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A weekly podcast providing career and creative inspiration to help you build a purpose-filled life. If you're interested in pursuing a career with passion, tapping into your creative potential and building on your best and brightest resource - YOURSELF - this podcast is the for you!

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November 3, 2026Episode 25627 min

Is It Holiday Stress or a Red Flag? How to Know | Episode 256: Jennifer Aycock & Christa Spanich

Episode 256 The holidays are wonderful, and they are also a lot. Today I have TWO amazing women with me: Jennifer Aycock and Christa Spanich, co-founders of Mindful Psychiatry & Wellness of Tulsa, a practice focused on women's mental health at every stage, from 16 through perimenopause and beyond, all under one roof. Each of them spent more than 20 years working in mental health, and they talked about starting something of their own for years before finally taking the leap. You will hear why they say there is never a perfect time to start. We also get really practical about the holidays: presence over perfection, changes that may signal a need for more support (in yourself or your kids), why it is okay to retire a tradition that is no longer feeding your family, and putting your own oxygen mask on first. And I loved hearing about their first annual Women Supporting Women campaign benefiting Tulsa Period Pantry. Jennifer discusses why access to period products matters for school attendance and how their campaign aimed to help. Connect with Mindful Psychiatry & Wellness of Tulsa at mindfulpsychiatrytulsa.com, on Instagram at @mindful.psych.tulsa, and on Facebook. In-person visits and telehealth, including for college kids away at school. Located on Harvard by I-44 (3015 E Skelly Dr). Today's sponsor: World Travel Service (worldtraveltoday.com). Join our free online community: skool.com/sharingpassionandpurpose Chapters: 0:00 Coming up 0:34 Sharing Passion and Purpose 0:51 Two 20-year veterans build their own practice 2:54 "It was never the right time" 4:05 Why the holidays are hard on families 6:01 Presence over perfection 7:34 Normal stress: or a red flag? 9:13 A word from World Travel Service 10:14 Oxygen mask first: boundaries that protect your peace 13:21 All under one roof: how the practice works 14:56 Women Supporting Women: Tulsa Period Pantry 17:24 Rapid fire 24:12 The sign over your head 24:59 How to find Mindful Psychiatry & Wellness 27:15 Until next time ABOUT NANCY Nancy Moore is the host of Sharing Passion and Purpose, a weekly podcast offering career and creative inspiration to help you build a purpose-filled life. Pursuing a career with passion, tapping into your creative potential, and building on your best resource: yourself. ABOUT JENNIFER AYCOCK & CHRISTA SPANICH Jennifer Aycock and Christa Spanich are psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners and the co-founders of Mindful Psychiatry & Wellness of Tulsa. Each has more than 20 years of experience in mental health care. Their practice brings women's mental health care together under one roof, including medication management, brief therapy, extensive lab work, integrative care, hormone replacement therapy, and weight management, welcoming all genders with a focus on females from age 16 through life transitions, in person and by telehealth. Website: https://mindfulpsychiatrytulsa.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindful.psych.tulsa CONNECT & GO DEEPER Join Nancy's free community: https://www.skool.com/sharingpassionandpurpose Podcast website: https://sharingpassionandpurpose.com Work with Nancy: https://nancymoore.co

October 27, 2026Episode 25558 min

Take Care of Yourself Now or Be Forced to Later | Episode 255: Jenny Guthrie

Episode 255 Recorded live over lunch at The Vault in Tulsa, in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. My guest is Jenny Guthrie, the founder of Glow Medical, and she came ready to talk about building a business, walking through a cancer diagnosis, and what her faith looked like when it was under severe strain. Jenny went from ICU nurse to nurse practitioner to a startup med spa where paychecks bounced and the clinic was evicted, and in a dark parking lot she vowed never again. That vow became Glow, started with five thousand dollars of her own money and built debt-free. Then she fired a long-time employee in October and found a lump in November. She walks us through the diagnosis, the surgeries, the months of recurring infections, the faith fatigue of never knowing when it would end, and the two verses, Hebrews 4:16 and Mark 9:24, that taught her about a God who runs to the battle. Lessons for every business owner: why thinking small derails a dream, how to handle betrayal and set boundaries, why a storehouse of money and people lets a company survive a crisis, why faith and doubt can live in the same heart, and why you will either take care of yourself now or be forced to later. Today's sponsor: World Travel Service (worldtraveltoday.com). Join our free online community: skool.com/sharingpassionandpurpose Chapters: 0:00 Coming up 0:38 Sharing Passion and Purpose 0:55 Live at The Vault: Nancy introduces Jenny Guthrie 3:47 From ICU nurse to nurse practitioner 6:15 The startup med spa: bounced paychecks and buying her own Botox 11:27 What am I doing here? Never again 16:02 If the enemy cannot derail you, he will make you small 19:22 The ant and the grasshopper: why a storehouse matters 22:46 Every business owner has had a betrayal 28:42 Fired in October, a lump in November 29:00 A word from our sponsor 32:56 Cancer is a symptom: my body was screaming 34:38 Take care of yourself now, or be forced to later 35:07 The January 3rd phone call 41:11 Faith fatigue: how much do you want me to confess? 43:54 Faith and doubt in a tug of war 46:56 Hebrews 4:16 in the Greek: God runs to the battle 50:41 Mark 9:24: I believe, help my unbelief 53:43 Questions from the room 56:28 Next up: Cultivating Creativity at Pinspiration, November 10 57:41 Living with passion and growing with purpose 57:50 Sharing Passion and Purpose outro ABOUT NANCY Nancy Moore is the host of Sharing Passion and Purpose, a weekly podcast offering career and creative inspiration to help you build a purpose-filled life. Pursuing a career with passion, tapping into your creative potential, and building on your best resource: yourself. ABOUT JENNY GUTHRIE Jenny Guthrie, APRN-CNP, is the founder and owner of Glow Medical, a medical aesthetics and wellness practice in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She started her career as an ICU nurse, became a nurse practitioner in 2002 and spent seven years in family practice before moving into medical aesthetics. After working for two med spas that did not survive, she started Glow on the side with five thousand dollars of her own money and built it debt-free into one of Oklahoma's leading medical spas. In this episode she shares her breast cancer diagnosis, the surgeries and recurring infections that followed, and the faith that carried her through it. Jenny is a mom of two boys. She was previously a guest on Episode 115. Website: https://glowmedicaltulsa.com CONNECT & GO DEEPER Join Nancy's free community: https://www.skool.com/sharingpassionandpurpose Podcast website: https://sharingpassionandpurpose.com Work with Nancy: https://nancymoore.co

October 20, 2026Episode 25428 min

Benefits With Purpose: Why So Many Employers Overpay (and How to Stop) | Episode 254: Evie Blair

Episode 254 Nobody loves talking about insurance. Today's guest does. Evie Blair is the President and Founder of Synergy Benefit Advisors, and she is also this podcast's sponsor, so I wanted you to meet the person behind the name and hear why her clients get what she calls the white glove treatment. Evie set a goal at 20 to run her own agency and opened her doors at 30, and she built it on fast answers (be the Chick-fil-A of whatever you do) and turning over every stone to find the best deal without giving up coverage, because a lot of employers are overpaying for benefits. We talk about the benefits you may not know exist, like pet insurance and the emergency savings account, who she works with (one employee with an LLC up to about 500, from Tulsa and Jackson Hole, Wyoming), why a no-cost second opinion matters in a year of 28 to 60 percent rate increases, and when a new business owner should call. Then Evie shares Insure Oklahoma, the state program that can pay 60 percent of a qualifying employee's health premium. Rapid fire ends on what following your passion means to her. Find Synergy Benefit Advisors at tulsasynergy.com and on Instagram at @synergybenefitadvisors. Today's sponsor: Synergy Benefit Advisors (tulsasynergy.com). Join our free online community: skool.com/sharingpassionandpurpose Chapters: 0:00 Coming up 0:36 Sharing Passion and Purpose 0:54 Welcome: meet Evie Blair 1:45 A ten-year goal: opening the agency at 30 3:48 What Synergy Benefit Advisors does: the white glove treatment 5:00 Most employers are overpaying for benefits 8:55 The benefits you did not know existed: pet insurance 10:19 The emergency savings account 13:05 Who Synergy works with: one employee to 500 14:04 A word from our sponsor 15:14 The no-cost consultation: get a second opinion 16:17 Rate increases of 28 to 60 percent: start shopping early 17:41 When should a new business owner call? 19:16 Insure Oklahoma: the program every Oklahoma employer should know 23:23 Rapid fire 24:39 What does following your passion mean to you? 26:01 A question from the last guest: solve one world problem 27:45 Sharing Passion and Purpose outro ABOUT NANCY Nancy Moore is the host of Sharing Passion and Purpose, a weekly podcast offering career and creative inspiration to help you build a purpose-filled life. Pursuing a career with passion, tapping into your creative potential, and building on your best resource: yourself. ABOUT EVIE BLAIR Evie Blair is the President and Founder of Synergy Benefit Advisors, an employee benefits agency with offices in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Jackson Hole, Wyoming. She has worked in the benefits industry since 1998, on both the carrier and the advisory side. At 20 she set a ten-year goal to open her own agency, and at 30 she did, building it around fast, hands-on service for employers of every size, from a one-person LLC to companies of about 500. Synergy handles health, dental, vision, life and disability coverage, voluntary benefits like pet insurance and emergency savings accounts, benefits technology for onboarding and off-boarding, and the Insure Oklahoma subsidy program, and offers employers a no-cost consultation. Evie is married with two children. Website: https://tulsasynergy.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/synergybenefitadvisors/ CONNECT & GO DEEPER Join Nancy's free community: https://www.skool.com/sharingpassionandpurpose Podcast website: https://sharingpassionandpurpose.com Work with Nancy: https://nancymoore.co

October 13, 2026Episode 25336 min

A Winery Built to Create Jobs for Adults With Disabilities | Episode 253: Tyler & Kelly Mullman

Episode 253 What happens when you take a love for wine and pair it with a much bigger purpose? Tyler and Kelly Mullman were my neighbors in Tulsa, and today they own Cana Ranch Wines, a nonprofit winery built around meaningful work for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. A friend asked Tyler what he knew about running a nonprofit or making wine. Not much. So he enrolled in the UC Davis online winemaking program, and they volunteered at Belong Kitchen in Houston to learn how a nonprofit runs. We talk about the name, the first vintage (a 2024 Napa Valley Cabernet, 165 cases), how every $200 donation returns a bottle and funds their two partner programs, the Houston release party on November 13, and the vision of a Napa vineyard with a job for adults with disabilities at every level. Tyler's advice: you are smarter than you think you are. Keep trying, keep figuring it out. Find Cana Ranch Wines at canaranch.org (Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn: canaranchwines). Today's sponsor: Synergy Benefit Advisors (tulsasynergy.com). Join our free online community: skool.com/sharingpassionandpurpose Chapters: 0:00 Coming up 0:36 Sharing Passion and Purpose 0:54 Welcome: meet Tyler and Kelly Mullman 3:08 The question they asked during COVID 4:40 Why open a winery? 6:06 What do you know about running a nonprofit or making wine? 7:04 Volunteering at Belong Kitchen to learn how a nonprofit runs 9:12 Parents, adult children, and a massive unmet need 12:48 What is in the name Cana Ranch 15:34 A word from our sponsor 16:44 Where the business is today: the first vintage 19:15 How community has carried them 21:37 The easy part is making the wine. The hard part is selling it 22:05 How to get involved: a bottle for every $200 donation 24:45 The pie in the sky: a Napa vineyard that employs adults with IDD 27:27 Rapid fire 32:16 A question from the last guest: solve one problem forever 34:54 It can be scary. Start small. You are smarter than you think 36:16 Sharing Passion and Purpose outro ABOUT NANCY Nancy Moore is the host of Sharing Passion and Purpose, a weekly podcast offering career and creative inspiration to help you build a purpose-filled life. Pursuing a career with passion, tapping into your creative potential, and building on your best resource: yourself. ABOUT TYLER & KELLY MULLMAN Tyler and Kelly Mullman are the founders of Cana Ranch Wines, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit winery built to make great wine and do good: their 2024 Napa Valley Cabernet funds jobs and job training for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, on the way to a Napa vineyard and winery of their own. Tyler learned winemaking through the UC Davis online program; Kelly is a physician assistant. They live in Houston with their three children. Website: https://www.canaranch.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/canaranchwines/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CanaRanchWines/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cana-ranch-wines/ CONNECT & GO DEEPER Join Nancy's free community: https://www.skool.com/sharingpassionandpurpose Podcast website: https://sharingpassionandpurpose.com Work with Nancy: https://nancymoore.co

October 6, 2026Episode 25227 min

Anyone Can Cross the Finish Line | Episode 252: Destiny Green

Episode 252 Destiny Green is the executive director of the Williams Route 66 Marathon and the historic Tulsa Run, and her path there started in IT. Today she shares how she grew from the race founder's right hand into leading it all, and why this job lets her have a small part in helping people do things they never thought they could do. She has seen engagements at the finish line and has even married couples at the start line. We talk about how truly anyone can take part: walk a mile, walk a 5K, volunteer (it takes about 1,200 volunteers to make race weekend happen), or just get up off the couch and call a girlfriend for a walk after dinner. And I loved hearing about Kicks for Kids, the program that coaches and mentors elementary kids in Title I schools, teaching nutrition, confidence, and life lessons, where every kid who shows up earns a race entry, a medal, and a brand-new pair of running shoes. Some of them have never had a new pair of shoes before. It started with 4 schools and is in 18 now. Connect with Destiny and the races at route66marathon.com and tulsarun.com, and follow her new adventure with her best friend Megan on Instagram at Girls Behind the Bib. The TTCU Tulsa Run is Saturday, October 31, and the Williams Route 66 Marathon is November 21 and 22. Today's sponsor: Synergy Benefit Advisors (tulsasynergy.com). Join our free online community: skool.com/sharingpassionandpurpose Chapters: 0:00 Coming up 0:45 Sharing Passion and Purpose 1:02 Meet Destiny Green 1:32 From IT to running the show 3:01 49 years of the Tulsa Run 3:35 The Route 66 centennial 5:33 Something for everyone: walk, run, volunteer 7:28 Couch to one mile: just get up 9:56 A word from Synergy Benefit Advisors 11:08 Kicks for Kids 13:23 "Some of these kids have never had new shoes" 14:26 Coaching: "you just have to show up" 16:13 Her own running + the directors' run 17:23 Married couples at the start line 18:13 The running community that carries you 20:12 Rapid fire 21:01 "I Can Do It With a Broken Heart" 21:46 Know your resources 25:21 Girls Behind the Bib + finding the races 26:31 Until next time ABOUT NANCY Nancy Moore is the host of Sharing Passion and Purpose, a weekly podcast offering career and creative inspiration to help you build a purpose-filled life. Pursuing a career with passion, tapping into your creative potential, and building on your best resource: yourself. ABOUT DESTINY GREEN Destiny Green is the executive director of the Williams Route 66 Marathon and the Tulsa Run, Tulsa's most iconic road races. She grew into the role from a career in IT, working alongside the race's founder, and has led the organization for the better part of a decade. In 2019 she launched Kicks for Kids, a running, mentorship, and nutrition program in Tulsa-area Title I elementary schools where every participating child earns a race entry and a brand-new pair of running shoes, now in 18 schools. Website: https://www.route66marathon.com Tulsa Run: https://www.tulsarun.com CONNECT & GO DEEPER Join Nancy's free community: https://www.skool.com/sharingpassionandpurpose Podcast website: https://sharingpassionandpurpose.com Work with Nancy: https://nancymoore.co

September 29, 2026Episode 25131 min

The Empty Closet Theory: Why There's Never Room for What Matters | Episode 251: Susan McMurray

Episode 251 Susan McMurray spent 30 years in a classroom pouring into other people. This past summer she made something of her own: Kindred & Bloom, a magazine-style devotional for women with contributor articles in the front and a five-week devotional in the back, built to be an excuse to gather. We talk about the magazine she loved that stopped publishing, how the first issue's theme, Abide, came out of a class at her church, the women she asked to write for it, and Create and Connect, the fifth week where you put the reading down and make something with your hands. Susan names the thing under all of it: she read that over half of Americans feel unseen. Then she asks about the empty closet. If there is an empty closet in the house, we fill it with crud, and our schedules work the same way. The fix is margin, on purpose. And she is honest about starting: it was scary to take on something that was just hers, she got up at one in the morning to work on it, and her best advice is one line. Do not despise small beginnings. Meet Susan in person: she and Michelle Bruns of Pinspiration join Nancy for a live podcast in Tulsa on November 10, 6:30 to 8:30 pm, craft and magazine included. Tickets at nancymoore.co/events. The magazine: kindredandbloom.co (Kindred & Bloom Co. on Instagram and Facebook). Today's sponsor: Synergy Benefit Advisors (tulsasynergy.com). Join our free online community: skool.com/sharingpassionandpurpose Chapters: 0:00 Coming up 0:36 Sharing Passion and Purpose 0:53 Welcome: meet Susan McMurray 1:45 The magazine she loved that stopped publishing 2:56 One step further: a five-week devotional in the back 3:51 Create and Connect: doing something with your hands 5:20 How the theme Abide came to be 7:32 Family, hospitality, and community in every season 8:27 Permission to slow down 9:31 Is it surreal to have published a magazine? 9:47 Finding your drivers: writing, beautifying, connecting 11:07 Volume one: four issues, four seasons 12:46 November 10 in Tulsa: a live podcast for two 14:48 Where to find Kindred and Bloom 15:53 A keepsake worth gifting 16:20 Over half of Americans feel unseen 16:38 The empty closet theory, and making margin 18:08 A word from our sponsor 19:27 Trusting an idea God puts in your heart 21:00 Up at 1am, working on the magazine 22:54 Rapid fire 23:31 A theme song for this season 24:21 Best advice: do not despise small beginnings 25:12 One book every entrepreneur should read 26:38 A dream not pursued yet: Kindred and Bloom retreats 28:09 What following your passion means 28:56 A question from the last guest: which season are you? 29:59 Thank you, and the inner circle 30:43 Until next time 31:10 Sharing Passion and Purpose outro ABOUT NANCY Nancy Moore is the host of Sharing Passion and Purpose, a weekly podcast offering career and creative inspiration to help you build a purpose-filled life. Pursuing a career with passion, tapping into your creative potential, and building on your best resource: yourself. ABOUT SUSAN MCMURRAY Susan McMurray is the founder and publisher of Kindred & Bloom Co., a seasonal magazine-style devotional for women whose first issue, Abide, pairs contributor articles with a five-week devotional made for gathering with a few friends. She has taught communication at Oral Roberts University for 30 years and built the magazine over one summer off from teaching. CONNECT & GO DEEPER Join Nancy's free community: https://www.skool.com/sharingpassionandpurpose Podcast website: https://sharingpassionandpurpose.com Work with Nancy: https://nancymoore.co

September 22, 202633 min

Protecting What Matters Most | Episode 250: Sara Gadd

Episode 250 What does it take to protect what matters most? Sara Gadd leads the Human Trafficking Education and Response Program at Ascension St. John in Tulsa and chairs the Oklahoma Coalition Against Human Trafficking, and her message is a hopeful one: knowledge reduces vulnerability, relationships matter more than rules, and everything we do makes a difference. We talk about how a kid who volunteered in Southern California grew into this work one step at a time, the three kinds of parents she sees and why the healthiest place is in the middle, staying close to your kids' world, and being the trusted adult a young person can come to even after a mistake. Awareness works better than fear, and a calm, informed adult changes the outcome. How to help: the Oklahoma Coalition Against Human Trafficking (ocatoklahoma.org). If you are ever worried about someone's safety, do not step in on your own. Call the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 1-888-373-7888 (text 233733) or law enforcement. Anyone who needs help can walk into any Ascension St. John hospital or clinic, or the Family Safety Center. Today's sponsor: Five Star Painting of Tulsa (fivestarpainting.com/tulsa). Join our free online community: skool.com/sharingpassionandpurpose Chapters: 0:00 Coming up 0:30 Sharing Passion and Purpose 0:47 Welcome: meet Sara Gadd 2:26 A calling that built one step at a time 4:36 A young law and what we are still learning 5:20 What most of us picture, and what is real 7:15 Why young people are always protected 7:34 A book for teens: knowledge reduces vulnerability 10:01 What to notice: context over checklists 12:42 Why awareness is for everyone 14:28 Technology: a good tool that needs guidance 17:03 Privacy, sharing, and staying in your kids' world 19:13 A word from our sponsor 20:07 Practical steps for parents: finding the middle 22:41 Be the adult they can come to 25:13 How the community can help: the Oklahoma Coalition 28:55 Everything we do makes a difference 31:43 One more thing: help safely 32:24 Until next time 32:35 Sharing Passion and Purpose outro ABOUT NANCY Nancy Moore is the host of Sharing Passion and Purpose, a weekly podcast offering career and creative inspiration to help you build a purpose-filled life. Pursuing a career with passion, tapping into your creative potential, and building on your best resource: yourself. ABOUT SARA GADD Sara Gadd manages the Human Trafficking Education and Response Program at Ascension St. John in Tulsa, training healthcare professionals to recognize trafficking and connecting survivors with resources. She chairs the Oklahoma Coalition Against Human Trafficking, is the author of a trafficking-prevention book for teens, and was named one of TulsaKids Magazine's Impactful Women of the 918 for 2026. CONNECT & GO DEEPER Join Nancy's free community: https://www.skool.com/sharingpassionandpurpose Podcast website: https://sharingpassionandpurpose.com Work with Nancy: https://nancymoore.co

September 15, 2026Episode 24934 min

The Hard Yes Nobody Warns You About | Episode 249: Shelby Gardner

Episode 249 Shelby Gardner is an author, speaker, entrepreneur, and mom of two spitfire daughters, and one of the most refreshingly honest guests I have had. A year ago she stepped away from a ministry position she loved because she felt God asking her to, expecting life to take off the very next week. It did not. We talk about what that brutal, transformative year has really looked like: watching her old community from the outside, discovering how much of her self-worth was tied to a title, and learning that obedience does not come with a guarantee that "better" looks the way you pictured it. Shelby wrote the devotional Lily Pads: A Heart Study, and I love the picture behind the name. Every season of life is just another lily pad. Not a step up, not a step down; another place to sit, learn, and grow. We talk about why your story is not for you, the Rahab novel she is working on, sharing the hard days of motherhood honestly, and her family's core value that stuck with me most: "We do things scared." Connect with Shelby at shelbygardner.com, where her weekly blog lives along with links to the book. Lily Pads: A Heart Study is on Amazon. Today's sponsor: Five Star Painting of Tulsa (fivestarpainting.com/tulsa). Join our free online community: skool.com/sharingpassionandpurpose Chapters: 0:00 Coming up 0:36 Sharing Passion and Purpose 0:53 Meet Shelby: author, mom, in-between season 3:21 Leaving ministry: the hardest decision 4:46 "I thought my life was gonna take off" 7:41 Obedience without a guarantee 9:44 A word from our sponsor 10:38 Why a devotional 13:10 The lily-pads picture: seasons, not steps 15:48 Your story is not for you 18:00 The Rahab novel 20:10 Sharing the hard days of motherhood 23:36 Rapid fire 25:08 Reba and the wooden spoon 27:46 The greenhouse storytelling studio 29:13 "We do things scared" 30:33 The hard yes that changed everything 32:33 Where to find Shelby + Lily Pads 33:27 Until next time ABOUT NANCY Nancy Moore is the host of Sharing Passion and Purpose, a weekly podcast offering career and creative inspiration to help you build a purpose-filled life. Pursuing a career with passion, tapping into your creative potential, and building on your best resource: yourself. ABOUT SHELBY GARDNER Shelby Gardner is an author, speaker, and entrepreneur. After seven years in ministry, she stepped away to pursue what God had next, a season she writes about with rare honesty. She is the author of the devotional Lily Pads: A Heart Study (available on Amazon), writes a weekly blog at shelbygardner.com, helps run her husband's real estate brokerage in Sapulpa, and is raising two daughters under the family motto "we do things scared." Website: https://shelbygardner.com CONNECT & GO DEEPER Join Nancy's free community: https://www.skool.com/sharingpassionandpurpose Podcast website: https://sharingpassionandpurpose.com Work with Nancy: https://nancymoore.co

September 8, 2026Episode 24830 min

Purpose Can Be Ordinary | Episode 248: Dr. Jessica Rimmer

Episode 248 Dr. Jessica Rimmer is the CEO of Solomon Strategic Advisors, an executive coach, a keynote speaker, and the author of The Purpose Formula: Learn to be Fully Alive. She is also the co-director of 4word OKC, the faith and work community for women in Oklahoma City that I have come to love, and where I get to speak on September 8. We talk about purpose anxiety, that question so many of us carry around: why am I here, and does it even matter? Jessica walks through the three elements of her purpose formula, design, desires, and disappointments, and why comparing yourself to other women turns design features into design flaws. She explains the Japanese repair art of kintsugi and how the hardest seasons of our lives become the strongest, most useful parts of our purpose. She answers my most asked question, what is the first step for a woman who has no idea what her purpose is, and she tells the story of a stranger at a snowy-day event whose life changed when he heard that purpose can be ordinary. We also talk about whether your purpose changes over time, how Jana Gridley built 4word OKC to 130 women a month, and a rapid fire with a dream Jessica just took the first step toward. Find Jessica at solomonsa.com and on Instagram at @jlrimmer. Her book, The Purpose Formula: Learn to be Fully Alive, is available now. If you are in Oklahoma City, come to the 4word OKC luncheon on Tuesday, September 8, where I will be the guest speaker. Details and tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1995973831460 Today's sponsor: Five Star Painting of Tulsa (fivestarpainting.com/tulsa). Join our free online community: skool.com/sharingpassionandpurpose Chapters: 0:00 Coming up 0:31 Sharing Passion and Purpose 0:48 Welcome: meet Dr. Jessica Rimmer 2:32 4word OKC and the September 8 luncheon 2:58 Why she wrote The Purpose Formula 4:51 Design, desires, and disappointments 6:27 Design flaws or design features? 6:57 Desires and participatory joy 7:47 Disappointments and kintsugi 9:18 The first step to finding your purpose 11:20 Autopilot, routine, and disrupting it 13:17 What alignment with your assignment feels like 14:52 A stranger's LinkedIn post: purpose can be ordinary 17:55 A word from our sponsor 18:49 Does your purpose change over time? 20:34 4word OKC: the group Jana Gridley needed 24:53 Rapid fire 28:10 If you were a season 29:20 To be continued 29:49 Until next time ABOUT NANCY Nancy Moore is the host of Sharing Passion and Purpose, a weekly podcast offering career and creative inspiration to help you build a purpose-filled life. Pursuing a career with passion, tapping into your creative potential, and building on your best resource: yourself. ABOUT DR. JESSICA RIMMER Dr. Jessica Rimmer is the CEO of Solomon Strategic Advisors, an executive coach and keynote speaker. She holds a doctorate from the University of Oklahoma and is the author of The Purpose Formula: Learn to be Fully Alive. She co-directs 4word OKC, a faith and work community of women in Oklahoma City, alongside its founder Jana Gridley. Website: https://solomonsa.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jlrimmer LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-rimmer-ph-d-916b4354 CONNECT & GO DEEPER Join Nancy's free community: https://www.skool.com/sharingpassionandpurpose Podcast website: https://sharingpassionandpurpose.com Work with Nancy: https://nancymoore.co

September 1, 202632 min

Your Pursuit Is Your Purpose | Episode 247: Miss USA Olivia Jordan

Episode 247 Olivia Jordan is the first and only woman from Oklahoma ever crowned Miss USA, and she has built an acting career across NCIS, Hawaii Five-0, Dollface and a run of Lifetime leads. She is also one of the most honest guests I have had about what pursuing a dream actually looks like. She set out 15 years ago wanting to be a series regular on a TV show. That has not happened yet. She is still going, and she can tell you exactly why. We talk about how she checks in with herself when the outside voices get loud, why the growth she can measure year over year is the real reward, and what it takes to stop living on someone else's timeline. She tells the small world story of how she found her way into Cody Mayo Studios here in Tulsa, which started with one of my own articles in a dentist's waiting room. She talks about her medallion on the Circle Cinema Walk of Fame, the place she calls the heart of Oklahoma film. And she shares how she is raising her daughter Lola with room for big feelings, using meditation and affirmations they have practiced since Lola was an infant, plus a reminder every mom needs about giving herself grace. Olivia is writing her first TEDx talk, "Your Pursuit Is Your Purpose," and the idea in it stayed with me all week. You are already doing what you are supposed to be doing, just by getting up every morning and moving forward. It is okay if you have not reached the dream job yet. You are moving. Follow Olivia on Instagram at @theoliviajordan. Her TEDx talk is Friday, September 18 at Riverfield Country Day School, the same day as my Gather and Grow Retreat at Five Oaks Lodge in Jenks. Details at nancymoore.co/events. Today's sponsor: Five Star Painting of Tulsa (fivestarpainting.com/tulsa). Join our free online community: skool.com/sharingpassionandpurpose Chapters: 0:00 Coming up 0:30 Sharing Passion and Purpose 0:47 Welcome: meet Olivia Jordan 2:00 How do you know what you are called to pursue? 3:08 Fifteen years in: the honest math 5:35 Coaching actors, and watching them unfold 8:25 Your voice matters, even when it triggers people 10:39 Acting in Oklahoma: Cody Mayo Studios 13:16 The magazine in the dentist's waiting room 14:04 Becoming a coach was never the plan 15:58 A word from our sponsor 17:12 A medallion on the Circle Cinema Walk of Fame 20:24 Raising Lola with room for big feelings 22:50 Meditation and affirmations at four 24:39 Every mom deserves more grace 25:49 What she is passionate about right now 26:51 Taking your power back 29:54 Your Pursuit Is Your Purpose 31:33 Until next time ABOUT NANCY Nancy Moore is the host of Sharing Passion and Purpose, a weekly podcast offering career and creative inspiration to help you build a purpose-filled life. Pursuing a career with passion, tapping into your creative potential, and building on your best resource: yourself. ABOUT OLIVIA JORDAN Olivia Jordan is an actress, model, speaker and acting coach, and the first and only woman from Oklahoma to be crowned Miss USA. The Tulsa native won Miss USA 2015 and finished second runner-up at Miss Universe. She now coaches actors at Cody Mayo Studios in Tulsa, joined the Circle Cinema Walk of Fame in 2026, and is preparing her first TEDx talk, "Your Pursuit Is Your Purpose." She lives in Tulsa with her husband and their daughter, Lola. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theoliviajordan CONNECT & GO DEEPER Join Nancy's free community: https://www.skool.com/sharingpassionandpurpose Podcast website: https://sharingpassionandpurpose.com Work with Nancy: https://nancymoore.co