226: Tricked Into the Life of Your Dreams - with Yvonne Orji

The Rachel Hollis Podcast

Rachel Hollis

Health And Wellness, Education, Spirituality, Relationships, Personal Development, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Personal Growth, Self-improvement

4.6 • 16.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Y'all, I was not expecting to laugh for an hour when I sat down to record with Yvonne Orji, but that is exactly what happened. Yvonne is in the hit HBO show, "Insecure", or you might know her from her stand up special, and y'all we get into all kinds of topics: religion, love, growing up in Nigeria and immigrating to America...and how she has walked in faith to build an incredible, inspiring career. I know you guys are going to fall in love with her, and here is where you can get her book, Bamboozled by Jesus! --- Have you heard about the HOTLINE yet? Call (737) 400-HOCO, and press 1 to leave a question for Rach. Press 2 to share your story about the Hollis Company - it can be about your Start Today Journal, attending a RISE conference, coaching, or anything you want! We can't wait to hear from you ;) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I was not expecting to laugh for an hour, but that is exactly what happened when I interviewed
0:07.4	my next guest.
0:09.0	Ivon Orgie and I have been social media friends for a couple of years now, and we've traded
0:15.8	a million text messages and a million DMs, and I've definitely laughed getting to know
0:20.6	her on the phone, but getting a Zoom call with her was something else entirely.
0:26.2	We probably know Ivon from the hit HBO series, Insecure, a favorite of me and my girlfriends,
0:32.1	or from her stand-up special on HBO as well.
0:36.0	But you are about to fall in love.
0:39.1	She's written a new book, and just based on this conversation, I'm positive y'all are going
0:43.5	to buy it immediately.
0:45.5	We talked about love and religion and what it was like for her to grow up in a Nigerian
0:50.6	family and to come to America when she was a little girl and how she's built a wide
0:56.2	wildly successful career by following her intuition and walking in faith.
1:02.0	This is my conversation with Ivon Orgie.
1:05.0	Hi, I'm Rachel Hollis and this is my podcast.
1:09.8	I spend so many hours of every single week reading and listening to podcasts and watching
1:15.6	YouTube videos and trying to find out as much as I can about the world around me.
1:21.1	And that's what we do on this show.
1:23.7	We talk about everything, life and how to be an entrepreneur.
1:28.0	What happened to dinosaurs?
1:29.6	What's the best recipe for fried chicken?
1:31.8	What's the best plan for intermittent fasting?
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