Putting Down The Bottle to Pick Up Baking - Overcoming Alcholism with Edible Cookie Doughp Expert, Kelsey Moreira

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This week’s guest is not just taking the Cookie Dough industry by storm and serving thousands of households every week, but is doing so while reducing the social stigmas associated with addiction recovery and mental health. Kelsey Moreira is this week’s guest on “The Jake Dunlap Show.” Kelsey was born in Dallas, Texas, but grew up in Sacramento California. After her parents divorce, and turbulence along with a focus on perfectionism from her mother led to Kelsey’s anxiety. At age 14, Kelsey went to her first party where it felt good to drink. Kelsey took on a Technical Marketing Internship for 5 years while attending Arizona State University at Intel. Much like any college student, alcohol consumption continued. Over time, Kelsey began pushing people away due to her drinking until one day, she had the final straw. Kelsey put down the bottle, and as she was not out drinking all hours of the night on the weekends, she began waking up early, and had extra time, leading to her baking. This was the beginning of Doughp. Doughp started selling in San Francisco’s Pier 39 and inside Oracle Park before expanding to The Las Vegas Strip, and now ships nationwide through strong e-commerce. In 2019, Kelsey went on Shark Tank (Season 10, Episode 22), and was told by Barbara Corcoran that Kelsey was: “The most sophisticated store owner she’d ever met in her life.” She did not get a deal, but has had massive growth and success since. Please enjoy this week’s episode with the Queen of Cookie Dough, and the most sophisticated store owner Barbara Corcoran has ever met in her life, Kelsey Moreira. #Doughp4Hope: #Doughp4Hope - Reducing the stigmas around mental health and addiction, and donating heavily to non-profits and instilling crucial Mental Health Policies for their staff. Crisis Text Line: https://www.crisistextline.org/ Kelsey's Social Links: Facebook and Instagram: @doughp, @kels.moreira Tik Tok/Twitter: @eatdoughp LinkedIn: Kelsey Moreira Learn more about Jake Dunlap and Skaled by visiting the links below: Jake Dunlap: Personal Site - http://jakedunlap.com/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakedunlap/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/JakeTDunlap Instagram - http://instagram.com/jake\_dunlap _ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/JakeTDunlap/ Skaled: Website - https://skaled.com/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/skaled YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsw\_03rSlbGQkeLGMGiDf4Q