Welcome to the Professional Troublemaker Podcast.

This is the place where we help you cultivate the courage, authenticity and audacity you

need to use your voice, take up space, and live a life that is so bold even your wildest dreams

say goals.

Out of your hosts, Love You, J. Jones, New York Times, Best Salon Author, sought after

speaker and side-eye sorceress bringing youth thought-provoking conversations with amazing

people who have taken action and have consistently showed up with the courage and confidence they

needed to become the fear fighters they are today.

Like the late great John Lewis said, these are the kind of people who are never ever afraid

to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble.

Before we jump into today's interview, know that this podcast is named after my second

New York Times Best Salon book, Professional Troublemaker, The Fear Fighter Manual, which

is available now wherever you get your books.

With this book and with everything that I do, I am on a mission to help a million people

live audaciously.

To do that, they must fight their fear.

So think of it, a million people who are out there standing on the edge of something great

and need that little push of encouragement, that push to be the domino to say the hard

thing, to have the hard conversation.

A million people kicking their fears to the curb and stepping into the life that they've

been dreaming of, a million people asking for a raise, a million people, starting a fierce

job that they're not sure they're ready for.

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