How to Find Your Purpose and Achieve Your Dreams With Jamie Kern Lima | The Mel Robbins Podcast

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

February 9, 2023

Duration

1h 18m

Channel

The Mel Robbins Podcast

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Want ME to be your coach!? 🌟 https://bit.ly/launch_2023 👈 Join my 6-month coaching program, LAUNCH with Mel Robbins. Get ready to make real progress and launch into the life you deserve. I only offer this once a year. Get in before it sells out! 🚀 — Today’s episode is a #masterclass on finding your #purpose, listening to your gut, and never giving up (no matter what other people say). You’re about to meet a woman who went from serving up stacks of pancakes at Denny’s to creating a billion-dollar product that would help millions of #women around the world feel #confident in their own skin. It was such a success that L'Oréal recently bought her company for $1.2 billion dollars. I’m talking about none other than Jamie Kern Lima, the founder of @ITCosmeticsvideo And if you think that her purpose in life was to create a cosmetics company, you’d be wrong. The topic of purpose is essential and misunderstood, so today I’ll teach you how to truly find your purpose using Jamie’s inspiring story and tactical tools every step of the way. Xo Mel Jamie's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@jamiekernlimaofficial/ In this episode, you'll learn: 00:00 Intro 04:35 How Jamie Kern Lima got her career started in waitressing and ended up building a 1.2 billion dollar company 07:36 A simple reframe when you are facing setbacks in your life 09:10 The biggest misconception around purpose 13:08 The importance of showing up for everything you do, no matter where you are at 16:18 Why Jamie’s 1.2 billion dollar idea almost didn’t happen and the ‘AHA’ moment that changed everything 22:27 Why you need to listen to your ‘aha’ moments 24:17 First step to start taking action on your dreams 28:58 How to face your #1 critic (yourself) and start trusting your gut 35:28 A profound reframe on the hardships you have experienced 36:56 Jamie’s story of one of the most painful rejection she had every experienced and the life-changing lesson she learn about intuition 43:18 How to get yourself unstuck if you are unsure what move to make next 44:34 How Jamie landed one of the biggest moves of her career 48:39 Jamie’s biggest life lesson she has ever gotten 52:29 Why trusting your GUT pays off 57:58 Jamie’s advice if you have been rejected over and over 1:02:47 The definition of true power 1:04:34 The truth about finding your purpose 1:07:59 2 exercises to help have your own ‘AHA’ moment 1:14:10 Why going after your dreams is YOUR responsibility — Follow Mel: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melrobbins/ TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@melrobbins Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/melrobbins LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melrobbins Website: http://melrobbins.com​ — Sign up for Mel’s newsletter: https://melrob.co/sign-up-newsletter A note from Mel to you, twice a week, sharing simple, practical ways to build the life you want. — Subscribe to Mel’s channel here: https://www.youtube.com/melrobbins​?sub_confirmation=1 — Listen to The Mel Robbins Podcast 🎧 New episodes drop every Monday & Thursday! https://melrob.co/spotify https://melrob.co/applepodcasts https://melrob.co/amazonmusic — Looking for Mel’s books on Amazon? Find them here: The Let Them Theory: https://amzn.to/3IQ21Oe The Let Them Theory Audiobook: https://amzn.to/413SObp The High 5 Habit: https://amzn.to/3fMvfPQ The 5 Second Rule: https://amzn.to/4l54fah

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Mel Robbins

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• Jamie Kern Lima

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🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Mel Robbins Podcast, featuring Mel Robbins and Jamie Kern Lima, How to Find Your Purpose and Achieve Your Dreams With Jamie Kern Lima | The Mel Robbins Podcast explores turn Setbacks Into Purpose: Jamie Kern Lima’s Billion-Dollar Knowing Mel Robbins interviews entrepreneur Jamie Kern Lima about how she went from a Denny’s waitress and struggling TV anchor with rosacea to founding IT Cosmetics and selling it to L’Oréal for $1.2 billion. The conversation centers on discovering purpose by transforming your deepest pain, listening to your intuition, and serving the person you once were. Jamie shares concrete stories of relentless rejection, a pivotal investor insult, and her high‑stakes first QVC appearance where she chose authenticity over expert advice. Throughout, they frame purpose as an ongoing, evolving practice of trusting your “knowing,” not an external job title or singular achievement.

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