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Do you have a love/hate relationship with Instagram! Yeah, I hear ya. Today is dedicated to one of my favorite things, Instagram! I get it, this app can make your head spin with algorithms and cohesive feeds and trying to get people to actually engaged and don’t even get me started on the dreaded follow/unfollow game… but I don’t want you to miss the magic that is Instagram (ahem, FREE exposure fo...

An accident changed her life, but she didn’t let it stop her and I’ll tell ya: there is SO much more to her story. While a part of her story comes from a scary place, she managed to turn her mess into her message. My friend Lauren Scruggs Kennedy is a staple in fashion. She spent time interning in wardrobe for the CW’s Gossip Girl, the Michael Kors showroom, and reporting for New York, Paris, and...

Surprise! We purchased a second condo in Hawaii, sight unseen. We’re back on island getting it all Kutcher-ified and ready for YOU. I never thought we would be real estate moguls or own a rental property, especially two in Hawaii… Today I want to walk you through why we made the decision to invest in Kutcher Condo Number 2, what our plan is for the future, how it’s been renting our property out, a...

Raise your hand if you’ve hit that creativity wall and it’s only Monday. This will help! Today, beautiful business boss AND mother Taylor Sterling is teaching us how to stay creative and inspired when your passion becomes your work. Taylor is the founder and creative director of Glitter Guide. She’s has always had a thing for fashion, beauty and art. While working a day job as financial advisor re...

Goal Digger Podcast is celebrating the 200TH episode! If we had a cake, that’d be a lot of candles. There’s no better way to CELEBRATE this milestone than sharing the 10 most downloaded, most listened to, and most impactful episodes to hit your earbuds. These episodes were the biggest game changers, and I couldn’t resist recapping them in hopes that you’ll go back and relive the magic, too! These...

Wanna start a podcast? This might be the sign you’ve been waiting for. Our girl Nicaila Matthews Okome is the Creator and host of Side Hustle Pro Podcast, the first and only podcast to spotlight bold, black women entrepreneurs who have scaled from side hustle to profitable business. Nicaila is sharing what *exactly* it takes to be a podcaster, what the financial situation of podcasting looks like,...

“Hey girl, it’s me, your website. I could use a little love.” Does just hearing this give you hives because you know it’s true? Your website is feeling neglected, alone, and sad… I always say social media should be the handshake and invitation to continue the conversation somewhere else… and that somewhere else is likely your website. We just did an overhaul on my blog and I’m sharing what we did...

Have you struggled with belonging? With feeling alone? Diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome, ADHD, OCD, and anxiety at the age of 11, Jamie Grace navigated life on her own terms with resilience and dedication, building a platform to help others navigate the most challenging facets of life through her music and words. When Jamie Grace was 14, she created YouTube channels for her music and her platform,...

Pitching yourself is one of THE best ways to create opportunities… but it can get tricky. Today, I’m focusing on the secrets that are rarely taught but can make a GIANT impact if you want to land sponsorships, make new connections, score a job, book that client… You name it. Whatever it is, it usually starts with a rock-solid PITCH! If you aren’t pitching yourself to companies or business opportun...

Goal Diggers, I have been dying to have this guest on the show since the very beginning. She is bold, authentic, beautiful, brilliant, and today she is HERE! Goal Diggers, you probably already know and adore her, but officially MEET Iskra Lawrence! Iskra is a British model and a champion for #EveryBODYisBeautiful, body diversity and self-care. Iskra was told she was both “too big” for straight-siz...

Got something to launch? Perhaps a new product, service, website, course, freebie, or business and you want to share it with your audience? You’ve worked so hard on this new thing and it’s so important to put some thought behind how you are going to reveal it to the world. Far too often there’s not enough time and energy behind the steps for launching and too much focus on the creation process. Pe...

Lucia Pador is a super woman. You may know her from her work at Utterly Engaged, or more recently, her transition into helping others tell their stories and tell them well. Lucia is in my mastermind this year, and I have been AMAZED at how she can curate, visually story-tell, and manage Utterly Engaged flawlessly, while also working on her newest project which will help entrepreneurs tell their ow...

It’s been a little over a year since I opened my online shop: Shop Jenna Kutcher. It’s been a crazy, beautiful addition to my business and it’s been something I’ve been digging into as we’ve navigated this season of life because having an online digital store has been an incredible addition to my business for a few big reasons. I love having our shop because: 1. I have created resources that have...

Katie Sturino is the queen of doing it ALL, and in such a poised, professional way! You may know her as, her signature, the size 12(ish) New Yorker who believes great style can look chic at any size. Her platform the12ishstyle.com to inspire girls like her who are stuck in size purgatory - not quite "plus size", not quite "straight-sized". Not only that, she is also the founder and CEO of Megababe...

It’s crazy to think that in a few short months, we’ll be welcoming a baby into our home and lives and everything will change. If you’ve followed our journey for a while, you know that our road to baby hasn’t been easy. Before we dive into how I am preparing for a true maternity leave, I want to share a little bit of how my business has transformed in the last 2.5 years while we were waiting and st...

I want to talk about it. The messy stuff, the embarrassing, the humiliating, the shameful… I want to talk about it. But it’s not always easy. You see, there are some BIG topics out there: body shaming, discrimination, inequality, war, oppression, shame, guilt…. But they aren’t always easy to address. Insert: today’s guest. Alex LaRosa is a plus size model, blogger, and self love advocate based in...

Part of being an entrepreneur means putting on your customer service hat and serving people well - but what happens when things go bad? What implications does it have on not just your business but your life? And how do you pull yourself out of those situations and use them to sincerely grow? I’ll be honest, in my seven years of entrepreneurship, I can count these awful experiences on one hand - ma...

My ultimate superwoman, my momma! My mom truly does it all: she is a mother of three (I have one brother and one sister), she has been married for 37 years, is a grandma to two (with two more on the way!), she has been a nurse for over 37 years and specifically a nursing instructor for 29. Not to mention, she coordinates my mastermind, is a Make A Wish granter, and is just generally the most posit...

Today I am sharing the 3 things I did right and wrong as a wedding photographer. After 7 years of being a full-time wedding photographer and shooting 130 weddings, I am retiring from weddings to free up more time to do the things I love – which soon will look like rocking a baby, spending weekends at home, and of course, creating content just like this to teach you! I will always be a photographer...

The mission of Goal Digger has always been to bring you THE best experts in the field, but what if I jampacked 6 experts into one episode?! Over the last year I’ve got to spend time with these 6 women who are some of the most successful photographers out there. They’ve been in my mastermind and I’ve gotten to learn a lot from them in that time. Each has agreed to give you a mini tutorial on the on...

Have you ever taken part in an online challenge? Whether it’s a work out challenge, an Instagram challenge, a clean eating, yoga, money or a clean house challenge - there is SOMETHING about challenges that I want to teach about today - because maybe your next big project could be hosting your very own challenge. There’s something about the momentum of doing things as a group, seeing results quickl...

There’s a first time for everything and today we are asking our guest YOUR questions! Goal Diggers, welcome to “Ask A Blogger ANYTHING!” I wanted this episode to be with an expert in the field and I couldn’t have found anyone better thaaaan….. Kathleen Barnes! This woman is the life and style blogger behind CarrieBradshawLied.com. After quickly realizing life as a twenty-something wasn’t as effort...

Goal Diggers, we all know social media is one of THE best ways to get word out there about your business… but sometimes it can get tricky. Today, I wanted to focus on one specific facet of social media that rarely gets taught but can make a GIANT impact on how you’re engaging with your audience: How to ROCK your instagram stories! If you are not utilizing IG stories yet, it’s FINALLY time to get o...

This is a GAME CHANGER for any ambitious lady out there that wants both career success and a family. Today, we are having a beautiful business boss and mother on the show to tell us about how she balances both the role of “mom” and “CEO”. Audrey Roloff is a fiery redhead from Portland, Oregon. Audrey shares life, faith, and motherhood on her blog aujpoj.com. She is passionate about motivating wome...

PODCASTING FOR DUMMIES. If you're considering starting a podcast, wondering what goes into podcasting, or just curious about our behind-the-scenes of this show, this episode is for you! I want to be open about the nitty gritty process of starting a podcast from A to Z and let you in on how you can start one of your own! I’ll admit, starting a podcast is one of the vaguest things in the world. I sp...