Jenny Keller is the author of the popular cookbooks Eat More Dessert and Cookie Class, and owner of the destination bakery Jenny Cookies Bake Shop in Lake Stevens, Washington. But long before Jenny’s cookies were given the name Jenny Cookies by her friends and fans, Jenny Keller was baking just for fun as a new mom with no plans of starting a cookie business. And before babies and baking, Jenny actually owned her own successful espresso business in the Pacific Northwest. She’s one of the hardest...
Oct 14, 2020•46 min
Courtney Killpaclk is a mom of three who's obsessed with bras! She fell in love with bras when she was hired as a bra fit specialist back in 2006 at Nordstrom. Since then, bras have been her passion because she's seen how the right fitting bra changes a woman's life. Just four years ago she launched Bra Fittings by Court, a bra shop with custom fitting in Utah, and then two years ago an online shop, BosomBesties.com, with access to over 17 cup sizes and thousands of options and personal fitting ...
Oct 07, 2020•40 min
Navigating our kids and teens' usage of screens can feel overwhelming. What's the right age to give them a phone? What kind of phone is okay to give my kids? Should I withhold technology altogether? How do I teach them to use social media responsibly? What do I do if I feel like I'm losing my kids to the screen? On today's episode, I'm talking to Andrea Davis, founder of Better Screen Time, who's made it her mission to help arm parents and families with the tools and knowledge for teaching and p...
Sep 30, 2020•42 min
spent nearly 13 years as a focus group moderator for media companies. I traveled the country testing television shows, talent, websites, advertising campaigns, and the like, with consumers from all walks of life. And while I learned a lot about those things, some of my biggest takeaways were actually major life lessons that have shaped who I am. In today's episode, I'm giving you a behind-the-scenes look at my time as a focus group moderator and sharing some of those valuable life lessons.
Sep 23, 2020•22 min
In her early 20’s, Lacy Gadegaard-West was traveling the country working with high profile celebrity clients as a hair stylist for the Bellagio in Las Vegas. She was loving her life and booming career, but felt the desire to turn her attention to her new family. She moved across the country to support her then husband through law school and raise her two boys, all while trying to keep a new business afloat. In the years that followed, Lacy’s journey took her through her fair share of ups and dow...
Sep 16, 2020•1 hr 8 min
You may remember today’s guest from Fox 13’s So You Think You Can Dance, when she and her husband both made it on the show, and not only that, they both made it to the finals. Since then, Ashleigh Di Lello has traveled the world as a professional dancer, appearing on Broadway, Dancing with the Stars and The Ellen DeGeneres Show. But life wasn’t always spotlights and cameras for Ashleigh. In fact, dancing was completely taken away from her not once, but twice! At age 13, Ashleigh was suddenly fac...
Sep 09, 2020•52 min
Jeanette Bennett is the founder and editor-in-chief at Bennett Communications, parent company to Utah Valley Magazine, BusinessQ Magazine and Utah Valley Bride Magazine. She’s also moderated gubernatorial debates, numerous business panels and is a regular guest on HuffPostLive. Jeanette is one of the hardest working women and mothers I’ve ever had the pleasure of knowing, and while she’s certainly seen many of the ups and downs of starting and running her own business while raising five kids, sh...
Sep 02, 2020•43 min
As a Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist, Devrie Pettit spent years helping others find balance and feel good with meal planning and coaching. However, as Devrie planned each new meal for her clients and coached them along their wellness journey, she saw many men and women who seemed to get so focused on the number on the scale or what food was “good” and what food was “bad,” that they lost sight of what Dev was really trying to teach them, and that was: how to have a healthy relationship with foo...
Aug 26, 2020•35 min
She was hoping to simply surprise a co-worker with a yummy birthday treat, but ended up falling in love with baking more than she ever imagined, and now has over a million followers on Instagram, hundreds of thousands of subscribers on YouTube, and partnerships with well-known companies like The Food Network. Today, on “Courtney, Beyond the Cake,” my friend and fellow cake lover, Chelsey White from Chelsweets takes us along her journey in the kitchen and how she went from hobby cake baking to le...
Aug 19, 2020•37 min
At the end of 2018, I launched a cake subscription service, "Courtney's Cake Club." As a member of the club, you'd receive premeasured and prepackaged ingredients for one of my cakes, along with easy-to-follow instructions for how to make each one. I was even doing exclusive videos for club members and had partnered with some awesome brands to add surprises in the boxes each month. By the middle of 2019, the cake boxes were being featured in O Magazine, Hallmark Home and Family TV, Entrepreneur....
Aug 12, 2020•33 min
She’s known for her delicious Swiss Meringue buttercream, creative cakes like her London Fog Cake, and two cookbooks full of decadent desserts and easy to follow how-to’s. But Tessa Huff wasn’t always a lover of cakes. In fact, she didn’t even like baking when she was growing up. She was too busy dancing! It wasn’t until she was nearing the end of college and took a job in the school’s bakery that she started to fall in love with making sweets treats. From there, she taught herself the ins and o...
Aug 05, 2020•47 min
He was the face behind the mask - the mask of the most popular college mascot in 2017 thanks to a dance he performed as Cosmo the Cougar with his school’s dance team that went viral getting over 7.5 million views. It was an unforgettable moment and one that Charlie Bird said made him feel invincible. But behind the mask, Charlie always wondered, “If they knew who I really was, would they hate me?” because charlie wasn’t just wearing the mask of a mascot, he was also masking another part of his l...
Jul 29, 2020•41 min
It's a question I get asked nearly every day: what do you do with all of that cake? Today I'm answering your question and getting a little more personal as I share how I balance all the cake with a healthy lifestyle.
Jul 22, 2020•19 min
This week on "Courtney, Beyond the Cake," I'm excited to welcome back Jasmine Bradshaw from the First Name Basis Podcast. We're following up last week's episode, "Creating Communities to Value Inclusion and Diversity," with a Q&A session based on questions submitted from listeners after last week's episode. Growing up in a biracial home, in a predominately white suburb of Phoenix, Arizona, Jasmine Bradshaw had conversations with her parents at a very early age about what it means to be Black...
Jul 15, 2020•38 min
Growing up in a biracial home, in a predominately white suburb of Phoenix, Arizona, Jasmine Bradshaw had conversations with her parents at a very early age about what it means to be Black. To her, those conversations didn’t seem out of the ordinary or uncomfortable. It wasn’t until years later that Jasmine learned how uncommon those conversations were for people outside of the Black community. As she had more and more discussions with her friends and church congregation, Jasmine discovered that ...
Jul 08, 2020•43 min
Jennifer Stagg spent over a decade as a news anchor and reporter. She was twice awarded best reporter in Utah, has won three Edward R. Murrow awards and two Emmy’s. Jen was living her dream in front of the camera, but after giving birth to her first daughter she knew it was time for a change. She ended up leaving the world of broadcast for the world of design. And she was quickly recognized by Better Homes and Gardens and was awarded blog of the year within 6 months of starting her blog, With He...
Jul 01, 2020•45 min
From a young age, Katie Cheesman had a great love for the elderly. As a newlywed, she and her husband had the opportunity to live with and take care of her grandpa as he battled dementia. After he passed away, Katie went on to continue to care for a generation she says often foes unnoticed and unappreciated… and during those years as an in-home care giver, she realized each and every person she cared for had a story to share. And not just a story… but value! Value still to add to their families,...
Jun 24, 2020•37 min
During 13 years of infertility, Melissa Kleiner found herself spiraling into what she calls the dark depths of despair, a time that made her question her worth, her faith and the path she thought her Heavenly Father wanted for her. In an effort to climb out of the darkness, she started to serve in her community and fell in love with serving the older generation in her church congregation. The more she served, the better she felt about herself, her path and her relationship with God… despite the ...
Jun 17, 2020•38 min
Charity Lighten had her life planned, or so she thought. Not long after getting married and graduating in accounting, Charity made a huge course correction and dove head first into food and nutrition, thanks to a simple prompting she felt. What started out as a desire to help others, turned into a life long journey that ended up helping her own family when her husband was diagnosed with colon cancer. While Charity’s journey has had its fair share of grief and sadness, its also been full of hope ...
Jun 10, 2020•39 min
At the age of 10, Catherine Ferguson started losing her hair due to a condition called alopecia. With no way of stopping her loss or getting it to grow back, she found herself with two options: accept what she was going through, choose to be happy and live the best life she knew how or feel bad for herself and push her loved ones away. She chose the former. She chose to be happy. She chose to be brave. In today's episode, we follow Catherine's journey of self-love and bravery as she learned to n...
Jun 03, 2020•36 min
Heather Smith is a 4th generation Gygi. Her grandfather, Orson Gygi, opened up one of Salt Lake’s first kitchen supply stores in 1945. Since then, Gygi, has become a staple to the community, serving not only restaurants, but probably more often and dare I say more importantly, families. In fact, their motto is “another family tradition,” because that’s truly what Gygi has become to the community - part of the family. In today’s episode, I talk with Heather, one of 6 daughters keeping the Gygi tr...
May 27, 2020•47 min
Steve Carlston is widely known in the broadcast world for having one of the most collaborative leadership styles in the industry. In fact, it is typically the first thing any of his past or current employees will tell you. “He’s the best boss I’ve ever had. Hands down.” Over the course of his 38-year career, Steve has worked his way from radio and television advertising sales to managing television stations in markets across the country. Throughout his career, Steve repeatedly lead his stations ...
May 20, 2020•44 min
Everyone needs a reminder about just how good people can be. On Wondery’s new series The Daily Smile, host Nikki Boyer brings you stories that will make you feel good each weekday morning. With interviews, inspiring clips, and chats with special guests and passionate friends, The Daily Smile takes you on a journey into goodness, gives you all the feels, and will leave you with a smile on your face. Listen to the full episode: wondery.fm/dailysmilecourtney
May 19, 2020•4 min
As she finished her college degree in broadcast journalism at Brigham Young University, Diana Pace was ready to take the broadcast world by storm. Her insatiable curiosity and endless appetite for learning fueled a passion for finding, however, Diana found herself faced with a “Course Correction”, as she calls it, the first of many in the career and life path landing her where she is today. In today’s episode, we follow Diana’s journey and learn the invaluable lessons her course corrections taug...
May 13, 2020•51 min
Hi, I’m Courtney Rich, a self-taught baker, who’s love of baking and obsession with cake went from an occasional hobby to passion just five years ago, and is now something I share with over 325,000 followers on Instagram, on national television shows like The Kelly Clarkson Show and the Today Show, and on my blog, CakebyCourtney.com. I try to share the simple basics that look impressive, but are easy to master. My goal Is to inspire you to give baking from scratch a try. I’m all about, if I can ...
May 06, 2020•28 min
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