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.
Here’s the paradox: when you turn toward mortality, life becomes vivid again. 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. Those who sense there’s more waiting beneath the noise.
Read the testimonials.
What you’ll get
Each week you’ll receive videos, reflections and self-guided tools designed to 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:
Access to weekly newsletters, videos & free ‘Guide to Unlocking Potential’
£8/month:
Everything above, plus:
Audio recordings of newsletters
Tools to unlock alignment & potential
Live Meetings, Q&As and community discussions
The ability to comment on posts
Visit the website HERE
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
I am very active on Linkedin
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