Tune in to hear:

• Why does Dr. Whelan think that purpose is something we build rather than something we discover? Also why, as a culture, do we view purpose more like an epiphany rather than something we actively construct?
• How are happiness and purpose distinguished and how should we optimize for one or the other? How did Plato’s philosophy separate the two and did he believe they were mutually exclusive on some level?
• Does Dr. Whelan think that we, as a society, over optimize for short-term, hedonic happiness and don’t focus enough on long-term eudemonic flourishing?
• How can we better recognize the purposeful things we are already doing in our lives? Why is taking a moment to acknowledge this so powerful?
• How do we keep this from becoming just another item on an already too full to-do list, another weight on our backs or another form of perfectionism?
• On the one hand, we know that service and living for others can bolster our purpose, but we also know this can be overextended at the expense of ourselves. How does Dr. Whelan propose that we better balance these two facets of purpose?
• When our values seem to be at odds with each other, how should we ascertain which values we should be prioritizing?
• Is there anything about happiness and living with purpose that Dr. Whelan has had a 180 on since dedicating herself so deeply to this research?

Links

• Dr. Whelan’s Website
• Finding Your Purpose
• Dr. Christine Whelan on LinkedIn
• Dr. Christine Whelan on Instagram

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