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Be Here For A While

143: Overcoming Adversity & Turning Passion to Paycheck

Be Here For A While

Be Here For A While

Comedy Interviews, Education, Self-improvement, Comedy

4.61.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2019

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Erika De La Cruz, TV Host, Best-Selling Author & Media Personality joins Rachael today to talk about her incredible story of perseverance despite a major blow to the gut when her family suddenly fell apart.  She's a true inspiration for anyone who's ever overcome incredible odds to have a thriving career, relationship, and positive attitude. She founded "Passion To Paycheck," an event where people can learn from Hollywood’s top Television Presenters, Media Personalities, Entrepreneurs and Professionals, how to develop an incredible career, by being you!  She's also the best selling author of "Passionistas," a book with stories from-the-heart by entrepreneurs, founders of brands and small businesses, women in business and the entertainment world, speakers and authors, that touches on and relates to exactly what YOU may be going through w/ some powerful tips and inspiration on how to get through obstacles you encounter and come out the other side more determined and validated than ever!  A must listen!! Let's take care of our mental health with Talkspace!  W/ more than 3,000 licensed therapists, Talkspace will match you with your perfect therapist for a fraction of the price of traditional therapy, go to talkspace.com, Make sure to use the code BEHERE to get $45 off your first month and show your support for this show. I'm determined to get healthy and if you are too sign up for Hello Fresh! And for my listeners they are giving a special offer! For $80 off your first month of HelloFresh, go to hellofresh.com/behere80 and enter BEHERE80I'm about to make your life so much easier with Simple Health! For affordable Birth Control delivered right to your door, don't miss your chance to try this service for FREE - my listeners get the $20 prescription fee waived by going to simplehealth.com/behere or entering code behere at checkout!

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0:00.0

Hello friends.

0:14.0

Welcome back to an episode of Be Here for a while.

0:17.0

Today's episode to be here for a while is brought to you by Talk Space, Hello Fresh,

0:21.2

and Simple Health. All super awesome companies and products I will tell you

0:26.0

about later. Really excited about those ones I legit use all of them. Well you

0:29.6

all my my sponsors but yeah all awesome how you guys doing tell me everything don't

0:37.6

leave out one single detail I'm ready for it oh wait you can't talk back This is just me talking at you. It's such a one-way

0:45.0

relationship we have and I feel badly about that. So you know what? Email me,

0:50.5

DM me. Let's chat. You can DM me at Rachel and O'Brien, that's R-A-E-L-N-O-B-I-E-N on Instagram, or email me at info at Rachel O'Brien comedy.

1:01.0

Come. Um, got some shows coming up. I'm excited about, uh, I will be at Laugh Boston in Boston,

1:09.2

uh, hence the name, on March 24th, Laugh Boston 8 p.m. on March 24th get your tickets at laugh

1:16.2

Boston.com or at my website Rachel O'Brien comedy.com so excited about that I love

1:21.3

Boston I'm excited to go back to my favorite

1:24.0

restaurant for my favorite Caesar salad. I believe it's like it's I think it's the

1:28.2

oldest restaurant in Boston or one of the oldest restaurants in America.

1:30.9

It's the something oyster house. Anyways, best Caesar salad ever. My mom's going to join me in Boston too, which I'm super excited about, and also my friend Rachel's coming in from Kansas, so it's going to be a party.

1:43.2

And we're going to go get facials and shop.

1:45.9

And I'm obviously going to do my comedy show.

1:48.1

It's just going to be a good little weekend.

1:50.4

I'll be there all weekend.

1:51.8

And then I will be in Portland, Oregon at Harvey's

1:56.2

comedy club on April 4th through April 7th with my good friend Jack Jr. I'm opening

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