Have you noticed how often we make our life more complicated than it needs to be?

We think that the solutions to our questions are far away from our reach. 

That somehow there's one right way and the rest is just mistakes.

Especially when it comes to our choices, our purpose and our strengths.

If you're anything like me, you may have spent hours and hours trying to figure out what's your purpose in life at some point or another. 

“What should you do?” “ Which path should you pick?”

I believe that our life purpose is less about what you're doing (as a career, work) but more about who you're being. 

Therefore, your purpose can take many forms in your lifetime. 

Here are 3 tips to help you on this very quest:

• Does it light you up?

Allow your joy, satisfaction and pleasure to guide you.

If it doesn’t make you truly joyous, it’s not your genius!

• What is the essence of it?

Maybe you are searching among the branches for what only appears in the roots. Rumi

• Remember that you are whole and powerful.

You are the universe in ecstatic motion. Stop acting so small. Rumi (yes, still him!)

For example, when I was a child, I loved to draw and imagine my future house, I loved inventing stories - I even created a school magazine with 2 friends - pretending we were our favourite animals as writers, and I loved making clothes for my dolls.

When I became an adult, my love for self-expression, culture and creativity lead me to become a fashion designer, then a textile artist, then a drawing artist. My love for sharing with others and communication lead me to become a design teacher. My love for cooking, and creating welcoming and nurturing experiences lead me to create a food blog, and to host numerous themed dinner parties for my friends.

Then, my sensitivity, deep interest for personal growth and love to help others lead me to study NLP (neuro-linguistic programming) and coaching.

Now I have a podcast centered around all these elements I love - creativity, mindset, personal growth, joy, wellbeing, sensitivity, helping others - and I host regenerative and creative retreats. 

You see, I'm still weaving all the elements that are deeply part of my core into my chosen activities. And they may take yet another path later in life, who knows?

But the essence will remain.

For sure, there have been delays and “wrong turns” along the way. There were times where I let myself be momentarily paralyzed by the amount of weaknesses I thought I was crippled with.

I was forced to face a lot of my shadows along the way so that I could bring light onto my truth.

I invite you to dig deep into the roots of your being: what is your essence? 

To dive deeper into this topic, I recorded a whole podcast episode about the process I used to find my purpose. Tune in here.