Exploring who you are,
what matters, and how to live with purpose
Hello,
I'm glad you're here.
Are you feeling uncertain about your direction, disconnected from meaning, or wondering what’s next? As the world around you is reshaped by forces like AI and social change, your inner world may feel equally unsettled—stirred by doubt, questions, and a deep need for clarity. These aren’t just abstract concerns—they’re personal, urgent, and profoundly human.
I'm Stuart Chittenden and my work lives in the spaces between questioning and becoming. I am curious about the big questions: Who am I? What matters? How do I live and work with purpose? Engaging with me—through coaching, workshops, and community dialogues—you can expect to:
Clarify what matters most to you and identify the values that guide you
Build a grounded understanding of who you are and what matters—it's your foundation for meaningful direction.
Gain the confidence, tools, and momentum to take purposeful action
Translate your reflection into steps forward, equipped to make choices aligned with your clarity.
Feel more connected—within yourself and with the world around you
Cultivate a deeper sense of grounding, belonging, and centeredness in your life and potential.
Find Your Way: How I Can Help You
Existential
Coaching
Coaching for When Life Feels Unclear
Pathways to Purpose is a one-to-one coaching engagement for people navigating disorientation, life transitions, or a search for deeper meaning. This isn’t therapy or self-help. It’s thoughtful, human-centered conversation grounded in reflection, clarity, and values.
Humanist Workshops
Living and Working with Purpose in an AI-shaped World
As AI transforms how we live and work, we face deeper questions: Who are we becoming? What still matters? And how do we stay human at work and at home in a world of automation?
My workshops invite reflection, connection, and creative action to help individuals and organizations thrive with clarity, compassion, and imagination.
Community Conversations
Conversations Exploring What Makes Us Human
I design, facilitate, and speak at live, in-person events—from TEDx talks to intimate community dialogues to signature events. These public conversations create space for people to come together, speak honestly, and find meaning in shared exploration of our lived experience.
Humanism is about living well—for ourselves and with each other and our world. It’s a philosophy and a life stance that sees every person as worthy of dignity, connection, and care.
Many people today feel dispossessed by unjust systems, disillusioned with failed institutions, and alienated from each other and from a deeper sense of purpose beyond productivity and profit.
Humanism is a progressive philosophy of life that, without supernaturalism, affirms our ability and responsibility to lead ethical lives of personal fulfillment that aspire to the greater good of humanity.
The lifestance of Humanism—guided by reason, inspired by compassion, and informed by experience—encourages us to live life well and fully. It invites us to ask big and small questions of life, build meaningful relationships, and create a better world together.
About Me
I help people explore life’s big questions—Who am I? What matters now? How do I live well?—through one-to-one coaching, small-group workshops, and thoughtful public conversations, including those on Lives, my radio show and podcast about how we live and why.
As a Certified Humanist Professional, existential coach, and humanist thinker, my work blends deep listening, philosophical reflection, and grounded guidance. Whether you're feeling uncertain, are facing a transition in life, or simply seeking a more meaningful path, I offer space to pause, reflect, and move forward with clarity and purpose.
