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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.
Episodes
15 episodes
What the Knicks' Championship Run Can Teach Us About Showing Up When It's Hard
The Knicks just won the NBA Championship and the way they did it had me inspired.They trailed by double digits in every single game they won in the finals. They were down 29 points in game four. And they still won. That's not luck. That'...
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Rob's 10,000 Friends: What Meeting Strangers Has Taught One Man About Connection, Purpose & People
Rob Lawless has spent the last 10 years on a mission to have a one-hour conversation with 10,000 strangers. He's 7,600 people in, and what he's learned along the way will shift how you think about connection, humanity and what it actually means...
Living La Dolce Vita: Practical Tips for Slowing Down This Summer
I just got back from Italy, and came back with a fresh perspective of my own. Not a dramatic revelation, more like a practice I didn't know I needed. In this episode, I'm talking about la dolce vita: what it actually means, why it felt so forei...
How to Build Your Own Community (4 Lessons From My Failures)
If you've ever thought about starting a group, a club, or a community — this one's for you. I'm sharing 4 practical lessons from my own experience founding a run club, a dinner club, and more. I talk about what went wrong, what I'd do different...
How to Find Your People (3 Practical Tips)
We're more connected than ever — and lonelier than we'd like to admit. In this episode, I share a practical framework for finding real, intentional community: how to get clear on what you're looking for, what to watch out for when joining onlin...
The Pit of Despair: How To Get Through the Part of Any Project No One Warns You About
Have you ever been in the middle of something you chose — something you were genuinely excited about — and hit a wall so hard you wondered if you'd made a mistake? That moment has a name: the pit of despair. And in this episode, I make the case...
Who Am I Now? Parenthood, IVF & Identity with Michelle Salerno
What happens to your sense of self when becoming a new parent, especially when the journey to parenthood isn't what you thought it would be?In this episode, I sit down with my friend & new mom Michelle Salerno for an honest conversat...
4 Ways to Create New Opportunities in Your Life
Opportunity isn't something that happens to you — it's something you create! In this episode, host Rachel Lauren shares four personal lessons that opened unexpected doors in her own life: telling people what you want, starting befor...
Why Space Gives Me Hope for Humanity: What I Felt Watching the Artemis II Space Mission
In this episode of the Fresh Perspectives Podcast, I'm talking about NASA's Artemis II mission: the first crewed lunar flyby in over 50 years, watched by over 18 million people worldwide. But more than the science and the history, I want to tal...
This Episode May Contain Thoughts on Hope
In this solo episode of The Fresh Perspectives Podcast, Rachel Lauren gets honest about the moment she realized she hadn't felt truly hopeful in a long time — and what brought it back.Inspired by Raye's stunning new album This Album ...
Fail Fast to Find Yourself: Alex Marshall on Authenticity and the Courage to Change
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, unapologetical...
I Quit Social Media for 6 Months — Here's What Happened to My Brain
When most people imagine quitting social media they imagine feeling free, productive, or less anxious. What they don't imagine is their world getting smaller — and actually loving it.Two years ago I quit social media cold turkey. What s...
Tell Me Your Good News : How Signs with Meg Is Spreading Joy Online & IRL
What if the antidote to doom scrolling wasn't another app or a digital detox — but a handwritten sign and sharing a joyful moment with a stranger. A few weeks ago Rachel was rushing through the Union Square subway station when she s...
How To Find Your Personal Style with Tannya Bernadette
If you’ve ever stared at your closet and thought, “None of this feels like me anymore,” this episode is for you.In this conversation, personal stylist Tannya Bernadette shares how to find your personal style, stop chasing fashio...
Go Anywhere, Belong Everywhere: How Anne Scott Built a Global Women's Community from Scratch
What does it take to build real community — not just once, but across the world?In this episode of Fresh Perspectives, I sit down with GGI Founder Anne Scott, the visionary behind Girl Gone International — a global volunt...