This Plus That with Brandi Stanley

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Why I Talk About Purpose

About the Episode

In this second solo episode of the show, I explain why I speak and write so consistently about the idea of “purpose,” and give context that will set the stage for an upcoming episode of the podcast with Charles Eisenstein and Lauren Buckley, called “Purpose + Illness,” set to follow this episode—releasing on February 1, 2022.


Episode Details

What I Discuss

  • My search for “purpose” until now.

  • The portions of Charles’s work that helped me begin to make real connections between work, purpose, and health.

  • A reading of my essay, “A Sick Society + An Individual Burden,” which gives extra context to the connections I see between work and illness, and my upcoming conversation with Charles and Lauren.

  • Why you might be born to heal a divide between two worlds.

  • A reading of my essay, “Wisdom Teeth + Chronic Illness,” which tells the story of finding dental cavitations in my mouth, and much of what Charles, Lauren, and I discuss in the upcoming episode.

  • How doing work you don’t enjoy is a kind of “toxic load” on your body.

  • And, why we need to start saying “this isn’t normal.”


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Credits

Audio engineering by the team at Upfire Digital.

All of my music is provided by the in-house musicians at Slip.stream.

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Coming soon, hopefully! Would you be willing to help? Email me at brandi@thisplusthat.com!