Jill Robinson

Most people think purpose is something you find once you have the perfect plan.

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Jill Robinson’s story says something sharper: sometimes your purpose is the thing you keep circling back to, even when the safe path looks more acceptable.

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In this episode of Awaken Your Purpose, Jill Robinson, writer and journalist for the Holomovement, shares how writing became the thread running through her life. From childhood journals and stories, to leaving her college degree in elementary education for journalism.  

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We talk about why stories stick more than statistics, why the “wrong” path may still teach you what you need, and why the world may need more artists, writers, singers, painters, and places where people can gather again.

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This is a conversation about purpose, story, courage, creativity, and the kind of life that keeps calling you back.

✦ Holomovement Purpose Lab Starting in September ✦

 Browse the research, books, tools + resources: https://www.lightnet.org/labs/purpose

 Search the archives: https://www.holomovement.net/awakenyourpurposepodcast

 Take the quiz + find your stage: https://www.lightnet.org/purpose/quiz

 Found your purpose? Add your data + insights: https://www.lightnet.org/labs/purpose?view=my-map

✦ About Our Guest Jill Robinson ✦

Jill Robinson is a writer, journalist, and storyteller for the Holomovement. She helps gather and share stories that reveal the good work already happening in the world and remind us what becomes possible when people connect through purpose.

Jill has helped weave together the co-edited anthology Holomovement: Embracing Our Collective Purpose to Unite Humanity and the Holomovement Effect magazine. https://www.holomovement.net/media Her work brings consciousness out of abstraction and into the heart through human stories, art, nature, curiosity, and the written word.

At the center of Jill’s purpose is a simple but powerful practice: slowing down, paying attention, and helping people inspire the world.

✦ Guest Links ✦

Jill Robinson on SubStack: 

https://staringoutwindows.substack.com

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Holomovement: Embracing Our Collective Purpose to Unite Humanity Book and Holomovement Effect Magazine: 

https://www.holomovement.net/media

✦ Interviewer & Host ✦

Zenka Caro is the founder of LightNet and the Holomovement Purpose Lab. Her purpose is to make the impossible possible.

 LightNet: https://www.lightnet.org/ or Zenka Caro https://www.zenkacaro.com

Timestamps:

00:00 — What the world could look like if more people lived their purpose

00:55 — Welcome to Awaken Your Purpose

01:07 — Meet Jill Robinson

02:05 — Jill’s purpose: telling stories of good work in the world

03:02 — Why stories stay with us more than statistics

04:06 — The childhood seed: journals, diaries, and her mother’s writing

05:43 — “Every story doesn’t have to begin with once upon a time”

07:20 — Choosing the safe road, then leaving it

08:16 — Walking across campus into journalism

09:03 — The lost years, travel, bartending, and money fear

10:09 — Getting back to writing by making her own clips

12:06 — Why so many people don’t know their purpose

13:44 — Purpose as something you awaken, not something you hunt for

15:44 — Why the “wrong” path may still matter

17:16 — Advice for people who haven’t found what they love yet

19:01 — How listening to people’s stories changes them

21:12 — Everyone has a story worth hearing

22:15 — A slower, gentler, more creative world

23:25 — AI, artists, print, cafes, and third spaces

24:56 — Gratitude for Jill’s role in the community

25:37 — Closing message and resources

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✦ Connect & Support ✦

Thank you for joining us today. Our goal is to help you gather the courage to identify your passion and live your purpose for the sake of yourself and for the sake of us all.

The Awaken Your Purpose Podcast is a collaboration between Holomovement and LightNet. Through a multi-year research project and more than 100 interviews, we are mapping the patterns, stages, and methods that help people discover and live their purpose.

 Listen to the Awaken Your Purpose Podcast:

 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/awaken-your-purpose/id1746656881

 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1MfzpoYO4V0CvcohVNIhg4

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