How to Find (and Live) Your Life's Purpose

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Do you lay awake nights with the dread feeling that life is passing you by? It's time to find your gifts and make each day purposeful. In this video I talk about ways Complex PTSD can block you and cause confusion about your life's purpose, with steps you can take to get clearer and stronger, and become the person you are meant to be.
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[tinathegreat]

Thank you for all your inspiration, for giving us all hope and being your authentic courageous self ❤️

[nishasankaran]

I’m 44 and I’m right here with ya...no kids, single, trying to find my gifts and talents that are meaningful and in alignment with who I am now...trying not to be scared anymore! Just want to be my normal, powerful self. Keep going everyone! And thx Anna! 💕💕

[followyourdreams]

In tears watching this! Finally someone understands. I want my hopes and dreams back without being scared of parents.

[willtopower]

I don't know what has happened in the last few months, Childhood Fairy, but you have met your stride. You seem so relaxed, confident and comfortable giving your message and it is coming from your heart! Congratulations!

[jharvey]

My "perfect" (sterile, terrified, spendy avoidant, status-conscious, rat-racy) life exploded and left me crawling away from the wreckage. And I was able to confirm something that I had always suspected: our gifts require broken soil and the organic matter of blood, sweat, tears, suffering, and fellowship with other sufferers to grow and flourish. Suffering is a doorway to connection with common humanity -- maybe not the only one, but a pretty good one.

[HeidiCavalier]

If your narcissistic family members are anything like mine were, you can't start exploring your gift(s) until you get far, FAR away from them. Exposing your search for meaning and self-empowerment to that kind of energy - at any age - is soul-killing. I unfortunately learned this the hard way. My childhood was crappy, but my 30's were just as traumatic.

Great video, though! The "gift" concept is a good and important one.

[jango]

What hit me were your comments around 9:43 about fulfilled people. They do not expect others to help them feel better about themselves. Especially powerful during this severe lockdown (1.5 yrs already) when one lives alone, single, no kids, very fragile or shallow bonds with surviving family members, and friends come and go. Thanks & best wishes

[anyways]

Normal reaction to abnormal circumstances...
Not at fault❤

[saraheschweiler]

Tracy's letter is very well-written, & her charming & surprising "bag of cats" phrase makes me wonder if perhaps there's a writer inside??
Best wishes to you, Tracy...may you be always blessed...& enjoy your journey of self-discovery!
😊🌿🌷🌿🤗🌿🌷🌿😘

[SanchoGracie]

41 and need to get out of this dark place. Life is definitely passing me by. Therapy, I fear, is just retraumatizing me & sending me into a depression spiral. Life purpose is a complete blank spot for me. The scapegoat role is where I'm stuck despite both parents being deceased & having gone no contact for years with my aHole sister. Time to find a new approach to healing & perhaps it starts with finding my gift. Therapy is killing me. (Not the Tracy in the video)

[josephinetyree]

Me again....but nearing 80....lots of life...lived for others....not much left IF any...plus ...now I want to live for my grandchild, so i'm last again....main focus is for

[DANStickerman]

You've reached a dark place in me and now I have hope again.
From every chamber in my broken little heart YOU ANNA
~Dan

[iluvrolaz]

I've been told many times that I have a gift for getting people to try something they really wanted to do but were terrified to do it, and making them feel so good while doing it... I've also been told many times that I make people feel very welcome n comfortable... I get told all the time that people find it so weird cuz it usually takes them a long time to feel completely comfortable n relaxed with someone, n how amazed they are because they feel that way with me so quickly n completely... n I have always noticed I seem to have one of those faces n dispositions that makes people just spill their guts out to me within 5 minutes of meeting me, like they just can't help it... idk what I can do really tho with any of that as far as a purpose... if anyone has any ideas, please comment cuz I'd LOVE to hear them!!!

[b.wilder]

Anna, you always say The Very Thing. I usually start crying at the VERY BEGINNING of your videos, and this is one of those.
Thank you to those here who share-- You're not alone! It's amazing how similar our stories are. Obvious on some level since we're all meeting here, on this channel, but still, I think it's important to keep saying YOU'RE NOT ALONE! We're not alone. I am not alone.

[catielove]

I'm fortunate to make my living with my gift.

[justinael]

Thank you so much for expressing the idea I've always felt is true: that a job is to afford rent and food, the gift may be used in a job but not necessarily. My job is not well paid and I don't use my potential there. My family is very critical about it. But it's stable and the atmosphere is great. My colleagues come to me and talk about their life problems. I love it. I love listening and helping them. I also feel "on fire" when I teach grammar to children, one on one. When they begin to understand, I'm fulfilled. When I was a child I wanted to be happy, too. The thing I loved was making desserts. My mother disapproved. But I still love it. Later I wanted to be a wife. To take care of my partner, my home and bake desserts for everyone. I don't know if it classifies as a gift, but I always return to that.

[aleclamb-venecia]

I love your headphones analogy. I've been blasting myself with metal in my headphones since I was a teen. It felt good to tune everything out.

[Olivertwiztd]

This is the message I’ve needed to hear for the majority of my life instead of those harsh and try harder messages being hurled at me. Those always made me feel like even more of a failure and never inspired positive change in me and this video has made me realize that what I really need is soft, compassionate understanding of my unique emotional needs. Thank you for this

[realizationstation]

You ARE a gift that I give thanks for every day! 🙏🏼💝

[jamesbuchanan]

I've had a couple of jobs teaching English. Sometimes I felt like I was exactly where I wanted to be. But I also had several intense emotional breakdowns. There are a lot of pressures from students and bosses ect. I think I need to work hard on reregulation and then get back to it.