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“Life-Changing” COMMENCEMENT SPEECH “I Dare YOU…To Believe in YOU!” Jamie Kern Lima | WSU 2025 May 06, 2025

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If you’re craving a boost of inspiration, and hope, if you’re in need of the words, stories, lessons and tools to get unstuck, and to ignite belief in yourself…well, this is YOUR episode and it’s called “I Dare YOU! I dare YOU to believe in YOU!” That’s the title of the commencement speech I just wrote and shared with the incredible graduates at my Alma matter Washington State University, and the words and messages are so universal that even though I wrote them, I, myself needed to hear them too! I hope today, these words speak to your soul and feel like they’re exactly for YOU, because they are!

And please make sure to share this episode with everyone who needs inspiration in their lives and make sure to share it with every recent or upcoming graduate you know! It’s called I Dare YOU to Believe in YOU and when you do, watch what happens!!!

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🎉“INSPIRATIONAL” & “LIFE-CHANGING”: Thousands of Students Ignite in Celebration at Washington State University, during the inspirational commencement speech entitled “I Dare YOU…to Believe in YOU!” by Jamie Kern Lima! 🎉

📚 A GLIMPSE INTO WSU: Washington State University has over 26,000 students, 35% of which are first-generation students! The trailblazing University is 130 years old, has 6 campuses and offers more than 200 undergraduate fields of study.

🎓Thunderous celebration from thousands of passionate students in the packed stadium at Washington State University, during the 2025 WSU Commencement. This video highlights and honors so many of the incredible students and their big moment of accomplishment during the three 2025 WSU Commencement ceremonies on the day.

Episode Reflection Questions for YOU: Jamie writes prompt questions each episode to spark revelations in your self-worth journey and help you apply the tools and lessons from each episode into your real life right now. Please make sure you’re signed up for Jamie’s free inspirational newsletter jamiekernlima.com 👈

Get Ready to Believe In YOU! Welcome to The Jamie Kern Lima Show! You Belong Here!

The Jamie Kern Lima Show is for you if you’re ready to ignite that light inside of you, and learn to shine it brightly, even if it’s for the first time, or for the first time in a long time. IT’s YOUR time, today is YOUR day, and THIS is your show.

This is How You Trust Yourself. This is How You Love Yourself. This is How You Believe in Yourself. Welcome to The Jamie Kern Lima Show!

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It’s such an honor to share this podcast together with you. And please note: I am not a licensed therapist, and this podcast is NOT intended as a substitute for the advice of a physician, professional coach, psychotherapist, or other qualified professional.

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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex in Her First Ever Podcast Interview! Exclusive Worldwide Premiere Episode of The Jamie Kern Lima Show Apr 28, 2025

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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, in her First EVER Podcast Interview! This is the Exclusive Worldwide Premiere Episode of The Jamie Kern Lima Show podcast with our guest today, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. This is such an inspiring conversation, and please make sure to share this episode with everyone you know who needs a boost of joy, inspiration, empowerment and self-belief today! I ask her all the things, like do you use the name Meghan Markel anymore? Will you ever run for office? Are you planning to write another book? And so much more! Are You Ready to believe in YOU?🙌 jamiekernlima.com 👈 Sign up for my FREE Inspirational Newsletter and get ready for your self-worth to soar!🩷

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For this special episode, in the studio today, I have my favorite rocking chairs for the first time ever. These are the ones I sit in all the time just outside of my kitchen with friends, where we catch up, share our day, our hardships, our joys, our pain, and have our most intimate conversations. I’ve had so many heart-felt moments with Meghan in these chairs, and today YOU are invited to join us! So, come as you are, cozy up, lean in and get ready… this is the Worldwide Premiere of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, in her first ever podcast interview…and she’s doing it with you and me today right here, on the Jamie Kern Lima Show!

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex is an American member of the British royal family, an entrepreneur, author, actor, Founder of the lifestyle brand As Ever, that just sold out of stock completely in the first hour of its recent launch into the world, congratulations! Her new Netflix show “With Love, Meghan” just debuted Season 1 as a top 10 show on Netflix…. She’s also a mom to her two beautiful kids, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet and wife to husband Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex. She’s a mama of rescue dogs, and she’s also an incredible champion of women, and an amazing friend!

She just recently debuted her brand new podcast called “Confessions of a Female Founder!” where Meghan builds out a business of her own, she’s getting advice and insights from amazing women who have scaled small ideas into successful companies. And guess what, I’m so grateful to be one of the guests on her show as well! Meghan and I had the MOST incredible conversation on insights and stories I’ve never shared before…from when I was a waitress at Denny’s with big dreams but a lot of self-doubt, to starting IT Cosmetics in my living room, getting hundreds of Nos for years, to eventually getting 1 yes that changed everything. I share the stories behind the stories, some for the first time ever on Meghan’s new podcast, our episode comes out tomorrow so make sure to listen and share it with everyone you know, who it could help inspire…whether its to keep going in their business or in their dreams! You can listen to our episode of Confessions of a Female Founder here!

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Melinda French Gates Reveals All (Pt 3): Life-Changing Lessons on How to Do Hard Things, Navigate Change & Find Yourself Again Apr 22, 2025

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Get ready to gain the confidence and courage to do hard things, navigate change and find yourself again! Even if you’ve lost touch with your own voice and don’t even remember who you truly are right now. The real, wise, beautiful YOU is still in there, and you can tap back into the truth of who you are. And when you do, it will set you free! if you are ready to ignite your courage to make a transition in your life, or navigate through a hard one you didn’t plan for…and find yourself again…this incredible conversation with Melinda French Gates is for you today!

Melinda French Gates is a philanthropist, businesswoman, and global advocate for women

and girls. She’s the founder of Pivotal Ventures, focused on accelerating social progress by removing barriers that hold people back, she also co-founded the Gates Foundation, alongside former husband Bill Gates. Melinda’s brand new book The Next Day: Transitions, Change, and Moving Forward, is out now, make sure you pick up your copy today here, it’s so good, in the book, Melinda reflects for the first time on the most significant transitions in her life, from becoming a parent, she’s now a mom of 3, to the death of a dear friend, to departing the Gates

Foundation, to deciding to end her marriage, this book is filled with the most inspiring and insightful lessons on loosening the bonds of perfectionism, helping yourself and others navigate times of crisis, embracing uncertainty and so much more!

Through Melinda’s decades of high-impact investments, philanthropy, partnerships, and advocacy, she’s not only impacted and saved millions of lives in the US and around the world, she’s also become one of the most iconic and celebrated women of our time. It is such an honor to join Melinda and YOU in this incredible conversation!

And whether you're joining me today for yourself or because someone that you love shared this episode with you, I want to welcome you to the Jamie Kern Lima Show podcast family. And remember this episode is not just for you and me. Please share it with every single person that you know because it can change their life too.

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Chapters:

0:00 Welcome to The Jamie Kern Lima Show

3:50 "You're Not The Wave, You're The Water"

13:20 How to Handle Critics and Haters

17:30 Melinda's #1 Piece of Advice on How to Trust Yourself

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Melinda French Gates Reveals All (Pt 2): Life-Changing Lessons on Igniting Your Courage, Hearing Your Intuition & Taking Your Power Back Apr 17, 2025

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Get ready to ignite your courage, tune into and hear your intuition, and take your power back! If you feel like you’ve lost yourself…maybe through unhealthy friendships, or a relationships that’s run it’s course and you know it’s time to stop betraying yourself by staying in it, or through a job that is fine but it’s not filling your soul or challenging your true talent and passions, or by people-pleasing your way through the day, so much so, that you don’t even know who you are anymore…this incredible Part 2 episode with Melinda French Gates in for you!

Melinda French Gates is a philanthropist, businesswoman, and global advocate for women

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Chapters:

0:00 Welcome to The Jamie Kern Lima Show

6:20 Knowing For Sure God Exists

11:20 Your Religion And Your Knowing

17:15 Divorce, Values, And Staying True To Yourself

23:45 From Feeling Unworthy to Trusting Yourself

27:45 Don't Rush During Transitions in Your Life

29:45 Panic Attacks & Helping Each Other

33:35 Your Dreams & Signs

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Melinda French Gates Reveals All: Life-Changing Lessons on Transitions, Trusting Your Inner Voice & Choosing Yourself! (Even if it’s for the first time ever or the first time in a long time!) Apr 14, 2025

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Melinda French Gates, named by Forbes as one of the most powerful women in the world, is here today, and she is revealing all! Life-Changing Lessons on how to hear your own inner voice, how to trust yourself, and how to choose yourself…even if it’s for the first time ever, or for the first time in a long time! I am SO excited, for you, for me, for women everywhere right now because this conversation is just that incredible!

Melinda French Gates is a philanthropist, businesswoman, and global advocate for women and girls. She’s the founder of Pivotal Ventures, focused on accelerating social progress by removing barriers that hold people back, she also co-founded the Gates Foundation, alongside former husband Bill Gates. Melinda’s brand new book The Next Day: Transitions, Change, and Moving Forward, is out now, make sure you pick up your copy today here: https://a.co/d/fCPCsw3, it’s so good, in the book, Melinda reflects for the first time on the most significant transitions in her life, from becoming a parent, she’s now a mom of 3, to the death of a dear friend, to departing the Gates Foundation, to deciding to end her marriage, this book is filled with the most inspiring and insightful lessons on loosening the bonds of perfectionism, helping yourself and others navigate times of crisis, embracing uncertainty and so much more!

And whether you're joining me today for yourself or because someone that you love shared this episode with you, I want to welcome you to The Jamie Kern Lima Show podcast family. And remember this episode is not just for you and me. Please share it with every single person that you know because it can change their life too.

Get my new book WORTHY plus FREE Bonus gifts including a 95+ page Worthy Workbook and more at WorthyBook.com

For more resources related to today’s episode, click here https://jamiekernlima.com/show/ for the podcast episode page.

Chapters:

0:00 Welcome to The Jamie Kern Lima Show

13:27 “I Have to Coach Myself to Lean Forward”

13:32 Do This to Overcome Self-Doubt

21:22 “I Deserve to be Where I am in Life”

23:18 Remove Your Labels

29:22 The Cost of Body-Doubt

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How to Raise Your Vibration, Get What You Want & Live Your Best Life w/Bumble Founder Whitney Wolfe Herd Pt 3 Apr 08, 2025

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I’m so glad you’re here for this incredible part 3 episode with Founder and CEO of Bumble, Whitney Wolfe Herd, who shares stories and insights she’s never shared before, and she’s sharing them today, right here with you! If you’re ready feel more connected and alive and get tips, tools and insights on how to raise your vibration to get what you want and truly create your best life, this episode is going to change your life today!

Whitney Wolfe Herd is the founder and CEO of Bumble, a platform for dating, friendship, business, mentoring, and connection, launched in 2014. She’s also a co-founder of Tinder and has been named to nearly every major success list—from Forbes’ Richest Self-Made Women to the Time 100. Whitney is a profoundly deep, fascinating, and brilliant woman, a wife, a mama to two beautiful boys—and my dear friend. I’m so excited for you, me, and Whitney to experience this life-changing episode together!

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Chapters:

0:00 Welcome to The Jamie Kern Lima Show

05:15 How to Make the First Move, in Love, Friendship & Mentorship

8:45 D*ck Pics and Unsolicited Lewd Pics

13:00 Keys to Making Friends as an Adult

17:07 What People Most Get Wrong, When Looking For Love Online

19:54 Keys to Finding a Mentor & What People Get Wrong About Mentorship

22:40 “I’m not a big executive coach gal; it’s not for me.” Whitney Shares Modalities of Therapy and Healing that Work For Her

23:30 Whitneys Exact Meditation Practice and How to Do It

29:55 What Whitney is Manifesting in her Life Right Now

34:40 Whitney Reveals her Vision for the Future of Bumble “we need to learn to love, love, again.”

37:00 Self-Love and Believing You Are Enough & Why We’re Attracted to People Who Hurt Us

40:15 When You think Something is the End, It Just Might Be the Beginning!

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How to Manifest Friends, Mentors & Incredible Relationships w/Bumble Founder Whitney Wolfe Herd Pt 2 Apr 01, 2025

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I’m so glad you’re here for this incredible part 2 episode with Founder and CEO of Bumble, Whitney Wolfe Herd, who shares stories and insights she’s never shared before, and she’s sharing them today, right here with you! If you’re ready get unstuck and start to manifest

new and meaningful friends, mentors and relationships in your life, even if some of them haven’t worked out so well in the past, this episode is going to change your life today!

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Chapters:

0:00 Welcome to The Jamie Kern Lima Show

6:11 Turning Pain into Purpose, One Idea Can Change the World

7:20 Divine Intervention

9:30 Whitney Almost Dies in the Hospital with Help Syndrome, Has a Divine Moment

13:15 We are All Connected, Whitney Moves Jamie to Tears “I am crying my lashes off.”

14:14 “Your Worst Days Can Be Cracks of Light”

18:51 Whitney Takes Bumble Public, Becomes Youngest Female Billionaire, Celebrated Everywhere, BUT says It was One of the WORST Days of her life “I went home and cried!” “I was a wreck.”

20:20 Don’t Take a Time Out, Take a Time In

24:00 The Entire Meaning of Life is Love

25:40 How Whitney Overcame Imposter Syndrome “I was riddled with it.”

26:40 This Last Year When Bumble Stock Crashed “I stopped getting invited to the cool conferences.”

30:06 “I was irrelevant” Whitney on How People Changed How they Treated Her, When Bumble Wasn’t Performing Well Financially. “Many a Tears Were Cried.” “It Gutted Me.”

32:00 Everyone is On a Frequency

33:00 “You Can’t Hurt My Feelings Anymore” “I Went Through an Ego Death” “You Can’t Hurt Me Anymore”

34:30 Whitney comes out of 2 days crying, with a FREEDOM “It’s kind of embarrassing to admit to all this.”

36:00 How to Celebrate Your Wins and Stop Dimming Your Light It’s such an honor to share this podcast together with you.

And please note: I am not a licensed therapist, and this podcast is NOT intended as a substitute for the advice of a physician, professional coach, psychotherapist, or other qualified professional.

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How to Find Your Purpose, Get Unstuck & Ignite Your Dreams w/ Bumble Founder Whitney Wolfe Herd Mar 25, 2025

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Get ready to find your purpose, get unstick and ignite your dreams! I am SO excited for this episode today, with my amazing friend, founder and CEO of Bumble, Whitney Wolfe Herd! These next few minutes together today with you, me and Whitney are going to be magical! So buckle up, because if you’re someone who needs to reignite inspiration in your life today, if you need that boost to get unstuck and decide it’s time to write your own rules, in life, in love and in your goals and dreams! If you’re someone who wants to learn how you can get more love and connection, and even more true friends in your life right now, today’s episode is for you!

It’s so easy to see someone’s story on the outside, or see the outcome, in Whitney’s case she’s been touted as becoming one of the youngest female billionaires in the country and has graced the covers of countless magazines as a visionary and success story, but just like you and like me, it’s the story behind the story, that’s where the most inspiring and interesting parts are! Those are the stories where we learn we’re not alone, and that our own wild crazy dreams just might be possible for us too! Whitney’s incredible journey of ups and downs, of being totally on top and IN, and then totally on the bottom and OUT, and then building her own mountain again to build the life on her dreams, on her terms, while touching the lives of millions of others along the way…I just know is going shake your shoulders in best possible way, touch your soul, and wake up that unstoppable power inside of you to change your life today!

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Chapters:

0:00 Welcome to The Jamie Kern Lima Show

8:25 The One Thing No One Can Take From You

14:20 Things Are Happening FOR You, Not TO You

26:20 Your Worst Day Can Become Your Best Day!

32:15 The Key To Success (From 2 Billion-Dollar Business Builders)

41:35 “Life Is About Attention & Intention”

47:47 Has God Ever Spoken To You?

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How to Communicate with More Confidence and Master Your Next Conversation! With Jefferson Fisher Mar 18, 2025

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Did you know that how you communicate, how you argue, and how you handle the way others communicate and treat you, can change every single part of your life! Today we have one of the top communication experts in the world, who’s sharing the secrets and Simple tools you can apply right now today, to help you communicate with confidence to improve your life at work, at home and in your most important relationships!

Jefferson Fisher is a trial lawyer, 5th generation award-winning attorney, writer, and speaker whose work has gained him millions of followers all over the world, through short, simple, practical social media videos teaching people how to argue less and talk more. Whether it’s handling a heated conversation, dealing with a difficult personality, or standing your ground with confidence, Jefferson helps you communicate during life's everyday arguments and conversations! His brand-new book, The Next Conversation – Argue Less, Talk More is out now! Jefferson says you can change everything about your life by what you say next! And you and I are in for a treat because Jefferson has stepped away from his busy legal practice to fly here and be with YOU and me today!

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Jefferson's new book, The Next Conversation – Argue Less, Talk More, is now available athttps://www.jeffersonfisher.com/book.

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Chapters:

0:00 Welcome to The Jamie Kern Lima Show

4:15 Leaving A Legacy

7:43 Share Your Blessing

24:15 Power Of A Pause

27:55 Your Breath Communicates

32:05 Argue Smarter

40:40 Make Decisions Easier

43:53 Be A Lighthouse

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The Power of Your Story and Deciding to Tell It! You Are the Hero of Your Own Life with Amy Griffin Mar 11, 2025

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What if I told you, you are the hero of your own life? When you think about the journey of your life so far, and how you have the power to decide how your story continues to unfold, would you say you’re writing and casting Yourself as the hero? Or do you feel like a background role, still waiting to step to center stage and share your truth? If you have a story inside of you to tell, today’s episode will inspire you to embrace the power of that. Your story has so much power, power to inspire, and power to heal both yourself and others.

Our guest in today’s episode is my amazing friend and soon yours too, Amy Griffin! Amy is a business mogul, founder of investment firm G9 Ventures, author and icon of female empowerment. Her brand new memoir The Tell, explores how far we will go to protect ourselves, and the healing made possible when we face our secrets and begin to share our stories. I’ve read this book cover to cover, it’s so powerful and let me tell you it will inspire your own hero’s journey in your life, through Amy sharing hers! You’re going to leave this conversation feeling SO inspired and I am so excited to share today’s episode with you!

The Tell is available now: https://www.thetellbook.com/

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Chapters:

0:00 Welcome to The Jamie Kern Lima Show

1:00 The Power of Your Story

3:05 Secrets Keep Us Stuck

5:30 Relationships are the Fabric of Our Lives

9:05 Doing the Work + Psychedelics

23:00 Amy’s MDMA Experience

26:30 On Gratitude

41:14 Unlocking Repressed Memories

45:19 Building Resilience

50:30 Worthiness for Yourself

52:30 The Beautiful Impact on Relationships & Kids

56:00 Thank You Notes

59:30 Telling Your Story

This episode of The Jamie Kern Lima Show contains discussions of sensitive topics including sexual assault. Our aim is to approach this topic with sensitivity and respect, but viewer/listener discretion is advised.

To receive 24/7 support from the National Sexual Assault Hotline, call 800-656-HOPE (4673).

To report child sexual abuse or find resources for those in need of help, contact the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (https://www.missingkids.org/gethelpnow) at 1-800-843-5678.

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