#30Seconds Live: Best-Selling Author Kaira Rouda and Her Latest Book "Best Day Ever" by Elisa Schmitz

I'm so excited to be in Southern California, home to best-selling author Kaira Rouda! This amazing mom of four has been a 30Seconds contributor since the early days, and I've been so grateful to have her support throughout the years. Why? Because while being an author is a dream come true for Kaira (she has wanted to be an author since third grade), she's also an incredible entrepreneur. 

With more than 20 years of marketing experience, including creating the first female-focused national real estate brand, Real Living, Kaira created a personal and business branding process that she packaged into the book, "Real You Incorporated," to help women entrepreneurs define their brands. How cool is that?! 

Next, she created Real Living, the first female-focused brand in real estate, and the industry’s first consumer Web 2.0 portal. Many accolades later, Kaira sold Real Living, moved from Ohio to California and began writing full time. 

Fast forward to today: she's a USA Today bestselling author; her books have won several Indie Excellence Awards, USA Book Awards, the Reader’s Choice Awards and honorable mention in the Writer’s Digest International Book Awards. Her latest book is "Best Day Ever," a suspenseful look behind the closed doors of seemingly perfect lives. (I just finished reading it and have chills!)

I interviewed this amazing woman on #30Seconds Live via the 30Second Mom Facebook page. Watch her tell her incredible story and be inspired to make your own dreams come true!