Jenna Kutcher, entrepreneur, podcast host, and author of "How Are You, Really? Living Your Truth One Answer at a Time" joined Cheddar new to talk about her part memoir/part self-help book. "I feel like so many people talk about books as like the most painful experience, but I feel like there's a difference between forcing something and flowing through something," she said. "And I feel like I flowed in the book."

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'Goal Digger' Podcast Host Jenna Kutcher Talks New Book 'How Are You, Really?'

Welcome back to Between Bells everyone. Our next guest is teaching others how to make a living doing what they love. Jenna Kutcher has over one million followers and is well known worldwide for her innovative online marketing courses and top rated podcast gold digger. Now, she's got a new book called How are You Really Living Your Truth One answer at a time and it's helping people live in their truth by taking a moment moment to soak up the richness of life. I sat down with Jenna entrepreneur, podcast host and author of how are you really to talk about the book and the inspiration behind it, Take a look. The book actually was something I swore I would never do, I was absolutely utterly convinced, I would never write a book why? Because it's so much work and so much heart and it was really wild because when I finally decided it was like, it poured out of me and what was so interesting is that for so much of my life, I've spoken about entrepreneurship for a decade, I've been an entrepreneur for over a decade, but I recognized that entrepreneurship was the vehicle to the type of life that I wanted, like a really full life, a balanced life at present life and so when I started getting on the book, like it just came right out of me, how long did it take you to write? So I wrote the first draft in three months and I finished the book while pregnant and giving birth to my second daughter and so I just, it was, there's a really wonderful experience. I feel like so many people talk about books as like the most painful experience, but I feel like there's a difference between like forcing something and flowing through something and I feel like I flowed in the book. You write when our normal way of living in this world is to abandon how we feel. We have to slowly course correct. We have to unlearn in order to relearn why do you think so many people ignore that feeling that they have and why is it so dangerous? So think about it. We live in a culture where we have our phones with us all of the time. We have zero margin, zero downtime. We take our phones with us to go to the restroom. Like if you think about it and it's because I think we're terrified to really get honest with ourselves because if we're honest and we say I'm not as far as I thought I would be or I'm not happy in my life or I'm faking it, then we actually have to do something to fix it. And so it's like if we can just avoid it, we can just keep shoving it down and keep, you know, compartmentalizing our feelings. Um but there's actually a chapter in the book that I learned and was inspired by my toddler where it says feelings are meant to be felt and I think we are a culture that like avoids feelings, Why do you think so many people struggle with goal setting? Okay, so goal setting is the fun part, it's the goal getting and so my podcast is called the gold digger and one of the things that I've recognized is that a lot of times we're so focused on the goal itself, that we missed the entire journey and if we recognize it, it's like 98% of the thing is the pursuit and so we're missing it. It's like, that's why we keep arriving at things and we're like, this is empty, this doesn't feel like I thought it would and then we just keep pursuing more because we think surely it just must be more. And so I think that's where we get stuck on that like hustle train, That is such a common theme. I love that you said that you also talk about setting boundaries and you say it's such a transformative tool for you. How has it helped you setting more boundaries around you in my book? There's this line, it is like my favorite line, I should get it tattooed on my body and it says boundaries, don't keep things and people and opportunities out of your life, They keep you in your life. And when you think about it, it's like when we have boundaries, we've been taught to always say yes to never say no, but it's like we're saying yes to the wrong things and that's like an equal note of the things that we say matter the most. So for me it's like boundaries are my saving grace. They really opened me up to be present in my own life Jenna. Let's talk about your podcast, your brand, gold digger garners, millions of listeners and followers. The podcast is frequently on top of the charts. Are you surprised on the impact that you're having on millions of people out there? It's honestly surreal because my podcast is recorded in a spare closet in our home, Like not even a nice spare closet, like the spare closet with like the boxes that say like random stuff. Oh yes. And so it is honestly surreal because to me, it just feels like I get to step up to the mic and like talk to people that I love learning from, um, and share the things I've learned. But it is honestly surreal that it reaches so many people and that I get the opportunity to like speak into people's lives. We saw a lot of people give up their current jobs during the great resignation. Do you think this is a trend will continue to see each other. I think people are calling it and they're just saying, I don't want someone to give me a five year plan. I want to make my own. And so I really do believe that women are waking up to the fact that this system isn't working for us anymore. And it's up to us to really command. Here's what I want for my life and here's how I'm going to go after it. So to that point, what are some signs that people should look out for? To realize to figure out, Hey, I'm really burnt out here. So if you see those quotes that say pursue your passion and you're like, I don't even have a passion, what is the passion? That is a good sign that you're burnt out? And the one thing that I would invite you to do is to play more in your life, Like do things just for the sake of enjoying the doing because we are so obsessed with output and achievement and efficiency that it's like we're working harder to save time so that we can work harder, saving time. So it's like, how can we just invite more play into our lives so that we can kind of get that spark of passion back. I have a minute left, but I have to ask, what do you hope readers take away from your book? Yes. Okay. The subtitle of the book is living your Truth wanna answer at a time. It's not a book about how to be more like me or more like Jenna. It's a book about coming home to yourself and really truly enjoying your life again. And that's exactly what I want, 30 seconds. What did you learn about yourself while you were writing this book? Anything surprise you as you were that writing a book is like birthing a baby and I did both at the same time. You're Superwoman Superwoman. So were you impressed or just surprised on how much you were able to accomplish? Yes, Absolutely. And I feel like as my baby's heartbeat got stronger, so did the heartbeat of the book, truly women. And thanks to Jenna Kutcher, an entrepreneur, podcast host and author of how are you really living your truth? One answer at a time you can get the books anywhere. Books are sold.