Manifestation Through The Lens Of Purpose

I was mentioning Brené Brown at a morning networking event called Purpose Coffee when someone fired back quickly, “I hate Brené Brown.” You can imagine my shock, not only because I believe many of the things Brené believes, but also because of her quick, strong dislike of someone.

As someone who looks at everything through the lens of purpose, and given that we were at an event called Purpose Coffee, the only conclusion I could draw from her reaction was that she is wrestling with how she was manifesting her own purpose.

There are two ways we manifest our purpose, which can affect our mind (what we think), body (how we react), and spirit (how we make others feel).

We are all able to manifest our purpose into something tangible that others can experience and that reaches a desired audience. Brené Brown is a good example of someone who has created books, a TED Talk, a podcast, and a consulting practice that others experience and find helpful in thier lives. What Brown also does well is getting what she creates into the hands of many people; she has a large audience.

We all have moments when we are unable to manifest our purpose into something tangible, or we can’t get what we do create into the hands of the desired audience to experience. The suppression of our purpose and the lack of audience growth manifest as dis-ease, which can compromise the well-being of our mind, body, and spirit and cause us to say things like “I hate Brené Brown.”

We all do this (even Brené, I’m sure) when we are in the weeds, struggling to realize our purpose and get it into the hands of the right people. When we know we have something really good to give but can’t reach our full potential. We say things we don’t mean, act in ways less favourable, and give off an inauthentic spirit.

How do we help with the dis-ease? How do we not compromise our own well-being when we are in the weeds of creating something meaningful and trying to share it? We go back to our Statement of Purpose to remind oursleves why we are doing what we do, our purpose, and to realign ourselves with who we are when our most authentic self.