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I Can Do This Show Me How!
by Dr. Linda Rose
Welcome to "I Can Do This, Show Me How," a podcast where each episode is an adventure on a transformative journey. I'm Dr. Linda Rose, your guide through the realms of empowerment and self-discovery. At age 34, I stepped onto the campus of West Los Angeles College to enter the PACE Program, feeling utterly out of place. Having barely graduating from high school and after spending over a decade as a secretary in the space and technology sector, I was burdened by an inner critic that whispered I wasn’t college material. Yet, driven by a deep desire to change not only my life but that of my children, I chose to silence that voice. This decision marked the beginning of a journey that would eventually see me soar to earn an AA, BA, and MA in 6 years while I worked full time and cared for two children. Then I earned a doctorate degree in educational leadership at age 54 to later become a community college president. Now, I want to share this journey with you. Whether you're cont
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Self-Efficacy and One Simple Question: What Can I Do Next?
What happens when the goals that once gave your life its shape stop making sense? Sometimes you've reached them. Sometimes your circumstances shift. And sometimes, life changes so much that the plans and routines you relied on stop working altogether. When the familiar places where we learn, like...
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The Hero's Journey at 75: Rick Benzel on Callings, Challenges, and Open Doors
A theater major who studied mime in Paris. A would-be French professor who found 300 applications on file for a single job opening. Two layoffs, a cross-country move, and nearly fifty years in publishing later, Rick Benzel has a clear view of how one door leads to the next. His path never ran in…
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The Transformative Power of Learning and Awe
What if the story you tell about yourself is already out of date? In today's solo episode, I explore the psychology of awe and why it might be the key to staying curious for a lifetime. I share memories from my teaching career, a childhood thunderstorm in Alabama, and watching my four-year-old...
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Why Adult Learners Don’t Return to School for a Just One Reason
In today's solo episode, I'm reflecting on something I've carried with me for decades: the idea that education became a mirror for me—not just a way to learn about the world, but a way to learn about myself. I share the story of enrolling in college in my 30s after years of believing I wasn't…
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"What Can I Learn?" The Question That Ends Imposter Syndrome
What if the voice telling you "I don't belong here" is actually saying something else entirely: "I am still learning how to be here." In today's solo episode, I explore the imposter phenomenon—that persistent feeling that your accomplishments don't fully belong to you, even when the evidence says...
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Not Smart Enough? How I Proved That Voice Wrong Again and Again
What if the biggest obstacle standing between you and the life you want is not a lack of opportunity, but a voice inside your own head telling you that you are not ready, not qualified, and do not belong? And what if the antidote to that voice is not confidence or certainty, but simply the...
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The Choice Threshold: How to Stop Reacting and Start Building the Life You Deserve
When was the last time you stopped and asked yourself: am I reacting, or am I actually choosing? There is a difference, and it matters more than most of us realize. And yet, so many of us move through life on autopilot, responding to pain, fear, and circumstance without ever pausing to recognize...
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Ask Your Way Into Becoming: The Power of Constructive Questions
Have you ever looked back at a moment of crisis and realized it became the exact catalyst you needed? What if the hardest parts of your journey aren't detours but essential waypoints? The hero's journey isn't just found in mythology; it's the framework of your own life, and understanding it can...
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Gratitude as Your Superpower: Why It's Not About Ignoring Your Pain
When things fall apart, the last thing you want to hear is "just be grateful." It feels dismissive. It feels fake. But what if gratitude isn't about ignoring your pain or pretending everything is fine? What if it's actually a fierce psychological survival strategy that humans have used across...
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Take Off the Mask: Who You Are When No One Is Asking Anything
We spend years building versions of ourselves that fit the expectations around us. At work, we show up one way. With family, another. In relationships, yet another. What happens when that carefully constructed life suddenly stops feeling like protection and starts feeling like a cage? In today's...
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The Hidden Cost of Staying the Same
We all know the feeling of holding back from something we know we need. Whether it's a relationship that no longer serves us, a dream we keep deferring, or a version of ourselves we can't quite step into, resistance is something every one of us has encountered. So why do we feel so stagnant or...
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The Prescription Is Free: Walking, Breathwork, and the Path to Lifelong Vitality
What if one of the most powerful tools for healing, longevity, and mental well-being was something you've been doing since the day you learned to stand? Walking is so woven into the fabric of daily life that most of us take it entirely for granted, moving through it without intention or presence....
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Moving from Apathy to Action
Even the most productive of us are afflicted from time to time with low motivation. Being in a headspace where it’s difficult for you to even conceptualize the finish line can be immobilizing at times. How do you find strength or inspiration in these moments? What keeps you moving forward when…
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Why Fear, Shame, and Uncertainty are Signs of Change
What if the struggles, doubts, and turning points in your life weren’t random, but instead part of a larger story that’s unfolding as it should? And what if understanding that story could help you move through life with more clarity, compassion, and joy? In a world that often feels heavy and...
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Finding Purpose in Your Next Life Chapter
What happens when the life you’ve known for decades suddenly changes? How do you respond? Life transitions, whether voluntary or unexpected, often challenge our sense of identity, rhythm, and direction. In these moments, it’s important to take a beat and reflect, reconsidering how we want to move...
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Transforming Your Life Through Conscious Journeys
Think about your most memorable travel experience. What did you see, hear, touch, smell? What about this particular experience made it memorable for you? What expectations, if any, did you set for your trip and how did you strive to meet them? What we gain, or hope to gain, from travel differs…
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Learning Your Way Forward
Part of life’s journey is navigating through difficult times. We all face hardship, struggle, and hurdles that can sometimes seem impossible to climb. What gets you through these times varies from person to person but the overarching theme is clear: resilience. In today's solo episode, I talk…
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Why Can Asking Questions be Scary?
Have you ever asked a question that you were scared to know the answer to? If so, you’re not alone. For a lot of us, exercising curiosity can sometimes feel like playing with fire. Answers to the biggest, most important questions we’ll ever ask have the power to completely change our lives. And...
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The Quiet Power of Resilience
Sometimes a new year can almost feel like a new beginning. A clean slate that represents exciting possibilities and strengthened ambition to reach your goals. But for some, the weight of expectation that a new year carries can feel burdensome. Instead of feeling optimistic towards future…
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Revisiting: Taming the Dragons: How to Banish Self-Doubt and Procrastination for Good
I want you to think about your own journey—it can be a journey that you're on now or a journey that you have transitioned from. I also want you to think about what motivated you to pursue your goals and I want you to remember that recognizing the importance of your journey can help you stay…
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The Paths That Change Us
As the year comes to a close, many of us find ourselves looking back on the path we’ve travelled in the past year. What challenged us? What changed us? And how did we emerge on the other side of it all? Reflection is vital to growth and in the moments when life is telling us to slow down and to...
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Gathering Wisdom for a New Year
Every year we undergo a mix of challenges, victories, revelations, and unexpected turning points. Given this, it’s important to pause long enough to reflect on what we’ve learned and how these lessons have changed us. These are the moments to take a breath, slow down, and give ourselves credit…
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Honoring Your 2025 Journey - A Year-End Reflection Through the Hero’s Journey
As 2025 draws to a close, have you taken time to honour the year you’ve lived? Have you contemplated every twist, turn, detour, triumph, and loss? In these times, it’s important to slow down, take a breath, and reflect on the path you’ve walked the past 11 months. The aim is not to judge or tally...
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Endings and Beginnings - What We Learn from Letting Go
Have you ever felt that life was calling you in another direction? Sometimes, things that we’ve built and poured ourselves into, whether it be careers, institutions, or dreams, begin to change in ways that we can’t control, and letting go of what once defined us can feel impossible. However, it…
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Balancing Body and Spirit with Dr. Yun Kim (Part 2)
Oftentimes, when our bodies and minds are worn down, healing those parts of ourselves involves re-balancing. A huge part of this is listening to your body and taking the time to pause and tune into your mind and spirit. When you do this, pain, stress, or imbalance can be seen as an invitation to...
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Integrating East and West - Dr. Yun Kim on Acupuncture’s Rise in Modern Medicine
Sometimes the path that’s meant for us isn’t obvious at first. We may even turn away from our calling, only to find ourselves called back with a greater sense of understanding and purpose. What starts off as resistance can evolve into resilience and what once felt like the wrong fit for you can...
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Searching For (and Finding) Gratitude, Awe, and Joy in Everyday Moments
Have you ever noticed how paying attention to the simplest things can completely shift your mood? It might be the sound of children playing and laughing in a park, the breeze blowing gently against your skin, or even enjoying good food. Oftentimes, when we slow down enough to pay attention, those...
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Danny Crumble Talks Supporting Black Male Students in Higher Education
Have you ever felt like some of your most defining qualities, qualities that are integral to who you are as a person, are viewed as barriers to success in the eyes of others? This is the reality for most Black men navigating the education system. Challenges like stereotyping, bias, and being part...
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Choosing Healing Over Harm: Danny L. Crumbles’s Story of Transformation
Have you ever faced a turning point that changed the entire course of your life? Sometimes the most upending life moments force us to ask who we are, what we value, and how we’ll choose to move forward. For most of us, the path towards our purpose isn’t a straight line, it’s a winding road filled...
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Overcoming Imposter Syndrome and Finding Purpose in Medicine with Dr. Kimberly Richardson
Have you ever felt a calling towards something, but the journey of answering the call seems too tedious, maybe even impossible, to make? To those of you who’ve answered the call, how did you navigate your journey? Where did you start? How did you motivate yourself to keep going? Who did you rely…
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From Grief to Growth: How My Memoir Helped Me Heal with Tracie Rosser-Green
Have you ever felt like life was moving forward while you were standing still? Perhaps you’ve been through grief, painful transitions, or instances of questioning your purpose. These uncomfortable in-between moments can feel uncertain, maybe even isolating, but they also hold potential for deep...
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Dream Stages and Real Struggles - Ranella Ferrer Gets Honest
Sometimes the path to our purpose isn’t clear or easy. It twists through doubt, reinvention, unexpected detours, and, all the while, your resilience continues to grow. Pursuing a passion, especially as a minority, in the face of industry pressures and personal struggles requires more than talent....
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How Mary E. White Turned Pain Into Purpose and Built a Ministry for Women
Life doesn’t always move in a straight line. Often, our path twists through pain, unexpected challenges, and moments that force us to question who we are and what we’re meant to do. These experiences, although difficult, can also become the very ground from which purpose and compassion grow. In...
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The Space Between Shifts: Navigating Restlessness, Fear, and Inertia
Our purpose in life can sometimes feel clear and steady, and other times life moves us out of our comfort zones, either gently or with full force. The truth is, we’re often faced with navigating change without a clear roadmap. In these moments, we may feel lost, but they can also become...
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When Purpose Shifts: Finding Meaning After Change
There are moments in life when our purpose feels clear and steady - and then there are moments when everything shifts. Life has a way of moving us out of our comfort zones, sometimes gently, other times with full force. The truth is, we’re often faced with navigating change without a clear…
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From Hood to Hollywood: Princess Monique’s Journey of Purpose and Power
Life is full of transformative moments—some of them foreseen, others arriving as complete surprises. These moments can be so transformative that they shift the very foundation of who we are and how we see the world. But when we choose to embrace these moments, to show up and share our stories, we...
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From the Ashes: A Father and Daughter’s Hero’s Journey
Life isn’t life without its challenges. Some are minor, others are life-altering. American writer, Joseph Campell, would frame these challenges, particularly our most difficult ones, as a call to adventure - one of the twelve stages of what he termed ‘The Hero’s Journey’. When life as you know it...
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Moving Forward in Life by Going Back to School: The Courage to Begin Again
Have you ever thought about changing careers? Maybe going back to school to learn a new skill or trade? Have you ever been deterred from these types of thoughts because they felt overwhelming or even out of reach? You’re not alone. The idea of pursuing a new passion can feel daunting, especially...
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Dissecting the Educational Journey of a Young African American Woman (with Dr. Vaniethia Hubbard)
Change isn’t easy. Adaptation isn’t easy. But both are something we all must do at some point in our lives. Whether they feel significant or not, these life moments are crucial in understanding who we are, who we’re becoming, and where we want to go. And, because change and adaptation are often...
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Women’s History Month: Bullying in the Workplace
My entry into the workforce after graduating highschool was likely different from that of a young woman of the same age entering the workforce today. That being said, it’s also likely that many aspects of this transition remain the same. Trepidation, uncertainty, and anxiety are still very much...
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Attitude and Imagination: Fostering a ‘Growth’ Mindset
When you look back on your time in school, is there a particular teacher or staff member who stands out? One who made a big enough impact, good or bad, that you still, to this day, remember how they made you feel and what you learned from them? Truthfully, when we think back, most of us can…
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Courage, energy, effort: Shaping Your Future
As we grow into adulthood and progress through life, many of us start to better understand that a blueprint for success does, in fact, exist. That’s not to say that the blueprint shows us the exact steps we need to take to live the life we want, but rather it shows us how to do the inner work...
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Finding Strength in Uncertainty: A Personal Journey of Resilience and Growth - Part 2
Think back to a time in your life when you were going through something difficult. A time when the tides weren’t moving in your favor and things may have felt overwhelming or uncertain. Most of us have been there at least once in our lives. So how do we cope in these instances? How do we drown…
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Where to Begin? The Importance of Mentorship
As adults, we are often resistant when it comes to change. Things like changing jobs, stepping into new professional roles, or even going back to school can seem daunting and full of the unknown. In these situations, the fear or nervous anticipation that comes with starting on a new life journey...
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Finding Strength in Uncertainty: A Personal Journey of Resilience and Growth
Life is full of twists and turns, moments that test our resilience, and times when we’re forced to step into the unknown. It’s these moments of uncertainty and transformation that we often discover how strong we are. In today's episode, I share the first part of a deeply personal story of...
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The Cave We Fear to Enter: Education, Mentorship, and Transformation with Dr. Damon Cagnolatti
Life is a journey filled with challenges that shape who we are and what we’re meant to become. Whether we’re exploring new paths, facing fears, or finding inspiration in the unexpected, it’s these experiences that provide us with the courage to grow and transform. In today's episode, I welcome my...
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How Storytelling Inspires
Have you ever been inspired by someone? Just hearing their story ignited your passions, fueled your values, and encouraged self-reflection? And have you ever been a token of inspiration for someone else? Learning about others and sharing stories is how we’re encouraged to take action in our own...
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Self-reflection and Redefining Your Purpose
Questioning our life’s purpose is something we all do at one point in our lives. We often associate it with a job or role, but what if it’s so much more than that? Last week we spoke about how navigating change and life transitions often leaves us feeling disoriented and anxious about the future....
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Embracing and Transitioning Through Change
Change is inevitable, yet moving through it often leaves us feeling disorientated and uncertain. Deviating away from the life we know usually feels uncomfortable. It’s not just about adapting to your new life, it’s also about the decisions you make and the introspection that comes with taking…
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Staying True to the New You
Life transitions are not easy. It’s part of life’s journey for us to grow and evolve but the process of doing so is often challenging and uncomfortable. Part of the process of evolution is not just the change that happens, but how we move forward in our new selves, whilst everything around us is...
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Welcome to "I Can Do This, Show Me How," a podcast where each episode is an adventure on a transformative journey. I'm Dr. Linda Rose, your guide through the realms of empowerment and self-discovery. At age 34, I stepped onto the campus of West Los Angeles College to enter the PACE Program, feeling utterly out of place. Having barely graduating from high school and after spending over a decade as a secretary in the space and technology sector, I was burdened by an inner critic that whispered I wasn’t college material. Yet, driven by a deep desire to change not only my life but that of my children, I chose to silence that voice. This decision marked the beginning of a journey that would eventually see me soar to earn an AA, BA, and MA in 6 years while I worked full time and cared for two children. Then I earned a doctorate degree in educational leadership at age 54 to later become a community college president.
Now, I want to share this journey with you. Whether you're cont
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