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How to Find Your Purpose and Use Your Superpower

Published on Nov 17, 2025

Life coach Katarina Stoltz in silhouette at in the sea in Thailand at sunset with her arms raised in celebration.

Most women I work with have spent years doing what’s expected, trying to make the right choices. And somewhere along the way, they’ve lost touch with what actually matters to them. This is about coming back to that part, the part that feels alive. It’s time to take an honest look at your life, your work, and the way you’re showing up. Because if something feels off, it probably is.

Do I Really Need a Sense of Purpose?

Most women I meet have spent years trying to look successful, trying to make the “right” decisions, and trying to meet expectations from bosses, parents, partners, and society. In the process, they’ve drifted away from the things that are most important to them.

Your purpose is not your job title or your to-do list. It’s the reason you get up in the morning. The thing that gives you energy even when things are hard. The inner fuel that makes your life feel meaningful. Without it, it’s easy to fall into people-pleasing, overworking, or performing. With it, you begin to make different choices. Quieter ones, at first, but real.

How to Start Living with More Purpose

I want to give you an exercise you can try this week to explore your purpose. You don’t need anything fancy, just a few quiet minutes and a pen.

Ask yourself:

  • What makes me feel alive?
  • When do I feel most like myself?
  • What would I regret if I kept living the way I do now?

Then take a look at how you spend your days. And simply notice, without judgment, how aligned your current life feels with what you wrote down. You don’t need to fix everything at once. You don’t need a dramatic life change. The only thing that matters is this:

What is one small shift I could make this week to live a little more in alignment with who I really am?

That is where your aliveness starts to wake up again. And I promise you, once you reconnect with that part of yourself, everything starts to feel different.

What Is My Superpower?

A few weeks ago, I was at a wedding in Croatia. The groom was a friend I met years ago at one of those soul-purpose retreats, slightly awkward, but also deeply clarifying. At the end, we were asked to write five-year visions for our lives. He wrote about the kind of woman he wanted to meet. Years later, there she was, walking down the aisle.

People kept coming up to me saying, “So you’re the witch who helped him find her!” I had to laugh. I’d never call myself a witch, but I understood what they meant. When people talk to me, something shifts. They start believing in their own power again. They begin to see that they can take charge of their lives and create what they truly want.

That’s my superpower. And I believe everyone has one.

How Do I Find My Superpower?

Take a quiet moment and reflect:

  1. Think of three times in your life when someone thanked you or told you you’d made a difference. What did you do in those moments?
  2. Look for the common thread. What do those experiences say about the impact and strengths you bring into people’s lives?
  3. Complete this sentence: My superpower is…
    Write it down, say it out loud, and let it sink in.

It’s not about ego. It’s about remembering what makes you powerful, unique, and alive. Now go use that superpower. The world needs more of it.

When you reconnect with your superpower, something else starts to awaken beneath the surface. Your purpose. Not the kind you perform, but the kind you live from. It’s what author and speaker Simon Sinek calls your “why” and it’s more important than most of us realise.

You Don’t Have to Do This Alone

There comes a point when trying to figure it all out on your own is not enough. You’ve read the books, listened to the podcasts, overthought every angle. And still… something feels missing.

The Catalyst is my group coaching programme for mid-career women who are ready for something deeper. It’s a space to slow down, be fully seen, and remember who you truly are—beyond the roles, expectations, and old stories you’ve outgrown.

It’s for high-achieving women who are tired of overthinking their next step and ready to take aligned action toward the next chapter of their lives.

Together, we explore purpose, identity, values, and the emotional patterns that keep you stuck, even when you’re capable of so much more. This isn’t surface-level change. It’s courageous work with the support of a group that gets it.

If something in you got curious, I invite you to follow that. The next round opens soon, and the women on the VIP list will be the first to hear when it does.

Join the VIP Waitlist for The Catalyst here.

Love,

 

 

Time to Thrive blog from life coach and psychotherapist Katarina Stoltz
I’m Katarina

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