What is my soul’s purpose? What am I meant to do with my life? Am I on the right path? Searching for our ultimate soul’s purpose and deep life fulfillment can become a fruitless search for a needle in a hay stack when we feel like our purpose is a final destination we need to “figure out”
Cultivating a curious growth mindset allows us to journey through life in a way where the elements of our life’s purpose become clearer because we are living with an open mind and not forcing ourselves to reach immediate clarity.
This post explores five mindset tools and shifts that will shift your perspective and bring deeper alignment with your ultimate soul’s purpose.
1. Embrace the Journey
… rather than forcing yourself to a destination.
Our soul’s gifts and purpose naturally evolve with time. And the ways in which we embody and share our soul’s purpose with others may also shift in nature over time. For example, many healers and helpers begin their career with coaching, then crave the ability to share their gifts on a larger scale by writing a book or sharing a Ted Talk.
Your purpose isn’t some final destination you’ll arrive at. It’s a gorgeous path you walk throughout your life.
This is why it’s so important to release the pressure to get it all right so that you can open up space to discover what really lays beneath the surface.
Reflect on the following either in meditation or in your journal: My deepest purpose is already within my soul – it’s simply waiting to be lived rather than found.
2. Cultivate Deep Self Trust
Many of us who have felt lost or astray from our deepest life purpose will look outside of ourselves for answers. Maybe that’s taking the degree your parents wanted you to take that drove you to a career path you never really wanted. Maybe you continually compare your own successes to your friends and peers and don’t even know what you want now because you’ve spent years trying to keep up with those around you. (I say allllll of this with empathy and understanding because, BEEN there!)
Our purpose becomes alot clearer when we stop looking outside of ourselves for direction.
One of the best tools for cultivating deep self trust is to discover and embody your human design – this is like a giant permission slip to be who you were always meant to be.
Another beautiful way to cultivate your self trust is to create a list in your journal of all the times that you practice following your own guidance and it worked out – make this an ongoing list you add to. Nothing is too small to add to this list as it’s cultivating evidence for yourself that you can trust yourself.
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3. Doubt Isn’t the Enemy
We think that when we feel uncertainty or doubt that it’s a reason not to do something or not to trust ourselves. And don’t get me wrong, sometimes it is a warning sign. But oftentimes, doubt is simply an old broken record that is appearing because it’s used to popping up and us listening to it.
Make this mindset shift: Doubt isn’t a sign to stop, it’s a time to get curious
Explore what is behind that self-doubt. Oftentimes, the voice isn’t even ours but a past nasty naysayer who made us not believe in ourselves, or the very harsh rhetoric of our inner critic. It’s not really your voice.
How can you sit with these feelings rather than acting upon them?
4. Follow What Lights You Up
When in doubt, follow what lights you up in the moment and I bet you’ll begin to see glimmers of your soul’s deeper purpose shining thorugh.
There’s a big difference between doing what we think we should do or ‘have to’ do and what we want to do.
And look I’m a realist, I know there are periods of our life where we may, for example, need to work a job that’s not our “dream job” to support what really does light us up inside. Pursuing what lights you up doesn’t have to look like going all in in making it a career right away! There are so many micro ways you can practice following what is lighting you up inside even if you have a very full life already. For example, deciding to spend one or two of your evenings after work pursuing your art that really brings you joy is a way to shine your light in your own way that feels comfortable with your lifestyle and commitments.
5. Change is Natural … Even With Our Soul’s Purpose
Remember, your purpose may change and evolve over time and this is not just okay, it’s natural. Growth and change are natural. It’s also important to surrender to the belief that there’s only one right path for you. Stay open and curious – Your soul’s purpose may reveal itself to you in unexpected ways.
You don’t have to know it all before you take a small step forward – if you feel a curiosity or pull, explore it!
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