Baking Through Depression, Evolving with Your Work, and Behind the Scenes of a Cookbook Deal with Rachel Conners of Bakerita

Learn how a fun project to work through depression turned into a full blown career with today’s guest, Rachel Conners. As the blogger and cookbook author behind Bakerita, Rachel shares her inspiring story of starting a blog at 16 to help manage her depression and how it’s evolved over the years. Rachel gives a ‘behind the scenes’ glance into the life of a food blogger and walks us through what it takes to make a cookbook.

In this episode we discuss:

• How baking helped Rachel through depression
• Starting a blog at 16 and the evolution of it
• Overcoming self doubts that hold you back
• Why it’s not an ‘all or nothing’ mentality with career
• Following your heart over logic when needed
• Her cookbook deal and a behind the scenes glance at the process
• How she chose her cover art and what the cookbook represents

Find more about Rachel at her blog: 

https://www.bakerita.com/

 or her instagram @bakeritablog. Her cookbook can be found anywhere that books are sold, including Amazon. Pre-order before March 24 for an extra edition ebook! I’m on instagram @emilyfeikls and @letsthrivepodcast … let us know what you thought of today’s episode and feel free to support the show at Apple Podcast by leaving a rate/review