19. From homeless to Hollywood pt. 2: "Don't pray for rain then complain about the mud" w/Star of "Blindspotting" Candace Nicholas Lippman
Y'all your ears are about to be BLESSED by actress, poet, artist, and educator (& my BFF!!) Candance Nicholas Lippman.
Listen...Candance is my best freaking friend so this conversation goes DEEP. You might remember Candace from the original YouTube version of "Find Your Magic"- she was my first ever guest and we're having this conversation almost three years later. In that time Candace went through a split from her longtime partner, the death of her grandmother, and struggles with mental health. She ALSO has had more career and personal success than ever before, landing roles on Freeform's "Good Trouble", Grey's Anatomy, and she's now a series regular (that's the STAR for non-showbiz folk) on "Blingspotting" on Starz.
This conversation definitely leans more to the mental health side of things. I know we show up for conversations like these on podcasts, but too often we pass over the mental health side of advice.
Heads up: Candace and I talk openly about faith, and it would mean a lot if you could stay open-hearted and open-minded. Everyone’s faith is different and we need to hear other perspectives to make sure the world is a beautiful, better, more accepting place.
Mental health affects all parts of our lives and business, so that is why I threw my outline of what I thought this episode was going to be out the window.
Instead of talking about working hard, we talk about the bravery it takes to share a story, the beauty of opening a door so other people can follow you and share their story and their trauma, how to maintain faith that you are on your path, and how to stay inspired and strong in your purpose.
When you are praying for the rain- aka a new job, new opportunities, etc, there will always be “mud” that comes along with the good. There is no achievement that will truly make you a happy person, being completely confident will make you a happy person.
So many people are buried with their ideas. They never fulfill them, it gets buried with us. So many unfulfilled dreams are buried with people who either never found their purpose or gave up. For herself, she had so many No’s before she got the Yes, but no one would have known that.
We talk about how to support each other, even if we don’t understand each other. Only through hearing the stories of other people in other communities can we understand how to support those communities.
You don’t have to be famous to change lives. Leave your legacy and impact others' lives, because you never know how far your reach is!
Connect with Candace:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Candacethepoet
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/candace-nicholas-lippman-05697a20/
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@candacethepoet
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/candace.nicholas.lippman/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/candacenicholaslippman
Season 1 of Blindspotting on Starz: https://www.starz.com/us/en/series/blindspotting/62263
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Original Themesong composed by Jules Grant https://www.instagram.com/j.u.l.e.s.g.r.a.n.t/
Produced by Hayleigh Hayhurst https://www.espressopodcastproduction.com/
