What if one of the best ways to find more purpose in our own lives is simply to show up for someone else?
Beth Ann Riechman has made showing up a way of life.
After nearly 30 years in sales, Beth Ann retired at 50 and began using the skills, experience and connections she’d built throughout her career to serve organizations across the St. Louis community.
Today, her volunteer work spans women’s empowerment, literacy, healthcare, confidence-building and community support. She helps women prepare for new opportunities through Dress for Success Midwest and Connections to Success. She helps put books into the hands of children. She creates fundraisers. She connects people with causes they care about.
And yes—sometimes she does it dressed as Barbie. 💗
In this episode of Hope Comes to Visit, Beth Ann and I talk about finding purpose through service, using what you already know to make a difference, why giving back has no age limit, and how to find the kind of volunteer work that feels uniquely right for you.
But perhaps the heart of our conversation comes near the end, when Beth Ann says:
“All your accolades in life are never going to be on your tombstone… They’re going to remember how you made them feel.”
Maybe making a difference doesn’t require changing the entire world.
Maybe it begins with deciding to show up.
🎙️ Listen to How You Make Them Feel: Finding Purpose Through Service with Beth Ann Riechman.
xo, Danielle
