On Purpose with Elizabeth Pehrson

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Financial coach, Kelsa Dickey, has spent nearly two decades sitting across from real clients and building a money system that actually fits real life. She is the author of Spend First and the founder of Financial Coach Academy.  Elizabeth had the privilege of sitting down with her and discussing everything from where money stress really comes from for capable people who make dec...

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Rather than waiting until the new year to make the changes you know you need, what if you could take a simple approach: ask four questions and adjust their proportions?  No major changes.  Nothing drastic. Elizabeth sits down to share her thoughts on this idea. If we DOUBLE one thing, cut one thing in HALF, ADD one thing that’s missing, and have the courage to DROP on...

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Why did making friends feel so much easier when we were kids—and why can it feel so complicated as adults? In this episode, Elizabeth gets REAL about adult friendship: how we define a friend matters, why our relationships change, the expectations we bring into them, and the ways we may unknowingly make connection harder than it needs to be. We’ll talk about letting go of ...

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Did you know that when flamingos are caring for their young, the pink color in their feathers fades away?  It isn’t until they stop the nurturing cycle with their young that they can, in fact, regain their pink! The same is often true of us as women. Life Coach, Jan Woodruff, sat down with us to share her journey of restoring her vibrance, her daily declarations, and havin...

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Elizabeth was asked to record a recent talk she gave at a women’s Bible Study in Highlands, North Carolina. The message was centered on the simple ways we can LEAVE A LEGACY.  Not what we can leave TO people when we leave this earth, but what we can leave IN people.  True legacy is less about what we leave behind and more about WHO WE SEND FORWARD. 

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Most of us love the idea of boundaries - in theory.  What we don’t love is the conversation that often needs to happen with them. And although healthy confrontation is often one of the most loving things we can do, many of us were not taught how to engage in it well. Dr. Michele Fleming is back to walk us through a practical, step-by-step script for having those much-neede...

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Have you ever noticed that we set boundaries around the things that we value?  We lock our doors at night. We put fences around swimming pools. We protect our passwords. We don’t give our car keys to strangers. And yet, when it comes to our time, our energy, our emotions, and our relationships - the very things that make up our lives - we often leave the gate wide open! Ps...

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We are almost halfway through the year!  Can you believe it?  Today’s show doesn’t offer a to-do list, a three step plan, or anything else Elizabeth has learned on her journey to be INTENTIONAL.  Instead, this is just a moment to pause, to reflect, to ask, and to do some personal journaling. Elizabeth will ask five questions worth sitting with, worth being ...

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In 1987 a woman named Emily Perl Kingsley wrote one of the most beautiful, simple pieces of writing you will ever read.  And today’s episode is built around that incredible, gut-wrenching metaphor called Welcome To Holland. We all have things in our lives that we did NOT choose. Or that we did NOT see coming. We did NOT wish for, hope for, or pray for. Yet there they are.&...

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Loneliness is underneath more of our struggles than we realize. And one thing we know for sure is that we were created for connection. Kim Anderson, from Elevate Moms, returns for part 3 (of our 3-part series) to discuss why finding other mom friends is so important, not only for us but also for our children! Finding other moms to do life with can be genuinely hard, and we will exami...

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Many moms are natural born FIXERS and we want to help ease any burdens our children face. But is that what our children really need from us?  Elizabeth sits down (for part 2 of a 3 part series) with Kim Anderson, certified therapist, coach, author and speaker who boldly shares that most of what we do in hard moments is about OUR discomfort, not our children's!  And that wha...

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Most women, especially those who are moms, have bought the lie that “good moms do it all!" And a lot of us are exhausted because we are carrying more than we were meant to carry. Elizabeth sits down (for part 1 of a 3-part series) with Kim Anderson, certified therapist, coach, author, and speaker, to unpack this very important topic. After years of working with women, Kim offer...

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Are you moving through life on autopilot - one busy day, one passing year at a time? Deep down, we know we were created for more. We were designed with purpose, intention, and a unique calling… yet somewhere along the way, the noise of life drowned out our vision. We stopped dreaming. We stopped imagining days filled with meaning and joy. Elizabeth’s conversation with Am...

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To start the year, Elizabeth sits down with podcast regular, Jane McLain. Jane shares how the word POSITIVITY kept showing up for her and why it became her focus point for this upcoming year.  This isn’t about ignoring the bad, covering it with a cute quote or just saying ‘Stay positive! Everything is going to be OK!’ This is a deeper level of how positivity ca...

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Joan Piot, recent guest on ON PURPOSE, passed away December 2, 2025.  After attending her memorial service, something stirred in Elizabeth. Joan’s impact wasn’t in what she achieved; it was in HOW SHE LIVED. As we enter 2026, instead of asking “what can I accomplish this year?”, what if we asked…”What do I want to last?” In honor of Joa...

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If you have ever been in a season of WAITING and WANTING, this episode is for you. Maybe you are waiting for clarity, for connection, for healing, for a child, for a job. Or maybe it’s for something in your story to finally shift. Elizabeth sits down with her friends, Jessica and Hannah, to talk about connection, community, hope, and prayers for their future husbands. What star...

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If you can find the time during this BUSY time of year, grab your coffee, take a deep breath and settle in. Elizabeth talks about the quiet struggle that many women have during the holidays. And that is the overwhelm, anxiety and sometimes the complicated family relationships that can intensify the Christmas season. She covers the invisible workload that women carry, how we can share...

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We are currently living in the most offendable generation of all time. Returning to ON PURPOSE is special guest Hannah Chan, to sit down with Elizabeth and talk about what it means to be UNOFFENDABLE.  In this day and age, is it possible to scroll, watch and chat without being so easily angered?! We believe it is, which is why we hope you will listen to this short but important ...

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Did you know that 50-70% of women struggle with ADHD - and that many of them do not get properly diagnosed until they reach middle age or after? And some never get properly diagnosed. Elizabeth sits down with best-selling author Shanna Pearson to discuss all things ADHD - including how feelings, emotions, and hormones interact with the ADHD brain, as well as how it affects self-estee...