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Posts by Genevieve Piturro

Genevieve Piturro is a TEDx speaker, author, and coach/consultant. She left her TV executive job and built the national organization Pajama Program, this year celebrating twenty-three years, having delivered eight million pajamas and books nationwide. Her book, Purpose, Passion and Pajamas, debuted during the Covid shutdown as an Amazon bestseller, winning seven awards. Genevieve rang the Nasdaq Opening Bell and has been interviewed on OPRAH, TODAY, GMA, The Early Show, CNN, Fox & Friends, O Magazine, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, Glamour, SELF, and Parenting magazines.

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My Path to Purpose and an Unexpected Impact

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I wanted to be Mary Tyler Moore’s “Mary Richards” TV character from the 1970s. She had exactly what I wanted: independence and an exciting life! But growing up as the first girl in a traditional Italian family, I knew she was not the right role model.

Nonetheless, I ignored the expected path (much to my parents’ dismay) and spent twelve years in corporate America becoming Mary. That is, until two questions rocked my world. I dramatically left my job, career, and Mary for a more purposeful path that was mine, and I never looked back.

As a nine-year-old girl in …