
First Steps to Creating a Life of Purpose
Do you have an answer when you ask yourself the question, “What’s my purpose?”
Sara Schairer is the founder and executive director of COMPASSION IT , a start-up nonprofit organization and global social movement whose mission is to inspire daily compassionate actions and attitudes. She created the one-of-a-kind reversible COMPASSION IT wristband prompting compassionate actions on six continents, 48 countries, and all 50 states. Wristband sales fund compassion education programs for youth, teens, and adults.
As a public speaker, Sara encourages her audiences to “compassion it” in their daily lives. A Stanford-certified instructor of Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT), Sara has taught CCT at the UCSD Center for Mindfulness, Kaiser Permanente, the Naval Medical Center, and this past November she led compassion trainings in Africa sponsored by the Botswana Ministries of Health and Education. She’s also a contributing author to the book The Neuroscience of Learning and Development: Enhancing Creativity, Compassion, Critical Thinking and Peace in Higher Education.
Sara is a proud graduate of the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill and has an extensive background in marketing and sales. Her most important and challenging role is mother to her always-energetic eight-year-old daughter Hannah.
Do you have an answer when you ask yourself the question, “What’s my purpose?”
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