Learn how to take your dreams out of PARK and into DRIVE. Host Rana Campbell and weekly guests share their personal #dreamdriving stories and keys to success that have allowed them to successfully create lives full of fulfillment and passion. We chat entrepreneurship, small business advice, professional & personal development, success, branding, marketing, motivational, and general life tips that you can use as you put your #dreamsindrive. Follow us on social @dreamsindrive. For guest pitche ...
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392: How To Get Support Along Your Mental Health and Mental Wellness Journey w/ T-Kea Blackman + Jordan Scott of Black People Die By Suicide Too
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Black People Die By Suicide Too co-founders T-kea Blackman and Jordan Scott chat with me about their road to building a non-profit focused on normalizing the conversation about suicide in the Black Community. We talk about the importance of mental health and mental wellness (including actionable tips, support + resources) and why these conversation…
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391: The Lip Bar CEO Melissa Butler Opens Up About The Realities of Growing A Beauty Empire
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Trying to build or scale your brand? Here’s what Beauty CEO Melissa Butler says you need to know. In this episode, The Lip Bar CEO and Founder Melissa Butler shares the keys to growing and scaling her beauty empire while growing as a person and business owner. We first spoke to Melissa in 2017 on EP 119 and she shares in details there how she went …
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390: How To Build Wealth By Choice, Not Chance w/ Jason Blumstein
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Let's talk about money! CFA Jason Blumstein helps us debunk some finance myths and provides practicable, actionable advice that we can start implementing to start building wealth today. Hey Dream Drivers - Today on the podcast we have Jason Blumstein, CFA®, CEO and Founder of Julius Wealth Advisors, LLC, a boutique wealth advisory providing concier…
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389: Why Is Everyone Else Moving Faster Than Me?
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It can be tough when you feel like everyone else is achieving the dream faster than you. Assuming, you're actively trying to make a dream happen...what do you do? Listen in as Rana responds to a listener question and shares 4 key reminders about the #dreamdriving journey. What else would you add to this conversation? *SUBSCRIBE TO "THE KEYS" NEWSLE…
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388: Maybe You’re Right Where You Need To Be
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It's my 33rd birthday and I'm reflecting on the many truths and (questions) in my life right now. Sharing the many lessons I learned over the past year and the many areas of life that I'll be exploring in this coming year. Most importantly, I want you to know you're not alone. Though we're all trying to figure out "what's next" - there's so much to…
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387: Making The Doux - How Maya and Brian Smith Built A Haircare Empire
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Maya & Brian Smith share how they built their wildly popular The Doux Haircare brand by focusing on solving their customers' problems and staying true to their purpose, values, and vision to make salon- quality products accessible to all. Learn how they went from operating salons and brand building overseas while Brian was in the military to naviga…
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386: From Corporate Employee To Viral Content Creator Behind Salary Transparent Street w/ Hannah Williams
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How Hannah Williams went from corporate employee to viral content creator and the steps she is taking to shine a light on salary transparency. Ever since she was a kid, Hannah Williams had a passion for injustice. Fast forward to navigating post-college, Hannah found herself navigating the work-world and advocating for better pay. Five jobs and 2.5…
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385: How Love, Pleasure, and Sex Positivity Led Reuben + Sherri Johnson Down A New Path
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What would it take for you to leave the only life and rule system you've known to start anew and embark on a life-changing journey? Reuben and Sherri Johnson- aka the FlyDuo® - are the co-founders of Fly MediaProductions, an award-winning, non-traditional brand agency obsessed with destigmatizing pleasure. Reuben and Sherri open up about their expe…
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384: From Target Intern To Her Product In All Targets - The Be Rooted Story w/ Jasmin Foster
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So how do you go from a Target Intern to having your own stationary brand on all Target shelves across the country? Jasmin Foster did it and she's here to tell her story. As a kid, Jasmin Foster never dreamed of becoming an entrepreneur. She was ambitious, curious, and determined to climb the corporate ladder. A college internship at Target changed…
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383: How To Take Care of You and Get Yourself Unfrozen! w/ Jenifer Lewis
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"You've got to save yourself! The Promised Land is wherever you are. Don't waste time wasting time!" Six years later, and these words from Jenifer Lewis still ring true. It seems fitting this week to take it back to 2018 (episode 145) when I first chatted with the LEGENDARY actress Jenifer Lewis as she shares her #dreamdriving journey and why nothi…
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382: From Speech Pathologist to Certified Juice Therapist - How Danielle Marshall Built Danie's Natural Juice Blends By Focusing on Mind, Body, Spirit
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Danie's Natural Juice Blends founder Danielle Marshall shares how a pre-diabetic diagnosis launched her into the world of food entrepreneurship. In the driver's seat - we have Certified Juice Therapist, Danielle “Danie” Marshall - whose strong passion for holistic healing of the mind, body, and spirit led her down the entrepreneurial path. After re…
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381: How To Tap Into Your Divine Potential w/ Alexis Wilson
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"If you want to change your life, you must do the work." Alexis Wilson - social entrepreneur, speaker, and the CEO of Exalt Management - shares her personal #dreamdriving journey and how you can break free from mental constraints while elevating to new heights in both your personal life and career. Alexis has devoted over half a decade to researchi…
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380: How Brittany Dandy Redefined Success, Career, Womanhood and Motherhood On Her Own Terms
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Whose values and definition of success are defining the path you’ve set out on? This week we’re chatting with Brittany Dandy - an established producer, journalist and digital marketer who’s helped growing business owners and corporate giants like MTV, Google, Toyota tell mindful and profitable stories. Brittany opens up on this episode about her jo…
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379: How To Start Over At Any Age w/ Cheri Syphax
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It's never too late to start over. Despite your age, life circumstances, or past...all you need to is turn within, question yourself, and start taking action. This week we're chatting with Cheri Syphax - CEO of Phax Entertainment Group and co-owner of Booker's Restaurant and Bayou Lounge in West Philadelphia - who decided to turn a second act in he…
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378: You Are Enough - Reflections On A Career in Media w/ Brande Victorian
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Freelance writer, editor, producer and on-camera correspondent Brande Victorian opens up about the peaks and valleys of her career as a journalist and what has kept her going through it all. So honored to have Brande Victorian as a guest on the podcast this week. Brande was one of the first editors who believed in my written abilities back in the d…
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377: The Dream - Finding Purpose, Building Discipline, Staying Focused, Casting Out Fear w/ Odessa Jenkins
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Odessa Jenkins shares how she is achieving her dream of dominating both on and off the field and helping other women find their way as well. How did she do it? Meet Odessa "OJ" Jenkins - a successful tech/SAAS business executive, CEO of Bonfire Women, and founder of the Women’s National Football Conference (WNFC). As a disrupter in sports, Jenkins …
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376: "Do All The Things" - From Blogger to DJ - How The Pandemic Put Ty Alexander On A New Path Towards Joy and Success
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Blogger turned DJ - Ty Alexander - shares the journey that got her here, and why not being afraid to "do all the things" unleashed for her a new path to chasing joy and success. Four words: It's never too late. 2020 changed life as we know it for so many of us. For wellness blogger, author, speaker, and podcaster Ty Alexander - it rocked her life i…
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375: New Year, New You: The Steps To Achieving Financial Freedom
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Learn the steps you can take in 2024 to be on the way to true financial freedom! Back in the guest chair is money expert Jamila Souffrant who will teach us dream drivers how we can cruise towards wealth and happiness as we tackle our #dreamdriving goals. Jamila Souffrant is the author of the new book "Your Journey To Financial Freedom A Step-by-Ste…
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374: How To Be Relentless - Paulana Lamonier's Journey Building Black People Will Swim
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"It's only crazy until it happens." In this throwback episode from 2022, we meet Paulana Lamonier - founder of Black People Will Swim, a purpose-driven organization working to smash the stereotype that Black people don’t swim. Paulana's on a mission to open the first Black-owned swimming facility and she won't stop until the dream is complete. This…
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373: Why Journalist Turned Comedian Georgia Dawkins Decided To Take A Chance On Herself + Pursue A New Dream
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When Georgia Dawkins entered college at Florida A&M University, she had dreams of working in media and being a journalism star. Over the course of a decade, those dreams came true. Still, though, a desire to pursue something more for herself remained. On this episode - this producer extraordinaire, author - and now comedian - details her journey to…
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372: Stop Downplaying How Far You've Come
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Host Rana Campbell shares what you do can do the next time you feel like you're not at where you want to be in life. She also takes us down a quick trip down memory lane as she reflects on some of the stops she's made along this #dreamdriving journey. *SHOP DREAMS IN DRIVE MERCHANDISE: http://www.dreamsindrive.com/shop *SUBSCRIBE TO "THE KEYS" NEWS…
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371: The Pivot Queen - How Rackeda Roper Pushed Past Dark Times & Never Lett Unexpected Challenges Kill Her Dreams
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Meet Rackeda Roper, the Jamaican-born 27-year-old serial entrepreneur, Army veteran and visionary force behind Exquisite Enterprise - event staffing, event spaces and event rentals. Rackeda aka "Keda" shares her life journey from Jamaica to America and how an early knack for hustling and sales led her onto the entrepreneurial path within the events…
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370: Embrace Change - How TargetWhileBlack Founder Marissa Kearney Went From Teacher To Viral Online Influencer
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When you feel stuck, sometimes surrendering to the pivots that present are the key to finding success. On this episode, TargetWhileBlack (and RetailWhileBlack) founder Marissa Kearney, a content creator using her platform to highlight Black-owned and Black-founded brands while bridging a gap between retailers and consumers. Marissa shares her journ…
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369: Feeling Stuck? 5 Quick Tips To Get Out Of Neutral
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Sometimes along the #dreamdriving we get stuck. What do you do? Rana shares 5 things that she does that can help you get out of neutral and start moving towards your dreams. These are all very simple and easy ways to get your confidence back up and sense of purpose reignited--all so that you can hit the road strong! *SHOP DREAMS IN DRIVE MERCHANDIS…
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368: All Gas, No Brakes - The Afro Unicorn Story w/ April Showers
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Listen in as Afro Unicorn founder April Showers details the path she took to being the first black woman to own a licensed character brand being sold in major retailers across the country in over 25+ categories. If you want to make an impact, you gotta put that pedal to the metal. Marathon Mindset. No excuses. Period. Some of the things we talk abo…
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