Hey there and welcome back to the Jasmine Star Show where you'll hear everything from

tactical business strategies to amazing interviews and hey, my musings about life and how it is

staying in your purpose. But now it's time to get this podcast party started because I don't know

if you have maybe left your house at some point in the last year, I'm sure you know the woman I

had a conversation with a few months ago. Rachel Hollis is a powerhouse and in this episode, which is a

replay from her podcast, Call Rise, we go deep talking about our shared background and having the

audacity to dream despite what others might have told us. I think you're going to love this episode

as much as we loved recording it. So without further ado, here's my interview on Rachel Hollis'

Rise podcast. Hi, thank you so much for hanging out with me today, Jasmine. I am a longtime fan, so I'm

nerding out a little bit that I get to talk to you. I wish you were like hanging out in real life and

drinking coffee or having wine or doing something fun, but this is pretty good too. It is pretty

good and I'm drinking coffee. So you know, we're chatting and drinking coffee, that's two out of

the five things. We're okay. We're starting off on a good foot. Nice. So I would love it if you

would tell listeners who maybe aren't as familiar with you or who are and just want to hear the story

again, tell us about who you are, what you do and how you got here. Well, my name is Jasmine Star

and I'm a photographer and business strategist and I happen to believe and know that I like to make

wild ideas come to life. So to kind of put like what it means to pursue my career in a box would be

it would be a really wonky box. I just create, I love creating and I love when people say it can't

be done because I'm just like watch me. Let's just kind of create along the way. And so how that's

manifested itself is I picked up a camera after dropping out of law school when I saw my mom have

a relapse with brain cancer and I realized the enormity and beautifulness of life and I realized

how short it was and I thought to myself, I am on the wrong path. And so what does it look like for

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