Here’s the video version of last week’s post in case you’d rather watch than read – it can sometimes prompt fresh insights to see a topic in a different medium.
Awakening the Sacred Feminine: A Journey Worth Reading
What happens when a woman begins to question the roles she’s been handed—and dares to seek something deeper? In The Dance of the Dissident Daughter, Sue Monk Kidd offers a deeply personal account of that awakening. It’s a courageous, often uncomfortable, but ultimately empowering journey into a new way of seeing the self, spirituality, and the sacred feminine.
If you’ve ever felt confined by traditional expectations or longed for a spirituality that speaks to the wholeness of your experience as a woman, this book may resonate deeply.
I’ve written a full review exploring the themes of feminine empowerment, spiritual reimagining, and inner authority. You can read it here:
Reconnecting with the The Wilderness Dweller
A Deeper Exploration
A few weeks ago, I shared a blog post introducing The Wilderness Dweller —one of the Alternative Archetypes from my ongoing project exploring soulful, meaningful ways of being in the world.
Since then, I’ve created a short video offering a deeper dive into this archetype. In it, I expand on the themes I touched on in the blog post, including its gifts, shadow qualities, and the role it might play in your own life journey.
Sometimes hearing it spoken aloud, or experiencing it in a different medium, can spark fresh insights.
✨ You can watch the video below—and if you missed the original blog post, you’ll find it here.
If the archetype resonates with you, I’d love to hear what aspects stood out—or how you see it showing up in your life. Feel free to leave a comment or share your thoughts.
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How Is This Approach to Life Purpose Coaching Different?
In our last post, we explored the Spiral Path approach to life purpose—an evolving, reflective way of designing a meaningful life rooted in your own values, personality, and inner wisdom.
But you might be wondering: How is this different from other life coaching programmes or personal development frameworks?
It’s a good question—especially in a world full of courses promising quick results, instant clarity, or the perfect “life plan.” The Soulful Path to Life Purpose programme offers something quite different.
Prefer to watch instead? Here’s a video version of this post
Here’s how.
1. It’s Not About Hustle or Hyper-Productivity
Many popular approaches to purpose are built around productivity: set a goal, make a plan, push yourself to achieve it. While there’s value in structure and momentum, this model can feel exhausting—especially if you’re someone who thrives on reflection, not speed.
The Spiral Path approach honours your natural pace. It makes room for pauses, detours, and the quieter seasons of life. Purpose isn’t a race; it’s a relationship with your deeper self that unfolds over time.
2. It Recognises Complexity, Not Just Clarity
We often hear that if you can’t state your purpose in one sentence, you don’t know what it is. But for many of us, life doesn’t work like that. We hold multiple callings. We change. We grow. And sometimes, we’re still figuring things out.
This approach allows for that. It helps you live with the complexity of being human, rather than trying to reduce your life to a neat tagline. It values honest exploration over forced certainty.
3. It’s Soulful, Not Just Strategic
There’s no shortage of life design tools out there—but many of them stay on the surface. They focus on habits, mindset shifts, or career plans without touching the deeper questions.
The Spiral Path approach is different. It creates space for soul. For longing. For intuition. It draws from both psychology and spiritual traditions, helping you explore not just what you do but who you are becoming.
4. It’s Informed by Life Stages and Depth
Purpose doesn’t mean the same thing at every stage of life. What matters to you at 25 may not be what matters at 55. Some coaching models overlook this, offering a one-size-fits-all solution.
The Spiral Path approach draws on human development theories, including ideas from depth psychology. It’s sensitive to where you are on your life journey and invites you to make meaning from your past, present, and emerging future.
5. It Brings the Whole of Life into View
Many people come to life coaching because of a work or career question. But when you scratch the surface, the real questions often go deeper: What kind of life do I want to live? Who do I want to become?
This is why the Spiral Path approach includes your whole life: your relationships, wellbeing, spirituality and sense of contribution. These areas don’t exist in isolation—they influence each other. This approach helps you find purpose that weaves through every part of your life.
6. It Allows for Healing, Not Just Planning
It’s hard to plan a meaningful life if you’re carrying old wounds, harsh self-judgments, or doubts about your worth. But many personal development approaches ignore this emotional layer, focusing only on goals and actions.
The Spiral Path approach is different. It makes room for self-compassion. It recognises that some of the most important steps toward purpose involve healing, releasing outdated beliefs, and learning to trust yourself again.
A Path That Reflects You
Ultimately, what makes this approach different is that it doesn’t tell you who to become—it helps you uncover the life that’s already waiting to emerge through you.
It’s not a formula. It’s a journey—one that honours your individuality, your complexity, and your unfolding story.
Curious to explore this journey for yourself?
The Soulful Path to Life Purpose programme is designed to help you reflect deeply, reconnect with what matters, and start shaping a life that feels meaningful and true.
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The Creative & Expressive Path
Reclaiming Everyday Soulfulness
In a culture that often equates creativity with performance or professionalism, it’s easy to forget that creative expression is a birthright – not a luxury. The Creative & Expressive Path honours the everyday artist in all of us. Whether through images, stories, poetry, or humour, this path invites us to make meaning, connect deeply, and express what can’t be said any other way.
In this new page in the Alternative Archetypes series, we explore how archetypes like the Artist, Poet, Storyteller, and Humourist help us channel emotion, cultivate authenticity, and build soulful community. These archetypes aren’t about being “good” at art – they’re about reclaiming expression as a form of healing and truth and as a means to connect to deeper parts of ourselves. You’ll also get to meet the first Alternative Archetype on this path, The Artist – The creator of everyday beauty, who celebrates the act of making, valuing process over perfection and inviting all to reclaim creativity as an essential human experience.
The Spiral Path Approach to Life Purpose
After writing about this recently, I wanted to share a few extra thoughts in this short video.
Sometimes a different medium sparks new insights!
Catch the video below — and if you missed the full article, it’s here
Restoring the Kinship Worldview
What if the crises we face—environmental, social, even personal—stem from a deeper disconnection at the level of worldview?
In Restoring the Kinship Worldview, Wahinkpe Topa (Four Arrows) and Darcia Narvaez invite us to rediscover a different way of seeing the world—one rooted in relationship, reciprocity, and reverence. Drawing on 28 Indigenous precepts and a wide range of voices, the book offers both a powerful critique of the dominant Western paradigm and a gentle call to live in a more balanced, connected way.
I’ve written a full review of the book, highlighting its structure, message, and impact. If you’re looking for a perspective shift—or simply a beautiful, thoughtful read—you can check it out here:
👉 Read the full review of Restoring the Kinship Worldview
The Wanderer
Walking the Path of Soulful Discovery
I’ve already introduced the Wanderer Alternative Archetype in a previous post, but this new video offers a deeper invitation—into the heart of what it really means to walk the Wanderer’s path.
If you’ve ever felt drawn to leave behind the familiar—not out of confusion, but because something quieter and deeper is calling—you may be living the questions of the Wanderer already.
Unlike the Seeker, who searches for answers, the Wanderer is shaped by the experience of the search itself. They don’t strive for clarity so much as learn to trust the unfolding. In a culture that prizes direction, results, and certainty, the Wanderer reminds us that growth can come from presence, from mystery, and from the willingness to follow where the soul leads—even when the destination is unknown.
This video is the second in our Wisdom & Insight series. It explores the roots of the Wanderer in myth and story, the light and shadow sides of this archetype, and how you might begin to embody its essence in your own life—through thresholds, transitions, and quiet longings.
I’d love to know if it resonates with you.
Where are you being called to wander?
Until next time—wander well.
The Spiral Path Approach to Life Purpose
When we think of “life purpose,” it’s easy to imagine it as a destination—a single, defining goal we’re meant to reach. But what if purpose isn’t something we find once and for all, but something we gradually grow into? What if it’s not a straight line, but a spiral?
The Spiral Path approach to life purpose coaching is built on exactly that idea.
Rather than seeking a fixed endpoint or fitting yourself into a predefined mould, this approach invites you to circle deeper into your true self. It honours the complexities of your life and your evolving identity, offering a more holistic and compassionate route to purpose.
Prefer to watch instead? Here’s a video version of this post:
Life Purpose Beyond a Job Title
In many coaching models, life purpose is framed in terms of career. But for most of us, purpose is broader and more nuanced than that. It includes your relationships, your personal growth, your contribution to others, your values, your health, and your spirituality. These parts of life aren’t separate—they’re deeply interconnected. The Spiral Path sees purpose not as one thing, but as the thread that weaves through everything that matters to you.
Honouring Your Uniqueness
At the heart of this approach is a deep respect for individuality. Whether you’re introverted or extraverted, action-oriented or reflective, your natural tendencies are not obstacles—they’re clues. The Spiral Path helps you understand and embrace your personality and life experiences, using them as guides for designing a life that genuinely fits.
Rather than encouraging you to become someone else, it helps you become more yourself.
A Deeply Reflective Process
Purpose isn’t something you’re handed—it’s something you uncover, often gradually. The Spiral Path emphasizes inner reflection and the cultivation of your own inner authority. Through journaling, guided questions, and thoughtful inquiry, you learn to listen to yourself more deeply. This strengthens your ability to make choices that are truly your own, increasing your sense of agency and clarity.
It’s about shifting from asking, “What should I do with my life?” to asking, “What kind of life do I want to create?”
Flexible, Evolving, and Growth-Oriented
One of the most freeing aspects of the Spiral Path is its flexibility. Your goals will likely change as you do—and that’s not a failure, that’s growth. Instead of rigid plans, this approach encourages broader aspirations that can adapt over time. You’re not expected to get everything right at once. You’re invited to keep evolving.
Grounded in Wisdom
The Spiral Path is inspired by a wide range of perspectives, including psychological insights, spiritual traditions, and modern approaches to life design. This creates a rich, reflective coaching experience that supports both soul-deep inquiry and real-world action.
It’s not about surface-level transformation. It’s about uncovering what truly matters—and then learning how to live it.
If this approach resonates with you, I invite you to explore the full Soulful Path to Life Purpose programme.
It’s a self-paced, in-depth journey designed to help you uncover who you are, what matters most to you, and how you want to live. Rooted in reflection, grounded in wisdom, and tailored to your unique path, it’s a powerful way to begin designing a life of purpose—on your terms.
👉 Find out more about the Soulful Path to Life Purpose programme here.
The Mystic
The last in the series of Alternative Archetypes on the Wisdom & Insight Path, The Mystic archetype invites us to explore life’s mysteries through intuition and contemplation. Mystics inspire a deep sense of connection, inner wisdom, and reverence for the sacred woven into everyday life.