How can I find my purpose now that my kids are all in school?

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Dr. Julie Hanks

Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education, Relationships, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.6 • 734 Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2021

⏱️ 23 minutes

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In this episode, Dr. Julie Hanks coaches Sara and addresses the question, “How can I find my purpose now that my kids are all in school?” When the kids all enter school, it can cause parents to feel pressured to fill that time with a new job or hobby. Dr. Hanks encourages Sara to enjoy this beautiful time to explore and find things in addition to family that are really meaningful. Make a list of things that are interesting or worth exploring more and see where it leads you. During this e...

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0:00.0	Welcome to Ask Dr. Julie Hanks, a safe place for healing conversations that educate and empower you to
0:23.1	prioritize your dreams, revolutionize your family, and personalize your faith. I'm your host,
0:29.1	Dr. Julie Hanks, a psychotherapist and coach offering online courses and programs to help women
0:34.5	all over the world heal themselves and their relationships.
0:38.2	Join me here every week as I coach a listener through a specific challenge and empower them
0:42.9	with tools to find healing.
0:45.2	Today on the show, I'm happy to welcome Sarah.
0:48.3	Hi, Sarah.
0:49.8	Hello.
0:51.2	So happy to have you here.
0:52.9	Good.
0:53.4	Good.
0:53.7	What is your question for me today? Hey, so I, my, I mean,
0:58.6	school is starting and all my kids are going back to school, which is great. I'm pumped for all of
1:03.8	them to start new things. And my youngest will go into second grade. So he'll be in school all day. He was in
1:10.5	school all day last year
1:11.6	too but anyway so i like was thinking that i was going to get a job and i was so excited about it
1:17.2	and then i was asked to apply for this job i like thought for sure it was a shoe in and like i ended up not
1:23.1	getting it which is totally fine i'm not like broken up too much about that specific thing, but it kind of
1:29.2	led me down this like, oh, what do I want to do with my whole life now that I'm not, you know,
1:34.6	holding babies all day long. And I guess it just surprised me. I wasn't expecting, I just wasn't
1:40.4	expecting to feel like that this year. I know in the future I'll probably,
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