128. Discover Your Passion (with Chanel Dokun)
Guest Bio: Chanel Dokun is a certified Life Planner and Relationship Expert trained in Marriage and Family Therapy. She specializes in helping women step into their life’s true calling through her Women of Consequence life planning organization. Prior to running her own business and co-founding a seven-figure therapy practice, Healthy Minds NYC, she worked in publishing at Hearst Magazines. She now splits her time between New York City and Atlanta with her psychiatrist husband and son. Chanel’s writing and contributions have appeared in publications such as the New York Times, Real Simple, Woman’s Day, Essence, Moneyish, Christianity Today, and Relevant Magazine.
Show Summary: Have you ever felt uncertain of your purpose? Have your eyes glazed over when it comes to talking about the future or thinking of your dreams? Sometimes we can get caught up in the mundane things that cause us to forget about the goals and plans we wanted for ourselves. Today’s guest, Chanel Dokun, is devoted to helping women find and pursue their passions. Join this conversation with hosts, Elisa Morgan and Eryn Eddy Adkins, to learn more about pursuing your purpose on this episode of God Hears Her.
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Notes and Quotes:
“She [my mom] said to me, ‘that’s so great you know who you want to be, because I never knew. Nobody ever asked me.”—Chanel Dokun
“I think we all have flickers of what our purpose is as children.”—Chanel Dokun
“Part of how we get unstuck, or come back to life, is by standing up in the truth of who we are. Reclaiming our identity, owning what our purpose is, and getting back into our own skin.”—Chanel Dokun
“Because of social media, we’re constantly being presented with an idea of what flourishing is that is not unique to us. We lose sight of ourselves because we’re being presented with somebody else’s great life. . . but your great life is not my great life.”—Chanel Dokun
“All the things God has in store for you, He does not have in store for me. And that’s what gets
