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Motivational Millennial | Passion | Dreams | Overcome Challenges | Purpose | Fulfillment | Motivation

The Motivational Millennial Podcast co-hosts, Ivy LaClair and Blake Brandes, speak with leaders, musicians, entrepreneurs, artists, altruists and other Millennials living life with a sense of purpose and achieving their dreams. We explore the discovery of their passions, the beauty in the pursuit of their dreams, and how they overcome challenges on their paths.
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Feb 27, 2018

Dr. Laymon Hicks is a youth motivational speaker and author. He's offered keynote addresses and workshops at more than 150 schools and student conferences in 45 states for over 350,000 young people. Laymon obtained his bachelor’s and master's degrees from Florida State University where he served as Student Body President; managing a ten-point, three-million-dollar budget. At the age of 29, Laymon graduated with his doctorate degree from Northeastern University.

In this episode, we hear about Laymon’s powerful story of self-doubt and self-limiting beliefs that he was able to turn into a deeper understanding of his self-worth, why Laymon feels so compelled to help young people do the same, how others can transfer their self-limiting beliefs to us, what we can do to break from that, and so much more. Enjoy!

What you’ll hear in this episode:

  • The two main topics Laymon covers when speak to young people
  • What Laymon means when he says we need to neutralize the “weapons of mass destruction”
  • How an email Laymon sent as an 8th grader changed the course of his entire life
  • Why Laymon experienced self-doubt even after receiving his doctorate degree
  • The struggle of not feeling worthy until you accomplish your goals but needing to feel worthy to accomplish them
  • What a tough collegiate political campaign taught Laymon about building relationships
  • Why there is no reason for young people not be successful if they truly want to be
  • How others can transfer their self-limiting beliefs to us
  • The importance of letting young people know their past doesn’t dictate their future

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Feb 20, 2018

In this episode, we’re reflecting on our conversation from last week with Patricia Echeverria; a transformational coach and creative catalyst. Patricia brought up some very interesting ideas around how our mindset has the power to change our perception of our reality. While the end results, and our actions, may stay the same, how we choose to perceive certain situations can either help us feel fearful or empowered. It’s that topic that we’re diving more into today. Enjoy!

What you’ll hear in this episode:

  • How Ivy’s recent decision to move parallels Patricia’s experience leaving her job
  • The importance to change our mindset so we’re making empowered decisions instead of fearful ones
  • Why it’s okay to disappoint people occasionally
  • Blake’s takeaway from Patricia’s interview about how clarity comes from moving forward
  • Why we should always be taking tiny leaps

 

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Feb 13, 2018

Patricia Echeverria is a transformational coach and creative catalyst. She's the founder of the Creative Courage Club; a platform dedicated to maximizing our creative human potential. Her passion for design and social impact has led her to create global projects including a conflict resolution scheme in the Korean demilitarized zone, the redesign of a rural Indian Village, library of the future in South Central L.A., Design Your Life workshops for college students, and the Creative Courage Summit.

Patricia currently works with inspired individuals who want to turn their vision into action. She helps them to overcome fears, limitations, excuses, and blocks so they can finally turn their most outrageous and inspiring creative ideas into reality.

In this episode, we discuss what Patricia to helping others tap into their own creativity, how she realized she created her own reality and had the power to change it, the main personal development challenge she helps others overcome, the importance of taking imperfect action, and more. Enjoy!

What you’ll hear in this episode:

  • How Patricia helps people maximize their creative potential
  • What led Patricia to realize she had the power to help others tap into their own creativity
  • What courage means to Patricia and the role it plays in her life
  • When Patricia realized she was creating her own reality and she had the ability to change it
  • The main personal development challenge Patricia sees her people struggle with
  • Finding clarity through action
  • Why taking imperfect action is better than taking no action at all

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Feb 6, 2018

In this inspired conversation, we’re reflecting on our interview last week with Laura Renner. Laura talked about how, through the course of starting and growing her business, she learned it was okay to have multiple passions and that she needed to follow her own set of rules.

We loved both concepts so much that we’re diving more into them this week. Enjoy!

What you’ll hear in this episode:

  • Blake and Ivy’s main takeaway from Laura’s interview
  • Why you need to honor the right path for you instead of taking the expected path
  • How Millennials can sometimes unfairly devalue traditional jobs
  • The importance of embracing our multiple passions
  • Why our passions don’t need to become our career
  • How mistakes are a good thing when you’re exploring your passions

 

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