178. Finding your Purpose When You're Overwhelmed: Learn to RECEIVE
Hot Take: What if your purpose right now isn't to do more, achieve more, or figure out your next big career move? What if your actual purpose is learning how to receive?
My business coach asked me what I'd do on a random Tuesday if I could do anything. My answer floored me: drink matcha, watch reality TV at noon, cook a real recipe with multiple steps, take a long shower, go to bed early. As I rattled these off, I panicked - where's my ambition? What happened to my drive?
Then it hit me during a journal session. My nervous system wasn't broken - it was trying to show me my purpose right now. After months of giving, creating, strategizing, and pouring into everyone else, my soul was telling me: your job is to learn how to receive.
In this episode:
- Why your purpose might be receiving instead of achieving right now
- The four ways to receive: physical (rest, nourishment, movement), mental (entertainment, learning for fun, silence), emotional (support, celebrating wins), and creative (making something with your hands, playing without purpose)
- How constantly saying "I've got it" blocks you from your actual purpose
- Why receiving isn't evidence you're failing - it's evidence you're human
- The receiving day challenge that will reconnect you with what your soul actually needs
The purpose shift: We think purpose has to be this big, productive thing. But what if your purpose right now is modeling for your kids that adults deserve care too? What if it's showing the women around you that receiving support isn't weakness?
Your end-of-day scrolling? That's your spirit trying to receive something - anything - that doesn't require you to prove you deserve it first.
Maybe your purpose isn't another goal to crush. Maybe it's learning that you're worthy of receiving the same energy you pour into everyone else.
Ready to explore what receiving could look like in YOUR life? Book a free Clarity Call with me: https://calendly.com/samanthasays/clarity-call
👠Register for a workshop with Sam:
- Permission Slips for Ambitious Women hosted at Meraki Beauty in Batavia, NY. In this 90-min strategic journaling workshop, you'll go from daily overwhelm & doing everything for everyone else to peacefully pursuing your true desires (guilt & people-pleasing officially evicted) — without adding more to your already full plate. Guided meditation + strategic journaling + real-time breakthroughs + mimosas!🥂 12 spots only Register here: https://www.samanthapenkoff.com/permissionslipsworkshop
Resources Mentioned:
- Calm Mind Blueprint: https://www.samanthapenkoff.com/calm-mind-pod
- Weekly Strategic Journal Prompts: www.samanthapenkoff.com/prompts
- Subscribe so you can hear Thursday's episode & journal with me: 5-minute journal session on working through your receiving blocks!
- Book a free 30-min Clarity Call with me: https://calendly.com/samanthasays/clarity-call
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