Ep. 127: Leaning Into Challenges to Connect with your Purpose (with Kendall Lanning)

In today's episode, I'm talking with Kendall Lanning. Kendall embodies what it truly looks like to live a life as a multi-passionate human who embraces her gifts, her light, and even her struggles, to elevate her life's path and to bring light to everyone she serves. She's a certified child life specialist, certified yoga instructor, certified grief facilitator, Reiki practitioner, sound healing practitioner, artist, and author.

And in this conversation, we dig into her journey of first discovering yoga and sound healing, of finding her dream job as a child life specialist at Children's Hospital, and of becoming a published author of children's books. Kendall's books address difficult topics like grief and transition in a way that not only meet children where they are and provide them with the language they need in order to understand and cope with challenging circumstances, but they also provide parents and caregivers with tools and activities to use to further understand and support their children on these sometimes difficult life journeys.

You'll also hear about Kendall's own personal struggle with reading - she didn't even read her first book until she was in her 30s! And how she navigated this particular challenge in a way that ultimately empowered her to step into her purpose as a published author!

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Connect with Kendall:

Website: padmalight.com

Follow on IG: @padma.light

Kendall's books:

The Fox and the Feather (buy on Amazon)

Always Home (buy on Amazon)

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Topics addressed in this episode: author, artist, children's author, children's book, trauma, autism, yoga, sound healing, medium, mediumship, spiritual gifts, merkaba, light codes, death, dying, grief, homelessness, entrepreneurship.