Mark Nepo - Becoming Who You Were Born To Be - a podcast by Pauli Saari

In this episode I talk to Mark Nepo. Mark is a poet, a teacher, and a New York Times bestselling author. In our conversation we approach purpose from a somewhat different angle – we talk about purpose as not so much a question of where we are going, but about who we are becoming on the way there.

We also talk about purpose in terms of the unexpected events that happen to us while we are aiming at our dreams, about how oftentimes what turns out to be our most important contributions or learnings are things that we could not have planned for or anticipated.

Mark is a wonderful storyteller and throughout our conversation he shares many beautiful stories that illuminate our inquiry. He also shares about his own purpose, about the way that he does his writing and about how these two are interrelated. I really enjoyed this conversation and I hope that you will too!

“Our dreams and our goals are meant as kindling for the fire of our aliveness. And whilst our dreams often don’t come true, sometimes by engaging them, WE come true.” – Mark Nepo

More about Mark:

As an author, Mark has published 22 books and recorded fifteen audio projects. One of his books, The Exquisite Risk, was listed by Spirituality & Practice as one of the Best Spiritual Books of 2005, calling it "one of the best books we've ever read on what it takes to live an authentic life." He has appeared on Oprah Winfreys Super Soul Sunday program several times.

Find out more at marknepo.com. If you are interested in the 3-session webinar in October - “More together than alone – the power and spirit of community”, you can go to live.marknepo.com.

Work with Pauli Saari: Pauli Saari is a certified Purpose Guide. If you are interested in working with him you can contact him here: paulisaari.com/contact.

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