E58 | Purpose Anxiety and the Pressure to Become Someone God Never Asked You to Be

Many Christian women silently struggle with purpose anxiety—the pressure to figure out their calling, live up to expectations, and “become someone” God never asked them to be. In this episode, Hannah explores why this pressure is so common today and how Scripture, the nature of God, and divine appointment can bring liberty, assuredness, and vision.

Building on Episode 57, It Is Fullness That You Seek, Hannah invites listeners to shift their gaze away from striving and timelines and back toward the fullness of God.

Through psychological research and Scripture, Hannah examines how modern culture - especially for millennials and Gen Z - has conditioned women to feel constantly behind, inadequate, or late. Purpose anxiety is real, affecting up to 91% of people at some point in their lives. But Scripture gives a different perspective: calling is God-determined, not self-manufactured.

In this episode:

• What purpose anxiety is and why it’s increasing

• How culture pressures us to chase calling and identity

• Why God—not us—determines purpose and timing

• The freedom of seeking fullness instead of becoming

Scripture referenced:

Acts 17:26–28 · Philippians 2:13 · Ephesians 2:10 · Colossians 1:16–17

Resources Mentioned:

⁠Putting an X Through Anxiety by Louis Giglio⁠

⁠"Unshackled & Anchored" Series Mobile Wallpaper