Alexandra Gater on Creating Her Dream Life After Crisis

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Eamon & Bec

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🗓️ 20 November 2024

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Alexandra Gater is YouTube’s go-to home decor expert, an author, and entrepreneur. In today’s episode, we dive into her journey, starting with the “crisis moment” when she was laid off from her dream job and how that crisis sparked her entrepreneurial path. We also discuss her struggles with anxiety, her experiences as a woman in media, and the challenges of balancing career ambitions with personal milestones, like her desire to start a family. This is an episode you won’t want to miss! Grab your deck of Real Talk: www.drinkhabit.com/products/real-talk-conversation-starter-game Join the Reroot Community: Instagram - www.instagram.com/rerootpod TikTok - www.tiktok.com/@rerootpod Reroot Facebook Group - www.facebook.com/groups/1784427378276987 Watch the podcast on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ukyKFv4f5Gk Follow Eamon & Bec: YouTube - www.youtube.com/@eamonandbec Instagram - www.instagram.com/eamonandbec Habit - www.drinkhabit.com 0:00 - intro 1:39 - Real Talk has launched 6:20 - Alexandra’s crisis point 15:40 - being driven or dragged 19:05 - Amanda enters the chat 23:24 - Alexandra got Amanda in trouble 31:05 - taking the leap 35:21 - stressed all the time 39:48 - deciding not to share her personal life online 43:56 - being a woman in media 48:44 - creating boundaries within the business 50:20 - people commenting on Amanda’s body 54:05 - navigating negative comments 58:59 - Alexandra’s experience with anxiety 1:10:39 - how Alexandra’s partner feels about YouTube 1:16:00 - Real Talk 1:23:25 - “I have a fear of going to jail” 1:29:45 - future plans for Alexandra 1:33:27 - Alexandra spills the tea Want to be featured in a future episode? Submit a 30-second video with your question to reroot@eamonandbec.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I can't wait to peel back the curtain on Alexander Gator.
0:03.6	I lost my job along with 90 other people.
0:06.2	I felt truly like I had nothing.
0:09.5	Everything had been taken away from me.
0:11.1	My dream career was ending.
0:13.6	I felt so lost.
0:14.9	I was about to quit YouTube entirely.
0:17.2	I became an entrepreneur out of necessity.
0:19.9	I've always just been so driven to just do something big and feel like I have a purpose.
0:24.6	This job has honestly like saved my life in so many ways.
0:28.6	I've always been anxious.
0:30.6	It's just something I honestly think I was like born anxious.
0:32.6	I have this like really weird fear of going to jail.
0:35.6	You showed up for our family and that's what makes me so emotional about it.
0:38.8	Mostly I don't really look at the comments anymore.
0:40.9	I really want to have a family.
0:42.5	I really want to be a mom.
0:44.2	That's something I think about every single day of my life.
0:48.0	Alexandra Gator, or as we like to call her, Gator, is YouTube's home decor expert.
0:53.2	She has connected with millions through her YouTube channel
0:56.1	and has made design accessible to both renters and homeowners alike. Beyond her YouTube fame,
1:01.5	she's also an author and entrepreneur running her own company, Palmed. She is on a mission to prove
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