246. Rachael Kirkconnell: Navigating breakups, Professional Paths & What’s Next
Trading Secrets
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🗓️ 4 August 2025
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Rachael gained recognition from her time on season 25 of The Bachelor back in 2021 after earning Matt James’ final rose. After a few years together, the couple announced that they were going their separate ways this past January. Since then, Rachael has focused her efforts on
Rachael opens up about growing her personal brand while pivoting into a variety of professional paths. She reflects on the impact of her appearance on Call Her Daddy following a highly publicized breakup, how she processed sharing such a personal moment publicly, and the advice she has for women navigating heartbreak. Rachael also shares why she has no regrets, how her career has evolved over the past year, and what it means to truly support a partner’s ambitions. She dives into her thoughts on AI, whether she’d start her own podcast, and if reality TV—or reality dating shows—are still on her radar. From age-gap relationships and her passion for animation, to her future goals and financial aspirations, Rachael gets candid about her journey, staying authentic, and what’s next.
Rachael reveals all this and so much more in another episode you can’t afford to miss!
Host: Jason Tartick
Co-Host: David Arduin
Audio: John Gurney
Guest: Rachael Kirkconnell
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to another episode of Trading Secrets. |
| 0:15.9 | Today we are joined by Bachelor Nation fan favorite and content creator Rachel Kirk Cottle. |
| 0:22.3 | Hi, hey, Rachel Gade recognition from her time on season 25 of The Bachelor. |
| 0:27.5 | That was back in 2021 after earning Matt James Final Rose. |
| 0:31.4 | After a few years together, the couple announced that they were going their separate ways this past January. |
| 0:36.5 | Since then, Rachel has focused her efforts on growing her personal brand and pivoting into all different professional career directions. We're going to dive into the life inside and outside of Bachelor Nation. Her opinions, of course, on the current season and all the personal and professional endeavors she is going on. Rachel, thank you for me on training secrets thank you for having me i'm so |
| 0:54.5 | excited i'll tell you what i was just reading that and i was thinking about it january 2025 i mean you were like |
| 0:59.8 | the number one most trending thing in the united states like so what is like 2025 been for you because |
| 1:04.7 | that's a hot way to start i mean i would say this year's definitely not what i thought it was gonna be |
| 1:09.7 | yeah so i'm right now just like going with the flow, figuring out what life looks like right now because, again, doesn't look like how I thought it would. |
| 1:19.5 | But I'm loving it. It's been fun. |
| 1:20.9 | Well, you handled everything with Grace. I mean, that Call Her Daddy interview, looking back on it, can you believe how big that was? |
| 1:25.3 | No, I still don't understand. Like, all of my friends were having like a countdown going on. I'm like, what is going on? It took over. I still don't understand. By the way, guys, I just came in from the pools. Yeah, we're in the hapset. Please excuse my appearance. You're killing it. But, no, that was wild. |
| 1:45.0 | I guess just because, I don't know, like, it's not surprising that people cared because it was a crazy story, I guess. |
| 1:53.0 | Sure. |
| 1:54.0 | But yeah, I mean, I don't think anyone can wrap their head around that many people caring. |
| 2:00.0 | Like, when I saw how many people were just waiting for the |
| 2:03.9 | episode to drop, like in the chat, I was shocked. But, and that's not like, you know, I didn't do it |
| 2:10.5 | for any of that. I just wanted my truth out there. And I just felt like I owed it to those who, you know, |
| 2:16.9 | followed along and cared about us. I just, like, wanted to just get the truth out there in my piece because I think a lot of people had a lot of questions. Yeah. So, yeah. Was there, I always think about, like, the behind the scenes or, like, business-wise or just the whole thing. Like, when they reached out to you, like, was it an immediate yes? No. Did you think through it? |
| 2:34.9 | Like were you like, how did that whole, how's that go? |
| 2:37.5 | So, I mean, it had to have been like right when I landed from Japan, I like sent a voice |
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