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  • Are You Living Your Best Life—or Just Watching Someone Else Live Theirs? - Nicholas Loise

    Are You Living Your Best Life—or Just Watching Someone Else Live Theirs? - Nicholas Loise
    2026/08/19
    Send us Fan MailPurpose for Life — Nicholas LoiseNicholas Loise joins Suzanne Roberts on the Purpose for Life podcast for a powerful conversation about gifts, purpose, sales, grace, and what it really means to live a full life.Nicholas challenges us to stop comparing ourselves to everyone around us and start asking a more important question: What are we uniquely here to do? He shares how he recognizes his own gifts through the things that make him feel energized and alive, why we often overlook the gifts that come most naturally to us, and why we have a responsibility to nurture those gifts and use them for the betterment of others.Suzanne and Nicholas also unpack the often-misunderstood world of sales. Nicholas explains why sales doesn't have to be about pressure, manipulation, or the stereotypical "bro mentality." At its best, sales is about two human beings trying to solve a problem—and approaching that relationship with curiosity, grace, and a genuine desire to help.The conversation goes even deeper into personal mission statements, listening for our callings, asking others to help us recognize our strengths, and creating the space to reflect on what we're actually supposed to be doing with our lives.And perhaps most importantly, Nicholas reminds us that we weren't put here to live one-dimensional lives. We're meant to be multidimensional—to use our time, energy, relationships, gifts, and purpose to create a life that actually matters.What if you're capable of so much more than you're currently giving?Guest InformationNicholas LoiseSales Performance Team / Your Sales RecruiterFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/18THLsjPiJ/?mibextid=wwXIfrLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholasloise?utm_source=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=member_iosIn This EpisodeLiving a Full LifeNicholas opens with a challenge that carries throughout the entire conversation: how much are we leaving "in the tank"? We all have more to offer, yet comparison, negativity, distraction, and fear can keep us from fully using our gifts.Discovering Your GiftsHow do you know what you're actually good at? Nicholas explains that our gifts often show up in the things that make us feel energized, joyful, and almost effortless. Sometimes the things that come most naturally are precisely the things we fail to recognize as gifts.Rethinking SalesNicholas challenges the stigma around sales and argues that selling, when done correctly, is about understanding another person's goals and determining whether what you offer can genuinely help them. Sales becomes less about transaction and more about relationship.Invitation vs. ImpositionInstead of pressuring someone into a decision, Nicholas describes sales as an invitation. It's two humans trying to solve a problem together.What Does Grace Have to Do With Sales?For Nicholas, grace means treating another person as a human being rather than a number or conquest. It also means allowing people time to make the right decision while holding yourself accountable to continually improve.Finding Your Personal MissionNicholas encourages listeners to reflect, journal, identify their core values, and allow their personal mission to evolve over time. The first draft doesn't have to be perfect. In fact, it probably shouldn't be.Recognizing the Gifts You Can't SeeSometimes our greatest gifts are invisible to us because they're so natural. Nicholas recommends working with a coach and asking people you trust what they believe you're good at, where you excel, and where your blind spots may be.Listening for Your CallingNot every calling arrives as an immediate revelation. Sometimes we discover it through trial and error. Nicholas encourages listeners to pay attention to what energizes them—and what feels like a hundred-pound weight.Living a Multidimensional LifeRather than becoming consumed by one role, one responsibility, or one distraction, Nicholas encourages us to live three-dimensionally and ask: "Who am I lifting up by doing this?"Questions to Reflect OnWhat gifts do I have that I may be taking for granted?What activities make me feel energized and alive?Where am I leaving too much "in the tank"?What would the people closest to me say I'm naturally good at?What are my core values?What is my personal mission?What am I being called to do?Am I living my own life—or watching someone else live theirs?What is currently taking my time, energy, and focus?Who am I lifting up through the way I spend my time?
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  • Every Light Casts a Shadow - Dr. Max Klau

    Every Light Casts a Shadow - Dr. Max Klau
    2026/08/12

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    In this episode, Suzanne Roberts sits down with cultural strategist and author Dr. Max Klau, founder of the Center for Courageous Wholeness, to unpack what it means to build shadow-integrated servant leaders. Dr. Klau shares candid insights from his own journey as a privileged white idealist encountering a deep-seated savior complex, while also tracing his work journey across international service programs and AmeriCorps systems. He shares how unexamined personal shadows aggregate up into modern political polarization, why our current systemic crises cannot be fixed with merely technical or policy-driven solutions, and how to use concrete daily practices to hold your own internal contradictions with deep, transformative compassion.

    Guest Information: Dr. Max Klau, Author, Leadership Consultant, and Founder of the Center for Courageous Wholeness Website

    Books by Dr. Max Klau:
    Race and Social Change: A Quest, A Study, A Call to Action
    The Shadow Mission: Reclaiming Purpose and Integrity in Leadership
    Core Organizations Mentioned: City Year / AmeriCorps Program Information
    Theorists & Frameworks Explored: Carl Jung (The Unconscious Archetype) and Ken Wilber (Adult Development Framework of "Include and Transcend")

    #DrMaxKlau #SuzanneRoberts #PurposeForLifePodcast #CenterforCourageousWholeness #ShadowIntegration #ServantLeadershipDevelopment #CarlJung #ShadowWork #OvercomingSaviorComplex #RaceandSocialChange #AmeriCorps #CityYear #AdultDevelopment #KenWilber #InternalPrivilege #MentalHealthforLeaders #InterdependenceSystems #SpiritualCrisisRestoration
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    28 分
  • Beyond the Diversity Box-Checking - Dr. Melissa Crum

    Beyond the Diversity Box-Checking - Dr. Melissa Crum
    2026/08/05

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    In this riveting episode, Suzanne Roberts sits down with cultural strategist and author Dr. Melissa Crum to explore how the unspoken stories we construct about others fundamentally color our real-world interactions. Tracing her unexpected evolution from 3D animation at Ohio State to founding the Mosaic Education Network, Dr. Crum breaks down the crucial difference between checklist diversity and deep institutional equity. Discover why conflicting cultural definitions of "respect" break workplace dynamics, how to build the muscle required to receive corrections without defensiveness, and how to create protocols that actively drive systemic liberation.

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    28 分
  • Your Radiance Is Required - Sharonda Crome

    Your Radiance Is Required - Sharonda Crome
    2026/07/29

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    In this powerful episode, Suzanne Roberts welcomes cherished friend and colleague Sharonda Crome for an honest conversation filled with unforgettable truth bombs. Sharonda pulls back the curtain on the exhausting "Strong Black Woman" trope, revealing how the pressure to be endlessly strong, vigilant, and self-sacrificing can lead to depletion, isolation, and the dulling of our radiance. Through the practices of Polarity and the experience of collective power, Sharonda shares a pathway to move beyond cultural expectations, reclaim personal sovereignty, and discover what it truly means to put yourself first on the list.

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    28 分
  • The Courage to Be Yourself

    The Courage to Be Yourself
    2026/07/22

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    Suzanne Roberts sits down with sacred artist, filmmaker, and relational therapist Helen Park for a moving conversation about identity, belonging, family, and the courage to become who we truly are.

    Growing up as the daughter of Korean immigrants in the Midwest, Helen shares how she navigated the unspoken expectations of family, the pressure to assimilate, and what it meant to feel like the creative "black sheep." Together, we explore the impact of inherited family stories, cultural identity, and the quiet ways we can lose ourselves in the search to belong.

    Through discovering her family's hidden history, finding refuge in the Buddha Dharma, and embracing her creative voice, Helen reveals how reconnecting with our past can become a pathway to greater freedom, healing, creativity, and purpose.

    Whether you've ever questioned where you fit, felt pulled between different worlds, or struggled to stay true to yourself, Helen's story is a reminder that reconnecting with who we truly are is one of life's most meaningful journeys.

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    28 分
  • Beyond the Perfectionism Trap - Matt Gilhooly

    Beyond the Perfectionism Trap - Matt Gilhooly
    2026/07/15

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    In this deeply moving episode, Suzanne Roberts connects with Matt Gilhooly, host of The Life Shift Podcast, to explore the singular, defining moments that alter the course of our lives forever. Matt opens up about his own childhood "line in the sand"—the exact second his father broke the news of his mother's tragic passing—and how that sudden unmooring gave rise to decades of strict perfectionism and fear of abandonment. Discover how Matt dismantled his performance-driven armor through the power of absolute listening, moving past logic to be on a journey of homecoming to his truest self.

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    29 分
  • Choosing Joy Over Self-Punishment - Sophia Laettner Joubert

    Choosing Joy Over Self-Punishment - Sophia Laettner Joubert
    2026/07/08

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    In this heartfelt conversation, I sit down with writer, speaker, and embodiment practitioner Sophia Laettner Joubert to explore what it means to move from self-punishment to self-compassion.

    Sophia shares how she transformed the harsh inner dialogue of her younger years into a life grounded in gratitude, nature, and embodiment. Together, we talk about listening to the body's wisdom, finding calm in the midst of stress, and making the daily choice to return to love, joy, and grace.

    This episode is a reminder that healing doesn't begin by becoming someone else—it begins by reconnecting with who you've always been.


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    24 分
  • Community Net for Turbulent Times - Jennifer Sconyers

    Community Net for Turbulent Times - Jennifer Sconyers
    2026/07/01

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    In this profound episode, Suzanne Roberts sits down with organizational strategist Jennifer Sconyers to dissect how leaders can stay grounded in exceptionally turbulent times. Moving through her own private season of deep grief and family loss, Jennifer reveals the crucial boundaries between our public-facing personas and our internal worlds. Discover why sustainable change is a long-term "team sport," how to notice the somatic warning signs of being under-resourced, and why true healing requires us to step out of mental isolation and into community co-regulation.

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    26 分