Your True Calling | Find Your Hidden Superpowers

Patty Wilde, Associate Professor of English at WSU Tri-Cities, is quickly becoming a recognized leader in her field. Her new book, ⁠⁠Winning Our Wonder,⁠⁠ uses cutting-edge research to explore how stories of women who served in the American Civil War have evolved over time. Patty shares inspiring insights on how she found her calling to write and teach, better ways to tell our stories, and the importance of asking ourselves what we want to do with our wild and precious lives. You can preorder her remarkable book on ⁠Amazon⁠.

Rev. Abigail Schairer is a rising star featured in Science of Mind magazine who started her own church and created two popular retreats to empower women and next-generation leaders to thrive in today's world. We talk about how this vibrant young visionary found the courage to leave her job at Stanford to answer her calling to be a minister and how you can find your right career, too. She also inspires us to find hope and gives us the tools to create the change we want to see in today's tumultuous world. Check out her ⁠SisterSpirit Retreat⁠ at the Seabeck Conference Center on April 3-6 in Seabeck, Washington. 

Internationally renowned power experts ⁠Annie Blair⁠ and ⁠Carol Zahner⁠ show us how to redefine our relationship with power and become empowered leaders, regardless of how overwhelmed or marginalized we may feel. They explain⁠ how bullies are created and the difference between power-over and power-with mentalities. They guide us through a simple embodiment practice that helps us move forward whenever we feel stuck or blocked, which led me to make a breakthrough on air. Check out their “⁠Get Smart About Your Power⁠⁠” workshop beginning on February 25.

Feeling overwhelmed by our crisis-filled world? You're not alone. Mythologist Michael Meade ⁠ suggests we may be in an apocalypse, but there's hope. Bestselling author Diane Dreher, Ph.D.,⁠ shares insights on how to find our personal power during troubled times by learning from the resilience of those who survived the Dark Ages. They defied authority, discovered their greatest gifts, and ushered in the Renaissance, which means “rebirth” in French. Diane encourages us to take the free ⁠VIA character survey⁠ to identify our unique strengths and join communities to harness our power and make positive change.

My beautiful mother, Ingrid, passed away recently. This podcast shares the wonderful gifts I discovered she had while going through her things. It also covers why knowing what makes you different from your parents enables you to thrive as your true self. According to Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung, "the greatest burden a child must bear is the unlived life of its parents." Mythologist Michael Meade says we come into the world with our own gifts and life journeys, unique from our parents. The answer to finding your authentic purpose lies in living between these two poles. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drmichellechappel/support

Dr. Steve Koc joined an ashram at age 16 and became a rockstar chiropractor in Beverly Hills with clients such as Michael Jackson. We talk about how Steve combined his passion for spirituality with his expertise as a doctor of chiropractic to create a thriving practice and why having empathy for others is good for business. We also discuss how you can find your unique gifts and build a successful business. After working with celebrity clients, Steve shares what he learned about truly living a rockstar life. He now lives in Oregon and has produced award-winning music, videos, and art, including his inspiring metaphysical fiction book The Seeker.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drmichellechappel/support

Catherine Ming T'ien Duffly is an Associate Professor at Reed College in the Theatre Department. While pursuing her BA in History, Kate found her calling to combine social justice and theater and pursued a PhD in Performance Studies from UC, Berkeley. She now teaches socially engaged and community-based theatre, race theory and performance, directing, and puppetry. We talk about Kate's love of teaching and the cool parade she's putting on to boost community joy. This podcast shows you how to combine your gifts to find your bigger calling, too. It also gives you tips and clues for creating passion projects to boost your well-being and help make the world a better place. Kate is the president of the board of Oregon's Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) theatre company ⁠Theatre Diaspora⁠. ⁠Learn more⁠ about her First Annual Everything Under the Sun Parade in Sellwood, Portland, OR, on June 15 and free puppet-building workshops on June 5, 8 and 12. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drmichellechappel/support

Laura Goff left a career as a graphic designer to follow her calling to become an acupuncturist. Laura discovers one of her superpowers live on the air during our interview, and we talk about how you can find your own gifts in the moment. We also discuss how Laura pieced together the clues that eventually pointed to her purpose and tips for how you can follow your own breadcrumb trail to a fulfilling career that makes a positive difference. Laura practices at Whitney Green Acupuncture in Tigard, OR. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drmichellechappel/support

⁠Joel Kroeker is an internationally known pop star, music-centered psychotherapist, and psychoanalyst with a private practice in Victoria, British Columbia. We discuss how curiosity can lead us to discover our unique superpowers. We also talk about when it's time to answer our true calling and how to end one career and start another. Joel received a Master's in ethnomusicology but dropped out of the Ph.D. program to sign a record deal with Universal/True North Records. He spent ten years traveling the world as an award-winning singer-songwriter. Still, he felt called to get a second Master's in music-centered psychotherapy and eventually trained as a Jungian analyst in Switzerland. Joel blends his passions and expertise in his amazing TED talk and new book, Jungian Music Psychotherapy. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drmichellechappel/support

Eddie Watkins, Jr. is an amazing bass player, singer, and songwriter from Detroit, MI who has recorded with renowned musicians such as Barbra Streisand, Santana, Cher, and Diana Ross. We talk about how he discovered his musical talent at age seven and the best ways to identify your own superpowers. We also discuss how Eddie became a sought-after session bass player for Motown, but success and the fast life led him down a path of substance abuse and recovery. Hitting rock bottom became an opportunity for Eddie to experience a spiritual awakening and answer his higher calling. On January 13th, Eddie launched his Peace on Earth Tour to promote unity across our nation. Give his music a listen! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drmichellechappel/support

Jahmal Lake has a high-powered career in high-tech and is making the world a better place with his nonprofit organization ⁠Our Kids Read⁠. As its Executive Director, Jahmal is devoted to improving literacy in African-American, Indigenous, and Latinx elementary school children nationwide. His enthusiasm and energy are contagious! Jahmal and I talk about how you can answer your own greater calling by tapping into your authentic power and connecting to something bigger than you. For those living in Portland, OR, Boys and Girls of America recently partnered with Our Kids Read and is looking for local volunteers to read to students from February through April 2024. To learn more, check out ourkidsreadinc.org. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drmichellechappel/support

Kay Kostopoulos is a triple-threat actor, singer, and dancer who teaches acting and communication skills at Stanford University's Theater Department, Graduate School of Business, and School of Medicine. Kay talks about how she grew up in a working-class family and was able to create her amazing life, giving us hints and clues for finding the power and confidence to succeed as our true selves, too. I was lucky enough to take her classes and they changed my life! Kay has been featured in O Magazine and performs as “Black Olive Jazz” with the finest jazz musicians in the Bay Area and New York City. She will be performing at Pangea in NYC on November 16th at 7 PM. (Listen to Shake it Up, the song that opens the podcast.) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drmichellechappel/support

Hannah Onstad is a powerhouse businesswoman who answered her calling to write fiction after climbing the corporate ladder. She's also one of the first and brightest students I taught as a psychology professor. We talk about what inspired her to go to graduate school two years ago and get an MFA in Creative Writing even though she's wanted to write since she was a young girl. We discuss what stops us from pursuing our dreams, how to find values-aligned work, and the importance of reclaiming our purpose later in life. Hannah is now publishing impressive ⁠book reviews⁠ and working on a novel while running a successful consulting company. She will be in conversation with Manuel Munoz, author of The Consequences, at Orinda Books in Orinda, CA on October 7th at 3 p.m. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drmichellechappel/support

Maria Williquette is an extraordinary psychotherapist and yoga instructor⁠ who heals us on the mat with her words. Her classes and retreats are always packed with adoring students, and I'm happy to be one of them. Maria's secret to success comes from combining her therapy and yoga superpowers in her dual careers. She also stays present with her clients and comes from the heart in everything she does. We talk about how to find your calling by giving yourself the space to notice what makes you come alive. We also discuss ways you can merge your unique gifts and why being kicked off the path you thought you should be on can help you find your true purpose. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drmichellechappel/support

Reverend Dr. Sunshine Michelle Coleman is an inspiring Senior Minister at the Oakland Center for Spiritual Living in CA. She shares her life experiences, tools, and concepts for living a greater life and ⁠authentic self-expression⁠. Sunshine Michelle has a doctorate in Transformative Studies from the California Institute of Integral Studies. We talk about how she left a career as a model to go into Human Resources while studying spirituality on the side and eventually combined her superpowers to answer her higher calling to be a minister. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drmichellechappel/support

I am deeply inspired by Buffalo Child, a Plains Cree Native American who generously shares his wisdom and culture to help us tap into the sacred every day. We talk about the importance of slowing down, living in balance, and removing false labels put on us by others so that we can shine as our true selves. Renowned psychiatrist Carl Jung's concept of the golden shadow leads me to believe that our buried superpowers are nuggets of gold that can light the way to our purpose. We also discuss how Buffalo was called to lead a powerful Summer Solstice ceremony at Serpent Mount and how we often find our calling by being true to ourselves in the moment. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drmichellechappel/support

Rudy Zambrano is a fantastic ⁠⁠hairstylist⁠⁠ and an incredibly kind person. I met him after I got lost on the way to my first gig in Portland during the Rose Parade. Hundreds of people passed by before Rudy came out of nowhere to help. We talk about how Rudy struggled as a gay Latino man to be his true self and follow his calling. The #1 regret of the dying is that they wish they'd dared to live their purpose, not the life others expected of them. Learn how Rudy persevered and you can, too. Rudy and I also discuss how most of us (except the ⁠⁠dark triad personality⁠⁠) can develop our kindness superpower and the surprising ⁠⁠health benefits⁠⁠ of being kind to ourselves and others. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drmichellechappel/support

Meet Emma Hirsch, a 23-year-old novelist and supervisor at ⁠Youthline⁠⁠, a crisis support center for teenagers. Recently accepted into the graduate program at the University of Oregon to become a therapist, Emma shares with us how she merges her writing and psychology superpowers in her new novel and work. She's a true inspiration to us all, showing us the importance of discovering and combining our own unique talents and passions to succeed in life. Emma and I also talk about how to embrace new experiences, release attachment to outcomes, and seek out role models to discover our true calling. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drmichellechappel/support

Line Hilton is a UK-based jazz singer, clinical hypnotherapist, and resilience coach. She blew me away with how quickly she helped singers improve their performances at an educational songwriters meeting and I immediately booked her for my podcast. Line gives us powerful tools to blast through self-limiting beliefs, such as "I'm not good enough" and "I'm invisible," and build self-confidence so that we can succeed in life as our true selves. She also describes helping clients reach their goals by developing a ⁠⁠growth mindset⁠, and what it's like to pursue a range of interests and careers as a "multipotentialite⁠" rather than follow a single North Star.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drmichellechappel/support

Diane Dreher, Ph.D., is the best-selling author of "Tao of Inner Peace" and four other books. She is an award-winning university professor and positive psychology researcher whose work on hope has been recognized internationally. In this podcast, we discuss how Diane found her true calling and helps clients discover their own gifts and purpose. She shares how being seen by just one person empowers us to recognize our own personal greatness. Diane also talks about using the free VIA character survey to discover our unique strengths and listening to our intuition to find our true path in the world. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drmichellechappel/support

You came into the world with a unique set of strengths to answer your calling. But you may have overlooked them because they came so naturally to you. Your superpowers don't need to be ultra-amazing such as flying or shapeshifting to be significant. Your greatness comes from the particular combination of passions and abilities that make you YOU. In today's episode, I talk to Dana Hazell — one of the best massage therapists I've ever had — about how she rediscovered her innate talent for doing massage. She describes how she combined this gift with her sports background and scientific interest in the human body to follow her true calling, and how you can bring it all together to find your purpose, too. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drmichellechappel/support

Buck O'Kelly meandered through a few jobs before finding his true vocation as a custom furniture builder and co-owner of Inventia Design in Portland, Oregon. He and I talk about how our first jobs can help us find our true calling when we take note of the skills and values that make us come alive. We also discuss the importance of play and how Buck found success in the furniture-making business by carving out his own niche. We end with a spirited discussion of what it's like to get into a flow state and why it's the most direct way to discover our unique gifts. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drmichellechappel/support

June Smith is a professional writer and incredible dancer who is still going strong at age 91. She lives in a condo with an ocean view near Santa Cruz, California, and is a powerful manifester. We discuss how June discovered her writing and dancing superpowers and created a richly rewarding life. She also divulges her secret to success by doing what she loves and following "the nudge." The podcast includes hints and clues for how you can find your superpowers and purpose, too. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drmichellechappel/support

If you're like most people, you haven't followed your calling because your inner critic scares the bejesus out of you. K-CRAP, the radio station that plays 24/7 in your head, tells you that you'll never be good enough to reach your dreams and keeps you stuck in a life that doesn't suit you. You may have grown so used to it that you don't hear it anymore, but believe me, it's there, and it's holding you back big time. This podcast shows you how to gently bypass KCRP, tune into your soul's guidance, and gather delicious clues for becoming the person you were born to be. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drmichellechappel/support

I'm a psychology professor turned rock star who first helped people find their true calling by accident. While teaching self-actualization and creativity workshops, my clients started rediscovering amazing superpowers they'd suppressed since childhood. They not only became more creative but went on to find purposeful careers and passion projects using their newfound gifts. The podcast closes by providing hints for finding your own hidden superpowers. (Pssst! That's the secret to finding your true calling.) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drmichellechappel/support