877: Meet The Entrepreneurs Who Turned Pain Into Purpose (And Are Changing Lives)

The Goal Digger Podcast

Jenna Kutcher | Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy & Marketing

Business, Marketing

4.8 • 12.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Have you ever heard a story so raw, so real, that it physically stopped you in your tracks? The kind of story that makes you put down your to-do list, take a deep breath, and remember why you started this journey in the first place? May is National Small Business Month, and while I LOVE hearing from the headline-makers and household names, today is about something even more special: real stories from real listeners of this podcast. These are the kind of women who tune in while they’re juggling kids and client calls, who build their dreams during nap time or after their 9-to-5. They may not have gone viral, but what they’ve built? It’s powerful. It’s personal. And it matters. Tonbra, Maris, and Chelle didn’t just build businesses… They built something beautiful from heartbreak, identity shifts, and unimaginable challenges. From cancer diagnoses to grief to reinvention, these women turned their hardest chapters into platforms that now help others. If you’re walking through your own hard chapter, or even just need a reminder of what’s possible on the other side of pain, this one’s for you. And hey, if you want to be part of this kind of community I’d love to invite you into the Goal Digger Podcast Insiders Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/goaldiggerpodcast/ Goal Digger Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/goaldiggerpodcast/ Goal Digger Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goaldiggerpodcast/ Goal Digger Show Notes: https://www.jennakutcherblog.com/national-small-business-month-stories Thanks to our Goal Digger Sponsors: Get $25 off your first purchase at http://therealreal.com/goaldigger. Sign up for your $1/month Shopify trial period at http://shopify.com/goaldigger. For a limited time, get $25 in Shippo credit when you spend your first $25. Claim your offer now at http://shippo.com/goaldigger! Find a co-host today at http://airbnb.com/host. Deposit or spend $5,000 in 90 days to earn up to $500 in rewards at ⁠mercury.com/goal⁠. Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC. The IO Card is issued by Patriot Bank, Member FDIC, pursuant to a license from Mastercard. Working capital loans provided by Mercury Lending, LLC NMLS ID: 2606284.

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1:17.5	I kind of feel like what is actually your unique message?
1:20.7	What is your thing?
1:22.1	What are you here to contribute to the world?
1:24.3	And I feel like everything is rooted in identity.
1:27.2	So I literally started my message
1:30.1	around identity. I want you to know who you are so that nobody can take it away from you.
1:37.5	I'm Jenna Goodyear, your host of the Gold Digger podcast. I escaped the corporate world
1:42.6	at the age of 23 with nothing more than a $300
1:45.4	camera from Craigslist and a dream. Now I'm running a seven-figure online business that
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