Melissa HawksIn today’s episode, Starve the Doubts host Jared Easley, along with special co-host Cory Copeland, the Editor-in-Chief of Bedlam Magazine, interviews Melissa Hawks, a passionate dreamer, a storyweaver, a writer for Bedlam Magazine, and the genius behind the recently successful Kickstarter campaign, Mutiny of Dreamers.Melissa’s project, Mutiny of Dreamers is about embarking a 40-day road trip across the country interviewing different people who are dreamers and serving as her inspiration for the book she’s working on, which is of the same name, Mutiny of Dreamers. Melissa believes that story changes us. And love redeems story. As she loves learning from stories of other people, she too seeks to share with us her story and her dreams and how this trip has changed her life forever! In this episode, you’ll learn more about:Melissa’s Mutiny of Dreamers Kickstarter campaignWhat inspired her to do this tripWhat Peter Billingham said to Melissa that sticked to her up to this day!Doing a pilgrimage of peopleBuilding a community around her dreamChoosing the cities she was going toHow the trip was different to what she expectedSome challenges along her journeyWho were the dreamers that impacted her life?The common threads she found among these peopleWhat has changed after the trip?Tearing down her high wallsHer big takeaway from the trip!Items mentioned:Mutiny of Dreamers Kickstarter campaignInterviewing people who are pursuing their dreams and their dreams taking them on a journey.How their dreams have impacted Melissa’s life in some waysLaunched the Kickstarter campaign which was successfully funded Now finishing her trip and working on her bookWho inspired her to travel and talk to peoplePeter Billingham - one of the greatest storytellers you’ll ever meet!She knew it was time to come back to who she really isThe cities Melissa visited for this project:LASan FranciscoLas VegasTucsonPortlandHouston, Dallas, AustinNashvilleChicagoAtlantaDCNorth CarolinaNew YorkMinneapolisGoing through the trip without expectationsOrganizing everything with her VAThings don’t usually work out as you planThe DreamersSome she had met only once or tweeted with once.She contacted them and were willing to get involved in her projectTeri Murphy, author of the book ConnectJon Acuff, bestselling author/speaker (and her wife, Jenny)Doug Willock, astronautand more!The things common to the people she’ve met:High-performingHighly drivenDifficulty to pursue restThe tendency to take on a lot of projectsThey are dreamers and doersHow the trip has changed her life:She knew she would be different at the end of the tripWe get really good at putting up walls and putting up masks in front of the world.Masks can be useful but they can translate to bigger walls and you end up blocking people offExperienced different, small moments of people loving her wellAll these things tore down her wallsThe power of letting go!People who interest Melissa as of the moment:Matt Chambers of an inspiring startup organization, Gener.us Sarah Hermeyer, Neighbor’s TableConnect with Melissa on Twitter @MelissaHawks.www.mutinyofdreamers.comMelissa’s final thoughts for the listeners:“All of us are created with a dream. You have something that you’re created to do… when you begin living that thing you’re created to do, you are filling your role and your piece of the greater narrative of the greater story. And that makes the better story as a whole… it’s very important that you find them.”
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