I always try to look at the failures as really lessons in data points and moments of my life that

push me almost like a pinball into the right lane to get to where I needed to be.

Hey everybody, Emily Abadi here coming to you live from the AG studio. You are listening

to Hurtle, a wellness focused podcast where I connect with everyone from your favorite

athletes to top experts and industry CEOs about their highest highs, toughest moments and

everything in between. We all go through Hurtles in life and my goal through these discussions

is to empower you to better navigate yours and move with intention so that you can

stride toward your own big potential and of course have some fun along the way.

For episode 198, I am chatting with Jacqueline Johnson that she's an entrepreneur investor,

best selling author and can't forget founder, the ultimate multi-hyphenate. You may know Jacqueline

as the founder of Creating Cultivates, a cult favorite brand that's rooted in conversations,

resources, events and community for female millennial entrepreneurs and small business owners.

We chatted after the launch of her newest baby, new money ventures, a venture capital firm

and brand incubator and let me tell you, I am feeling inspired to boss up. In today's episode,

Jacqueline and I get into some of the nitty gritty when it comes to investing lingo and in telling

her story, she offers up a lot of really practical career advice for everything from navigating

layoffs and contract work to making a big pivot. Speaking of pivots, she also sheds some light on

what it was like to pivot an experiential marketing brand during the pandemic and reflects on

the concept of work-life balance, aka if the two can really coexist. I feel like I am always

getting questions about work and navigating work relationships which makes sense because

let's be real. This is a huge part of how so many of us spend our time. So I was so amped to have

Jacqueline the show. She is such just a massively successful, strong woman and happy that she could

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