Author · Speaker · Advocate
this isn’t the story
you think it is

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 the writing that turns hard chapters into hope.

The book

Voice

The Speaker

Faith, resilience, and reinvention — on stages and wherever women are rebuilding.

Speaking

Heart

The Advocate

Beyond the Ropes and The Forever Angels — choosing the overlooked, one act at a time.

The movement

Beyond the Velvet Ropes book cover
The Memoir — 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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“Everyone knew the headlines. No one knew the story.”

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

Readers on couches with copies of Beyond the Velvet Ropes, some wearing black bunny ears
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The book, signed — and a few things from backstage.

A signed copy of Beyond the Velvet Ropes, my handmade velvet bookmark, black velvet bunny ears, and one complimentary month of The Velvet Circle Book Club. One payment. The month does not renew automatically.

The Velvet Letter

Some things only live inside the book.

Access comes with the book. Your passcode is in the back of the book, under the QR code.

The Podcast

Unfiltered with Jen Archuleta

Honest conversations on faith, family, resilience, and starting over — the same honest voice as the book.

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Big Hero
Pup of the Podcast

Meet Big Hero

Every episode features a rescue pup looking for a home. Big Hero joined the Season 1 finale, where Adam interviewed me.

Meet all the pups

Notes from the road back to myself.

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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Media & Press

In the press.

Tribune Chronicle

Area native offers peek behind the Velvet Rope

Andy Gray · Aug 20, 2026

WKBN 27 First News

Former Playboy Bunny holds book signing in Boardman

TV · Sydney Brown · Aug 23, 2026 · Video interview

Mahoning Matters

Youngstown native Jen Archuleta releases book focusing on overcoming challenges

Kelcey Norris · Aug 13, 2026

On screen: a feature film with Steelyard Pictures and a feature documentary with Crash Cat Media Group are in development.

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Jen as a girl, beside her black-and-white glamour portrait