Welcome back to the Anxiety Slayer Podcast. I'm Shan Banderleke and today I'm speaking with John

Sturlekke best-selling author, and the creator of Big Five for Life about how to set intentions to create the life you want.

John is a seven-time best-selling author, inspirational speaker,

adventure seeker, and the creator of Big Five for Life. John's writings and appearances on television and radio have inspired

millions of people to live life on their terms. He's been honored alongside of Oprah, Tony Robbins, and

D. Pac-Chopra as one of the most inspirational thought leaders in the field of leadership

and personal development.

What an honor.

It's so good to be with you today, John.

Thanks for making time to join me on Anxiety Slayer.

Thank you for the invitation.

It's so great to be having the chance to talk to you again.

Yeah, a little note for our listeners. I interviewed John in like 2008 or 2009 for my book Life on Your Terms,

that's where I got to meet him and learn

about what you're going to be hearing about today,

Big Five for Life and so much more. It's just such a pleasure in that time to zing right by so I'm glad we

get to spend some more time together today. Same here, same here. I want to dive right in to something that I think is happening right now for our listeners and that they want to find greater meaning in purpose in their lives,

but the day-to-day struggle with anxiety and depression

just gets in the way.

I'd love for you to share some advice on how they can kind of shake things loose so that they can move forward on that journey of finding greater meaning and purpose.

Yeah, this is, I mean I can relate to this on a personal level.

This is something that I have dealt with, struggled with for as long as I can remember being on the planet and I'm in my early 50s now.

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