Living on Purpose â€" A Surgeon’s Story describes the origins, the journey and the reflections of a female cardiac surgeon, Dr. Constance Haan. The journey starts from very humble beginnings in rural southeast South Dakota. Dr. Haan shares the long, circuitous journey â€" with the attendant choices, barriers and successes, and poignant influences along the way. Reflections around this personal travelogue provide a commentary on those internal and external influences on discovery, values and goals, and finding and fulfilling purpose in life.