What Am I Doing Here? Rediscovering Purpose and Joy in Your Work

About this episode

The episode explores finding purpose and joy in work amidst cultural challenges through a conversation with Dr. Curt Thompson.

What am I doing here? What steps can I take when at times I feel tempted to despair about my work? How will I be able to continue to do the work I love in a culture of such fracture, polarization and contempt that only seems to be intensifying? This conversation with board certified psychiatrist, author, speaker, Dr. Curt Thompson, will provide practical ways of finding joy and resilience while discerning what it means to faithfully live out the vocational callings that perh...

People in this episode

Guest: Dr Curt Thompson

Topics covered

• purpose
• joy
• work
• resilience
• vocational callings

Keywords

• despair
• culture
• polarization
• faithful living

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