Dangerous Creatives - A Photography and Creative Business Podcast

Certified life coach Natalie Miller joins Kristin on this episode to discuss strengthening your intuition, and connecting more deeply with yourself. Natalie shares some tips on how to connect intuition with consciousness, and how to turn away from the path of validation and begin to lean into trusting yourself. Kristin and Natalie also chat about what it's like to go down your own path, navigate through transitions, and how upleveling is more like a deepening. Listen to this episode to learn. more about how YOU focused work can give you the courage to navigate through all of the different seasons of your life and work. Natalie Miller is a Master Certified Wayfinder Coach who helps feminists create whole-self-honoring lives and evolutionary work. You can acquaint yourself with Natalie's magic on her weekly podcast, Mind Witchery. Looking for more freedom in your creative business? Check out Danger School, our online, self paced program and watch your creative business grow & thrive! Connect with Natalie: Website: nataliekmiller.com IG: instagram.com/msnataliemiller Additional Resources mentioned: astro.com Chani Nichols book "You Were Born For This" Credits: Music by @jamielono and @shammydee Produced by @jenmadigancreative Visit Us: www.dangerschool.com @dangerouscreatives @kristinsweeting

On this episode Kristin is joined by Jillian Todd, a financial coach and CFO for creatives, to chat all about money! They cover topics from how to give yourself a summer vacation when you are self employed, to saving for retirement, as well as some practical tips of what you can do today to start saving for your future. This episode also dives a little deeper as Kristin and Jillian share some of their "why's" behind their money goals, how to determine what's next when setting financial goals (along with an exercise Jillian uses with her clients to help them flesh out those next goals with their finances), how to avoid the shame spiral that can come with achieving (or not achieving) your goal, and mindset work that comes along with growth. Looking for more freedom in your creative business? Check out Danger School, our online, self paced program and watch your creative business grow & thrive! Connect with Jillian: Website: getmoneyconfident.com IG: instagram.com/_jilliantodd Credits: Music by @jamielono and @shammydee Produced by @jenmadigancreative Visit Us: www.dangerschool.com @dangerouscreatives @kristinsweeting Come Learn & Explore with Us: Study Abroad 

Today Kristin chats with Sarah McGlory who has built her platform and following on Tiktok - things you can do, how her business has been built thru the platform, and some of the mindset things that might be keeping us from trying something new. Sarah shares her journey on gaining almost 1 million followers on Tiktok, as well as some tips for using the app!  Looking for more freedom in your creative business? Check out Danger School, our online, self paced program and watch your creative business grow & thrive! Recommended in this episode: InShot Splice Follow Sarah: Tiktok - @sarahmcglory Instagram - @sarahmcglory https://sarahmcglory.com Follow us on Instagram: @dangerouscreatives @kristinsweeting https://dangerschool.com

In this episode of Dangerous Creatives, Katie shares with Kristin how she got started on her manifestation journey and eventual career. She shares her four step process to manifesting with grace and ease, and gives helpful tips on what questions to ask yourself if your manifestations aren't showing up in your life as you'd hoped. Kristin and Katie discuss what a regulated nervous system vs. a disregulated nervous system and how that can affect your overall wellbeing (and how they each work to be more regulated in their daily life). Lastly, Katie discusses her breath work experience and how it can help heal, allowing for more ease in a manifestation journey. Katie J. Jones is a Manifestation Coach, Breathwork Facilitator, and Spiritual Witch on a mission to help the world heal through the power of aligned, intentional manifestation. She does this by holding space for growth and transformation through a spiritual, yet practical, coaching style for groups, private clients, community gatherings, and retreats. Looking for more freedom in your creative business? Check out Danger School, our online, self paced program and watch your creative business grow & thrive! Connect with Katie: Website: www.womanifester.com Womanifester Podcast: www.womanifester.com/podcast IG: instagram.com/womanifester Credits: Music by @jamielono and @shammydee Produced by @jenmadigancreative Visit Us: www.dangerschool.com @dangerouscreatives @kristinsweeting

Kristin is joined by copywriter Rachel Greiman from Green Chair Stories who gives a mini workshop on her top tips on creating content for Instagram, including super easy to apply hacks for creating instagram posts that help to build trust and share the experience you provide. Rachel also shares her thoughts on social proof, repurposing content, and the difference between copy and content and the best way to use both! Looking for more freedom in your creative business? Check out Danger School, our online, self paced program and watch your creative business grow & thrive! Follow Rachel: @greenchairstories https://greenchairstories.com Follow us on Instagram: @dangerouscreatives @kristinsweeting https://dangerschool.com

Cindy Blom is a recovery and addiction coach helping families walk through care plans with their children and loved ones experiencing addiction. She’s passionate about stopping the stigma around addiction and mental illness and openly shares their families story of losing their son Erik after a long battle with addiction, trauma, and mental illness. We discuss how to support family members struggling with addiction, some places to look to get help that is outside of the “normal recovery routes,” how vulnerability and openness has brought a strong community around them, and how our system needs to change in the support of people with mental illness. We discuss the work of Dr. Stephen Loyd https://www.drstephenloyd.com, how their shop gives back to families walking the recovery path and the importance of photography to their family. Cindy also shares what grief has looked like for them in the 8 years since Erik passed. If you’re struggling with mental health or addiction, Cindy says reach out to her and Dan and she can point you in some healing directions www.guitarsthatcare.com Links: #guitarsthatcare Ebroosterguitars.com Guitarsthatcare.com Looking for more freedom in your creative business? Check out Danger School, our online, self paced program and watch your creative business grow & thrive! Credits: Music by @jamielono and @shammydee Produced by @jenmadigancreative Visit Us: www.dangerschool.com @dangerouscreatives @kristinsweeting

Kristin gives a mini workshop on how she uses vision boarding to create a visual reminder of what she values in both her personal and professional life. This episode walks you through the free template (get yours HERE) with some examples from her own vision board process! Feeling stuck and burnt out and want even more of this type of work? Check out the Danger School: Mindset Mini Course! Resources Mentioned: Vision Board Templates Danger School: Mindset Mini Course You are a Badass at Making Money by Jen Sincero Follow us on Instagram: @dangerouscreatives @kristinsweeting https://dangerschool.com

On this episode of Dangerous Creatives, Kristin is joined by entrepreneur Lauren Gish and they discuss their self employed/entrepreneur journeys through their experience with autoimmune disease and chronic illness. They chat about how leaving their full time jobs to go freelance was a health related decision, and what the challenges were once they were a solo entrepreneur or running a team of their own.  From sharing systems and boundaries they've put into place, to hiring a team and building a network from your "competition" to add in extra support, both women share what's worked well for them in their career so far.   As mentioned in the episode, we love batch scheduling because it allows for space in your schedule, whether you have a chronic illness or just wish you had a better handle on your weeks. Get your FREE Batch Your Schedule PDF HERE.  Lauren Gish is a Chicago native, southern transplant, business owner, mom and lover of stand up comedy.  Her career has spanned a wide array of industries from beauty distribution, education, business management, and some time in the music industry. She founded her consulting company- The Ownership Mindset in 2019. It was founded out of a desire to see other women empowered, rather than overwhelmed by their businesses. Streamlining operations, creating environments that bring the best people, and finding profit are her favorite things to do. She also owns Fruition Salon in Nashville, TN. Connect with Lauren: The Ownership Mindset Podcast instagram.com/theownershipmindset Credits: Music by @jamielono and @shammydee Produced by @jenmadigancreative Visit Us: www.dangerschool.com @dangerouscreatives @kristinsweeting

On this episode of Dangerous Creatives, Sharon discusses how she went from government teacher to instagram educator, sharing why we as humans feel we have to “pick a side” when it comes to politics (and life), and the one topic we should all care about no matter what side of the political spectrum we fall. Sharon and Kristin chat about how creatives tend to feel the weight of the world, which leads into the discussion of the the Charles Dickens quote "Mankind is our business". We hope you enjoy this episode, and be sure and check out Sharon's podcast, site, and instagram via the links below! Sharon McMahon is on a mission to curate facts, fun, and inspiration by educating Americans on democracy, politics, and history. She is dedicated to sharing non-partisan facts about the US government. After years of serving as a high school government and law teacher, Sharon took her passion for education to Instagram with a mission to combat political misinformation with non-partisan facts. Sharon has earned a reputation as “America’s Government Teacher'' and quickly amassed over 842K followers, affectionately known as “Governerds.” Sharon is also the host of the top-rated Sharon Says So Podcast where, each week, she provides entertaining yet factual accounts of America’s most fascinating moments and people in history. In a time where flashy headlines and false information often takes the spotlight, Sharon is a reliable source for truth and logic. She has shared her knowledge with CNN, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, and Good Morning America. In March 2022, Sharon won PRWeek’s noteworthy Communicator of the Year Award. In all that she does, Sharon encourages others to be thoughtful, world-changing humans. She has led her community in various philanthropic initiatives that have raised more than $4 million for teachers, domestic violence survivors, terminally ill children, victims of COVID-19, medical debt forgiveness programs, Ukrainian refugees and more. Connect with Sharon: https://www.sharonmcmahon.com/ Sharon Says So Podcast instagram.com/sharonsaysso Credits: Music by @jamielono and @shammydee Produced by @jenmadigancreative Visit Us: www.dangerschool.com @dangerouscreatives @kristinsweeting

On this episode of Dangerous Creatives, Kristin and Jen talk about their own personal money mindset journeys and address the spectrum - from not having enough money to feeling more secure and still uncovering their limiting beliefs and some practices they've found helpful along the way. Join us for this candid conversation about money mindset, how making more money doesn't mean completely losing our limiting beliefs, and what we've learned along the way. Credits: Music by @jamielono and @shammydee Produced by @jenmadigancreative Visit Us: www.dangerschool.com @dangerouscreatives @kristinsweeting