Welcome.
This is a community using the awareness of mortality to live fully and with purpose.
A Sanctuary for Transformation
Dying to Live With Purpose is a weekly dose of mortality awareness.
The simple, yet powerful, act of acknowledging mortality can bring you home to what’s real, helping you live and work with deeper clarity, courage and meaning.
Because once you understand the silent root beneath the fears shaping your choices and limiting your potential, everything changes.
We live in a culture that hides from mortality, and because of that, we take life for granted. This disconnection shapes not only how we live and love, but how we lead, create and care for the planet itself.
Spoiler alert: 70% of people in the West die with major life regrets. Why? We postpone what truly matters because we think we have time.
My life’s mission is to remedy this serious problem. I want to turn Mortality Awareness into a wellness movement.
Here’s the delightful paradox: when you turn toward mortality, life becomes vivid again. Fears dissolve. Death becomes your greatest teacher. You stop performing and start living. You stop chasing meaning and start embodying it.
You align with life itself, fully, fiercely, freely.
“Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.” (Socrates)
Who is this for?
This is not aimed at people who are dying (although we are all dying), it is for people who, despite achievements, following the book, or doing everything ‘right’ in life, still feel something vital is missing.
Purpose seekers, creatives and change-makers who crave depth, not hype. The spiritually curious who want wisdom without the fluff.
Read the testimonials.
A free subscription includes newsletters, the ‘Ultimate Meditation’ and ‘The Guide to Unlock Your Potential’, designed to awaken purpose and build a life of no regrets.
What you’ll get
Each week you’ll receive videos, reflections and guidance designed to help you live a life of no regrets. I even built a bespoke AI chatbot called Reverstory that quickly helps you achieve radical clarity on how to step into deeper purpose. My work will help you:
Transform mortality awareness into clarity, courage and creativity
Reconnect with gratitude and a renewed sense of purpose and joy
Enjoy the feeling of deeper alignment and true wealth in all its forms
Have a look now at the self-guided Tools page.
You’ll also get invites to live online gatherings: spaces for conversation, reflection and support.
“It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.” (Marcus Aurelius)
About Me
My name is John “Hoppy” Hopkins. I’m a creative, founder and Life & Death guide.
I’ve sat with the dying as a trained Soul Midwife (end of life guide), faced my own near-death experiences and studied natural philosophy. I’ve directed films, led companies, and built creative projects and yet it was confronting mortality that revealed the most important truth: facing death is the key to truly living. Read more in my story.
I believe our fear of death might just be the biggest unspoken barrier to human evolution.
This is the most vulnerable project I’ve ever undertaken. It’s raw, real, and transforming me as I write it. My hope is that it transforms you too.
This is now my life’s work and your subscription sustains it, helping a community brave enough to face fear honestly.
Why subscribe?
If you’ve felt the sense that there’s more to life, this is your invitation. Subscribe to Dying to Live With Purpose and join a community of conscious humans transforming themselves through the simple, yet forgotten, act of remembering we’re alive.
Free
Weekly newsletters plus the ‘Ultimate Meditation’ and ‘The Guide to Unlock Your Potential’, designed to awaken purpose and build a life of no regrets.
Paid: £8/month
Everything above, plus:
Monthly guided mediations and community Q&A, (with video recordings for those who can’t attend)
Access to my bespoke AI chatbot Reverstory, which reverse engineers your life so you can live with no regrets, and deeper alignment.
Access to a library of purpose-awakening tools
Let’s Collaborate
Speaking Engagements, Podcasts & Interviews
If you’d like to help grow this project, or creatively contribute, I’d love to connect
Contact
For media, collaboration, or sponsorship enquiries: hello@livepurpose.co
Artwork
If you’re interested in purchasing a print of the stunning nature artwork by Oliver Barnett featured on this site, please get in touch at: ollybarnett@gmail.com
Here are some letters for you to read:
The Incredible Way Mortality Awakens Happiness
Maya Angelou: Famous Last Words
The Fear of Death, And What it’s Really Telling Us
