PURPOSESCAPING : Build confidence to reinvent and find purpose in midlife
The Purposescaping® Podcast is where seasonal living, personal branding, and the radical power of rest intersect to help you reclaim your energy, creativity, and voice. Hosted by Amanda Miller Littlejohn — personal branding strategist, mental health journalist, author of The Rest Revolution, and creator of the Purposescaping® framework — this show offers a soul-aligned roadmap for ambitious high achievers ready to lead, live, and create in harmony with their natural rhythm.
Through a powerful blend of practical tools, ancestral wisdom, and purposeful reflection, each episode is a portal back to your center — helping you shed the burnout mindset, embrace your seasons, and evolve with intention.
On this podcast, you’ll learn how to:
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Break the burnout cycle and stop repeatedly skipping your personal winter
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Embrace seasonality as a strategy for sustainable success
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Realign with your body’s wisdom and your spirit’s timeline
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Build a career, business, and brand that honors your capacity and calling
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Reframe rest as a strategic advantage instead of a weakness
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Reclaim your identity, creativity, and leadership voice after years of overwork
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Cultivate joy, set boundaries, and restore your rhythm
If you’re a high-achieving woman who’s tired of running on autopilot, The Purposescaping® Podcast offers a fresh paradigm where achievement and alignment co-exist. Through solo episodes, coaching insights, and conversations with kindred spirits, you’ll remember what it means to live and lead on your own terms.
Tune in to reclaim your time, your peace, your purpose and finally live in a way that feels like you.
Listen on:
The Rest Revolution - Voices From the Front Lines
This is a special series of the podcast focused on my new book, The Rest Revolution: How to Reclaim Your Rhythm and Conquer Burnout When Overworking Has Become the Norm, which comes out on November 13th.
I’m thrilled to share this book with you because I believe it’s my most important work yet. In The Rest Revolution, I explore how we’ve been conditioned to treat ourselves like machines and how this mindset leads to burnout, exhaustion, and a disconnection from our true selves.
The Rest Revolution isn’t just about rest; it’s about the great realignment that is happening in this country. People are slowly waking up to the idea that good lives require more than work and achievement. Good lives require you getting in alignment with the purposeful work, key relationships, and energizing activities that are most important to you.
I interview high achieving professionals, psychologists, sociologists, and medical experts on how we can you can reclaim your humanity, find more balance, and choose to live and work in a way that truly aligns with your purpose. It’s about breaking free from the toxic cycle of overwork and finding a new, sustainable way forward. If you’ve ever felt like you’re running on fumes or just going through the motions, this book is for you.
If you love this podcast, I know you’ll love the book. The Rest Revolution will be available on November 12th from all major booksellers, and you can visit www.therestrevolutionbook.com to preorder your copy now. I can’t wait for you to read it.
Episodes
Tuesday Oct 23, 2018
Tuesday Oct 23, 2018
[Ep. 55] Are You Carrying Your Own Torch? Have You Done Your Part? by Amanda Miller Littlejohn : Personal Branding Coach and PR Strategist
Tuesday Oct 16, 2018
Tuesday Oct 16, 2018
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As mentioned in the episode: Package Your Genius: 5 Steps to Build Your Most Powerful Personal Brand - Now Available on Amazon http://bit.ly/pygbook
Atlantic Interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/280025/advice-on-writing-from-i-the-atlantic-i-s-ta-nehisi-coates/
Tuesday Oct 09, 2018
Tuesday Oct 09, 2018
If you're a high achiever who struggles with impostor syndrome, it's costing you more than you think. It's also costing the people whose lives could be changed by what you have to share. It's time to get over yourself so you can get your big ideas into the world.
Get the book Package Your Genius: 5 Steps to Build Your Most Powerful Personal Brand - http://bit.ly/pygbook
Tuesday Oct 02, 2018
Tuesday Oct 02, 2018
Mentioned in this episode: Quincy documentary on Netflix - https://www.netflix.com/title/80102952
Package Your Genius: 5 Steps to Build Your Most Powerful Personal Brand - now available http://bit.ly/pygbook
Package Your Genius Academy Application - https://bit.ly/2DFDKZl
Tuesday Sep 25, 2018
Tuesday Sep 25, 2018
What happens when pride and ego threaten to sabotage your contribution? When you overthink it or tell yourself you're not ready? It wastes a lot of time - and I know because it happened to me.
Mentioned on the episode - Package Your Genius: 5 Steps to Build Your Most Powerful Personal Brand - available now http://bit.ly/pygbook
Package Your Genius Academy - Now Accepting Applications for the next cohort - Visit http://www.packageyourgeniusacademy.com/program to apply
Tuesday Sep 18, 2018
Tuesday Sep 18, 2018
As mentioned in the episode - The new book Package Your Genius - 5 Steps to Build Your Most Powerful Personal Brand is HERE!!! Grab your copy on Amazon at http://bit.ly/pygbook We're accepting applications for the next cohort of the group mentoring program Package Your Genius Academy. Visit http://www.packageyourgeniusacademy.com to submit your application for consideration. Intro and Outro Music - "Lucky" by Connor Benjamin Littlejohn aka DJ Connor B https://soundcloud.com/dj-connor-b/lucky
Sunday May 06, 2018
Sunday May 06, 2018
http://www.amandamillerlittlejohn.com/too-much
How is shrinking, hiding and not playing full out come up for you? Is it hindering your personal brand and keeping you from the people you most want to connect with? I want to know! Come chat with me in the comments or join the PYG Facebook Group at http://www.facebook.com/groups/packageyourgenius
Intro and Outro Music:
Essentialism by Connor Benjamin Littlejohn/DJ Connor B on Soundcloud
Monday Jan 29, 2018
Monday Jan 29, 2018
Like it or not, you are a GLOBAL brand.
But are you operating like the global brand that you are? Do you have products, services and programs available to cater to a global audience? Long gone are the days when you could focus solely on your geographic region. In today's global economy you're leaving money on the table if you're not making SOMETHING available for sale to a worldwide audience.
Mentioned in the episode - request to join the free Facebook Group
http://www.facebook.com/groups/packageyourgenius
Visit Amanda online
http://www.amandamillerlittlejohn.com
http://www.packageyourgeniusacademy.com
http://www.thebrandingbox.com
Intro and Outro Music - Lucky by Connor Benjamin Littlejohn
https://soundcloud.com/dj-connor-b/lucky
Audio Editing by Connor Benjamin Littlejohn
Tuesday Jan 16, 2018
Tuesday Jan 16, 2018
For those who hate self promotion, this episode is for you.
Ever feel like you're saying the same thing day after day when it comes to your personal brand? Feel like you're getting on people's nerves or "harassing" your followers with your content? You're not alone.
But here's why you have to KEEP talking about what you do, even when it feels repetitive.
Mentioned in this episode:
Package Your Genius Facebook Group
Request to Join - https://www.facebook.com/groups/packageyourgenius/
Package Your Genius Academy
http://www.packageyourgeniusacademy.com
Connor Littlejohn's new book - Tag You're It! Zombie Tag
http://www.connorlittejohn.com
Wednesday Nov 22, 2017
Wednesday Nov 22, 2017
http://www.amandamillerlittlejohn.com On this episode I help a seasoned marketing executive understand how to market herself for a role that values her experience position herself for new career search after 50
Barbara Miller spent 25 year career at one company and in a sense felt like she grew up in the company. With over 25 years of professional experience, she's now interviewing externally for the first time in over 20 years.
The job search landscape has changed - with digital tools, social media, linkedin being the main pathways to finding a new job. Barbara's also found herself competing with the growing millennial audience of talent.
But her skills are formidable. She has experience building networks, managing earned owned and paid media campaigns, retail execution, experiential marketing, digital marketing, content marketing and e-commerce.
She's looking for a senior marketing leader position like a senior VP or Chief Marketing Officer that utilizes her strengths of people management, coaching, transformational leadership, and change management.
I shared a few key ideas with Barbara for her career search, namely:
1. Know your values, work style and your deal breakers
2. Understand what type of companies align with those values
3. Uncover the profile of the company that suits your skills and working style - size, revenue, culture, industry
4. Create a list of target companies that fit that profile
5. Be intentional with your search
6. Create clear case studies of your work
7. Create a thought leadership campaign on Linkedin to share solutions for problems plaguing your target company
Find Barbara on Linkedin at https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbararossmiller/
Learn more about the resources I mentioned below
My website and blog - tons of personal branding tips there
http://www.amandamillerlittlejohn.com
My personal branding toolkit and playbook The Branding Box - http://www.thebrandingbox.com
My group program for high achievers Package Your Genius Academy - http://www.packageyourgeniusacademy.com
What are your career search tips?