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#365: Three years ago when Blake Newby first joined me on the show, life looked a little different. She was in the thick of her Saturn return, still untangling herself from traditional media, betting everything on herself with zero proof it would work.

She's back, and now she's watching those bets pay off in ways she couldn't have scripted. Blake joins me to talk about what it actually feels like when the things you manifested start coming true, and why getting there doesn't erase what it cost to get there.

This is an honest conversation about staying grounded while an entire industry falls apart around you: building your own platform when nobody's handing you opportunities, protecting your integrity when the money gets tempting, and learning to call on something bigger than yourself to keep moving.

We talk about:

• Revisiting the thesis of Blake's first episode, "it's expensive to dream," three years later
• Protecting your integrity as the stakes (and the money) get bigger
• The collapse of traditional and digital media, and why you have to build your own thing now
• Becoming a more responsible, media-literate consumer in the age of misinformation and AI
• Beauty and fashion as inheritance, joy, and politics, not just aesthetics
• Finding alignment through spirituality

Episode Links:

• Follow Blake on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blakelawren/
• Follow Blake on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@blakenewby_
• Episode 207: The Truth About Working Towards Your Dream Career with Blake Newby: https://youtu.be/2dElf_NyOSE
• Subscribe to Blake’s podcast, According to Blake: https://www.youtube.com/@AccordingToBlake

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