🎙 Diary of a Creator 💖 with Your Creator Bestie
Diary of a Creator is a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to create a creator life with Katrina Julia — Creator, MBA, CPA, + your fave ex-corp girly with experience in 7+ industries in strategy, finance, marketing, and ops. I’ve worked with start-ups to Fortune 500 co: NBC, Google, + Victoria’s Secret, 7,000+ creators, + helped companies grow 6- 8 figures annually + go public. 7 transformations: fear → faith, self-hate → love, corporate → calling, lies → love, pain → purpose, devaluing → purity, bondage → freedom. Let's CREATEIT https://bit.ly/createitlikeaboss
Episodes
Creator Economy vs College in 2026: Why I Wouldn't Go to College if I was 16 Again
If I were 16–18 right now in 2026… I wouldn’t go to college.
The Old Way
Go to school.
Get a degree.
Get a job.
Spend:
• 4–6 years
• $50K–$200K+
The creator economy is projected to reach $500B by 2027.
And yet? Less than 4% of creators make full-time income.
Not because we can’t…
But because no one taught them how.
If I were starti...
The creator economy is projected to reach half a trillion dollars by 2027. And yet?
Less than 4% of creators make full-time income.
That’s not a creativity problem.
That’s a creator business and empire problem.
I’m on a mission to help 1 million creators make:
💰 $100K → $1M+ annually
Starting with me.
https://creatorbestie.substack.com/p/the-creator-economy-is-500b-but-only
Let's #CREATEIT
🎙️ Creator Confessions March 2026
The real behind the REEL of creating a life and business you love. https://bit.ly/createitlikeaboss
Creator CEO Confessions is a behind-the-scenes podcast for creators, entrepreneurs, and multi-passionate humans who want more than algorithms and aesthetics — they want alignment, clarity, and sustainable success.
Each episode is a candid monthly (and occasional weekly) check-in where I share...
Creator Story Part 4: Creator Era aka 10,000 Lives in 1
Where it all started to manifest, multiply, and create momentum.
This didn’t start yesterday. This started in 2014.
Before “creator economy” was everywhere.
Before it was trendy to call yourself a creator.
It started with:
Faith.
Vision.
Action.
And a knowing…
I wasn’t meant to fit into one lane.
https://creatorbestie.substack.com/p/living-in-the-creat...
Creator Story Part 3
This is where everything shifted.
From the outside…
It looked like I had it all.
Career.
Success.
Momentum.
But inside?
I was being called to change everything.
https://substack.com/home/post/p-192228908
CREATEIT
Before I was a creator…
I was a corporate weapon.
VP.
MBA.
Board seat.
5+ industries.
Audit exec energy.
And this part?
Most people only see the highlight reel.
But let me take you behind it.
Substack
https://creatorbestie.substack.com/p/10000-lives-in-1-part-2-corporate
Creator School
https://bit.ly/joincreatorschool
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In this four part series of my Creator Story, I share the foundation, corporate, transformation and creator era highlights.
Conceived in Bulgaria.
Born in Poland.
10 months in a refugee camp in Italy.
In America before I was 2.
That was my beginning.
Before titles.
Before corporate.
Before creator.
I was the girl called “pizza face.”
The girl called “crossover.”
The girl who dropped honors classes just to belong.
https://creatorbestie.substack...
This is the year creators stop marketing reactively and start creating intentionally.
No more scattered content.No more random promotions.No more creating without a clear path for growth.
This is the year of strategy.
Structure.Systems.Simplicity.Scale.
In this episode, I’m breaking down how to create a Marketing Plan that helps you grow your audience, increase your visibility, and create more impact, influence, and inc...
🎙️ Creator Confessions Jan 2026
The real behind the REEL of creating a life and business you love. https://bit.ly/createitlikeaboss
Creator CEO Confessions is a behind-the-scenes podcast for creators, entrepreneurs, and multi-passionate humans who want more than algorithms and aesthetics — they want alignment, clarity, and sustainable success.
Each episode is a candid monthly (and occasional weekly) check-in where I share w...
2026 isn’t about experimenting. It’s about embodying.
The Creator Empire Era is here — and creators aren’t asking “Can I make money?” anymore.
We’re asking:
How do I create a brand, income, community, and impact that actually lasts?
In this episode, I’m breaking down the 10 Creator Trends shaping 2026 — for creators and brands ready to create empires from the inside out.
We’re talking about:
✨ Creator × CEO energy
✨ Real-time relatabi...
Creator Diaries ep 1 Day in the Life in <30 seconds 😱
Highlights include
1️⃣Morning Routine 💃🏻 in the 🪞, 🙏🏼 , EFT
Coffee ☕️ Bullet
2️⃣Walk to Beach 🏖️ Fasted Cardio Barranco @visitlimaofficial x eat
3️⃣🔝 Qtr Goal Actions
4️⃣Batch created 2 Long Vids & 10 Reels & 📧
5️⃣Workout 🏋🏻♀️ @smartfitpe leg day x 💃🏻
6️⃣ Eat before and after workout 3x total
7️⃣Walk street art 🖼️ & stop b...
Content. Courses. Community. Cash.
If you’re a creator in 2026, this isn’t about posting more.
It’s about running a real creator business.
You’re not just a content creator — you’re the CEO.
In this episode, I’m breaking down the 5 creator tools that run my entire business — whether I’m in Bali, Peru, or Atlanta.
These aren’t trendy apps.
They’re the backbone of my content, courses, community, and cash flow.
We’re diving into:
🧠 Cli...
People ask me all the time how I have this much energy — and I always laugh because…spoiler: it’s not coffee 😅
In this episode of Diary of a Creator, I’m sharing the story behind my transformation and the mess to the message, and real behind-the-scenes of what actually keeps me creating consistently— while prioritizing, launching, flowing.
Inside this episode, we talk about:
• Why your body is your business - aka temple, energy s...
From Corporate to Creator: Turning Fear Into Faith
I didn’t leave corporate because I hated it. I left because the identity no longer fit.
In this first entry of Diary of a Creator, I’m sharing the real story behind becoming an “corp girly” — the part no one warns you about once the title, paycheck, and structure disappear.
From my first jobs at 16 (babysitting, Popeyes — yes, red beans and rice trauma included), to working through un...
🎙 Diary of a Creator — Official Trailer Rebrand
What does it really take to create a creator life?
In this trailer, Katrina Julia — Creator CEO, MBA, CPA, and your fave ex-corp girly — shares the real story behind Diary of a Creator.
From working her way up across 7+ industries and Fortune 500 brands (NBC, Google, Victoria’s Secret) to losing 55 pounds, choosing a sober lifestyle, and reinventing herself again and again, this show i...
🎙️ 2026 Vision : Year in Review, Reflections and Template
Full YouTube and Template
Hey Bestie 💼✨
If you’ve been wondering what’s next — for YOU, for the Creator Economy, for life and business…
This episode is your permission slip to dream way bigger.
Because I’m not just setting goals for 2026.
I’m embodying the woman who’s already living it.
In faith. In freedom. In fierce alignment.
✨ What I’m calling in + creating in ...
🎙️ Creator Confessions December 2025
The real behind the REEL of creating a life and business you love. https://bit.ly/createitlikeaboss
Creator CEO Confessions is a behind-the-scenes podcast for creators, entrepreneurs, and multi-passionate humans who want more than algorithms and aesthetics — they want alignment, clarity, and sustainable success.
Each episode is a candid monthly (and occasional weekly) check-in where I share what a...
What happens when you don’t hit all your goals — but end the year more aligned than ever?
In this powerful reflection episode, I’m taking you behind the highlight reel to share my honest 2025 Year in Review.
🎯 I’m walking you through:
The 2 goals I missed (yes, including that $400/day target + NPC stage)
What I stopped doing to protect my energy and peace
What I started doing that helped me automate, align, and amplify
How I sent 70...
Everyone wants a $10K month. But no one really talks about what actually got them there.
So I asked creators.
In this episode, I’m sharing what real creators and founders told me about reaching their first $10K month—the mindset shifts, the focus changes, and the moves that finally made income feel real and repeatable.
We’re talking about:
✨ What they stopped doing that freed up momentum
✨ The offers and systems that mattere...
10 Things I’m Grateful for in 2025
In this episode, I’m sharing 10 things I’m deeply grateful for in 2025 — from divine downloads to dream collabs, from faith to freedom, and everything in between. 🙏🏽✨
This isn’t just a gratitude list — it’s a reflection on the energy, alignment, and evolution that shaped this year and the foundation I’m building for 2026 and beyond. 💼🌴
Tune in to hear:
💫 How faith anchored my flow in every se...
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