{"id":9335,"date":"2020-09-23T05:55:54","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T10:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/?p=9335"},"modified":"2020-09-02T09:13:53","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T14:13:53","slug":"seven-ways-to-find-your-purpose-in-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wellness\/seven-ways-to-find-your-purpose-in-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven Ways to Find Your Purpose in Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Research suggests that purpose is tied to having better <a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamapsychiatry\/article-abstract\/2648691\">health<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.lww.com\/psychosomaticmedicine\/Abstract\/2016\/02000\/Purpose_in_Life_and_Its_Relationship_to_All_Cause.2.aspx\">longevity<\/a>, and even\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0092656616300836\">economic success<\/a>. It feels good to have a sense of purpose, knowing that you are using your skills to help others in a way that matters to you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"embedly-card\" data-card-controls=\"0\" data-card-align=\"center\" data-card-theme=\"light\">\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/greatergood.berkeley.edu\/article\/item\/seven_ways_to_find_your_purpose_in_life?utm_source=Greater+Good+Science+Center&#038;utm_campaign=ab1ba8e5f7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_GG_Newsletter_August_11&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_term=0_5ae73e326e-ab1ba8e5f7-74466735\">Seven Ways to Find Your Purpose in Life<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Many of the people I know seem to have a deep sense of purpose. Whether working for racial justice, teaching children to read, making inspiring art, or collecting donations of masks and face shields for hospitals during the pandemic, they&#8217;ve found ways to blend their passion, talents, and care for the world in a way that infuses their lives with meaning.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/platform.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Research suggests that purpose is tied to having better health, longevity, and even economic success. It feels good to have a sense of purpose, knowing that you are using your skills to help others in a way that matters to you.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9339,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/greatergood.berkeley.edu\/images\/made\/images\/uploads\/Seven_Ways_to_Find_Your_Purpose_in_Life_300_200_int_c1-1x.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Seven Ways to Find Your Purpose in Life","footnotes":""},"categories":[201,3],"tags":[126,6,5,130,48,42,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-9335","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-community","8":"category-wellness","9":"tag-employee_health","10":"tag-happiness","11":"tag-health","12":"tag-mental_health","13":"tag-mindfulness","14":"tag-wellbeing","15":"tag-wellness"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9335"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9403,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9335\/revisions\/9403"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}