Author · Speaker · Advocate
Here’s what really
happened.

Faith, family, and a bunch of dogs.

Author of Beyond the Velvet Ropes

These days I’m happiest in the small stuff. My kids, my husband, a houseful of rescue animals, my faith, and finding ways to give back. I had a wild, wonderful run in my twenties, and I’m grateful for all of it. But the part I care about most isn’t the glamorous version. It’s the ordinary, happy life I have now, and the book I wrote about finding my way here.

Jen Walcott Archuleta

“Your story isn’t what happened to you. It’s what you do with it.”

Story

The Author

Her memoir, Beyond the Velvet Ropes, and what I write about the hard years.

The book

Voice

The Speaker

I talk about faith, getting through hard things, and starting over.

Speaking

Heart

The Advocate

Beyond the Ropes and The Forever Angels. I help the people and animals who get passed over.

The movement

Beyond the Velvet Ropes book cover
My memoir is out now.

Beyond the Velvet Ropes

My Story of Perseverance, Hope, and Love

From the outside, my twenties looked like the dream. Covers, cameras, a life behind the velvet ropes. But the real story was never the part people saw. It’s in the moments I never talked about, and the long road back to the ordinary, happy life I have now. I wrote all of it down. The hard, the funny, and the faith that carried me through. If you’ve ever come through something and made it to the other side, I wrote this for you.

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Watch the trailer.

The official trailer for Beyond the Velvet Ropes, about ninety seconds.

How I got here.

I grew up in a small Ohio town being told what I couldn’t do, and I spent my twenties proving otherwise, in rooms most people never get to see. I’m grateful for every bit of it.

I also walked through some genuinely hard things to get here. I stopped hiding them, and I learned that the hard chapters can become something you give back. What I’m proudest of now isn’t any of the rooms I used to stand in. It’s the plain, happy life right in front of me.

“You didn’t need rescuing. You needed time. Time to find your voice. Time to believe it mattered.”

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The Podcast

Unfiltered with Jen Archuleta

Real talks about faith, family, and starting over.

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the fun part…

Still here, still laughing, still writing.

Let’s be honest. I’ve never minded the camera. Magazine covers, red carpets, getting dressed up, a good laugh. I’ve always had a soft spot for animals, and plenty of rescues at home to prove it. Faith, family, and fun, all at once, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.

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Everyone belongs.

A velvet rope decides who gets in. I’d rather let everyone in. No one’s story is over.

From the journal.

Short, honest writing on faith, family, healing, and starting over.

Faith

It is in the waiting that we become who we’re meant to be.

Healing

Survival isn’t the same thing as healing.

Family

What I want my kids to know about getting back up.

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A few things worth sharing.

A signed copy of the book, a tee I love, and a rescue close to my heart. Story, a good reminder, and a way to give back.

Book

Signed copy, Beyond the Velvet Ropes

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Apparel

Be the Bumblebee tee

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Give back

The Forever Angels

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