EP#28-A New York Times Bestselling Author Explains How Trauma Became A Career

Send us Fan MailSomething wild happens when you stop treating your instincts like a soft suggestion and start treating them like real information. We sit down with Allie Kingsley Baker, a New York Times bestselling author, co-writer, and Coachella Valley entrepreneur, and her story moves fast: Los Angeles gets unsafe during the pandemic, a “we’re just going for a drive” day ends in La Quinta, and suddenly a new life starts taking shape in the desert.We dig into the writing side first, including what people get wrong about ghostwriting vs co-writing, how one project can snowball into a career, and what it’s like collaborating with high-profile names while still protecting your own creative voice. Allie also shares the part most people leave out: chasing a dream job in the art world, getting burned by a toxic boss, and using writing to process the experience until it becomes a publishable book and a turning point.Then we get real about small business in Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley: why she built Art Major Studio to give families a place to create without the mess at home, how an hourly “drop in and make anything” model works, and what opening an Italian restaurant teaches you about staffing, margins, stress, and risk. If you’re into entrepreneurship, local business, creative careers, or practical leadership lessons, you’ll leave with a sharper filter for choosing the right opportunities. Subscribe, share this with a friend who’s building something, leave a review, and tell us: when was the last time your gut was right?