Dangerous Creatives - A Photography and Creative Business Podcast

Team Danger members Jen Madigan and Jillian Todd join us for today’s episode to discuss their first ever sabbatical month. Jen is a photographer and online business manager/virtual assistant based out of Cleveland. Jillian is a finance coach for creatives and virtual CFL based out of Atlanta. Jen and Jillian share the surprising details they discovered about themselves and their businesses, both positive and negative, while taking their first sabbatical month this summer. Both found the importance of taking time off from their businesses to connect with people they care about, and realized how taking time off from our businesses can be challenging and a bit scary, but it is necessary for us to recharge.Jillian Todd:https://atlanticbkf.comhttps://www.instagram.com/_jilliantodd/Jen Madigan:https://jenmadigancreative.comhttps://www.instagram.com/jenmadigancreative/

In this episode, I sit down with Skylar Caitlin, a wedding planner and educator out of Houston, Texas. This year Skylar took her first month long Sabbatical. She shares her experience with us and reveals her struggles with burn out and spending time with herself, which really came to the surface during her Sabbatical. Taking time off in our business can be challenging, and sometimes unveils uncomfortable feelings. By unveiling some of these uncomfortable feelings, Skylar shares how she was able to move forward with her business after the Sabbatical in a way that aligned with her core values.Skylar Caitlin is the Houston Team Director for Chancey Charm Weddings as well as a lover of all things systems & processes. Skylar launched a digital shop in early 2020 focused on giving planners ready-to-use email templates & processes guides that help them streamline mundane work & get back to doing what they love. When she isn’t soul-deep with a fellow creative, you can find her playing sous chef to her husband Matt, or snuggling their Goldendoodle, Ries (pronounced: Reese).www.instagram.com/skylar_caitlinwww.skylarcailtin.comwww.chanceycharmweddings.com

Today’s guest is Michael Howard, a renowned photographer and the creator behind MUSEA. In this episode Michael talks about his evolution as a photographer/ entrepreneur and the importance of keeping humanity within the photography community. He uses the MUSEA platform to share unique education with photographers to help them avoid the dreaded burn out that we sometimes experience as creatives.

On this episode, I sit down with Daytona Lamade, a boudoir photographer from Virginia who just recently took a month long sabbatical. Sabbaticals can be scary, and often times people find it difficult to even imagine taking that time off from work. However, in this work driven society, we are trying to find helpful ways to take breaks, readjust priorities and let creativity flow in such an intense environment. Daytona talks about her experience with her time off, and how it has helped her make changes to her work style, business structure and big picture planning. If you want to learn how you can prep for a sabbatical and how it may help you, keep listening!https://daytonalamadephotography.comhttps://www.instagram.com/daytonalamade_boudoir/

Today's guest is Christina Mcneill, a talented photographer who is going to teach us how to give less F's. Christina talks about how being weird in her field of work makes her unique, and how the energy you give will be the energy you attract! She used her life experience and the people around her to pave her own way, and is now going to tell us how to find that unique voice in ourselves.

Hi, and welcome back to the Porch Cast! Today we are going to talk about the top 5 reasons you could be hitting an income plateau in your business. I want you to think about questions such as are people seeing your work? Are you paying attention to your numbers? Are you wasting time on things that are actually costing you money that could be done more efficently? Taking a deeper look in to these things could turn your income plataeu around so your business can thrive! Listen in to identify which one of these reasons are holding you back and how you can fix it.

Today, I sit down with Natasha McCrary, founder of 1818 Farms in Moorseville, Alabama, and recipient of Amazon’s Woman-Owned Small Business of the Year award!  Natasha jumped in to farming after being in sales and computer programming. She started out with only a few sheep, to eventually adding goats, pigs, chickens and more! In a combined effort between family and a strong business team, she has managed to grow her farm and business to what it is today. She tells us her advice on women starting their own business, what she wants us to know about farming, and how her business plan changed in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

On this episode of The Porch Cast, Kristin spills the beans on what her plans for The Porch House are now that she has moved to the Farmette! This amazing space for creativity and joy is being turned into a guided sabbatical retreat location for creatives. This space will allow you to journal, plan, create, and rest. Kristin also shares some ways in which she “does it all” by prioritizing what’s important to her and setting boundaries on her time and energy. www.dangerschool.com/porch-house to apply!

Dr. Teri Murphy is a marriage and family therapist who joined the Dangerous Creatives Mastermind to have support as she moved toward becoming more of a leader in her field by coaching others to have a thriving, healthy business. Some of the things she loves about the Dangerous Creatives Mastermind is that it’s a great group of people with a variety of careers, but an emphasis on shared values and care for the greater world and their communities. She’s found the impact of the community to be the most helpful, amazing emergent quality that she didn’t even realize she was missing. Teri had a ton of wins this year including being able to reduce her hours, launching her own mastermind for therapists, and doubled her rates. She believes that the mastermind “is the bridge builder from where she is now to where her dreams are.”Apply now: www.dangerschool.com/contact

Today’s guest is my personal CHO - Chief happiness officer! We tell the story of how we met, our first date, and how we ended up engaged! We talk about the struggles of dating apps, core beliefs and values, and how you can design a life you want and not feel pressure to conform to tradition. Breaking tradition can help you dream big, and we both have caught the “dreaming bug.” We have so many exciting projects and plans in the works, and are looking forward to every one of them!Image courtesy of Jessie Watts Photography