Pollen: For Creative Entrepreneurs with Diana Davis
by Diana Davis Creative
Pollen is a podcast for Creative Entrepreneurs - just like you! I'm Diana, a multi-passionate creative business coach and the founder of Diana Davis Creative. On this show, we're serving you a little woo with a healthy dose of strategy to support you on your entrepreneurial journey. After running a six-figure photography business and experiencing major burn-out, I decided to ditch the hustle and do things my way. This show is the place to turn to for all of the best tips for running your successful creative business. My guests and I share the real, nitty-gritty stories of creative entrepreneurship and our unique paths to success. If you're ready to land your dream clients, make money running a business that lights you up, and live a life that you love, you're in the right place. Tune in every week for new episodes and get ready for the inspiration and motivation you've been looking for.
Episodes
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The Secret to Becoming Magnetic w/ Ashley B Jones ✨🧲
In this episode. I’m joined by Ashley B. Jones for a conversation about becoming the version of yourself you actually love being. We explore what it means to embrace your uniqueness, let go of who you think you’re supposed to be, and build a life that feels deeply aligned. We also talk about...
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I Started Running My Business Like a Farm and Everything Changed 🐄🌻
IN THIS EPISODE… This one is practical, grounding, and a completely different way to think about your business. In this solo episode, we talk about what it looks like to tend to your business daily. The rhythms that keep it alive. And why showing up consistently, even for the unglamorous stuff…
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Scaling Sounds Cute Until You’re In It with Sam Schmidt 💅
In this episode… This one is honest, layered, and a behind-the-scenes look at what it actually takes to build and evolve a business, specifically a social media agency and coaching business. I sit down with Sam Schmidt to talk about her journey from being a geography teacher in the U.S. Virgin...
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Six Figures, a New Relationship, and Redefining Ambition 💰❤️
Launching a podcast is easy. Saying you’re going to show up every week and actually doing it? Not so much. This year I told myself I’d be consistent. I’d treat this like the real thing. I’d build momentum instead of flirting with it. And then… I didn’t. Entrepreneurship has a funny way of…
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3 Secrets To Getting More Engagement (Without Trying Harder) 💬✨
🌈 HUMAN is running live THIS Thursday, November 13th and enrollment is only $347. If you want to build a personal brand that feels magnetic, aligned, and you, this is your moment. HUMAN almost never runs live, so if you've been wanting guidance, deeper coaching, and real-time support, now is the...
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The Future of Creative Careers: The Playbook on Community, Freelance + AI with AIGA 🎨🤖🛝
In this episode. I'm joined by Lee-Sean Huang and Giulia Donatello from AIGA to explore the future of creative careers. We dig into why community matters more than ever, the opportunities that come from conferences, and the shifts happening with freelancing, agency life, and AI. Whether you're…
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999 Portal: Quantum Leaps and the Courage to Let Go with Candace Taylor 💫 ♓️
In this episode. This one's emotional, raw, and a big moment in my journey. And we recorded it on the 999 portal! I sit down with Candace to talk about transformation, intuition, and the powerful, sometimes painful, process of letting go. We unpack in LIVE TIME my decision to close Camp Clarity,...
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S2 Ep 38 Dirty Laundry: The Unfiltered Reality of Running a Creative Business 💸👚
In this episode. I get vulnerable and real about the messy side of entrepreneurship — the parts we don't see on Instagram. From debt and negative months to burnout and the emotional rollercoaster of running a creative business, I'm sharing my behind-the-scenes truth and why I believe these...
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S2 Ep 37 180K Followers Later: The Truth About Being an OG Instagram Creator with Jera Bean 🎤💃
Some episodes feel like a warm, soul-honest hug—and this one with Jera is exactly that. Jera is a social media strategist, content creator, and real-deal creative who's walked the wild path from fitness influencer to brand-builder and business owner. In this convo, we talk about what it really...
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S2 Ep 36 Breakups + Breadcrumbs: What it means for your business 💔 🍞
In this episode. I get personal and raw as I share the behind-the-scenes of navigating a recent breakup—and how it's rippled through my life, mental health, and business. This isn't just about relationships. It's about the messy, beautiful recalibration that happens when you let go of something…
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S2 Ep 35 What No One Tells You About Owning a Retail Biz w/ Kelly Geiman 🛍️🌴
In this episode. I sit down with creative entrepreneur and retail shop owner Kelly Geiman to explore what it really takes to open a brick-and-mortar biz in the age of algorithms. From a fashion career in New York to founding Union in Venice, California, Kelly's story is full of heart, hustle, and...
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S2 E34 The Power of Showing Up Offline + Trusting the Pings ✨
Time for another solo episode, and this one's for anyone feeling like the algorithm is sucking the soul out of your business. We're talking about the power of real-life connection—yes, actual face-to-face conversations—and how meeting people offline might just be the most underrated business move...
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S2 E33 From School Teacher to Multi-Millionaire: The Business Moves That Changed Everything with Jess Glazer ✏️
🚀 Sign up for Jess's FREE DBE Live 3-day event happening March 20th, 25th, + 27th! In this episode. How do you build a thriving business that actually supports the life you want—without working yourself into the ground? In this conversation, I sit down with my mentor, Jess Glazer DeRose, to…
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S2 E32 Client Testimonials: "I manifested EVERYTHING on my list" with Caitie Corradino 🫶🌟💸
This episode is a little bit different from our usual, but so full of expansion! With the kickoff of Camp Clarity: Recalibration Edition right around the corner, we're bringing back an incredible repeat guest and past Camp Clarity success, Caitie Corradino. We're diving into Caitie's experience...
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S2 E31 Get Out of Business Debt in 2025 and All Things Money Talk with Gina Knox 💰🤑💵
We don't always think about debt as valuable, but the truth is that businesses are using debt to their advantage every day. The important part is to fully understand business debt, how to leverage it, and stay knowledgeable about the ins and outs of using debt. Founder and finance coach Gina Knox...
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S2 E30 Spirituality, Money, and Living Your Purpose with Logan Gentry 🫶⛪️💵
If you've listened to recent episodes, you've heard me mention "ex-pastor dude" and how I'm currently recalibrating my life. Well this episode is so amazing because he's joining us on the show! Logan Gentry is a former civil engineer turned former pastor who now is an executive coach helping…
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S2 E29 What Failure Means About You as an Entrepreneur with Liz Perra 🫠👀👩💻
Entrepreneurship is not for the faint of heart, and a big part of that is because you have to fail so many times to get good at things, learn hard lessons, and get on the right track. Nobody knows that better than Liz Perra and her spouse and business partner Beau. They're the epitome of serial...
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S2 E28 How I'm Recalibrating My Life and Biz 😮💨🧘♀️❤️
Time for another solo episode, and this one is FULL of so many updates on nomad life, personal and dating things, and business. It's definitely a cross-legged on the couch, grab your matcha and let's chat kind of episode. There's more to this that just an update though! This episode is all about...
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S2 E27 From Fast-Paced Startup to Slowed Down Alignment: The Importance of Burnout and Trusting Your Intuition with Magali Matthieu 👩💻🤯⭐️
Burnout...a word we all know and hate and a symptom of being misaligned in our purpose. While avoiding and even overcoming burnout can be challenging, it's a necessary part of creating a life of alignment. Vitality coach Magali Matthieu is no stranger to burnout. After experiencing it herself at…
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S2 E26 Why I Hate Goals and What You Should Try Instead of Goal Setting 📆❌🤯
Goal setting is a well versed topic in the entrepreneurship space, but as a creative, do you ever feel like it's so restrictive? I do too, and that's why I actually hate goals, and don't worry about setting specific, ridiculously detailed goals and deadlines. Instead, I focus on something else…
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S2 E25 How AI Can Help Your Creative Business Grow with Lauren deVane 📷📱🖥
AI is a whole new landscape, especially for business owners, but it can actually be really helpful to you as a creative business owner. AI Auntie Lauren deVane is working to make AI easy, strategic, and authentic for creatives and entrepreneurs, and she's our incredible guest for today. For this...
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S2 E24 Life's Initiations and Transitions and How They Help You Serve Your Clients 👌🏰💡
Another solo episode coming at you, and for this one Diana is riffing a little on something she dives deeper into the strategic side of in Suite 🍭. We're chatting about the concept of being initiated in business, what those transitions currently look like for Diana and her product suite, and…
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S2 E23 How to Create, Host, and Sell Out Impactful Retreats with Amber Hagberg 🏝🏕🧘♀️
So many of you have had questions about running retreats, so this is a special episode with a friend that I believe is such an expert when it comes to retreats and building a community. My friend Amber Hagberg is a retreat coach and a master at selling out retreats without having to constantly...
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S2 E22 How Treating Your Brand Like a Magazine Will Help Your People Connect More to You and Your Offers 📰🍭📷
Since you're the face of your brand as a solopreneur, you have to connect with your people on a different level. People buy from people, so we have to balance being a human and sharing our own personal story and experiences with the brand side of things. For today's episode we're going to be...
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S2 E21 Everything You Need to Know Before Hiring a VA or OBM for Your Business with Alexandra Smith 👩💻💻👀
This episode is a long time coming! Alexandra Smith, my friend and my OBM (Online Business Manager) is joining us on the show. I've worked with Alexandra for a few years now and not only is she great at being the integrator in my business so I can focus on being the creative visionary, but she…
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S2 E20 The Truth About Building a Community of Over 100 Creatives 👯♀️🌞❤️
Get ready for a real, very in-the-moment episode! If you've been around here for a minute you've heard me mention my new community, Recess. It's such an incredible space, but creating it had its challenges too. For this episode, I'm doing a sort of part 2 to Episode 17 where I talked about some...
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S2 E19 How Life Design is Your Key to Happiness and a Full Life with Gaby Cevallos 😁☀️🔑
If you've ever felt like you needed a change, wanted more out of life, or had a desire to try more things in your small amount of time here, then this episode will really excite you. Gaby Cevallos is a life design strategist and is passionate about helping people create the roadmap that helps…
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S2 E18 Tapping into Your Feminine Energy to Create a Holistic, Soul-led Life and Business with Megan Hatfield 👩🌙💅
If you want a well-rounded and fully fulfilled life and business, learning to harmonize your masculine and feminine is an important piece. But how do you lean into your feminine energy in business and what does that look like? In this episode with Megan Hatfield, you're getting the answers to…
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S2 E17 How Recess Came to Be and Advice for Building Your Own Community 🤸♀️🪀🤝
The Recess community is finally open to the world! This wasn't an idea that was quickly launched though - there's a process to creating a space that actually makes a difference for the people that are a part of it. For this episode, you'll get a little peek behind the curtain of how the Recess...
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S2 E16 Challenging Your Beliefs about Money and Success with Townsend Wardlaw 💵💰🌅
What does success look like for you? What if you found out that most people that achieve the success they want and have all the money they need aren't actually fulfilled? This is the mindset challenge that Townsend is encouraging you to think about. Society tells us that we have to chase more…
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S2 E15 The Power of Travel & a Special Invitation Collab with Caitie Corradino ✈️🏜⛰
This is a special episode (and a first) on the podcast because it's a collaboration episode with my friend, dietician, and fellow retreat host Caitie Corradino. We came together for an episode to discuss the power of travel and retreats and how these have influenced both of our lives. Plus we're...
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S2 E14 Living the Digital Nomad Dream with Dulce Toscano ✨🎒🏄♀️
We talk about digital nomad life a lot on this podcast, but today you're getting a new perspective on traveling the world full-time from Latina, CEO, social media strategist, and world traveler Dulce Toscano. Dulce grew up a hard worker in an immigrant family, was the first in her family to go to...
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S2 E13 Revitalize Your Energy Around Getting More Clients 🌟👩💻💡
The podcast is back after a little hiatus and it feels so good! Let's talk about clients and when we feel like they're just not out there. We've all had moments of feeling like we're speaking to the void, no one wants to pay us, and we should just give up, but we're going to talk through that in...
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S2 E12 Intuition: How to Hear it, Feel it, and Trust it with Caitie Corradino 🦋🔮✨
Hey Pollen! How often do you listen to your intuition? Do you tend to ignore that feeling deep in your belly or do you boldly live according to it? I'm so excited to share this episode with Caitie Corradino where we dive into how intuition can bust right through your fears. Intuition can…
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S2 E11 Life and Love Update from the Road ❤️ 🚗
Hey Pollen! It's been a while but I'm back with a new solo episode that dives into the themes of life and love. A lot has been happening lately and I'm excited to share my journey with you. What's next for me? That's a question I've been asking myself a lot lately. Moving forward can be…
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S2 E10 Millionaire Mother: Empowering Women and Mothers To Lead Successful Businesses with Cait Scudder 👑 👩👧👦
Hey Pollen! I'm back with a new episode with a special guest, Cait Scudder. She's a 7 Figure CEO, Business Mentor for Mom Entrepreneurs and my former coach! We're coming to you today with an interesting conversation about the wonders of motherhood and business. We know that mothers are amazing,...
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S2 E9 Top 5 Things to Do When Starting a Business 💼 📝
Hey Pollen! I'm back with another solo episode where I break down the top 5 five things to do when you're starting your business or pivoting into a new direction. We're only real people here: building a business isn't an easy task, and neither is pivoting your business. But here's the flip side…
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S2 E8 What Creative Entrepreneurs Need to Know About Building a Brand with Giulia Previati 👩💻 🎨
Hey Pollen! Joining us for today's episode is creative brand expert, Giulia Previati! This conversation will surely help you grow as a creative entrepreneur! Branding is all the ways your business presents itself to the world. It's how you tell your story, connect with your audience, and stand…
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S2 E7 Being a Student of Life with Larry Davis (My Dad!) 📝 🌱
Hey Pollen! I'm back with another exciting episode and this time, we're joined by a very special guest — Larry Davis, my dad! This episode on art and trusting your path is such a treat. We dive into my Dad's journey as a cowboy, father, and entrepreneur. He shares so much wisdom on learning from...
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S2 E6 Mindset Shifts and Simple Strategy to Build Your Business Your Way with Ben Easter ✨ ✅
Hey Pollen! I'm back with another exciting episode and this time, we get to talk to Ben Easter! This expert episode on mindset and growing your business is stacked full of powerful takeaways that you can apply to your business today. Ben's story is a true testament to building a life and business...
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S2 E5 Affiliate Marketing and Referrals: How to Use Them in Your Creative Business 🗣️ 💰
Hi Pollen! I'm coming at you today with a solo episode on a topic we probably haven't thought about in years — if at all… What would our world be like without Instagram? There are so many ways to grow your business and make a mark in the creative market outside of Instagram. Things like affiliate...
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S2 E4 People Pleasing in Business and in Your Relationships with Dating Coach Clara Artschwager 🤝 🩷
Hey Pollen! I'm back with another exciting episode and this time, we're joined by Clara Artschwager! This expert episode on people-pleasing and finding the right match for you will no doubt be a juicy treat for you. So many of us are used to bending over backward to cater to the needs of others....
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S2 E3 How Did We Market Our Businesses Before the Internet? 🛜 📈
Social media can be draining. I get it. Most successful business owners and coaches will talk about the power of social media — me included! It's a very helpful tool to reach your people. But if it's becoming toxic and you find yourself scrolling endlessly, it may be time to cut back. Or time to...
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S2 E2 Expanding Beyond Instagram to Build Your Business with Jamie Ratermann 🤳🏼💡
Hey Pollen! I'm back with a new podcast episode and this time we're joined by one of my best friends in the world, Jamie Ratermann! You're in for a treat with this expert episode on social media marketing and touching base with your audience. Here's the thing about social media — almost everyone...
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S2 E1 Recap of Year One as a Nomad 🚙 ✈️
Hey Pollen! I know it's been a while since the last episode — six months and a bit more! But I'm back for a brand new season. I've been living as a nomad for a YEAR now, and I'm excited to share what that journey's been like with you. I'll say it straight. Living as a nomad hasn't been easy, but...
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E40 How Human Design Can Help You Live Your Most Dreamy Life with Amelia Lehmann 🧬💫
Are you ready to revolutionize the way you view your creative work? If you haven't already, now is the perfect time to unlock your unique energetic blueprint and uncover how to use energetics to live life your way. In today's episode, Diana sits down with human design expert Amelia Lehmann to...
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E39 5 Fulfilling Ways to Work With Diana in 2023 and Take Your Business to the Next Level 🙌🚀
Ready to kick 2022 to the curb and sprint into the New Year? Not so fast, or you'll miss out on everything you accomplished in 2022. Relax into a comfy chair and pull out your phone's camera roll. You might be surprised at how far you've come since last January. In this mini-episode, Diana takes…
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E38 How to Rewrite Your Money Story for a Wealthy, Impactful Future with Meera Meyer 💸✨
Be honest…how is your relationship with money? Do you crave wealth but feel a sense of unease around having a plethora of it? Is the idea of debt something you stuff away under your bed or in a closet and hope will go away? You might even feel guilty for wanting more when you already have...
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E37 The Ultimate Guide to Hiring a New Team ✍️🧑💼
As productive as it may sound, it's impossible to do everything by yourself when you're growing a business — and you really shouldn't. While it is ideal to be hands-on with all parts of the business, it can take a toll on your growth as an entrepreneur. This is where hiring a new team and…
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E36 From Corporate Career Woman to Full-Time Influencer with Melanie Phillips 🤳🤩
The influencer space has taken the world by storm in the past years. We are now consuming content at levels previously unimaginable, and we're seeing essentially no end to this momentum soon. But what does it mean to become an influencer? And how do you even become one? In this episode of The...
About this show
Pollen is a podcast for Creative Entrepreneurs - just like you! I'm Diana, a multi-passionate creative business coach and the founder of Diana Davis Creative. On this show, we're serving you a little woo with a healthy dose of strategy to support you on your entrepreneurial journey. After running a six-figure photography business and experiencing major burn-out, I decided to ditch the hustle and do things my way. This show is the place to turn to for all of the best tips for running your successful creative business. My guests and I share the real, nitty-gritty stories of creative entrepreneurship and our unique paths to success. If you're ready to land your dream clients, make money running a business that lights you up, and live a life that you love, you're in the right place. Tune in every week for new episodes and get ready for the inspiration and motivation you've been looking for.
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