Every person is just.
It's unbelievable, isn't it?
Like Mister Rogers said, there's no one you couldn't love once you hear their story.
And every time I meet someone, I just want to hold up a mirror and say, do you see?
It's like the song, do you hear what I hear?
Do you see what I see?
Like, you're so amazing.
It's not that amazing.
It's not that unique.
It's like, no, I wish you could just put more of you in the world because the world would benefit from more of you.
So how do you live a good life?
That is the question that we have been asking here for nearly a decade.
And my guest today, Kathy Heller, she's been along a similar journey, exploring the role of intentionality and purpose and presence in a life well lived.
Raised in a household where mental illness and conflict were more or less the norm, she took on the role of peacemaker at the earliest age, around five, and also became this deep observer of human behavior, first out of necessity, then out of curiosity, and eventually as life evolved from the lens of calling, Kathy is what I would call a seeker in many ways.
After studying mysticism and religion in college, followed by three years deepening into her study of mysticism and self actualization in Jerusalem, she headed back west, landing in LA and looking to make her mark in the world of music now.
She eventually did, but in a way that Kathy never saw coming.
She became so successful, in fact, that she felt called to share what she had learned, which ended up then creating this cascade, launching her into the world of teaching and writing, distance learning, and launching her wildly popular don't keep your day job podcast, which has over 25 million downloads.
And I have been a longtime fan, both of her and her work.
Her book of the same name, don't keep your day job, offers a step by step approach to not just building a purpose centered living, but also a deeply intentional life.
Kathy is a sort of modern mystic meets kindness crusader meets creative visionary meets business savant.