When I was young I constantly felt different from those around me, like I didn't fit in.  I now realize I was not alone in that feeling -- many have shared having that same experience. 

 

To cope I tried to be how others wanted me to be, like how I saw others being, but all that got me was a hospital visit with a diagnosis of depression.

 

From that experience I realized that I had been sup-pressing who I really was, and that when we do that long enough we become de-pressed. 

 

My experience of depression inspired a journey that has included an education in social work, a career in adult education designing and facilitating workshops for the purpose of us better understanding and being who we really are, and an insatiable desire to clarify what is most important to us.

 

This research, and work with others, lead me to the realization that we are all geniuses -- we all have our own genuine and unique expression of life to share, and no one else will be able to do that as well as we can. 

 

The unique expression of our genius self creates the success and joy we are looking for in life.  This is Living On Purpose.,