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Episode 15: Crafting your story with business and family

Listen in to this one-on-one coaching episode where Elizabeth and Katie discuss the challenges of owning a photography business, the impact it can have on your personal life, and how to work towards the work life balance you dream of. Elizabeth challenges Katie to implement practices in her business that would most benefit her so she can spend more time focusing on the things that matter most to her. They discuss the importance of mindset work and how a consistent practice can shift her entire business by discovering subconscious beliefs that could be holding her back. 

 

Some important questions that came up include:
Are you crafting a story in your life outside of work? 
Are you tracking your time so you have an idea of how much you are actually making?
Are you giving your family as much attention as your business? 
Are you working in your zone of genius? 
Are you making mindset work a priority?

 

About Katie:

I am a wedding and lifestyle photographer....I am a lover of people and stories. I always been in awe of the natural beauty of people - and sharing their stories to the world. I was always into film and photography since high school. I was always creative and had "my head in the clouds," as my parents would say....I always like to dream big and ideas - I went to film school in 2006 and then continue my studies to tie in my sports and media background. When I went to Brock for Sports Management. I worked in athletics for BrockTV creating and producing expose segments on our athletes. It wasn't until then I developed a stronger passion for telling and sharing stories in a linear fashion i.e., video but, that is also when I began to take stills and wanted to further developed my knowledge more - I fell in love with sports photography and capturing the grit and glory of the moment. When I graduated I started my business in helping athletes get recognized for their talent producing recruitment videos to hoping to get sponsorship. Then I transition into capturing stills - and then my wedding photographer Destiny loved how I captured action/in the moment stills, and she began my mentor and friend took me under her wing to show me the wedding world. I second shot for her and learned the ropes and slowly I started to book my own weddings. From there (4 years later)... I feel in love with weddings and families and the story is history hahahah!

 

LINKS:

Web: https://katiecranephotography.com

IG: @katiecranephotography 

Time Tracking App: https://toggl.com

Aligned Business Accelerator program: https://education.almondleafstudios.com/aligned-business

The Big Leap (book):

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00282MRQI?ref=exp_almondleaf_dp_vv_d

YouTube Video on Tapping (EFT):

https://youtu.be/FPpyvnwHqqw

 

Episode 14: How turning down the noise of the outside world can allow guidance to come from within

Elizabeth and Nikia discuss how to show up to your purpose as it’s presented to you throughout your life. As a Reiki master, Nikia serves as a conduit of universal energy to help people facilitate their own healing.  Feeling how much power is inside of you if you choose to tap into it and recognize what you are capable of, can be life changing.  We hold onto the trauma in our bodies and that can manifest in our lives and business.  If we ignore or suppress it, it will continue to resurface until we have worked through it. Nikia discusses how, on a daily basis, we can learn how to work through that pain. Integrating healing into your daily life could look like meditation, journaling or simply breathing. Easing into your day and creating these sacred moments helps to turn the noise of the world down, and you up.  Listen to enjoy a sample guided meditation at the end of this episode.

 

LINKS:

Free Mini Reiki sessions for July. 

https://calendly.com/nikiaphoenix/free-mini-reiki-session

IG: @nikiaphoenix (https://www.instagram.com/nikiaphoenix/)

 

Visit: Almondleafstudios.com/limitingbeliefs and get free access to our workshop which helps you discover what is limiting you in your business. 

Episode 13: How a 7 figure business working 6 hours a week thrives with automation

Lindsey, the owner of Star Tower Systems, and Elizabeth talk about how automation has transformed their businesses, and ultimately, their lives. Lindsey works 6 hours a week in her thriving 7-figure business and her company supports Elizabeth with automation in Almond Leaf Studios.

This conversation moves from practical tips on implementing automation to deep mindset shifts that are essential to growth in your business. Together, they share the love of efficiency and the value of time spent with family and friends. Lindsey shares how breaking down some of her big goals and making them tangible has allowed business to become fun and easy. 

Listen in to hear some of the practices that have allowed Lindsey to achieve such great success in such a short amount of time, all while enjoying her young children and living out her dream.  

Lindsey started Star Tower Systems with a dream and a 3 day old baby. She realized that she could start a business, doing what she loved, instead of working away for someone else. Lindsey is an automation wizard and business strategist that focuses on creating peaceful experiences for business owners and their customers alike! She's known for her get it done attitude and her candid conversations about life and business. Her spirit animal is a honey badger.

 

Links:

The Limitless Bundle: https://dreamertodoer.lpages.co/rtt-session-bundle/

 

Visit: Almondleafstudios.com/quiz and take our short quiz to discover what your business is craving.  

Episode 12: Reimagining the path to success as a female entrepreneur

Lauren and Elizabeth step into a conversation about what it looks like to be a woman in business with beliefs that were likely formed by observing a masculine-driven workforce. Lauren shares how the patterns and beliefs that were formed early in development are what create your current reality, and healing is the portal to transforming that reality. This conversation flows from what it looks like to activate your feminine energy to redesigning your relationship with money, to even the different hormonal cycles that can affect how we achieve success. 

 

Listen to free yourself of the overwhelming to do list, and begin to see entrepreneurship differently.  

BIO: 

Lauren is a spiritual teacher and leader in the online space helping women transform their lives, their bank accounts and HEAL their reality.

 

LINKS:

Web: https://www.laurenoflove.com/go

IG: @laurenoflove (https://www.instagram.com/laurenoflove/?hl=en)

Visit: Almondleafstudios.com/quiz and take our short quiz to discover what your business is craving.  

Episode 11: Your limbic brain wants to protect you, but here's what you can do about it.

In this conversation, Elizabeth admits to nervousness and insecurity just before beginning the conversation, and together she and Brenne dissect why that happens and how to disrupt those patterns. They discuss how the limbic brain seeks to self preserve, often creating stories based on fiction, and Brenne offers some practical ways to prevent self-sabotage in stress induced moments. From public speaking to raising your rates, the tools that Brenne offers during this conversation apply to creatives and business professionals in a variety of fields. 

Tune in to learn how you can calm your nervous system with some simple reminders, increase confidence as you raise your rates, and understand how your mind may be preventing you from future success.  

 

Brenne Hali is a communication coach, educator, and secret weapon to thousands of big-hearted go-getters around the world.

Her greatest passion, and "the why" behind everything she does, is to empower people to show up (and speak up!) as the versions of themselves they most want to be. She provides teams and individuals with the practical tools and coaching they need to overcome nerves, express themselves clearly, and exude authentic confidence in ALL of their interactions. 

Brenne founded SelfSpoken with a mission to share the most valuable and practical skills she gained from both her acting career (which began with the national tour of a Broadway musical), and the near-decade she spent facilitating communication and leadership trainings in the U.S. and abroad.

Nothing lights Brenne up more than empowering people (from every background, industry, and career stage) to stop trying to "prove themselves," and instead, speak with real, undeniable confidence from the inside out.

Outside of work, Brenne enjoys few things more than long, delicious meals with friends, traveling with her husband, Eli, and dancing full-out in her living room. 

 

Links:

Visit: Almondleafstudios.com/quiz and take our short quiz to discover what your business is craving. 

 

The Confident Communicator - opening for enrollment on June 8th, 2021!

 - A holistic, step-by-step program to help big-hearted go-getters get out of their heads, speak with more impact, and step into real, undeniable confidence from the inside out.

 

Presence Under Pressure - opening for enrollment on October 5th, 2021!

https://www.selfspoken.com/pup-waitlist/

 - The 8-week, live group coaching program that’ll empower you to communicate more clearly and confidently under pressure.

 

Website

https://www.selfspoken.com/

 

Instagram

@brenne_selfspoken

 

Linkedin

https://www.linkedin.com/company/selfspoken/

Episode 10: How the menstrual cycle can influence the way you run your business

In this episode, Elizabeth and Raven discuss the power of the menstrual cycle and the importance of having connection to it.  They dive deep into the four phases of the cycle, which provide different levels of energy including:

• The Menstruation Phase - when everything is open and we are most sensitive. During this phase, it’s important to focus on our own healing. 
• The Follicular Phase - when we have the most energy. It’s our most productive phase where we can experience the most connection with people and planning.  
• The Ovulation Phase - when sensuality and openness is at its peak. Self care is most impactful during this time. 
• The Luteal Phase - when we tend to turn inward and connect to truth, making adjustments based on that. 

During the conversation Rave and Elizabeth discuss how we can get rid of shame and connect to the human experience. They explore how when we do, it can have an impact on so many facets of our lives, including the way we run a business. Tune in to learn how these phases can provide insight into the energy needed in different phases of business.  

 

Discover what your business is craving. Take our quiz: almondleafstudios/quiz

 

More about Raven Rose: 

Visionary and medicine woman Raven Rose, was called to her path while in search of natural remedies to overcome debilitating menstrual pain. On that quest she became a menstrual health herbalist, Kambo practitioner, and revived many of her ancestral medicines. In her practice Moon Medicine, Raven helps others restore balance to their menstrual cycles, through embracing a cyclical lifestyle, traditional healing practices, and restoring ancestral wisdom.  

 

Connect with Raven on IG: @moonmedicines or moonmedicine.co

Promo: Sacred Cycles 12-week online course - https://moonmedicine.samcart.com/products/sacred-cycles/

 

Menstrual Cycle Tracking App: Kindara

Recommended Herbal Tea: Ashwaganda Tea (linked here on Elizabeth’s Amazon favorites):  https://www.amazon.com/shop/almondleaf

Episode 09: Pulling back the curtain on my booking process

In this episode, Elizabeth sits down with wedding photographer, Jill Cherry Porter. Jill  joined our signature program, The Art of Booking, and shares how it quite literally changed her life. On the episode, she talks about how her business transformation paralleled her health transformation, even after many years in business. Jill shares that if you listen to your body and give yourself a break from the business, it allows abundance to enter in. Everything expands from there. Listen in to learn more about allowing your business to grow and expand with ease! 

Visit: Almondleafstudios.com/limitingbeliefs and download my digital at home workshop that will help you uncover limiting beliefs that are holding you back from achieving your dreams. 

Jill’s Bio:

I'm Jill and I'm a Fine Art Wedding Photographer based in Scotland. I've been photographing people in love, in a relaxed, easy way, for over 14 years now and I am so passionate about it.  I specialise in photography full of light, love and laughter, both at home in the UK and Internationally.  

Having been on a personal health journey in recent years, I find myself growing in awareness of how holistic our lives and wellbeing really are.  I'm drawn to understanding what makes us feel most at ease with ourselves and how to create and nurture space for this to happen.

Visit: jillcherryporterphotography.com or on IG: @jillcherryphoto

Episode 08: Your body is communicating your roadmap to wholeness

On this episode, Elizabeth interviews a friend and functional health consultant, Kate Willis, about physical and emotional healing, the demands of motherhood, hormonal changes, and how our bodies will show us the roadmap to greater health if we will tune in and listen. The conversation flows from redefining self care to some different ways of approaching exercise or movement to Kate’s perspective that our ever changing hormones as women is actually one of our superpowers. Tune into this episode for practical strategies to start seeing physical, emotional, and mental impact in your everyday life and in your business. 

 

Kate is a nurse practitioner and virtual functional health consultant serving women with gut, hormone and adrenal dysfunction. Together, they find the root cause and address it with lifestyle changes and strategic supplementation. Outside of work, she’s married to her husband Nate, is a boy mom to three wild and fun boys, and finds joy in her faith, family, the outdoors, good food and deep connections with others. 

 

For more information about Kate’s current programs and how you can work together to  find deep wellness visit her website: katewilliswellness.com or you can find her on Instagram: @kateswillis. 

Visit: Almondleafstudios.com/quiz and take our short quiz to discover what your business is craving. 

Episode 07: How connections on Instagram can change the trajectory of your life

In this episode, Elizabeth chats with an instagram influencer, Life by MJ,  who specializes in building brands and growing your business by connecting with your community via Instagram. MJ shares that her business grew as she became more transparent and shared her infertility journey with her audience. Together, they discuss the boundaries between sharing too much and offering a vulnerability that is magnetic to the kind of clients you want to attract, as well as some of the current ways you can grow your business on Instagram. MJ shares how being strategic with your strategy by looking at the stats can show you what your audience prefers and how to batch more content for them that will perform well. She also shares how you can begin using reels to increase your reach and get your content seen. 

 

MJ is a curly-haired millennial mother and wife who is a project manager by day and an influencer and entrepreneur every day. Long story short: she likes to wear a lot of hats that her afro can’t seem to fit. MJ has had the honor to work on over 50 brand collaborations with some of the world’s most notable companies such as Coca-Cola, Costco, and Oreo all while sharing her musings on motherhood, fashion, beauty, and other lifestyle topics. Additionally, she is super passionate about social media and helping others achieve their dreams and have a variety of means to help. On her podcast, A Life by You, MJ shares how to harness the power of social media to create a life on your own terms. She has also extended her support into other mediums including various coaching programs! Ultimately, through both her blog and social media services, she hopes to help influencers become entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs understand the power of their influence.

 

Contact and resources:

1:1 coaching services here: lifebymj.com/coaching/

IG: @lifebymj

Podcast: A life by you

Visit: Almondleafstudios.com/5questions for your free guide to see if you’re attracting clients who can’t wait to book you!

Episode 06: Pursuing abundance through inner healing

Elizabeth invites her own business + mindset coach, Melyssa Griffin, onto the podcast to share about the transformation that has come with investing in herself, finding support, and learning to build a business in alignment with who she is created to be. Melyssa shares how her personal journey of experiencing burnout caused her to pivot in her business, and how she now operates from a place of flow as she lives out her truth. Together, they discuss how abundance comes from alignment and how business can grow with ease if you abandon the prescriptive systems you were taught and lean into doing things your own way. Elizabeth shares how joining her mastermind was a truly life changing experience, both professionally and personally. Join us for this episode on abandoning scarcity, pursuing abundance through inner healing, and learning to craft your dream life.

Melyssa Griffin is a former school teacher turned entrepreneur who believes that the best way to grow a thriving business is to heal the leader behind the scenes. She coaches entrepreneurs back to their inner truth so that they can create abundance without self-abandonment. I help people reprogram their ineffective subconscious beliefs and patterns that are keeping them stuck so that they can create unapologetic success and abundance.

 

Website: Melyssagriffin.com

Mastermind enrollment: Alignedabundancemastermind.com

Take a free quiz: http://moneyarchetypequiz.com

Podcast: Limitlesslife

IG: @melyssa_griffin

 

Visit: Almondleafstudios.com/limitingbeliefs - and download a digital workshop that helps you uncover limiting beliefs that hold you back from achieving your dreams.