EP #156: Healing and Purpose with Roxanne Chaput
We’re all on a journey. It can be confusing, hard to handle, and there will be times when you get off track. Some people will encourage you and others will discourage you. It’s most important that you focus on what you know is good. Use your gifts and skills to help others.
Today’s guest was extremely open about her struggles. She felt a calling from a young age but suppressed it for years. Her family and friends knew something was there and tried to tell her. It didn’t click until a trip alone into the forest and some near-death experiences. Now, she helps people find their true purpose and live more fulfilled lives. Here’s an inspiring conversation with Roxanne Chaput.
What You'll Learn In Today's Episode:
About Roxanne’s calling
What Roxanne’s family would tell her about her mindset when she was younger
How Roxanne’s work was unfulfilling
About Roxanne’s near-death experiences
About Roxanne’s life-changing dreams
About Roxanne’s indigenous culture
How Roxanne was meant to be a shaman
What a smudging ceremony is
About Roxanne’s experience in the forest that changed everything
How Roxanne became a healer
About the demeanor of Roxanne’s mom
About Roxanne’s relationship with her mom
How vulnerability has helped Roxanne and can help you
The exact events of a terrible car accident Roxanne survived (one of the near-death experiences)
About Roxanne’s work helping people heal
About Roxanne’s love for children
What Roxanne believes children are capable of
What Roxanne thinks of mentors
Ideas Worth Sharing:
“I always had this profound knowingness since I was a little girl.” - Roxanne Chaput
“I ended up being in a really unhealthy marriage.” - Roxanne Chaput
“Shortly after I left that marriage I had experienced four near-death experiences.” - Roxanne Chaput
“Was I doing this because everyone expected this out of me.” - Roxanne Chaput talking about her previous career
“Does it feel like I’m fulfilling my purpose?” - Roxanne Chaput
“She kept coming to me every single night of my dream.” - Roxanne Chaput
“You’re meant to be a healer.” - Roxanne Chaput speaking about her calling
“I’m being called to heal.” - Roxanne Chaput
“I had not cried in a year. I was suppressing myself. I thought women had to be strong.” - Roxanne Chaput
“It’s like an offering to cleanse our spirits.” - Roxanne Chaput
“It was like this reconnection to the animal kingdom.” - Roxanne Chaput
“I’ve never seen a hummingbird flying in the pouring rain.” - Roxanne Chaput
“From that moment, something had shifted inside of me.” - Roxanne Chaput
“Everything I was able to witness was no longer this superficial aspect.” - Roxanne Chaput
“My mom isn't that spiritual.” - Roxanne Chaput
“I never saw my mother cry but one time in her entire life.” - Roxanne Chaput
“It broke your heart to see your mother cry.” - Roxanne Chaput
“There’s no such thing as a suppressed emotion…It’s transmuting itself into something else.” - Roxanne Chaput
“We take accountability over acknowledging .” - Roxanne Chaput
“We should have flipped the vehicle or been crushed on impact.” - Roxanne Chaput
“It’s hard to trust someone with my life.” Roxanne Chaput
“We know our body.” - Roxanne Chaput
“I had this unwavering sense of inner peace.” - Roxanne Chaput
“We all have the answer within us.” - Roxanne Chaput
“We get buried in so much conditioning and programming of what we should be doing with our lives and we’re trying to go into this rat race that isn't serving us.” - Roxanne Chaput
“How many people can say that they are connected with their soul?” - Roxanne Chaput
“A lot of this work what it is is about debunking those limiting beliefs.” - Roxanne Chaput
“We have to be in a state of allowance to be able to receive the information that is given to us on a daily basis.” - Roxanne Chaput
“Imagine how much more powerful the world is in that dynamic when you’re actually in your magic from a very long age and you don't waver from that point.” - Roxanne Chaput
“They’re coming from a place of surrendering.” - Roxanne Chaput
“I hate calling them clients. I just call them soul friends.” - Roxanne Chaput
“People are coming to you for guidance. Who did you go to for guidance?” - Bob DePasquale asking Roxanne about who she confided in
“A culture of collaborative support and generosity is so important.” - Bob DePasquale
Resources In Today's Episode:
Roxanne Chaput - Website - LinkedIn - Instagram - Twitter - Facebook - TikTok
Bob’s Book - Personal Finance in a Public World
This week’s E-Impact Blog Entry
Episodes Referenced:
EP #104: Making the World a Nicer Place with Phillip Mountrose
