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The Spiritual Secrets to Finding Your Purpose with Psychic Medium Sean Collyns

August 21, 2026

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Many people spend years trying to “figure out” their purpose, treating it as a puzzle to solve or a career to unlock. According to psychic medium Sean Collyns and host Gabby Bernstein, this entire approach is backward. In this episode of Dear Gabby, they argue that purpose is not something you find through analysis—it is something your spirit guides reveal when you stop trying so hard. The central claim is that purpose finds you when you heal what blocks you, not when you strategize your way toward it.

The shared purpose and the individual path

Collyns opens by channeling a group of guides he describes as a “glowy golden energy,” and their first message is a reframe: you do not have one singular purpose. Instead, all humans share a single high-level purpose—to be “an extension of the light” and “a messenger of love.” How you fulfill that purpose varies. It might come through your career, but it can just as easily come through being a parent, a friend, or even the person on the street who smiles at strangers. The mistake people make is equating purpose with a job title. “Sometimes your career is how you will fulfill your purpose,” Collyns says, “but it's not the only way.”

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What you'll learn

  • 1 (00:03) **Episode Introduction and Thesis** - Host Gabby Bernstein introduces the episode's core idea: purpose is not something to figure out, but something spirit guides can reveal through dreams, nudges, and signs.
  • 2 (00:47) **Guest Introduction and Opening Framework** - Sean Collyns joins and immediately states the episode's thesis: "your purpose will find you."
  • 3 (02:36) **Introducing the "Golden Purpose Guides"** - Sean describes the specific energy of guides he channels for helping people identify their higher purpose.
  • 4 (03:34) **The Shared Purpose vs. Individual Expression** - The guides deliver a key distinction: all humans share one purpose, which is fulfilled in different ways.
  • 5 (05:06) **Hardship as Catalyst for Purpose** - Sean explains that difficult experiences are the very things that crack us open to higher purpose.
  • 6 (06:14) **The Book That Dragged Him to the Register** - Sean tells a story of spirit intervening to guide him toward his purpose through a supernatural bookstore experience.
  • 7 (07:17) **The Victim-to-Purpose Pivot** - Sean delivers the mechanism: purpose finds you the moment you stop being a victim of your hardships.

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Guests on this episode

Gabby Bernstein

Show Notes

Have you spent years trying to figure out your purpose, comparing yourself to others and wondering if you missed a sign? What if that search was never the point? In this episode of Dear Guides, Gabrielle Bernstein welcomes back psychic medium Sean Collyns to reveal how spirit guides lead us toward our purpose through dreams, nudges, and signs. Together, they unpack why hitting a bottom often cracks us open, how unburdening our true selves activates our gifts, and why self-love is the highest frequency for clearing the path forward. Gabby and Sean also channel live messages from their guides before leading you through a guided meditation to help you receive your own soul purpose message. Whatever stage you're at, your purpose isn't something you have to find… it's already finding you.

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