How to Turn Your Pain Into Purpose: Pt 1 “For the Woman Who Knows She’s Here to Share Her Gifts but Has Felt Held Back”
This is the year you’re meant to live your purpose and calling more fully.
As we move toward 2026, I know many of you feel it in your bones:
This is the year you’re meant to live your purpose and calling more fully.
Not someday.
Not when you feel “ready.”
But now.
Maybe this is you:
• You’ve chosen paths that looked right on paper, but never fully satisfied your soul.
• You’re still working a job, but you know your soul didn’t come here just to clock in and clock out.
You’ve made it through some really hard times, and you know you’re meant to share your story, but freeze.
• You feel called to lead, guide, or share your work… but when it’s time to be visible or bold, your nervous system hits the brakes.
So you think about it.
You wait for clarity, confidence, or the “right time.”
And somewhere along the way, purpose starts to feel confusing instead of empowering.
If that’s you I got you…
I originally planned to create a very simple series called “How to Turn Your Pain Into Purpose”.
But when I sat down to outline it, something unexpected happened.
I received so many downloads around purpose and calling that I realized something important:
We’ve been taught to treat our purpose like a destination…
A job title.
A sacred mission that we have to figure out.
A single “right” path that we have to nail down today and follow for the rest of our lives.
And what we’ve been taught is wrong.
This is why so many gifted, soulful women feel stuck, disconnected, or like they’ve gone down the wrong path.
Why they start doubting the very thing they know in their heart is true.
Why they end up believing they’re not meant for the work that keeps nudging them.
When we try to move forward with our sacred gifts while holding distorted ideas about purpose and calling, we end up misaligned when all we want to do is help others.
But all that’s about to change.
The Divine Mother wants me to remind you that you’re not behind, you’re exactly right where you’re supposed to be.
And if you’ve felt held back, it was just a sacred pause for re-alignment.
She wants you doing and being exactly what your soul came here to do and be, but from a place of safety, embodiment, and truth.
So if you feel like 2026 is your year, I’m really excited for you.
Over this series of emails, we’re going to
explore how everything you’ve been through (all the pain) can be turned into power & purpose,
you’ll move into deeper clarity around your purpose and calling
and have a deeper understanding of how to receive money from your soul gifts in a way that feels aligned and easeful.
If questions arise as you read this week, simply hit reply. I’ll be here, and I’ll respond.
Much love,
Essence
