Chasing Dreams with Aimee J.

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Ambition with rest, care, and honesty.

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Chasing Dreams with Aimee J treats ambition as something that needs care, rest, grief work, and honest self-checks. Its episodes move between personal reflections from Amy J and guest conversations about careers, therapy, self-compassion, mindset, and life transitions.

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About Chasing Dreams with Aimee J.

Chasing Dreams with Aimee J is built around the idea that a meaningful life requires movement, but not movement at any cost. The sampled episodes show Amy J returning often to the tension between ambition and well-being. She talks about rest as a real part of the work. She also names creative burnout, personal loss, low motivation, and the fog that can follow months of not feeling like oneself. That makes the show more grounded than a simple motivational program. It still believes in dreams, effort, and taking action, but it gives equal weight to recovery, support, and honest reflection. Mental health is a recurring center of gravity. Episodes address mental health days, therapy, self-compassion, anxiety, depression, self-worth, family systems, social discomfort after the pandemic, and the need to normalize care for emotional health. Some installments are intimate solo reflections, including conversations about bereavement, end-of-life planning, and not taking future chances for granted. Others bring in guests who connect the same broad themes to specific arenas. Tim Tortora speaks about Hollywood as a relationship and referral business. Carolyn Yates brings clinical language to putting oneself first and easing back into uncomfortable situations. Julie Hall is presented through work on self-worth, life transitions, trauma, and family systems. Tommy Breedlove and Andrea Parker add business, relationship, mindset, coaching, and personal transformation angles. The pacing is conversational and encouraging, with a familiar refrain around being loved, needed, and enough. It does not treat struggle as failure. Instead, it positions hard seasons as part of the chase, asking listeners to notice what is draining them, make practical choices, and keep their lives aligned with what actually matters.

Made for: For listeners pursuing personal goals while managing burnout, grief, uncertainty, or big life transitions. It especially fits people who like self-improvement with mental health language and direct encouragement.

What sets it apart: The show keeps dream-chasing language, but the sampled episodes repeatedly challenge nonstop hustle and make room for rest, therapy, loss, and self-compassion. Its mix of solo reflection and guest expertise gives the encouragement a personal, lived-in texture.

In their own words

Chief Dream Chaser Aimee J. brings to the show people you never knew you needed to meet. Aimee talks to fellow dream chasers who share the story of their chase, the lessons they've learned, and have a good time doing it. Life is too short to live with regrets. You need to make moves, take a chance, and chase your dreams.

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Based on 4 episodes we listened to · September 2026

Aimee J. makes ambition teachable by connecting career decisions and personal setbacks to practical reflection and informed guest advice.

Chasing Dreams with Aimee J. turns personal ambition into practical education. Aimee J. moves between guest interviews and solo reflection, asking how careers are built, how setbacks alter a plan, and how people can care for themselves while pursuing demanding goals.

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This is where your dream board meets a will, an anxiety plan, and Hollywood's referral economy.

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  • career advice that admits Hollywood runs on referrals, research, and clearly knowing what you want
  • mental health talk that makes room for gradual risk, self-care, and the awkward middle between extremes
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Aimee J - Time To RestJun 29, 2022

A calm case for rest that speaks directly to tired creators.

Amy J. treats rest as the point itself, not a prize earned after enough strain, and the episode pushes back on hustle culture without turning preachy.

Tim Tortora - How to Make it In HollywoodJun 1, 2022

A practical Hollywood roadmap built on referrals, clarity, and real-world career moves.

Tim Tortora frames Hollywood ambition as something more grounded than wishful thinking. The conversation stays practical, with referrals, research, and clear goals treated as the real starting points for film and TV opportunities, while Amy J.

Carolyn Yates – Give Yourself Permission To Put Yourself FirstMay 19, 2022

A calm, practical conversation about mental health that favors gradual steps and everyday reassurance.

Carolyn Yates gives the episode a steady center, framing mental health, anxiety, self-esteem, and the slower work of feeling safe enough to move forward in a way that stays practical.

Don’t Take For Granted There Is A Next TimeMar 16, 2022

Amy J. turns sudden loss into a plainspoken reminder to make plans before they are needed.

Amy J. uses episode 255 of Chasing Dreams to sit with sudden loss, a family member in the hospital, and the hard but necessary job of putting wishes in writing.

Brian Drury - How to Change What Can't Be Changed

A grounded conversation about balance, stress, and the space between overworking and doing nothing.

Brian Drury of Overcoming Graduation and Amy J. use episode 186 to explore the pull between going all in and shutting down. It stays rooted in self-care, mental health, and the way stress can spill into everything else, especially when Amy describes a hectic fund-a-thon week and…

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    Aimee J - It's Okay to Not Be Okay

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    Tim Tortora - How to Make it In Hollywood

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    Carolyn Yates – Give Yourself Permission To Put Yourself First

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    Aimee J - Let’s Talk Mental Health

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    Aimee J - You Can Do Hard Things

    ·23m
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    Tommy Breedlove - How to Build and Live a Legendary Life

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    Ep. 238: Aimee J. - I’m Claiming 2021!!

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    Ep. 237: Aimee J. - 2020 Am I Right?

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    Dr. Kristen Race - Balance Your Brain for a More Balanced Life

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    Lulu Picart & Alison Burns - This Is A Good One

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    Sebastian Kurian - The Road from Depression to Achieving Dreams

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    Ep. Bonus: Aimee J. - 2019 Fundathon

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    Ep. 165: Monica Rivera - Bet on Yourself and Reach Your Goals

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    Ep. 164: Dawn Fraser - The Art of Storytelling

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    Barbara Butler - Go Outside and Play!

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    Julie Hall - Leading with Self Compassion

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    Aimee J - Time To Rest

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    Carolyn Yates – Give Yourself Permission To Put Yourself First

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    Aimee J - Let’s Talk Mental Health

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    Challenge Societal Norms & Stereotypes

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    Aimee J - All Good Things…

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    Ep 243: Rochelle Gapere – One Happy Day at a Time

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    Ep. 238: Aimee J. - I’m Claiming 2021!!

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    Ep. 237: Aimee J. - 2020 Am I Right?

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    Ep. 236: Heather Hakes - Take the Leap

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    Lynnette Phillips - Empower Your Possibilities

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    Chris Stevenson - What is Your Reasoning For What you Do

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    Clara Thomson (Clara T) - Finding Clarity Chasing Dreams

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  134. 134

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  138. 138

    Michael Arterberry - Shake the Dirt

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