The Heart & Hustle Podcast

If you’re married (or about to be) and are considering getting into business with your spouse, you better listen to today’s podcast episode. Today we’re sitting down and talking with our good friends Jordan and Matt Dooley.   Jordan Lee Dooley is a National Bestselling Author, Speaker, Founder/CEO of the Own It Academy, and Host of SHE, a top-rated podcast for women. Her trajectory started with a small Etsy shop she started in college, and now her mission is to help women live their purpose and create a livelihood doing what they love so they can leave a legacy. She also sits on the Board of Advisors for Liberty University’s School of Business and has been featured on Forbes, Inc Magazine, SUCCESS Magazine's 30 Under 30 List, and more. Jordan is an Indiana native, an advocate of working in your slippers, and happily married to her college sweetheart, Matt.    Speaking of Matt, out of college he was drafted into the NFL for the Steelers. Then 2 weeks before his and Jordan’s wedding, he got dropped from the team. He then started working for a medical company, which he then later quit to work at home with Jordan. For a season he worked with Jordan in her business before eventually splitting off to start his own consulting company. Now they work side by side as work from home entrepreneurs while being crazy in love husband and wife.   Today’s conversation is GOOD. We cover everything from the ups and downs of working together, navigating the crazy dynamics of being both married AND business partners, keeping your business relationship separate from your romantic relationship, figuring out each other’s work styles, and so much more. THEN we pivot into talking about finances and navigating the chaos of money and numbers as an entrepreneur AND a couple. It’s a doozy of an episode full of so much wisdom and encouragement for anyone working together as a couple or wanting to in the future.   You’ll walk away with loads of encouragement as well as tools, tips, resources, and more. We’re so excited for you to listen to Jordan and Matt and all their wisdom!   Show notes: https://theheartuniversity.com/149-navigating-finances-and-working-together-as-a-married-couple-with-jordan-matt-dooley   Gigi Pip Hats: https://ctgro.com/VUumgWLeq  Use code “heartandhustle” for free shipping when you use the link!    Content Creation Guide: www.theheartuniversity.com/content Follow along with Jordan and Matt:  www.instagram.com/mattjdooley www.instagram.com/jordanleedooley   If you want to connect with us and other listeners in the Heart and Hustle community join our Facebook group here.   Follow along: www.instagram.com/mrslindseyroman www.instagram.com/evierupp www.instagram.com/theheartuniversity    

This is about to be a jam-packed episode you do not wanna miss out on. Today we’re going to chat all about Instagram and how we grew our very own Heart University account from 6k to 22k followers in just ONE year. Seems wild, right?! Well, it didn’t happen overnight. Trust us, we KNOW how stressful and time-consuming social media can be. This is why we want to share EVERYTHING we did to grow our Instagram. We’re spilling ALL the beans on the strategies and tools we implemented to grow our following and our business. Don’t go anywhere, because your mind is about to be BLOWN!   We wanted to do this episode, because especially in the beginning when you are first growing. Those numbers are the hardest. It’s hardest to get to 1,000 and then it is really hard to get to 10k. The beginning is such slow growth once you hit 50k or 100k it’s still hard, but it compounds.    We’re giving you a full glimpse into our strategies, processes, and tools.     Show notes: https://theheartuniversity.com/148-how-we-grew-our-instagram-from-6k-to-22k-in-a-year   HoneyBook: share.honeybook.com/heart   In addition to a FREE 7 day trial, get 50% off your first year of HoneyBook, a $200 value!!    The Heart University Courses: www.theheartuniversity.com/courses   If you want to connect with us and other listeners in the Heart and Hustle community join our Facebook group here.     Follow along: www.instagram.com/mrslindseyroman www.instagram.com/evierupp www.instagram.com/theheartuniversity  

Today’s guest needs no introduction because she’s incredible. When we first started this show back in November 2019, we wrote a list of our dream guests we wanted to interview, this woman’s name was on that list. And here we are. The day has come. Today we had the honor of chatting with Morgan Harper Nichols.  Morgan Harper Nichols is a popular Instagram poet and artist who has created her life’s work around the stories of others. Morgan’s Instagram feed has garnered a loyal online community, and she is the author of All Along You Were Blooming, and her recent book How Far You’ve Come. Known for its lyrical tone and vibrant imagery, Morgan’s work is an organic expression of the grace and hope we’ve been given in this world. Morgan has also performed as a vocalist on several GRAMMY-nominated projects and written for various artists, including a Billboard #1 single performed by her sister, Jamie-Grace. Morgan is often on the road creating, teaching, and performing, in hopes of spreading her unique inspirational message and inviting others into her creative process. If you’ve been on Instagram for any amount of time, we can guarantee you’ve seen Morgan’s art and words either on your explore page or shared via a friend. She has such a way with words and art that speaks to people’s souls and makes them feel not alone in whatever they’re going through. We chatted with her today about how she became a writer and artist if she always saw herself pursuing creativity as a career, where she gets her inspiration for her work from, her diagnosis with autism earlier this year, and advice for someone walking through a season of grief or unknown. Her words today will speak so deeply to your heart, inspiring you on your journey in big and beautiful ways.    Show notes: https://theheartuniversity.com/147-finding-inspiration-in-the-stories-of-life-with-morgan-harper-nichols   Better Help: www.betterhelp.com/heartandhustle Save 10% off your first month with Better Help!    Contracts: www.theheartcontracts.com Use the link above for 10% off!   Follow along with Morgan:  www.instagram.com/morganharpernichols www.tiktok.com/@morganharpernichols www.youtube.com/user/itsmorganmusic   If you want to connect with us and other listeners in the Heart and Hustle community join our Facebook group here.     Follow along: www.instagram.com/mrslindseyroman www.instagram.com/evierupp www.instagram.com/theheartuniversity    

We’re getting real. Like very real. We’re going countercultural and speaking some truth that a LOT of people need to hear. We’re talking about manifestation.    Especially in the creative entrepreneurship “girl boss” industry you’ve probably heard people use that word a lot. And if not the word manifestation itself, you’ve probably heard words associated with the concept creep into the language people use like “vibes”, “energy”, “universe”, “affirmations”, “vibrations”, “I manifested it,” etc.   We have a LOT to say on this topic because honestly, manifestation works. It’s popular because there IS some truth to it. Absolutely. The words and thoughts we speak over ourselves DO have power and they CAN bring about change. Yet there’s a fine line where manifestation is just not it and becomes off base to the Biblical truth God speaks in the Bible.   If you’ve listened to any of our past episodes or have followed us for any amount of time, you know we’re speaking to this topic based on our worldview and beliefs based on Scripture. Wonder why we believe manifestation completely misses the mark? Tune in now!   Show notes: https://theheartuniversity.com/146-why-manifestation-misses-the-mark   The Heart Shop Apparel: www.theheartuniversity.com/apparel   If you want to connect with us and other listeners in the Heart and Hustle community join our Facebook group here.   Follow along: www.instagram.com/mrslindseyroman www.instagram.com/evierupp www.instagram.com/theheartuniversity  

Today we’re talking straight to you, photographers! If you’ve ever felt stuck in your photography business and wondered how to continue to scale and grow or if you’re a photographer feeling overwhelmed or exhausted by all the behind-the-scenes business portions of the job and just wanting to go out and do what you love: SHOO! Today’s episode is a freaking goldmine of information. We’re chatting: Associate Photography Teams with the incredible Grace Troutman!!!   Now if you don’t know her, Grace is a Midwest-based destination wedding photographer and business educator, who’s traveled to Iceland, Ireland, Hawaii, Colorado, California, and Washington to shooting destination weddings. Over the years as she desired to scale her photography business, she slowly built a powerful team of associate photographers to shoot under her business Grace Troutman Photography. When she’s not out shooting with her team or teaching other creatives, she’s typically sipping sour beer with my husband or playing with her two-year-old daughter, Pfeiffer.    Grace is such a gem and on today’s show, she firehosed tips, tools, information, and ideas on how to scale a photography business by building an associate photography team. She covered how she got into associate photography in the first place, the mindset hurdles you have to overcome, where to find quality and trustworthy team members, what to look for in them, how to train them to match your client experience, and how to market them to potential clients in a way that adds value to your overall experience.   This is a JAM-PACKED episode, and we’re so excited for you to learn from the queen herself. So if you’ve ever wondered how to get out of the hamster wheel cycle of trading your time for money, we’re about to dive into how to build a team of photographers who shoot under your brand so you can serve even more clients while scaling your photography business.   Show notes: https://theheartuniversity.com/145-how-to-build-an-associate-photographers-team-and-scale-your-business-with-grace-troutman   The Heart Shop Apparel: www.theheartuniversity.com/apparel    Follow along with Grace:  www.instagram.com/gracetphotography  www.gracetphotography.com www.gracetphotography.com/associate-course Associates Course, use code “heart” to get 25% off!    If you want to connect with us and other listeners in the Heart and Hustle community join our Facebook group here.   Follow along: www.instagram.com/mrslindseyroman www.instagram.com/evierupp www.instagram.com/theheartuniversity  

Back in April, we had our yearly executive retreat for our Heart leadership team. We spent two weeks in Tulum, Mexico, and so much fruit was produced from that retreat. We grew as leaders and we developed such a better connection with our core team members. We thought it would be a super fun podcast episode to take you behind the scenes and tell you exactly what we did, how we structured our retreat, how we grew as individuals and team members during the retreat, and LOTS more.    We're excited to bring you behind the curtain in a sense to the inner workings of our company, the Heart University, our goals, how we are striving to achieve them, and all that good stuff.    If you’re a CEO of your own company and are eager to learn how others structure and run their executive retreats, or if you’re wanting to learn how to be a better leader, and learn from what we’ve done, then continue!   Show notes: https://theheartuniversity.com/144-come-behind-the-scenes-to-our-executive-retreat The Heart Shop Apparel: www.theheartuniversity.com/apparel   If you want to connect with us and other listeners in the Heart and Hustle community join our Facebook group here.   Follow along: www.instagram.com/mrslindseyroman www.instagram.com/evierupp www.instagram.com/theheartuniversity    

Where are our travel bugs at?!? If you’ve ever been interested in getting paid to travel the world, today’s episode is for you! Today we’re talking to the incredible Ryan and Samantha Looney. Ryan and Sam are the founders of Our Travel Passport, a travel blog, and brand designed to help you have meaningful experiences around the world. Over the past 5 years, they’ve built their brand to a substantial following, traveled to over 35 countries, worked with some of the biggest names in the travel world, and created guides, courses, resources, and more for other travelers to experience the world in beautiful, meaningful ways. They’re passionate about helping people have meaningful experiences around the world so everyone can have fun memories to look back on and cherish forever. In today’s conversational episode, we talk about how they first got into travel blogging, how they started getting paid, a step by step look at a travel campaign with them, what to watch out for when first getting into the travel space, and their biggest pieces of advice for new travel bloggers.  If you’re intrigued by the influencer lifestyle, especially one in the travel blogging world, then this episode is for you. It opens a behind-the-scenes look into what that world looks like and how you can start to break into it.    Show notes: https://theheartuniversity.com/143-how-to-get-into-travel-blogging-and-being-a-travel-influencer-with-ryan-and-sam-looney   The Heart Shop Apparel: www.theheartuniversity.com/apparel   Follow along with Ryan & Sam:  www.ourtravelpassport.com www.instagram.com/samandryanlooney   If you want to connect with us and other listeners in the Heart and Hustle community join our Facebook group here.   Follow along: www.instagram.com/mrslindseyroman www.instagram.com/evierupp www.instagram.com/theheartuniversity    

If you struggle with blogging and knowing how to get your blogs seen, read, or even know what to blog about. We’re about to give some great tips for you!    There are some major blogging mistakes we see almost daily with entrepreneurs, and we’re about to call them out and then supply you with strategies and tools to master blogging once and for all.   Here’s the deal with blogging: it’s one of the most powerful ways for people to learn from you, connect with you, and find you from a simple google search, Pinterest search, and the best part?? IT’S FREE! Nearly all you need is a website with a blog, but it’s also one of the most underrated tools in marketing. A lot of people say “Wait do I really even need a blog?” “Is it even worth it?”    Our answers to that are a resounding YES. However, it’s a completely different ball game than social media marketing. With social media, you’re often in the short game, creating content to be consumed immediately with not much shelf life. With blogging, you’re playing the long game. The better you make your blogs NOW, the better they’ll do for you in the future.   Have we convinced you of how rad blogging is yet? If not, keep reading. Blogging is a GREAT way to market in your business and we’re about to help you correct the BIGGEST mistakes you might be making in your blog. OR if you haven’t started your blog yet, EVEN BETTER.   Show notes: https://theheartuniversity.com/142-5-blogging-mistakes-you-might-be-making   The Heart Shop Apparel: www.theheartuniversity.com/apparel   If you want to connect with us and other listeners in the Heart and Hustle community join our Facebook group here.   Follow along: www.instagram.com/mrslindseyroman www.instagram.com/evierupp www.instagram.com/theheartuniversity  

Today we have the incredible Casanova Brooks on the podcast, and when we say don’t go anywhere - you NEED to hear his story - we mean it.    To give you a little insight, Casanova is an award-winning entrepreneur, author, high-energy keynote speaker, and real estate professional. Through his battles with adversity in many stages of his life including stage four lymphoma cancer, to losing his mother, job, and home in a matter of a couple of weeks, even with having very limited resources Casanova learned to develop a bulletproof mindset to thrive and succeed in life and business. From producing 46 deals and $8 million in his first year in real estate to now owning multiple businesses, he has been an action-taker in every sense of the word. Casanova now focuses on empowering others to focus on developing their mindset to become the best version of themselves to thrive in their own lives.     On today’s show, we chatted with Casanova about his story, where he started, everything he went through in life, and how he continuously fought through adversity after adversity in his life. When you hear his story, you almost can’t believe where he is today from where he came from. Today he shares with us the mindset that gave him hope to continue amid challenges and grief, to whom he attributes his character development, how to keep going when you feel unmotivated, and what advice he has on how to lead a life of impact over income. This episode is POWERFUL and will leave you with tangible, practical advice for how to harness your mindset into one of growth and hope against all odds, as well as a motivational kick in the pants to help you uplevel yourself and your business.   Show notes: https://theheartuniversity.com/141-overcoming-adversity-thriving-in-spite-of-all-odds-against-you-with-cassanova-brooks Website Templates: www.theheartuniversity.com/website-templates   The Posing Minor: www.theheartuniversity.com/posing-minor   If you want to connect with us and other listeners in the Heart and Hustle community join our Facebook group here.   Connect with Cassanova:  www.build.casanovabrooks.com www.instagram.com/casanova_brooks   Follow along: www.instagram.com/mrslindseyroman www.instagram.com/evierupp www.instagram.com/theheartuniversity    

Today’s episode is for YOU if you’re an entrepreneur side hustlin’ and wanting to go full time in your business. If you’ve ever wondered what things we’d recommend having in place before saying goodbye to your 9-5 or before working FULLY for yourself, this episode is gonna help you out!!!    Going full-time can be SO scary, but it doesn’t have to be. We both did it once and have BEEN there. You are NOT alone, and we hope this episode helps you feel a whole lot more prepared to make the big leap! Here are our top 5 tips to get you ready to go full-time in your business!   Show notes: https://theheartuniversity.com/140-5-things-to-have-in-place-before-going-full-time   Lightroom Editing Challenge: www.theheartuniversity.com/challenge   Pricing Guide Freebie: www.theheartuniversity.com/guide-freebie   Small business legalities episodes:  023: How to Get Legally Legit with the Legal Paige 057: Trademarks, Copyrights, Intellectual Property, DBAs, and Contracts with Rachel Brenk‪e‬ 061: Profit First by Mike Mackalowitz 096: Intimidated by the Legal Side of Your Business? Covering Contract Do's & Don'ts With Lawyer Paige Griffit‪h‬   Marketing strategy episodes:  006: How To Write Instagram Captions That Don’t Suck 025: Instagram Do’s and Don’ts with Jamie Dan‪a 053: Feel Like You're Screaming on Social Media & No One is Listening? Here’s How to Cut Through the Noise with Tyler Kem‪p 066: Hacks to Increase Engagement on Instagram‪ 075: How to Fully Harness the Power of Video on Instagra‪m 106: Instagram Reels 101- How to do Them and What to Pos‪t‬ 113: Here’s Your Exact Instagram Content Blueprint for the Next Month with Allee William‪s   If you want to connect with us and other listeners in the Heart and Hustle community join our Facebook group here.   Follow along: www.instagram.com/mrslindseyroman www.instagram.com/evierupp www.instagram.com/theheartuniversity