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Learn how to take your dreams out of PARK and into DRIVE. Host Rana Campbell and weekly guests share their personal #dreamdriving stories and keys to success that have allowed them to successfully create lives full of fulfillment and passion. We chat entrepreneurship, small business advice, professional & personal development, success, branding, marketing, motivational, and general life tips that you can use as you put your #dreamsindrive. Follow us on social @dreamsindrive. For guest pitches, visit www.dreamsindrive.com/pitch.

Dreams In Drive Rana Campbell

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    • 4.9 • 352 Ratings

Learn how to take your dreams out of PARK and into DRIVE. Host Rana Campbell and weekly guests share their personal #dreamdriving stories and keys to success that have allowed them to successfully create lives full of fulfillment and passion. We chat entrepreneurship, small business advice, professional & personal development, success, branding, marketing, motivational, and general life tips that you can use as you put your #dreamsindrive. Follow us on social @dreamsindrive. For guest pitches, visit www.dreamsindrive.com/pitch.

    How To Tap Into Your Divine Potential w/ Alexis Wilson

    How To Tap Into Your Divine Potential w/ Alexis Wilson

    "If you want to change your life, you must do the work."

    Alexis Wilson - social entrepreneur, speaker, and the CEO of Exalt Management - shares her personal #dreamdriving journey and how you can break free from mental constraints while elevating to new heights in both your personal life and career.

    Alexis has devoted over half a decade to researching how humans can be renewed in mind, body and spirit, and has in turn identified efficient tools and practices for life transformation and elevation. Outside of her work with Exalt, she leads The Menternship, a non-profit dedicated to the personal and professional development of Black and Brown young women pursuing careers in entertainment. In the past decade, Alexis has keynoted national conferences, launched several successful ventures and formed partnerships with some of the largest brands across the globe such as Nike, The Oprah Winfrey Network, and L'Oréal Paris.



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    • 1 hr 9 min
    How Brittany Dandy Redefined Success, Career, Womanhood and Motherhood On Her Own Terms

    How Brittany Dandy Redefined Success, Career, Womanhood and Motherhood On Her Own Terms

    Whose values and definition of success are defining the path you’ve set out on?  This week we’re chatting with Brittany Dandy - an established producer, journalist and digital marketer who’s helped growing business owners and corporate giants like MTV, Google, Toyota tell mindful and profitable stories.

    Brittany opens up on this episode about her journey as she navigates the trifecta between ambition, womanhood, and motherhood. She takes us along her own life journey as she navigates what it means to find success in career, womanhood, and motherhood. She shares why being a problem solver and planner has helped her remain positive along the journey as she navigates life’s twists and turns. 

    This busy mom of two, is also the founder of Ode to Us Wellness, a unique resource hub for new moms and women considering motherhood. Offline, you can find her brunching around Brooklyn with her family, enjoying NYC's live music scene, or squeezing in a good workout.

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    • 1 hr 7 min
    How To Start Over At Any Age w/ Cheri Syphax

    How To Start Over At Any Age w/ Cheri Syphax

    It's never too late to start over. Despite your age, life circumstances, or past...all you need to is turn within, question yourself, and start taking action.

    This week we're chatting with Cheri Syphax - CEO of Phax Entertainment Group and co-owner of Booker's Restaurant and Bayou Lounge in West Philadelphia - who decided to turn a second act in her life- and start living boldly and abundantly!

    So many of think we can’t reinvent ourselves…that we can’t start over…that what was…always has to be what is ..and that isn’t true. Today you'll learn how she was able to "start over." From getting out of a tumultuous relationship to moving across the country to a new city and eventually meeting her now husband - Cheri confidently shares her story of new love, new beginnings, and a new mission. Plus, she shares the steps we call can take to "start over" in our own lives.

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    • 1 hr 2 min
    You Are Enough - Reflections On A Career in Media w/ Brande Victorian

    You Are Enough - Reflections On A Career in Media w/ Brande Victorian

    Freelance writer, editor, producer and on-camera correspondent Brande Victorian opens up about the peaks and valleys of her career as a journalist and what has kept her going through it all.
    So honored to have Brande Victorian as a guest on the podcast this week. Brande was one of the first editors who believed in my written abilities back in the day when I wrote for MadameNoire after college. I've been following her career since and have been inspired by her moves from iOne to Essence…and now The Hollywood Reporter. Listen in as she gets real about the personal and professional breakthroughs she's had to have in order to continue to drive her dreams forward.

    Some of the things we discuss in this episode include:

    The important of having confidence in herself What it was like being a leader within the black media space The Power of Being Enough Why Brande chose to leave her "Dream Job" Why Being Yourself will always be crucial The power of moving...and more
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    Brande Victorian is a freelance writer, producer and on-camera correspondent known for authentic storytelling and viral, human-centered celebrity interviews. Prior to becoming a contributor for The Hollywood Reporter, she was the Senior Entertainment Editor at ESSENCE magazine and the Content Director of the Women’s Division at iOne Digital

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    • 1 hr 2 min
    The Dream - Finding Purpose, Building Discipline, Staying Focused, Casting Out Fear w/ Odessa Jenkins

    The Dream - Finding Purpose, Building Discipline, Staying Focused, Casting Out Fear w/ Odessa Jenkins

    Odessa Jenkins shares how she is achieving her dream of dominating both on and off the field and helping other women find their way as well.
    How did she do it? Meet Odessa "OJ" Jenkins - a successful tech/SAAS business executive, CEO of Bonfire Women, and founder of the Women’s National Football Conference (WNFC). As a disrupter in sports, Jenkins has built one of the premier sports leagues in the country, creating opportunities, inclusion, and equity in football for women and girls.
    Odessa shares her #dreamdriving journey and how she tapped into her inner strengths and powers - and how she is achieving her dream of dominating both on and off the field, in and out of the corporate board rooms - and helping other women find their way as well. 
    More on Odessa: At 72-2, Jenkins is the winningest Head Coach in women’s tackle football history. She is a Hall of Famer, a 7x National Champion, a 2x USA Football Team captain, and a 3x Team USA Gold Medalist.
    An in-demand global speaker/coach, Jenkins is also the founder of multiple nonprofits (Got Her Back). She is a recognized market leader in B2B SAAS tech, DE&I, and Team Dynamics with multiple years of executive leadership experience in privately funded start-ups, and Fortune 1,000 public companies. Jenkins previously served as President of the e-learning company Emtrain and served for several years as an executive leader at YourCause, a start-up that helped to revolutionize the Corporate Social Responsibility industry (exited to Blackbaud).
    She was an inaugural participant in the NFL’s first Women’s Career in Football Forum and is one of the first women to obtain the coveted Bill Walsh Diversity Internship in an on-field position (Running Backs Coach – Atlanta Falcons). Featured on Fox, Sports Illustrated, CBS, ESPN, Yahoo Sports, NFL Network, The Undefeated, and more, Jenkins was recognized as one of the most influential and powerful women in sports by Sports Illustrated (Unrelenting) and voted as Culture in Sports 2022 Sports Leader of the Year and is a 2023 Recipient of The 2023 Leigh Steinberg Denicola Humanitarian Award.
    ODESSA'S KEYS TO SUCCESS
    1. Plan
    2. Purpose
    3. Resilience


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    • 1 hr 7 min
    376: "Do All The Things" - From Blogger to DJ - How The Pandemic Put Ty Alexander On A New Path Towards Joy and Success

    376: "Do All The Things" - From Blogger to DJ - How The Pandemic Put Ty Alexander On A New Path Towards Joy and Success

    Blogger turned DJ - Ty Alexander - shares the journey that got her here, and why not being afraid to "do all the things" unleashed for her a new path to chasing joy and success. 
    Four words: It's never too late.
    2020 changed life as we know it for so many of us. For wellness blogger, author, speaker, and podcaster Ty Alexander - it rocked her life in a good way - unleashing for her the opportunity to pursue her interest in learning how to become a DJ - a passion that had been laying dormant within her, waiting for the right time to appear.

    On this episode, Ty takes us along the #dreamdriving journey that got her to this moment. From teen mom, aspiring media star in New York City, successful influencer and blogger behind Gorgeous in Grey, author, podcaster, and now DJ - ready for all that's to come next.

    Ty's story is one of "doing all the things", inspired by her dying mother who urged her to pursue everything while she still could. She shares the important lessons she's learned along the way and why it's so important for us dream drivers to show up as our authentic selves, chase joy and gratitude, and never let the idea that it's taking "too long" stop us from trying in the first place.

    TY'S KEYS TO SUCCESS
    1. Starting
    2. Believing
    3. Karma

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    • 1 hr 18 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
352 Ratings

352 Ratings

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long time fan

What I love most about this show is the questions Rana asks the guests. They are all the same questions I want to know and then some. Rana knows what the listener wants to know and gives it to us. There’s so much good content here.

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Amazing podcast, amazing host!

I love this show and Rana is an absolute pro!

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Love the value Rana brings to each show!

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