Four Words That Will Change Your Life + Remembering Today To Truly Live! Pt 2 with Nicole Avant!

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Jamie Kern Lima

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🗓️ 9 December 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Imagine TRULY living your best life! Right now, in your life, are you truly Remembering to Live? Do you truly feel the day, and feel the gratitude for the miracle of your life? Or have you gotten, perhaps unknowingly, so busy, so distracted, so numb with routine and responsibilities, or with worry and overwhelm or perhaps even with goals and ambitions, that it’s left you feeling disconnected from yourself, from your body, from feeling of true gratitude for the miracle of being alive? Today we’re talking about grace, grit, gratitude and how to Remember to LIVE with one of the most inspirational, iconic, legendary women I know…Nicole Avant! Ambassador Avant is an Award-Winning Producer, Including of the Academy Award Winning Film Six-Triple Eight, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist & Former US Ambassador to The Bahamas and The Author of the Bestselling Book “Think You’ll Be Happy”, a spirit-lifting memoir on how to turn pain into purpose, how to live in gratitude, and how to face down tragedy and turn it into love. Nicole was raised surrounded by some of the most extraordinary legends of our time and Her parents—entertainment mogul, The Black Godfather, Clarence Avant, and legendary philanthropist, Jacqueline Avant—turned their home into a place of refuge and inspiration for A generation of notable icons and culture-shifting artists. In December 2021, an unthinkable tragedy struck: her mother Jacqueline was fatally shot by a home intruder. In her incredible memoir, Think You’ll Be Happy, Nicole turns the pain of her family’s loss into the fuel that pushes her forward, Think You’ll Be Happy—her mom’s last words to Nicole—provides a roadmap for anyone working to remain positive and anchored in hope. Full Video Available on YouTube ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JamieKernLimaOfficial⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Are You Ready to believe in YOU?🙌⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ jamiekernlima.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 👈 Sign up for my FREE Inspirational Newsletter here and you’ll ALSO get special prompt questions to help you grow in your self-worth-building that pair with each episode!🩷 Make sure to click the “Follow” button for the show on your favorite podcast app, so you’ll be the first to get each episode! Episode Reflection Questions for YOU: Jamie writes prompt questions each episode to spark revelations in your self-worth journey and help you apply the tools and lessons from each episode into your real life right now. Please make sure you’re signed up for Jamie’s free inspirational newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠ jamiekernlima.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ 👈 Get my new book WORTHY plus FREE Bonus gifts including a 95+ page Worthy Workbook and more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠WorthyBook.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ Read more about Nicole's Book Think You'll Be Happy here. For more resources related to today’s episode, click here ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://jamiekernlima.com/show/⁠⁠⁠⁠ for the podcast episode page. Chapters: 0:00 Welcome to The Jamie Kern Lima Show 8:35 Music, Connection & Healing 15:20 “No Progress is a Lie!” 18:00 The Power of Perspective! 18:45 Do You Know How Fortunate You Are? 35:10 These 4 Words Will Change Your Life! It’s such an honor to share this podcast together with you. And please note: I am not a licensed therapist, and this podcast is NOT intended as a substitute for the advice of a physician, professional coach, psychotherapist, or other qualified professional. Click⁠⁠⁠⁠ Here⁠⁠⁠⁠ to Subscribe to the YouTube Channel Follow me here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠ — Sign up for my inspirational newsletter for YOU at:⁠⁠⁠⁠ jamiekernlima.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ — Looking for my books on Amazon? Here they are! ⁠⁠⁠⁠WORTHY⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Believe IT⁠⁠

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0:00.0	Music has actually saved my life many, many times.
0:03.0	When I've been at my lowest different points in my life for various reasons,
0:07.0	music gets me out of a strange mood, a sad mood.
0:11.0	I get very emotional when I listen to certain types of music,
0:14.0	which is good because it lets it all out.
0:16.0	My dad's book title is, you're fucking welcome.
0:25.3	He hears people this new culture saying there's been no progress.
0:27.1	There's been no progress in America.
0:30.6	And there's, my father is like, you have got to be kidding me.
0:31.2	Yes.
0:33.0	This is offensive to me.
0:34.5	Are you kidding me?
0:38.8	He said the last 60 years, what do you think we were doing for all of you to have what you have? People died for you to vote. People died for you to be able to buy a home.
0:45.0	People died for you and struggled for you. People dreamed a vision for you that they knew
0:53.4	that they wouldn't even be alive to see. You owe them a thank you. And so I always tell people, I try to live my thank you. That is, I live my thank you. I want to live my thank you. I want it, you know, I want my life to be a thank you. And so the idea that there's no progress, my dad was like, oh, no, no, no, no, no.
1:12.6	Do not, do not accept that.
1:15.4	He goes, because that is saying that I didn't do anything.
1:20.7	That is saying that my generation didn't do anything for you, and that is a lie.
1:25.5	There were parts of your book that I was like sitting up straight or reading.
1:29.3	I was like, okay, Nicole, okay, Nicole. There's a lot of women like, we're all warrior goddesses, we're all warrior goddesses,
1:33.3	and I look at have these women saying that I go, and none of you will even go into battle.
1:37.3	You can't call yourself a warrior goddess.
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