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
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Wednesday Nov 15, 2017
Wednesday Nov 15, 2017
[Ep. 45] Personal Brand Comparison: Late to the race and the lane is crowded by Amanda Miller Littlejohn : Personal Branding Coach and PR Strategist
Wednesday Nov 08, 2017
Wednesday Nov 08, 2017
http://www.amandamillerlittlejohn On today's episode, I help social psychologist Veronica Womack reframe her fear of self promotion, address her behind the scenes mindset and create a plan to build her personal brand beyond academia through writing and speaking.
Friday Nov 03, 2017
Friday Nov 03, 2017
http://www.amandamillerlittlejohn.com Have you ever hesitated to reach out to an old friend or colleague because you felt guilty for falling out of touch? Or maybe you wondered if the person would remember you, or care to connect at all after "all this time"?
I've personally been in that position and I've also watched clients struggle to put themselves out there and make the first move to re-engage old colleagues even online. But a recent trip to Tennessee reminded me just how quickly you can break those old relationships back in, and how often our fears around reaching out and being potentially rejected are unfounded.
If you haven't gotten around to reaching out to an old contact, be encouraged that it's not as awkward as you may fear it to be. More often than not, your old connections will be thrilled to hear from you, and glad you got the communication ball rolling again.
Tuesday Oct 24, 2017
Tuesday Oct 24, 2017
[Ep. 42] Deferred not denied: keep making your lists by Amanda Miller Littlejohn : Personal Branding Coach and PR Strategist
Tuesday Oct 10, 2017
Tuesday Oct 10, 2017
http://www.amandamillerlittlejohn.com/lyris Atlanta-based DJ Lyris talks about the process of turning a passion project into a new income stream. Lyris discusses how paying attention to what makes her happy becomes more important after you've put in so much time into a day job. After watching her excitement around her passion for music grow, she gradually began making the shift to spend more of her time on music.
Saturday Oct 07, 2017
Saturday Oct 07, 2017
http://www.packageyourgeniusacademy.com/program - Tiffany McDuffie shares her journey from corporate accounting to Purposeful Play, her Milwaukee-based sports and education camp.
Friday Oct 06, 2017
Friday Oct 06, 2017
http://www.packageyourgeniusacademy.com/program Meico Whitlock of Mindful Techie on his journey from his 9-5 to full-time entrepreneurship
Meico Whitlock, a DC-based mindful productivity coach, answered the call of freedom.
He was a member of cohort II of my signature personal branding group training program – Package Your Genius Academy.
Meico and I caught up to discuss how he planned to take the leap from working his full-time job to working full-time in his business.
Since the academy, he quit his job and now speaks and coaches full-time. This past summer, he launched a line of online courses and bootcamps to help busy professionals reclaim their time. More at http://www.mindfultechie.com
Meico and I discussed his personal branding journey including:
+the importance of accountability
+practical planning to make a big career and financial leap
+moving from ideas to implementation
+starting from zero, nurturing a small audience and building over time
+listening to the universe and why your vision is non-negotiable
Listen to Meico’s inspiring personal branding journey or watch my interview with him at http://www.amandamillerlittlejon.com/meico!
Tuesday Oct 03, 2017
Tuesday Oct 03, 2017
http://www.amandamillerlittlejohn.com/hadiya Hadiya Williams, a DC-based artist and maker, answered the call of creativity and entrepreneurship.
The accomplished graphic designer and founder of Black Pepper Paperie was a member of cohort III of my signature personal branding group training program - Package Your Genius Academy.
Hadiya and I caught up to discuss how she's made art her business - she's a creative conjurer who makes visually exquisite creations - stationery, invitations, clay work, etc. She designed my AML logo (the one in the top left corner!) among a ton of other amazing things.
She recently turned her focus away from the graphic design work for which she received her BFA and advanced training to focus on clay pottery and hand made stationery.
Hadiya and I discussed her personal branding journey including:
+the importance of building your brand as an artist
+marketing's role in the creative process
+pivoting away from the career you received your degree in
+responding to family members and what others think you should be doing with your talents
+getting comfortable with self promotion, networking her way into the National Museum of Women in the Arts and more...
Sunday Oct 01, 2017
Sunday Oct 01, 2017
http://wp.me/p3AFdW-Ug Joy Hutton Lacy - aka The Restaurant Girl is the founder of Joy of Consulting. Joy was a member cohort III of my signature #personalbranding group training program - Package Your Genius Academy.
Joy and I caught up to discuss her business and brand. She's an organizational development consultant and business operations strategist who helps small businesses put better back-end systems in place.
We talked about how she created a narrowly defined niche in the consulting industry, how she overcame the discouraging feedback of a trusted mentor, how paying attention to what was working already helped her find a focus area that energizes her days, as well as the symptoms of a business that lacks systems.
Listen to the interview on my podcast, or watch it on Youtube. Enjoy!
Wednesday Aug 30, 2017
Wednesday Aug 30, 2017
http://www.amandamillerlittlejohn.com If it feels like you do a lot but nothing seems to ever really get done, it may be time to tweak your productivity routine. In episode 41 we sit down with Meico Whitlock of the Mindful Techie to talk about how we can set clear priorities, bring more mindfulness to our days and get refocused on our goals. 
Meico Marquette Whitlock is the Founder and CEO of Mindful Techie, an organization that helps purpose-driven organizations and professionals around the globe tackle technology distraction,
information overload, and work-life balance in a digital world through talks, workshops, and trainings. http://www.mindfultechie.com