Jamie Kern Lima

Everybody needs Jamie Kern Lima in their life.

Everybody needs Jamie Kern Lima in their life.

Jamie, you're so inspiring. Jamie Kern Lima. You say that you got this feeling that this isn't right anymore, and that you were trying to ignore the whisper, but it got louder and louder. And in 2020, you went on a trip to Santa Fe. And you say in the book, you say your inner voice told you clear as day. It's time to separate from Bill. Are you glad you trusted your inner voice?

Jamie, you're so inspiring. Jamie Kern Lima. You say that you got this feeling that this isn't right anymore, and that you were trying to ignore the whisper, but it got louder and louder. And in 2020, you went on a trip to Santa Fe. And you say in the book, you say your inner voice told you clear as day. It's time to separate from Bill. Are you glad you trusted your inner voice?

Yeah. You know, I think so many of us are scared of change. And we're scared of uncertainty. And we're scared, well, what if I'm alone? Or if I leave this friend group that they're kind of mean, but what if I got no other friends? Or what if I leave this job or anyone else hire me? And I started crying in your book, Melinda, when you talked about we're not waves, we're water.

Yeah. You know, I think so many of us are scared of change. And we're scared of uncertainty. And we're scared, well, what if I'm alone? Or if I leave this friend group that they're kind of mean, but what if I got no other friends? Or what if I leave this job or anyone else hire me? And I started crying in your book, Melinda, when you talked about we're not waves, we're water.

this analogy of how the big wave thinks it's a wave, right? And so many of us, whether we think we're a wave or we think we're so-and-so's mom or we're this job title or we're this whatever, and we're about to come to the shore and it's gonna go away and we resist it and we resist that change.

this analogy of how the big wave thinks it's a wave, right? And so many of us, whether we think we're a wave or we think we're so-and-so's mom or we're this job title or we're this whatever, and we're about to come to the shore and it's gonna go away and we resist it and we resist that change.

And what you share is this beautiful story in the next day about how, oh, no, no, wait, we're not the wave, we're water.

And what you share is this beautiful story in the next day about how, oh, no, no, wait, we're not the wave, we're water.

We're water.

We're water.

to happen and I was so scared to leave my journalism job I was like that's my dream job I'm here to share other people's stories of the world but I'm not that wave I'm water and I just I love this so much and this is okay this is one of the million reasons why everyone needs to pick up

to happen and I was so scared to leave my journalism job I was like that's my dream job I'm here to share other people's stories of the world but I'm not that wave I'm water and I just I love this so much and this is okay this is one of the million reasons why everyone needs to pick up

the next day because I feel like every single person can relate to this where we're hanging onto the thing or we're scared to write the book or we're scared to put ourselves out there. We're scared to let go of the one thing. And I just think that that is so, I think it's so beautiful.

the next day because I feel like every single person can relate to this where we're hanging onto the thing or we're scared to write the book or we're scared to put ourselves out there. We're scared to let go of the one thing. And I just think that that is so, I think it's so beautiful.

And I think that, you know, we all go through transitions in different ways, but sometimes we resist them way too long. Hoda Kotb was just on my podcast and she talked about this analogy of, cause you know, of course she left the Today Show, she's doing something whole new and everyone's like, what are you doing? How could you do that?

And I think that, you know, we all go through transitions in different ways, but sometimes we resist them way too long. Hoda Kotb was just on my podcast and she talked about this analogy of, cause you know, of course she left the Today Show, she's doing something whole new and everyone's like, what are you doing? How could you do that?

And she talks about that so many people hang onto the wave too long and they just ride the wave way, way, way too long. And cause we're scared to get off the wave or we think we'll never get another wave. But I love when I read your book, when I was in tears reading this,

And she talks about that so many people hang onto the wave too long and they just ride the wave way, way, way too long. And cause we're scared to get off the wave or we think we'll never get another wave. But I love when I read your book, when I was in tears reading this,