How to Uncover Your Purpose with Patricia Clarke

How to Uncover Your Purpose with Patricia Clarke

April 30, 2026 · 60 min · Episode 199

About this episode

Tommy and Patricia discuss the evolving nature of purpose and how to uncover it through different approaches.

Tommy reunites with close friend and collaborator Patricia Clarke for a rich, wide-ranging conversation on one of life's most important and most misunderstood questions: what does it actually mean to find and live a life of purpose? They bring two completely different approaches to the table, one intuitive and spontaneous, one intentional and structured, and together they land on something that applies to everyone regardless of age, season, or personality type. This is one of those conversations that will make you think differently about your own life. What You'll Hear in This Episode: Why the question of purpose never goes away and keeps changing at every age and stage of life Patricia's Michelangelo framework: purpose is not something you implant, it is already inside you waiting to be revealed Tommy's four P framework for finding your purpose: passion, power, personality, and purpose Why the things that come most naturally to us are often the things we discount the most How accepting your deficiencies, not just your strengths, is one of the most freeing parts of living on purpose Patricia's waterfall story from Joshua Tree and why anything done in love has an eternal quality…

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