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    The one in which we talk about what it means to be a millennial, the misconceptions, the opportunities, the struggles, and all the real stuff that goes on in between. Rachel gives Jayson great advice on manifesting your goals, the importance of accessing your inner child to foster your professional creativity, blogging as a career and for personal health, and we even talk about a shaman. The Confused Millennial... Rachel started The Confused Millennial as a community for confused millennials to embrace who they truly are while learning and growing together. The goal with TCM is to help other confused millennials navigate this whole  #adulting thing (finance, career, business, etc.) while still captivating what fuels our soul (Netflix, traveling, and living that Instagrammable lifestyle). Her work has been featured in Forbes, Brit + Co, Monster, FastCompany, and many more. Where We’re Going… 0:26 – Origin of The Confused Millennial 2:01 – Most successful topic on the blog 2:56 – Misconception of the Millennial Generation 5:00 – Manifesting the things you want from your life 8:23 – Balance between focusing on testing for college and beyond and play time 12:30 – Biggest tips for going from high school to adulthood 15:52 – Is blogging still a fertile landscape for someone to get into or where should the next cohort go online? 18:25 – How do people find their voice for themselves? 20:15 – How do you transition your passions into positive actions online? 24:29 – Common advice is to “just start” but how do we avoid victimizing our own voice in the process? Or how to not let your voice online just be a diary-based confessional. 29:06 – How do you become comfortable expanding your search for health and wellness and shamanic rituals. 32:00 – Adulthood Is… Blog case study example 37:02 – What do you do to overcome the fear and anxiety of your first post? – Listener Question 42:32 What books or resources do you recommend the most? 43:50 What’s the 45:30 Imposter syndrome in growing your self-brand 47:00 – Inner child fulfillment question Quotes: “It’s not that we’re entitled, it’s that we don’t want to wait around to just feel empty inside.” – (4:00) “Our little kid self knows so much more about who we are.” – (13:15) “Once you have identified how [negativity] is showing up in your life, look at what language you’re using to perpetuate your own story for yourself.” – (23:02) “We solve our problems by how we were raised to ask the questions” – (29:00) Links: The Confused Millennial Blog 7 Steps to Manifest Anything How Millennials Can Figure Out What To Do With Their Life Pinterest Class by TCM First Post Jitters Man's Search for Meaning Shaman Durek Hay House writer's workshops Harry Potter Collection (1-7)  

In which we discuss the benefits of giving priority to working out and taking care of our voices for more than just using our vocal abilities for singing. Robert Lunte is the founder of The Vocalist Studio and a globally recognized Master Vocal Coach, Clinician, Author and Singer with over 20 years’ experience. He has trained professional voice coaches and students of singing technique. Mr. Lunte authored and produced the critically acclaimed vocal technique training book and online course, “The Four Pillars of Singing” which has been used by singers and voice coaches in over 120 countries around the world. The unique TVS training method helps singers build new motor skills, muscle memory, strength and coordination for expanding vocal range, endurance and agility. The TVS Method focuses on the mission to coach “vocal athletes” to achieve maximum range, complete vocal freedom, with a voice of freedom and power. Where We’re Going… 0:00 – Intro 2:00 – Why do people tend to overlook vocal coaching and training their voices? 11:15 – Can anyone be a singer? Myth or Fact? 14:29 – If I don’t have the confidence to sing or public speak, how do I grasps it to actually get training? 17:10 – I’m ready to start, now what? 21:00 – Why does vocal training matter to non-singers? 22:09 – Self-assessing the need for training? Is it even possible? 24:43 – What is sound color? 27:49 – Masterclass Schedule 29:30 – Since your job is singing, what do you do in your downtime? 34:51 – Inner child question   Quotes: “First of there’s vocal coaching and then teaching vocal training” “So early on I had the opportunity to be exposed to one of the greatest contemporary voice coaches of all time.” “Teaching people how to train to become singers was something that I had a gift for. It was not something I planned.” “It’s only when I started dabbling in it that I realized I had a gift.” “Singing is an athletic endeavor.” “One of the things that great voice coaches can do is we sort of see inside the voice or hear inside the voice.” “A microphone is like a motorcycle, it has a function and a beauty to it.”   Links:   Show Notes & Questions: Email | podcast@adulthoodis.com  

To find important life answers in your 20s and 30s, you need to start with good questions, and that is exactly what Paul Angone achieves in his newest book, 101 Questions You Need to Ask in Your Twenties: (And Let's Be Honest, Your Thirties Too)! Paul and I chat about the state of a generation and what it means moving into the next chapter of our lives, as well as what the younger generations can learn from the mistakes or successes of the millennial generation in their twenties. We go over the question in his books and some of our favorite places to find advice in the world. Make sure to pick up a copy of Paul's new book and listen to his take on what it means to by All Groan Up.  Where We’re Going… Origin of All Groan Up and Your Passion for Millennial Coaching – :10 What are some unique challenges facing millennials? — 2:50 How do you relate your experiences to those coming up today?  – 6:30 Do you suggest career hoping while you’re young? – 8:00 What are some questions people aren’t asking of themselves enough? – 10:40 How would you help people to not compare their progress to others? — 13:40 How can someone find tangible moments to feel productive or fail in controlled environments— 17:10 How did you come about helping people through their struggles as a coach and mentor? — 22:00 If you could create or suggest an important college class, what would it be? — 28:00 Talking about the book 101 Questions You Need to Ask In Your Twenties --32:10 Who are the people you read and look up to for advice on your own life? – 37:53 State of the Generation report – 41:28 Inner Question – 44:52   Quotes: “Obsessive comparison disorder does affect us in many different ways… It blocks us from having honest conversations about what we are dealing with.” – 12:50 “Success in your 20s and 30s is not about enjoying the fest, but about setting the table.” – 14:30 “If you’re not willing to be embarrassed you’re probably not willing to do anything great.” – 20:00 Links: All Groan Up Blog Pre-Order: 101 Questions You Need to Ask in Your Twenties: (And Let's Be Honest, Your Thirties Too) Other Books by Paul Tribes by Seth Godin Linchpin by Seth Godin Entitlemania: How Not to Spoil Your Kids, and What to Do if You Have Man's Search For Meaning Let Your Life Speak 27 Must-Read Books For Your 20s   Blog Links: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook Jayson | Twitter | Instagram Paul:  Facebook | Twitter | Official Website

Anymore everywhere we look we see our childhood superheroes in movies, a push on book franchises in the young adult space, toys becoming collectibles, constant reboots of old television shows, and more of our childhoods being repurposed for profit or enjoyment in a more sophisticated way. However, because of all this rebooting, retooling, and repurposing we forget to enjoy what made these things our favorite childhood memories in the first place and make our inner child just a little happier as well. That thing is the experience of them, the willingness we once had to give moments of time to things that may feel futile or non-conducive. This list gives you a jumping off point for what I believe are thirty great ways to be mindful of your inner child and let them “waste” five or fifteen minutes of your day. Do some, do one, do all. I promise that doing any of these by yourself, with your sibling, or with a friend will provide to you a renewal in the feeling of having fun and refreshing your mind. 30 Things to Do to Fulfill Your Inner Child’s Needs Wear a Costume as clothing for a day. Camp in your backyard. Fly a kite for more than 5 minutes Go fishing Build something(s) out of giant cardboard boxes Ride a ferris wheel at the county fair Build a snowman Get a library card and spend the day reading books Go to a corn maze Run through someone else’s sprinklers Play on a sports team again Roll down a big grassy hill and then lay there looking at the clouds Hatch a butterfly, sea monkeys, or a venus fly trap Paint an actual painting Make a tye dye shirt Create a blanket fort and have a movie night inside Sing in the rain Ice skate Jump into a pile of leaves Play a surprise game of tag with friends Read a kids chapter book from your childhood (or not) in one day Stay in your pajamas all day Write a comic book Explore your house for loose change and other artifacts like you’re Nancy Drew Make paper airplanes and have a derby off of the roof Make your own play dough Go to a petting zoo Go take a photo with a Disney Princess Collect things to donate to others and then drop them off Call someone in your family you haven’t talked to in years just to say hi Ride a train for a day Conclusion… These are all things that I have tried at some point after becoming an adult, for all intents-and-purposes, but that does not mean that these are the only thirty or the best thirty. Do you have any suggestions for the list? Leave them in the comments below and lets talk about your favorite ways to feel like a kid again.   Blog Links: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook Jayson | Twitter | Instagram RIYL Episode of the Week: “36 QUESTIONS FOR INCREASING CLOSENESS FROM THE SCIENCE OF HAPPINESS (PRI AND THE GREATER GOOD SCIENCE CENTER)”   Show Notes & Questions: Email | podcast@adulthoodis.com  

In which we discuss the 36 questions that have been scientifically researched to help you fall in love—and stay in love? Can this technique help us rekindle self-love and understand our own habits, traits, tendencies better? Jayson answers the questions from The Science of Happiness Podcast to find out if they'll help us all understand our adult selves just a little bit more.   Where We’re Going…Set IGiven the choice of anyone in the world, whom would you want as a dinner guest?Would you like to be famous? In what way?Before making a telephone call, do you ever rehearse what you are going to say? Why?What would constitute a “perfect” day for you?When did you last sing to yourself? To someone else?If you were able to live to the age of 90 and retain either the mind or body of a 30-year-old for the last 60 years of your life, which would you want?Do you have a secret hunch about how you will die?Name three things you and your partner appear to have in common.For what in your life do you feel most grateful?If you could change anything about the way you were raised, what would it be?Take four minutes and tell your partner your life story in as much detail as possible.If you could wake up tomorrow having gained any one quality or ability, what would it be?Find all the questions at www.adulthoodis.com/36-questionsLinks:The Science of Happiness Podcast36 Questions for Increasing Closeness articleBlog Links: InstagramTwitterFacebook JaysonTwitterInstagramRIYL Episode of the Week:Adulting Like Mister Rogers #4   Show Notes & Questions:podcast@adulthoodis.com   

The one in which we talk about moving, which includes what to move, where to move, how to move, and why to move or not. My former roommate, Christopher T. Crownover II and myself discuss our life lessons from moving into an apartment after high school, and what we think are the best tactics for beginning your adventures out on your own in 2018. Where We’re Going… 1:00 - Intro 1:17 - Mental Checklist to decide to move 7:50 - What should you take? Everything or nothing? 20:00 - Biggest misconceptions for moving 23:20 - Recap of the resources 26:20 - What is your first box that you opened when you moved? Links: Apps for Roommates Plastic Storage Bins Do apartments on higher floors have less bugs?   Blog Links: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook Jayson | Twitter | Instagram RIYL Episode of the Week: What to Know When Getting a Pet (#020) Show Notes & Questions: Email | podcast@adulthoodis.com

The one from August, 2017 where I sit down with my good friend Grayson Hendren to discuss the idea that 23 is one of the most defining years of your adult life, and how you can take special considerations through that year to set yourself up for future success. podcast@adulthoodis.com www.adulthoodis.com

Official Website Where We’re Going… Intro -  3:00 Myspace Graphic Designing as a Start to a Career - 4:00 Questionnaire for designing? – 4:20 Are Graphic Designers Artists or are those different things? – 6:30 Relocating to San Francisco as a Freelance Designer – 7:54 Where did you learn the skills you needed at a young age to do this kind of work? – 10:57 Do you feel you’re lacking skills or experiences because you didn’t go through college for design? – 14:22 If you went to school for design, do you think you would have missed opportunities you got because you were out there freelancing? – 16:40 Would you recommend your path or the college route? – 18:16 What drives you to move forward with freelance and design? – 20:09 What is your favorite trick or tip as a graphic designer? – 21:44 Do you think there is a good balance for formal and non-formal education? – 24:49 Inner child question – 28:40 Quotes: “Sometimes I consider myself a designer, sometimes I consider myself an artist, and sometimes I don’t consider myself either. I feel like trash and should do something else with my life.” “It really just depends on what the persons mindset is, because if they want to go be a designer the way I did in freelance. I got lucky in knowing people, but most of freelance is on grind and you have to be dedicated with that.” “I don’t have the drive to be the richest person in the world, I don’t have the drive to be the biggest designer. I just want to make good stuff and get paid for it.” Links: Bleeding Cowboy Font Helvetica Font Myspace Forum signatures Ringling College UI Design Blog Links: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook Jayson: Twitter | Instagram Gabe Rembert: Instagram | Dribbble | Twitter | Official Website RIYL Episode of the Week: 016 – A FASHION SHOW OF ALMOST’S, MUSIC, AND GOOD TIMES WITH JESSICA LOUISE DYE (HIGH WAISTED)

In which we unpack what it means to chase your dreams through the educational structures. My guest, a medical student, Paula Valero, who is chasing her dreams to become a medical doctor sits down to talk about her experiences going through the educational system, what she has learned about the process, and what life might look like if she had to find a new path or make sacrifices. For a full list of links and show notes from this episode, visit: www.adulthoodis.com