Podcast Archives - Motivate Me!

MM583- Sometimes We Build To Break

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Wrapping up Season 5 with more questions than answers—in the best way.

I traveled to all 50 states, interviewed people about passion, and stepped into experiences I never thought I would… including living in a van for 90 days with two women I didn’t know.

And now I’m asking: what is this book really about?

Who is it for?

And how can it actually help someone?

This episode is part reflection, part clarity-seeking—and includes two excerpts from the book as it stands right now.

Thanks for being here while I figure it out 🤍

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MM582- You Can Walk Away, But You’ll Be Back (Part 2)

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Some passions won’t let go. You try to walk away, to give up, to focus on something else—but no matter what, the pull keeps coming. Writers, creators, dreamers… we all know this feeling. Rejection, long odds, setbacks—they don’t stop us.

In this episode, we explore why certain callings grab hold and refuse to release us, and what it means to keep showing up even when the world isn’t ready for your work. Because the truth is, the things inside us that won’t let go? They’re often the ones that matter most.

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MM581- There’s a Reason They Say Hindsight is 20/20 (Part 1)

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Today on the show, we have Pamela N. Harris an award-winning author of Y/A mysteries and thrillers including When You Look Like Us, This Town is on Fire, and her latest, the NAACP Image Award-nominated Through Our Teeth. When she isn’t writing social justice-themed page-turners, she balances working full-time as a college professor and raising two self-determined kiddos.

Sometimes it feels like you’re inches from the breakthrough—validation arrives, momentum builds, and everything seems aligned. Then nothing happens. In this episode, we unpack what it means to pivot after near-misses, the lessons only time reveals, and how looking back can bring clarity you couldn’t see in the moment.

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MM580- Tomorrow Isn’t Promised – Sounds Cliché, Until It Isn’t- Part 2

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Racquel Henry is a Trinidadian writer, editor, and writing coach. She owns the writing studio, Writer’s Atelier, and is the editor in chief of Black Fox Literary Magazine. She currently has 7 self-published books in print, and she has written a Halmark-style holiday script that has be optioned by RomCom.

“Tomorrow isn’t promised” sounds easy to ignore—until it isn’t. This episode is about what shifts when time feels more real, priorities sharpen, and the urge to create gets louder. It’s a reminder to stop waiting, start moving, and build what matters.

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MM579- Stay in the Game to Live What You Love- Part 1

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Racquel Henry is a Trinidadian writer, editor, and writing coach. She owns the writing studio, Writer’s Atelier, and is the editor in chief of Black Fox Literary Magazine. She currently has 7 self-published books in print, and she has written a Halmark-style holiday script that has be optioned by RomCom.

Ever feel like your dreams are too big to reach? In this episode, we explore how to keep going, chase something bigger, and still do what you love along the way. Success isn’t about reaching the top—it’s about staying in the game. And there is no limit to how many pots you can have your fingers in.

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MM578- Ideas Grow in Conversation

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Dreaming is a team sport.

Meet Hilary Constable from WritersEP.com, Lynette’s brainstorming partner and judgement-free zone. Hilary is a writer and the creator of Writer’s Escape Portal where she holds weekly write-ins, monthly workshops, MEGA write-ins, and writing coaching.

Today we talk about where ideas really come to life, and we explore what it looks like to plot, plan, brainstorm, and create—not in isolation, but in conversation. Because ideas grow faster when they’re spoken out loud, shaped in safe spaces, and shared with people who won’t judge or shut them down.