e015 – The Part-Time Jungle Podcast: Share Your Story with Nathalie Amlani

Nathalie Amlani is the owner of Pictonat Photography and does family photography and personal branding for small businesses. She helps families capture joyful moments that light up their hearts and she works with women entrepreneurs to help them stand out online with content that connects. In addition, she is a proud mom of two children who are 4 and 6 years old.     In this episode: Reach out. The anxiety of making a career change can be alleviated by asking for help and guidance, intentional planning, and setting boundaries.  Show some love to ALL those images! Easy tips for creating lasting memories from all the photos we take with our smartphones. Business is human. Showing up for your audience and sharing your story on social media can ignite your brand and help you to shine online.    Connect with Nathalie: * Website: https://pictonat.com * Instagram: * https://www.instagram.com/pictonatbrandingcreative/ * https://www.instagram.com/pictonatphoto/ * Facebook: * https://www.facebook.com/pictonatbrandingphotography * https://www.facebook.com/pictonatphoto   On this episode of The Part-Time Jungle Podcast, I had a wonderful conversation with Nathalie! We talked about how the anxiety of making a career change can be alleviated by asking for help and guidance, intentional planning, and setting boundaries. Nathalie shared easy tips for creating lasting memories from ALL the photos we take with our smartphones. She also discussed how showing up for your audience and sharing your story on social media can ignite your brand and help you to shine online.    If you prefer to listen, check out Episode 15 of The Part-Time Jungle Podcast.  I really enjoyed my conversation with Nathalie! She was so honest and open about the struggles and successes she has experienced in her motherhood/work juggle. Nathalie keeps it real and talks about the importance of sharing your story. CORPORATE CAREER Nathalie talks about how you never truly know what you are going to be going though or experiencing until you are in it. She worked as a project manager in the financial service industry for about 15 years and poured her heart and soul into this role. Nathalie worked long hours on multi-million dollar projects. However, when she and her husband became parents, her perspective shifted.    RETURNING TO WORK Returning to work after maternity leave, Nathalie tried to set a boundary for her work time by starting work earlier and leaving by 4 PM. This worked for the first couple of months. However, she felt like she wasn't doing as good of a job at work as she was before because she wasn’t staying as late as she used to. Nathalie used to be the one who would stay until 6 or 7 PM.    SECOND PREGNANCY Nathalie started staying at work later and later. Then, she would rush home to make dinner. Both Nathalie and her husband were very stressed out. Nathalie felt very tired and found that her work environment wasn’t very supportive. Nathalie felt guilty for taking time off work for appointments or if her child was sick and she had to pick him up early from daycare. She found that she was frequently getting sick (often catching the bugs her son had) because she was runni...