Purpose serves as your GPS, guiding your life trajectory, whether you listen or not. It can help you reach for the seemingly unattainable and stop compromising who you are and were meant to be. The Golden Thread: Where to Find Purpose in the Stages of Your Life demonstrates, through hard data alongside expert and client stories, that knowing and living your purpose will positively affect every facet of your life. You’ll also learn how your purpose shows up uniquely at different stages of life (related to Stage of Consciousness), and is related to your childhood wounding, both of which are reasons you can’t see your purpose so clearly. This book helps you make sense of your life and will answer the questions:What is purpose and why do I need to know it?How do I find my purpose?How does the GPS of my purpose pull me forward? How does purpose show up differently over my life span?And more...In The Golden Thread, Holly Woods, PhD shows readers that their own nuanced one-of-a-kind purpose is right there in front of them, waiting to be discovered. Listen to its whispers and let it guide you to a more fulfilling and impactful life. "The Golden Thread is a deeply insightful and enjoyable read about purpose as a GPS throughout all stages of our lives. Can't recommend it enough" Chip Conley, NY Times bestselling author, CEO of Joie de Vivre Hospitality, Founder Modern Elder Academy "We are living in extraordinary times of darkness and light as we navigate the shifts into kosmic awakening. Holly Woods has crafted an important and outstanding contribution to the map of this journey. As Holly combines the emerging research on consciousness and finding purpose in our lives, she includes stories of clients and a deep dive into her own life journey, bringing a richness of real-life experience. Holly's rare and radical transparency courageously reflects her deep commitment to finding the deepest meaning and purpose in our lives. My deepest hope is that we all will have this kind of willingness. It will change our lives and our world." Marj Britt, EdD, AuthorYour Soul's Invisible Codes, Founder Called by Love Institute "If you want a straightforward analysis of the science and psychological adventure of discovering purpose, this book has it all. Holly Woods takes us on a heartfelt journey in a humorous, brutally honest and authentic display of her decades of knowledge in the field. If you truly want to find your purpose, read this book. If you are not sure if you want to find your purpose, then you absolutely must read this book. It will make you think deeply about your own golden thread and change your life." Emanuel Kuntzelman, Founder Greenheart International and Global Purpose Movement, editor Purpose Rising and Purpose to the People. "How does life purpose evolve as we grow older? Is the experience of Dante's "Dark Wood" unique on each life journey? The continuities and discontinuities of our lives are connected in mysterious ways that become ever more complex. Much depends on discovering, aligning, and responding to this Golden Thread. Holly's writing exquisitely holds the creative tension between discovery and guidance, clarity and mystery, personal and universal. It guides by enabling the reader with maps, signs, and inspiration to stay true to the Golden Thread that illumines the way to our unique destiny." Aftab Omer Ph.D., President, Meridian University "This is a passionate book, appropriately enough, about finding your purpose and passion, written by a woman who has clearly found both. Supported by moving stories and hard data, Holly Woods demonstrates how each of us can find our calling and so live fuller, more satisfying, and more contributory lives." Roger Walsh MD, PhD Professor, University of California, author of Essential Spirituality: The Seven Central Practices "Holly Woods offers a clear narrative of what purpose is, how we can find it, and what stops us from fully expressing it. The Golden Thread speaks to the war between the lie of separation and the truth of wholeness and connection to the Source of all that is. As we move through life, our sense of purpose becomes the golden thread that guides us home to the truth, even while changing its expression over time. Holly shows us clearly that while purpose and woundings dance together to shape the direction of our lives, purpose leads the dance. Filled with case studies of individuals who have found and are living their purpose, she shows us how others have found their purpose and lived the various expressions of it. I can affirm that it's worth the work to uncover yours. The Golden Thread can help you find it." Johanna Lyman, Founder and CEO, NextGen Orgs. Board President, Conscious Capitalism of the San Francisco Bay Area In this book, I share through stories that the search for purpose not only allows you to claim and deliver the greatest contributions you came to make, but also liberates the wounding of your childhood and adulthoo