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Shoot It Straight — 201 episodes

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198: Email Marketing Is Not Optional Anymore

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197: The Business Audit I Do When Everything Feels Off

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196: When You Don't Know What Move to Make Next (Because You're in a Funk)

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195: What I Wish Someone Had Told Me

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194: Q2 2026 Business Bestie Chat with Colie James

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193: Why Your Mini Sessions Aren't Selling Out Anymore (It's Not Your Pricing or Your Photos)

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192: Marriage When You're Both Busy and Exhausted

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191: Meta Ads for Beginners with Brooklyn Grotte

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190: From Skeptical to Obsessed with Jaiden Hamilton

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189: When The Business You Love Starts To Feel Like Too Much

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188: A Peek Behind The Scenes

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187: Why Are We In A Hurry?

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186: When Confidence Feels Rusty

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185: What Five Years of Community Taught Me About Support

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184: Redefining Success

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183: Q1 2026 Business Bestie Chat with Colie James

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182: The Content Strategy Behind My Rebrand with Jaiden Hamilton

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181: More Than A Pretty Website: The Strategy Behind The Aesthetic with Cassie Pannier

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180: How Human Design Helped Me Rebuild My Brand From the Inside Out with Breanna Owen

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179: Everything Is New and Here's Why: The Story Behind the Rebrand

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178: What You Need This Year

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177: Habits and Routines with Jessica Massey [REPLAY]

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176: Energetics in Business with Colie James

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175: Marketing Doesn’t Have To Be Hard with Brooke Jefferson

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174: Embracing White Space and Seasons of Ease with Jillian Dolberry

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173: Letting Things Go To Make Space For New Opportunities with Annemie Tonken

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172: White Space: The Secret To My Most Creative Ideas

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171: The Business I Once Dreamed Of

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170: How a Stylist Built Confidence and Changed How I Showed Up In Business with Betsy Beaman

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169: Navigating Big Business Transitions with Guests Melissa Arlena and Alison Bell

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168: Real Women, Real Stories: From New Photographer to Agency Founder with Cheyenne Morris

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167: When Business Feels Hard: A Heart-to-Heart for the Hard Seasons

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166: Designing a Luxury Photography Brand That Clients Rave About with Kelly Bullock

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165: Q4 2025 Business Bestie Chat with Colie James

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164: How to Continue Marketing Your Business During Busy Season

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163: What Is A Brand World & Why It Makes Every Piece of Marketing More Effective with Cassie Pannier

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162: Human Design Energetics and Business with Breanna Owen

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161: Insider Retreat Stories with Cheyenne Morris

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160: Burnout 101: What To Watch For + How To Reset Before It’s Too Late

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159: Real Women, Real Stories with Kelly Bullock

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158: Making Pinterest Work For You with Kara Duncan

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157: Money Mindset and Shifts To Make When Business Sucks with Kelly Marshall

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156: Real Women, Real Stories with Meg Mosher

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155: How To Grow Your Business - Audience Asked Question

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154: Adding $150k In Revenue With A Micro Offer

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153: Real Women, Real Stories with Emily Irwin

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152: Q3 Business Bestie Chat with Colie James

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151: Ask Me Anything: Answering YOUR Questions

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150: Storytelling That Sells: How To Use Your Life To Attract Dream Clients with D’Arcy Benincosa

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149: Real Women, Real Stories with Kristen Dyer

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148: Real Women, Real Stories with Genevieve Arjal

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147: Sustainable Scaling with Jillian Dolberry

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146: How To Stay Consistent When Marketing Feels Like A Chore

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145: Real Women, Real Stories w/ Kellie Llewellyn

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144: Marketing Isn’t One Size Fits All—Here’s How to Do It Your Way

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143: 5 Quick Things To Improve Your Marketing This Week

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142: Adding a Revenue Stream with Aubrey Westlund

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141: Q2 2025 Business Bestie Chat with Colie James

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140: My Car Was A Lemon: A Lesson On Client Experience

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139: 3 Mindset Shifts For A Successful Business

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138: Balancing Self-Care, Motherhood, and Business with Jess Massey

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137: How To Confidently Raise Your Prices with Dustin Mushinski

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136: Marketing Jar Approach with Dayna Schaaf

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135: Do THIS With Your Marketing For Better Results

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134: Book More Clients with Brooke Jefferson

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133: The Big Mistake You’re Making With Marketing

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132: When Letting Go Is The Best Move

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131: The Power of Saying No to Simplify Your Business and Align With Your Goals

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130: Spotting Burnout Early - How To Coach Yourself Back To Balance

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129: 10 Mistakes I Made Early In Business

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128: Q1 2025 Business Bestie Chat

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127: 3 Mindset Shifts For Success This Year

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126: Starting the Year Strong: Part Two of My Planning Routine

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125: Starting the Year Strong: Part One of My Planning Routine

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124: Reflections, Growth, and Lessons: A Year in Review Part Two

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123: Reflections, Growth, and Lessons: A Year in Review Part One

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122: Mastering Brand Photography with Amanda Mendenhall

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121: Creating A Luxury Senior Photography Business with Kellie Llewellyn

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120: Creative Exploration Through Self Portraits with Angela Doran

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119: Heirloom Portraiture with Mallory Shelton

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118: Mini Session Success with Danielle Miranda

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117: Exceptional Client Experience with Natasha Sewell

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116: Glowing Google Reviews with Christine Dammann

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115: From Empty to Abundant

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114: Q4 Business Bestie Chat with Colie James

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113: Mindset Shifts for Money Makers with Kelly Marshall

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112: 5 Personal Development Books Every Female Entrepreneur Should Read

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111: What I’m Outsourcing in 2024

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110: Ways You Can Invest In Your Business & What To Consider Before You Do

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109: Dark Side to Being Perfectly Productive

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108: Making Social Media Fun with Jaiden Robinson

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107: SEO For Photographers in 2024 with Melissa Arlena

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106: Advice From More Than 30 Years Experience with Colie James & Annemie Tonken

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105: Why You’re Not Successful with Val Duvick

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104: Successfully Transitioning Out of Slow Season with Annemie Tonken

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103: Q3 Business Besties Chat with Colie James

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102: Ditching The Mom Guilt While Running A Photography Business with Brittnie Renee

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101: Scale Your Business With A Membership feat. The Business Minimalist Podcast

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100: Childhood, Intuition, and High-Achieving Women with D’Arcy Benincosa

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99: Calendar Tips To Prep For More Ease This Fall

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98: The First Step To Prepare For Busy Season

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97: What I'm Loving in 2024

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96: How To Succeed When Business Is Slow

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95: An Honest Look At Time Management

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94: 5 Marketing Strategies for Photographers

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93: Taylor Swift and the Stress Cycle

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92: Marketing I Learned From A Car Salesman

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91: 10 Signs It’s Time To Raise Your Prices

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90: The Top 3 Questions I Get Asked as a Photography Coach

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89: How To Handle Overwhelm

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88: Q2 Business Besties Chat with Colie James

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87: When business is slow

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86: Marketing Magic with ManyChat Guest Dayna Schaaf

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85: Your Business Won’t Grow Without This

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84: What It Takes To Scale Your Business with Ashlyn Carter

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83: The ONE Thing Getting in Your Way

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82: Declutter your Business in 5 Steps with Jade Boyd

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81: How to find ease in business

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80: Trying In-Home Photography with Leah O’Connell

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79: Website Work with Kate Hejde

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78: 3 Mindset Shifts For Success This Year

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77: How To Be More Organized

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76: Content Creation that Connects with Maddie Peschong

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75: Quarterly Business Chat with Colie James

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74: How To Make Things Happen This Year

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73: Wise Ways to Spend January

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72: What To Do When You’re Overwhelmed

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71: Creating White Space with Maddie Peschong

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70: Cultivating Confidence With Annemie Tonken

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69: Speaking To Clients On Your Website With Sara Gillis

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68: How To Avoid Burnout With D’Arcy Benincosa

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67: Guest Annemie Tonken: When Things Are Slow

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66: What Worked & What Didn't

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65: Guest Jada Dobesh on Feminine Energy in Business

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64: How To Finish The Year Well

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63: Money Month Guest D'Arcy Benincosa on Money Mindset

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62: Money Month Truth About Making More And Working Less

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61: Money Month Guest LoriAnn Kuntz On Knowing Your Numbers

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60: Money Month: The Truth About Spending

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59: Unpopular Opinion About Making It

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58: Unpopular Opinion About Changing Your Mind

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57: Unpopular Opinion About Selling Digital Files

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56: Unpopular Opinions - More Sessions Doesn’t Mean More Success

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55: Celebrating One Year Of The Podcast: An Interview With ME!

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54: Shame and Business

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53: Business Lessons From Yoga

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52: Why You Should Avoid Rushing

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51: Getting Back to Work After the Summer with Brittnie Renee

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50: 3 Steps To Avoid End-Of-Year Burnout

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49: How to Get the Inquiries You Want

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48: Business Sustainability with Amanda Warfield

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47: Avoiding Burnout with Colie James

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46: Grief and Business with Kate Hejde

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Bonus: The Business Tip Road Trip

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45: Habits and Routines with Jessica Massey

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44: The Easiest Way To Market Yourself

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43: What To Do About The Recession with Colie James

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42: Why I Outsource My Editing

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41: How To Survive Summer

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40: The Perpetual State of Hurry with Becky Hoschek

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39: When You Don't Seem To Have The Time

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38: Why Community Matters

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37: Education When You Aren’t A Newbie with Natasha Sewell

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36: Let’s Talk Burnout

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35: Why Creatives Struggle With Money with Val Duvick

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34: Imposter Syndrome Pep Talk

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33: A Holistic Approach to Goals

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32: Big Investment, Big Impact

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31: Consistency in Marketing with Amanda Warfield

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30: Successful Summer Planning

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29: Are You Distracted

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28: Lessons From 12 Years In Business

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27: When You Don’t See Progress

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26: Attending Your First Conference or Workshop

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25: Vulnerability in Messaging with Sara Gillis

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24: Reach Your Goals with these 4 Shifts

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23: How to Maximize Slow Seasons

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22: Purposeful Planning Problems with Maddie Peschong

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21: Excitement and Fear

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20: What Do You Want This Year?

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19: Highlights of 2022

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18: How to Transition from Hustle to Rest

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17: Seasons of Hustle and Rest with Kate Kordsmeier

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16: Busy Season Reflection

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15: Is your business in alignment?

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14: Creatives and Overwhelm with Rachel Greiman

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13: Avoiding Overwhelm with Margin

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12: What To Do When You’re Overwhelmed

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11: Why You Are Overwhelmed

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10: 8 Things that Made a Big Impact

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9: Why In-Person Education Matters

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8: Elevate with Education with Annemie Tonken

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7: The Real Reason Creatives Don’t Invest in Their Business

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The B Word, A BONUS Episode

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6: Top 3 things I can’t live without

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5: Investing in Outsourcing with Colie James

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4: Debunking a Myth: You Have to Do It All

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3: Bringing Back Creativity

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2: The Importance of Business Sustainability

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1: How to Measure Your Success

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