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The Fresh Perspectives Podcast
Some questions don't have clean answers. What do you do when life looks different than you thought it would? How do you take the first step toward a lifelong dream? Who are you now, and how is that different than who you were then?
Fresh Perspectives is for anyone in the middle of becoming something new. Each week, host Rachel Lauren talks with guests who have navigated real transitions, built something from scratch, or changed the way they see the world — and asks them to be honest about how it happened. New episodes every Monday.
The Fresh Perspectives Podcast
Fail Fast to Find Yourself: Alex Marshall on Authenticity and the Courage to Change
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What if the key to becoming your most authentic self isn't success — but failure?
Alex Marshall is the kind of person who walks into a room and owns it. The haircut, the tattoos, the infectious energy — he is unmistakably, unapologetically himself.
In this conversation Alex opens up about what authenticity actually looks like from the inside — the discomfort, the self reflection, the moments of looking in the mirror and not liking who looks back. We talk about why failure is the fastest path to finding yourself, how the communities you surround yourself with shape who you become, and why being authentically you and being the best version of you aren't always the same thing.
He also shares the one word he has written on his desk every single day this year as a reminder of who he wants to become.
If you've ever felt like you were performing a version of yourself rather than actually living as yourself — this conversation will change how you think about what it means to be authentically you.