On Purpose with Elizabeth Pehrson
This is a podcast designed for all women who want to live this one, messy, hard, fun, challenging, and exciting life we've been given on purpose and with intention. We believe that women do that better when we are together, better when we are connected, better when we learn from each other. In each episode, you'll be hearing from Elizabeth and a guest on a variety of ways that we can be more intentional with our lives.
Episodes
80 episodes
Episode 79 - Overwhelm at the Holidays
If you can find the time during this BUSY time of year, grab your coffee, take a deep breath and settle in. Elizabeth talks about the quiet struggle that many women have during the holidays. And that is the overwhelm, anxiety and sometimes the ...
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Episode 78 - Being Unoffendable
We are currently living in the most offendable generation of all time. Returning to ON PURPOSE is special guest Hannah Chan, to sit down with Elizabeth and talk about what it means to be UNOFFENDABLE. In this day and age, is it possible t...
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Episode 77 - Invisible ADHD
Did you know that 50-70% of women struggle with ADHD - and that many of them do not get properly diagnosed until they reach middle age or after? And some never get properly diagnosed. Elizabeth sits down with best-selling author Shanna Pearson ...
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Episode 76 - Letting Go Of Control: The Surrender Shift
Control vs. Surrender - one is our natural response, and one is not. Elizabeth shares a personal story of planning a special vacation for her family down to the very last detail. Except for one MAJOR thing. On this episode, she dives into...
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Episode 75 - Part Two: Nobody Gives You A Manual For This
This is the PART TWO (so if you missed PART ONE, please go back and listen!) There are countless books on marriage and parenting through different stages, but no one tells you or talks to you or hands you a manual for being a mother-in-law or a...
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Episode 74 - No One Gives You A Manual For This (Part 1)
There are countless books on marriage and parenting through different stages, but no one tells you or talks to you or hands you a manual for being a mother-in-law or a grandmother. Elizabeth had the privilege of sitting down with one of her men...
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Episode 73 - Don't Should Yourself
Have you ever thought about how women SHOULD OURSELVES all the time? We should volunteer for that. We should parent a better way. We should do more. We should be thinner. We should be able to do it all. Women are masters at SHOULDING ourselves....
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Episode 72 - 10 Years In and Just Getting Started!
As Elizabeth embarks on the milestone of the TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY of The Exchange, the tables are turned and she is interviewed by Jane McLain. Jane does a deep dive of questions as Elizabeth reflects on the last decade, what she has learned in...
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Episode 71 - From Typewriters To TikTok: 96 Years of Wisdom and Perspective on Life
Elizabeth was giddy to sit down with someone who has lived through nearly a century of life! Yes! You read that right! 96 years of wisdom, grit, growth and grace. From the Great Depression to the digital age, she has seen it a...
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Episode 70 - What I Want My Daughters To Know: A letter to the younger generation
This episode is a VERY personal one for Elizabeth. She vulnerably shares the letter she wrote to her younger self years ago, as well as life lessons to give to her daughters. She lets us sit in and listen to these powerful, life-giving truths. ...
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Episode 69 - Clear is Kind
Elizabeth sits down with Organizational Psychologist, Hannah Chan, to dive into the concept that CLEAR is KIND and therefore being UNCLEAR is UNKIND. Hannah explains that the more honest and clear we are with those we love and invest in, the mo...
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Episode 68 - Imposter Syndrome
If you have ever found yourself in a room wondering, “Do I really deserve a seat at this table?” or have caught yourself downplaying your successes with phrases like “Oh, I just got lucky!” or “It’s really no big deal!”, you are NOT ALONE. ...
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Episode 67 - What Size Is Your Plate
Having eight children, Elizabeth wishes she had a dollar for every time someone said to her… "Girl! You must have your hands full!" Another way of saying that is “Your plate must be full!” The truth is, we ALL have proverbial plates. And ...
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Episode 66 - End of Life Planning
Back by popular demand, is none other than Martha Kemper! Martha sat down with Elizabeth to share her extensive knowledge, wisdom and life experience surrounding the importance of planning for the end of our lives. As Martha humorou...
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Episode 65 - Purposeful Perspective
C.S. Lewis writes that. “What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing. It also depends on what sort of person you are.” Elizabeth shares multiple stories and a number of visuals, as well as her own thoughts on <...
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Episode 64 - THE GRASS ISN'T GREENER: it's just a different shade
Elizabeth sits down and shares how her dogs, Huck and Henry, were the surprising inspiration behind this short episode on envy and comparison. It’s one of those heart-check conversations for when the pull to compare ourselves and our lives with...
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Episode 63 - The Power of Surrender
Elizabeth sits down with guest regular, Vikki Fraker to discuss the art of surrender. We covered the Let Them Theory , which ultimately is a posture of surrender, at The Exchange in March. Vikki shares her thoughts and insights into the “...
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Episode 62 - The Power of Showing Up
Elizabeth sits down and shares what she is learning about THE POWER OF SHOWING UP, after attending a wedding and a funeral in the past week. Witnessing and being present at both big and small events, fun and hard occasions - for those you love ...
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Episode 61 - Understanding the Men in Our Lives
On today’s show, Elizabeth sits down with the very wise Martha Kemper to unpack how we can better understand the men in our lives. Martha has been a student of men for decades. Martha practically shares the differences between men and wom...
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Episode 60 - COURAGE: Being scared but doing it anyway
Many of us have dreams. Things we desire to BE or desire to ACCOMPLISH. But fear is stunting our growth. Elizabeth vulnerably shares her desires and the fears that have been holding her back. She unpacks five common fears that we often en...
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Episode 59 - THE GOLDEN POPULATION: Caring for our aging parents
If your parents are in their 60s or 70s, this episode is for YOU!!!! Sue McCormick, owner of Synergy Home Care sits down with Elizabeth to share what she has learned in her 17...
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Episode 58 - The GRATITUDE Habit
The GRATITUDE Habit - Finding Contentment No Matter WhatWhat we focus on, expands. We can CHOOSE to focus on all that is “going wrong” around us OR we can CHOOSE to focus on what we have to be grateful for. Elizabeth sits do...
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Episode 57 - Resolutions That Matter More Than Weight Loss
NEW YEAR - SAME YOU! New habits, new routines - SAME YOU!! Josie Balka writes, "Midnight on New Year’s Day doesn’t mean you become a new person but it is an opportunity for a blank slate and a fresh start if you would like to take it." Wh...
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Episode 56 - Habits of Thinking
You will not want to miss today’s episode as our editor, Liz Taylor, comes out from behind the computer and joins Elizabeth as her guest speaker! Liz is a certified HabitFinder coach and talks us through the importance of understanding the subc...
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Episode 55 - The Gift of Years
On today’s episode Elizabeth shares the cliff notes from the last Exchange - The Gift of Years - growing old gracefully, where she recaps the book, “The Well Lived Life” written by 103 year old, Dr. Gladys McGarey. Elizabeth shares about...
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