Yourself Requires No Apology | Celebrating Your Individuality & Not Hiding Behind Conformity Some of us cannot help but stand out. While most people immediately assume that it's our physical traits that can be what puts us in our spotlight, it's often less tangible than that. It could be your mannerisms, the things you say, the way you say them, or your energy. You might be the k...

4 Kinds of Pain You Stay Away From | Understanding When to Release Negativity that Doesn't Serve You If there is one thing in this life that is not created equal, it is what our receptivity to pain should be. There is pain that a we can endure, that serves as a signal to our growth, these are the "growing" pains. Just as much as there is pain that serves as a signal to let go - they...

3 Types of Pain You Need to Learn to Push Through | Understanding the Cost of Growth & Levelling Up Growth requires sacrifice. If you're setting goals and objectives that are going to align you to your dreams, expect life to dole out a healthy dose of pain. When it comes to levelling up, there is a maxim that holds true universally: No pain, no gain. It's important to distinguish betwe...

4 Signs You Need to Manage Your Energy More Effectively | Making Time to Achieve Your Personal Goals Many of us are frustrated by our lack of progress but aren't sure how to create momentum. The solution lies more in recognizing where (and to whom) your energy should not be going. Specifically, areas in your life that are depleting your valuable energy resources that would be better spent inve...

How Goals Enable You to Make Transformative Lifestyle Changes | Setting Up to Obtain Success in 2024 Many of us have at least 3 areas in our lives we would rather keep in 2023. To what extent can we ensure that this desire is accomplished? Would carving out goals potentially help in ensuring success in this endeavour? That depends entirely on you. There are different ways to go about establishing...

How to Push Passed Your Limits & Overcome Barriers |Trusting in Mind Over Matter Helps You Level Up Many of us have heard the saying, "Know Your Limits & Play Within It."While that is definitely an important rule of thumb when it comes to gambling 😜 It is less applicable to the limits we experience when pushing towards achievement in life. Why? Because most limits are simply the...

Assumptions are Toxic for Relationships | How False Assumptions Hurt Our Ability to Connect & Relate While our ability to make decisions on our feet speaks to the sheer horsepower that our brains harness... we don't always get it right. This is highlighted by the (many) times we had to take our foot out of our mouths, or we found ourselves knee deep in the consequences that our false assum...

Differences Between Learning & Performing | Aligning Your Energy to the Expectations of Each Setting Everything we know, we've had the opportunity to learn. Whether it was through formal education, life experience, a family member, or a mentor, not any one of us was born with a repertoire of knowledge beyond what instinct preprogrammed. Regardless, so many of us feel insecure about our ign...