Hello, this is Sherona Drake Henderson, your guest host for the week. Welcome to Radio

Headspace and to Wednesday. Like a lot of parents, I was concerned that having kids would

distract me from my dreams. But by making a conscious effort to keep my ambitions alive,

I've had some of my most productive years as a parent and in the process, I've taught my son

what it means to be resilient. So today, let's talk about living with purpose. I'm going to tell you

why you don't have to put your ambitions on the back burner and how it shows your kids that anything

is possible. Whoo, having kids changes you quite a bit. All of a sudden, you have these concerns

you didn't have before. You have new responsibilities. All of these pressures sometimes make parents

want to just put things aside or they feel like, well, I've lived and now it's their time to live. No,

you still have purpose. You're still here for a reason. And although it's tough to accept and it

can be scary when you can think of a million things that you want your kids to have,

one of the biggest gifts you can give your child is a whole parent.

We often give up our dreams and then take the role of coach. But it's good sometimes when

you're on a team and you can be reminded that your coach can still play. And so at times when I

can't see us reach for our dreams and go after the hard things, they're reminded, oh,

that's what it looks like to play the game at this level. That's what it looks like to take a loss

well. And it's scary because I think also some of us are scared of our kids being our audience.

How do we look our child in the face after going after our dreams and seeing it not happen when

we're telling them they can do anything. But you know what guys? It's not about the end journey

all the time. It's about how you get to a place. It's about who you are.

It doesn't matter if you say, oh, you could do anything in the world. You're powerful. You're resilient.

If every time they see you face a challenge, you give up and you say, oh, no, not it's not for me

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