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The Uncapped Photographer Podcast
The Uncapped Photographer Podcast is a podcast for established photographers teaching them how to uncap their offerings and setup in their photography business without the burnout. Every other week, Christa Rene Robinson will share the clear and concise actions you need to take to grow your photography business. This is the info she WISH someone had told her much, much sooner that would have allowed her to grow even FASTER!
This podcast is for you if you are ready to hit the next level in your business and income so you can build the life of your dreams!
Christa is a wife, mom, and photographer turned business coach with 10 years of experience in the industry. If you’d like to connect or work with Christa, reach out to her on Instagram @christa_rene. You can also learn more about her on her website https://christarenephotography.com.
The Uncapped Photographer Podcast
Fired from Corporate to Building a $2k/Session Average - with Grace Colley Photo
Want to connect with Grace? Follow her on Instagram @thegracecolley
Interested in Grace's mindset coaching? Visit https://thegracecolley.com/mindset
Summary
In this conversation, Grace Colley, a portrait photographer, shares her journey from corporate America to running her own photography business. She discusses the importance of mindset in overcoming challenges, investing in oneself, and building strong client relationships. Grace emphasizes the value of believing in oneself and the significance of understanding one's worth in the photography industry. She also highlights her upcoming mindset course aimed at helping others unlock their potential and navigate their own business challenges.
Takeaways
Grace transitioned from corporate America to full-time photography after her position was dissolved.
- Investing in oneself is crucial, especially when facing uncertainty.
- Mindset plays a significant role in business success; believing in oneself is essential.
- Clients value the experience and connection, not just the photos.
- It's okay to lose some clients when raising prices; focus on those who appreciate your work.
- Overcoming the fear of no's is vital for growth and success.
- Finding your why can help maintain motivation and direction in your business.
- Working smarter, not harder, leads to a more fulfilling career.
- Celebrate your progress and acknowledge how far you've come.
- Grace is launching a mindset course to help others overcome their challenges.
Thinking about joining Uncapped or Intensive coaching? DM me the word COACH to www.instagram.com/christa_rene for a no pressure convo on if this could help your business grow to the next level.
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Christa (00:01.117)
All right, welcome everybody. I'm here with a very special guest, Grace Colley Photography in High Springs, Florida. She's a portrait photographer. And Grace and I first connected, Grace, was it maybe two years ago? You're in a half a, yeah, yeah. And it's just so good to have you here. And I'm excited just to chat. I always want these to be like casual copy conversations, which I feel like it's just our vibe anyway. So we got our copy. So it.
Grace Colley (00:12.512)
Yeah, I think it's about two years. I think it's probably close to two years. Yeah. my gosh.
Grace Colley (00:27.458)
Yep, coffee girls.
Christa (00:28.787)
Introduce yourself a bit. Tell us a little bit about yourself to our listeners.
Grace Colley (00:32.558)
I'm Grace. I am a family portrait photographer here in High Springs, which is about central, like the central Florida area. I was working in corporate America and they, as a in-house photographer and they dissolved my position. And so they gave a little bit of notice and I was like, oh my goodness, I have to do something because I am making, I was, I think my average was under $600 per session.
And I was like, I'm doing so many just to keep up. And now I have to supplement what my corporate job was, which I had always wanted to go full time. I just didn't know how. And one of my other coaches, my like, course coach, she was friends with you. And she's the one that recommended you and I literally I remember I was on my way to go watch my sister do a marathon in Germany. And I was like, I have a very long flight.
Christa (01:25.121)
Oh my gosh. Yes.
Grace Colley (01:27.15)
So I want to binge this. So we didn't even get a call on a call. You're like, Hey, like, I normally want to talk and make sure this is the right fit for you. And I'm like, it's the right fit. You're the right fit. I want to binge watch this on my international flight. And then I did, I like binged the entire thing. And there was like, I need more. And then not too long after that, I think is when I joined the inner circle and got the closer touch points to like really take it up to the next level. I
Christa (01:37.867)
I love it.
Grace Colley (01:55.646)
have not looked at corporate America since. It's been great.
Christa (01:58.016)
It's amazing, Grace. And it's been so cool to see your journey. And we'll, of course, link everything in the show notes. But y'all, if you see Grace's work, you'll see exactly why I was like, girl, you're going to be a great fit for this. okay, diving into this though, that's a huge, I don't know if I knew that, that your corporate job, it was just kind of like, and like this isn't where it's at.
Grace Colley (02:06.446)
Thank you.
Grace Colley (02:16.086)
They literally said, have a month left. I like, that's why I was like, okay, there's some emergency. Yes, it was, it was crazy. It was like, they just dissolved the position. So job security, total illusion. Like it's a, they're like, yeah, we just don't need this group anymore. So yeah.
Christa (02:19.548)
my gosh.
Christa (02:31.07)
And for you, Grace, I hope it's okay to share just to express the urgency of that. Like you're on single income. Like this was not like you, like you were very independent and it's like, yes.
Grace Colley (02:37.094)
yeah, it's just me. I own a home, it's like and it's like wait I like it's just me like I have bills to pay like me and my dog so yes.
Christa (02:45.822)
Yes, yes, we have to support the dog, yes. Okay, so even though that was scary, and Grace, I'm so excited to talk about Mindset. So some of the reasons y'all I had Grace come is like Mindset is definitely one of her gifts. She'll share about that as well. Let's start there the Mindset of like, hey, my paychecks are stopping, but I need to invest in myself to get to the next level, because I think that trips a lot of business owners up. Could you speak to the Mindset around that?
Grace Colley (03:02.392)
Okay.
Grace Colley (03:13.974)
Yeah, so that was really hard because of like, okay, I know this paycheck is coming to an end. I have a month left of guaranteed pay and I want to go and spend a chunk of it, of course. So that was a really hard one to like kind of get over. Even though I didn't really think about it for very long because really the question was, can I afford not to? Like, so if I don't invest in it, what am I going to do to find a way to like piecemeal it together?
obviously I don't know what I don't know. So if I could have already done it, I would have already done it. So there's a missing piece that I don't, I didn't know about. and I just figured, okay, it was worth that investment. she's claiming to be able to raise the session rate. And so like, I know I can book sessions and worst case scenario, I go back to what I was doing before and just book a lot more of them because I knew I was good. knew my clients kept coming back.
Um, and I was sitting at like, think it was 595 or 575 was something like that. was at before. Um, I'm like, all right, well, I know I can make that up, but, um, I would like to not have to shoot six sessions a week in order to do that. So ultimately I was like, okay, can I afford not to like, and then, um, I decided, Nope. I was like, well, if I'm gonna act, need to act now though. Like I can't go back and forth and go like.
Do I have the time? I have the budget? I'm like, no, I need to start implementing it because I have a month left. I have one month to be able to have a plan. And so I was like, yeah, if I do it now, then I have that month to be learning whatever it is that's being taught in the program and then go out and implement it. And I am so glad I did.
Christa (05:03.761)
And you did though. And again, we'll talk some of the mindset here of like, didn't just, I think Grace, like sometimes we think as business owners, even photographers, we'll swipe our credit card to something magical and our life will transform. And it's like, no, you have to do the work. And like, you have worked so hard. So you had mentioned, you were like, you had clients built up, you know, that had been paying that like 500 something for shoot and burn before. Could you speak to the listener who's maybe right there and they're like,
Grace Colley (05:26.382)
Mm-hmm.
Christa (05:31.515)
I am so worried. Like, what if I lose all of those clients by shifting to full service and just changing up like how I'm offering things? Because you had been a photographer for how many years leading up to that point?
Grace Colley (05:42.83)
Um, I mean a lot. I've been doing it for at least a decade. I did a mixture of family and weddings. Um, and then I started, uh, going a little bit further away from weddings just because of the time commitment I wanted to set up for my future where I was like, okay, eventually I want a husband and a family. I don't want to be working on weekends. And I'm like, okay, is that even possible? Like, is it even possible to make a living? Um, and like a actual living and, um,
Christa (05:59.582)
Yeah.
Christa (06:05.949)
Right?
Grace Colley (06:11.714)
be able to not have to shoot weddings. And that was part of what intrigued me about your program was you're like, yeah, it's not just weddings. Like it's not just how to book 10K weddings. This is how to take families because I love photographing families. I love connecting with them. I love watching them grow. And it was a little bit more concerning about like, okay, like taking my past clients, like they're used to paying this and any jump is hard, right? So like when I started out and then I jumped to like,
the $200 range and then I jumped to the $500 range. I was like, oh my gosh, are they going to stay or are not? And every time you make that jump, you're going to lose some clients. And that's okay. There are people to serve them. And if people aren't in that area, I do recommend other photographers that are in the price range they're looking at. But what I really liked about Uncapped is you kind of phrased it in a way that there is something for everyone. even in educating people that they
Christa (06:42.44)
Yes!
Grace Colley (07:10.284)
just because they're taught they want all of the pictures from a session, they might not. And so if you serve them well, they keep coming back. Like I had a client that was in my previous method. They went from the 200 session to the $500 session with me. And they reached out like right after I switched to the uncapped method. And I was so nervous because I was like, my gosh, like they know, like they know what it was before they recently did. They had done their daughter six months.
with me and now they were coming for me for their daughters one year. So it was not that much of a time difference from when they paid like $600 to now when I'm like, actually, I have a new system. And I met with her and went like and talked through and she was like, okay, we had there was like a Christmas in between. She's like, we did a family session with somebody else like a full extended family that somebody else picked the photographer.
Christa (07:43.666)
Wow. No.
Grace Colley (08:08.654)
And she's like, even my husband said, we should have just gone with Grace, even though she's more expensive because it was just a much better time. like, we were more comfortable with Grace, like that kind of thing. And she's like, so we value photos. So whatever you changed it to good for you, we'll pay it. And she spent, um, $1,800 with me that day. Um, and, um, I actually just did another session for her on Saturday.
Christa (08:14.695)
Wow.
Christa (08:35.036)
How?
Grace Colley (08:35.544)
So it's not just like a one and done. Cause I was also concerned about that. I'm like, okay, they'll come to me once and then I'm never going to see them again. Like I liked that connection with those clients and it's not, if you serve them well, then anytime they want, they want good quality photos, good quality memories, not just, okay, this picture looks really good, but how did you make them feel during the session? And so once you get that, then you're not just going, okay, like I raised my prices just to raise my prices. Like,
Christa (09:04.987)
Yeah.
Grace Colley (09:05.196)
You know, like you go to the grocery store and you're like, why is bread so expensive today? Like you don't see the value in it. You have to explain the value to them. And then once they see it, then they know it, they love it. They tell their friends about it and they want to pay you that. Like they want to do that. So it's really, it is really cool. And it is, and it also helps them like during the ordering appointment, like whenever I do their reveal appointment with them.
Christa (09:08.774)
Yeah. Right.
Christa (09:20.508)
Yeah. my gosh.
Grace Colley (09:29.996)
It is really cool seeing which pictures like they value. are like at first, like, I don't know how I'm ever going to pick. And then I'm like, I will help you. And then we walk through it and they love their photos so much that they're not overwhelmed by having 80 photos to choose from. get their absolute favorite special photos that they actually do want to look at. I did a newborn session, two, two weeks ago, for someone who I did the uncapped with the same thing I had.
my other before I did their son's newborn two years ago and then have since changed and they still stayed with me and I walked in their house to do the newborn session and the photos I have taken over their life are hung up all around the wall and she's like when our daughter gets a little older we want this wall to be a gallery wall can you help us with that absolutely so it is really like it is daunting and there are some clients that are not going to understand they're going to be like well why because I've had that too the well
Christa (10:19.366)
Wow.
Grace Colley (10:28.622)
If I just paid this, why do I have to pay this now? You know, like if I am used to paying 600, okay, like I don't want to pay 2000 now. Um, and that's okay. And you can give the options, like I have options at a lower threshold. It's just looks different. Um, and some people go with that. Some people do go with the minimum offering that I have, but some people don't come back and that's okay. It's no hard feelings. It's just.
Christa (10:54.021)
Yeah.
Grace Colley (10:55.758)
people value different things, people's budgets are different. You don't know. You also don't want to spend people's money for them. talking. So I have looked at people and looked at their circumstances or what I perceived as their circumstances and was like, okay, they can't afford me. Like they inquire. like, oh my gosh, I go into the inquiry going, okay, but like, you don't have to pay this like in that kind of thing. And so like, I'm talking myself out of it. You don't know what people are saving up for. You don't know.
Christa (11:02.011)
100%. Break that down, Grace. That's really powerful.
Grace Colley (11:24.546)
what people have been gifted. You don't know what people value. So like, I always use the example, I don't value, I'm not a purse girly. So like, if somebody was like, hey, do you want to buy this Louis Vuitton? No, thank you. Like it would just sit in my car, like, and I just take the wallet with me, you know, but some people love purses. Some people would like, they want the name brand purse, they want that. You can be the Louis Vuitton to somebody just because you don't understand where they're coming from. If you communicate the value to them.
then you would be surprised. I have had people who I'm like, well, I know what their job is. Like I know their teachers. I know that they do this. And I'm like, okay, there's no way. Like, and they come in and they spend $2,800 with me. Whereas I have somebody that is known like in the community. like, oh, okay. Oh my gosh. I landed this client. They're a big baller client.
Christa (12:02.307)
Mm-hmm.
Christa (12:17.423)
Yes.
Grace Colley (12:18.87)
And they want the cheapest thing and they want the most out of it and can sometimes be quite difficult. So having those preconceived notions about people can actually hurt you and it gets in your head and all you have to do is go like. If it's okay, if they don't book, like, because if you go into it with that mindset, then you're like, okay, like I'm not trying. I'm not trying to make a sale. I'm trying to help them. I, they want photos. I want them to have the best photos. I want them to be able to.
Christa (12:35.567)
Yes.
Christa (12:43.777)
I love that.
Grace Colley (12:48.94)
remember their photos and see their photos and remember those memories and not have them just stored away somewhere on my like 40,000 pictures on my iPhone. Like I want to help them. And if you go about it with a servant's heart and like I want to make money by helping people, not helping people to make money. And if you go into it with that mindset, you would be floored at how many people come in the door wanting you.
to serve them and wanting to pay you for it.
Christa (13:19.439)
love that, Grace. And I know for you, something, mindset is something you're very passionate about. So y'all, this is so good. I'm taking notes over here. I hope you guys are, but Grace, I wanted to kind of have you break it down, you know, of like, for you, I feel like mindset, it's like on the tip of your tongue where you see like that, that is really the key to success. It is just as much, if not, I would say more mindset than even strategy, right? So we were even talking before this call, like you can have this step by step, but if you don't have...
Grace Colley (13:34.722)
next
Christa (13:47.419)
If you basically stop yourself and get in your own way, that's when things like derail. So break that down for us for the photographer who's like, hey, I need to make some steps. Christ, I resonate what I'm doing isn't working. But they see, I keep getting in my own way. I keep telling myself my clients won't spend this much. I hear a no and it completely derails me and I want to shut down. Like what would you encourage that photographer to do?
Grace Colley (14:12.002)
Yeah, for sure. Like I think the biggest challenge is understanding that it is a mindset issue. Like a lot of people are like, no, I don't have a mindset issue. But if you are coming up with excuses, that's a mindset issue. If you're going course to course and never finishing it or never fully implementing it and giving it time to see the results, that's a mindset issue. If you keep finding your own objections, that's a mindset issue. So you can have the best strategy in the world.
Or what we're talking about. I truly believe that uncapped is that because the way that Christa lays it out, it handles every objection. Like it's, like, wow, she could be the future because clients are the same. Like you went through the same process. So you know what they're going to ask. You know what they're going to say. And you talk through exactly how to handle it. So the only reason that doesn't work is because we don't let it work. We don't actually follow it. We.
get in our own way, we come up with excuses because psychologically our brain is wired to keep us safe and taking risks, which do going out on a leap like this is that so your ego, it's not like your ego like, I'm puffing my chest, your ego, but psychologically, like your brain has an ego and it's designed to keep you safe. And anytime you take risks, it wants to tell you the reasons not to because that's safety. But in reality,
If you push past that and go, no, like I can do this, like you have to believe in yourself. So if you don't believe in yourself, how is anybody else supposed to? So if you go into it going, nobody's going to buy this, they're picking up on that energy and going, why would I buy this? If you're like, wait, like if you can find one person that's doing what you want to do, which right now you have two, if you could find one person, then that means it's possible. So, okay.
Why not? Why isn't it possible for you? Everybody had to start somewhere. Like the only difference between an amateur and a professional is time and the fortitude to push through the hard because there will be hard. There's going to be some discouraging times. There's going to be some clients who tell you you're not worth it, but those aren't your people. Those aren't the clients you want to keep having. Do you want those clients to keep booking or do you want the clients that sing your praises and are like not even questioning your prices?
Grace Colley (16:34.252)
and then go and tell their friends who do the same. Because I pick option number two every time. But you have to get past that and go, okay, I'm hearing no. Do I care that that person said no? Or am I just like, wait, I just didn't want to hear no, because I hate hearing no. I hate feeling like people don't like me because I take it very personally. And it's not that, it's not that. It's just they might not value what you're offering.
Christa (16:39.032)
100%. Yeah.
Christa (16:51.672)
Right.
Christa (17:01.593)
So what is something for our students and for our listeners you can tell yourself? Like you hear that no, and like you said, you're like, man, that punch is in the gut. Which from the strategy side, we often, Grace, are already hearing just as many no's. just hide behind our emails or Instagram DMs. But I know when you put yourself out there, that's when it stings a little bit more, even though you're putting yourself out there more. But what encouragement or what things do you tell yourself when you are told no, maybe it's five times in a row?
Grace Colley (17:15.394)
Mm-hmm. Yep.
Christa (17:30.658)
to keep going.
Grace Colley (17:31.054)
I focus on the yeses. Like even if you have, okay, so even if I have 10 no's to one yes, I look at that yes and like if it's like my client I was just telling you about, I'm like, my gosh, like that one yes made up for it. And if one, it's not a one-off. So that's some, that is a lie that people tell themselves. And I've talked to a lot of girls in the uncapped group about that where everyone's like, well, I feel like it was a fluke. I feel like it was a one-off. Someone paid me a lot, one of my friends.
made a huge sale, like bigger sale than I ever had. And she was still going, it must've been a fluke. It must've been just a coincidence. It must've been, was like, no, it's your, it's working. This is, this is what it's working looks like. So we're scared that it's like works a couple of times and then we're going to go back and it's not going to work. Like, no, this is actually what the success looks like. This is what it, the working looks like. So don't focus on the nose. Take the nose as an encouragement of going instead of going.
they didn't want me and I got to know go perfect. That's freed up my time to find the client that I can spend that time on that is going to allow me to serve them and serve them well and is going to financially compensate me for it. And it's going to feel better because when you're working for those clients, it's more like working with those clients and it does feel better. It makes you want to spend that extra time on them and go the extra mile and not drain like, I have to go to a session.
Because that's the thing on pricing too. If you're going to be bummed if they book it, don't offer it. Like that was mine. Because like I'm like, man, okay, like, well maybe I can offer this. And then if people book it, I'm like, I don't want to go do this. Well then why did you offer it? Why'd you put it on the menu if you don't want people to order it? Like, so look at what's going to light you up. What's going to make you want to go out and do that. And
Christa (19:05.845)
Yeah, yeah, exactly.
Grace Colley (19:25.59)
It is difficult. Like I am not, I'm not saying it's going to be an easy route, but go like, no, like, look, I'm good. I am learning. have the tools. I just have to believe in myself because that's, that's the only thing standing in the way. Like if you were the only thing standing in your way, you can, you can move. You can make yourself move. You just have to go, okay, I'm allowing it. And, that energy also.
Christa (19:28.471)
100%.
Grace Colley (19:53.778)
brings people in people want that energy because then you're excited about your job again. Like you're not like, that's the hustle hustle hustle that it's painted out to be is like you have to be working 200 hours a week in order to make a lot of money. And that's just not if I wanted to do that, I'd go back to corporate America. Like the whole point in doing this is to turn your hobby into a sustainable career, where you're able to have time with your kids, you're able to have time with your friends, you're able to have time.
Christa (20:09.332)
Yes.
Grace Colley (20:22.158)
for yourself and go on a hike and go do whatever it is you want to do. So if you're working 80, 100 hour weeks at your entrepreneur job, why did you leave corporate America? Like you don't have to do it. If you like working, if you like staying on the grind, like do that, but do it in a lot of different ways. Like I know Christa, like she stays hustling, but you do, but you do coaching, you do one of ones you do have the inner circle. have like the
even just how much you pour into the uncapped. But that's multiple avenues. I don't want to work 80 hours a week taking pictures. that's, that makes me start to resent my clients and I don't want to resent my clients. So fine. think the biggest thing for someone who's scared of the nose is to go back to why are you wanting to do this? Like, why are you wanting this to be your job? Why are you wanting this to be your career? Like, why are you? Cause whoever, all of y'all listening want to
Christa (21:02.484)
No.
Christa (21:11.445)
Yeah.
Grace Colley (21:19.458)
take photos. You guys are photographers. Like, I don't believe in saying I want to be a photographer. If you can take a picture, you are a photographer. So you just want to push through in your career to be to make more and more money and be more and more successful in that way. But is success making a bunch of money and working a bunch of hours and trading time for money or success finding a way to work smarter, not harder, like work less, but more intentional with your work, but make more because I am
Christa (21:25.684)
Yeah, exactly.
Christa (21:48.022)
I love that.
Grace Colley (21:49.218)
technically working less like hours wise than I was before and making significantly more and way happier, leaps and bounds happier.
Christa (21:57.238)
Wow. What do you think your average is now, Grace? I you had said before it was in the upper 500 range. Do you happen to know what you think it is now?
Grace Colley (22:05.262)
anytime I book a session now, I pretty much guarantee on having at least two grand come in.
Christa (22:13.503)
So from 500 something to two grand at every sale, you can work less, make more, have time for the things that you love. And Grace, you had mentioned like you have to keep going back to the why. How often do you have to feel like really work on that mindset? Is it like multiple times a day? Should people check in once a week? Like tell us a little bit about that.
Grace Colley (22:16.142)
Mm-hmm.
Grace Colley (22:24.055)
Okay.
Grace Colley (22:33.634)
I think it's person to person. think some people need more because they're stuck in their head. Like for example, my fiance is the most confident man I have ever experienced in my life. like, just know doesn't faze him at all. Me, I take it incredibly personally. So it's not like, okay, here's a daily sit down and do it. It's okay, wait, like I'm feeling some type of way, take a second and go, wait, why do I feel that way?
Christa (22:41.877)
Hmm.
Grace Colley (23:03.238)
And like, how do I, do I want to feel this way? So if I feel icky, do I want to keep feeling icky? And if the answer is no, how do I get, how do I get out of that? How do I get out of that funk? Like, cause you can feel the feelings. Like I'm not saying pretend because that's when it boils over later. Feel the feelings, but don't let it mess up your game. Don't let it push through. Don't let it, don't let it deter you from doing what you're meant to do. And don't let it deter you from doing what makes you happy. Like what excites you. so.
Christa (23:06.697)
Yes!
Grace Colley (23:32.206)
I think, and that's a daily thing for me where I go, okay, like part of that is also, even if I'm not struggling with something like, oh man, that was really hard or I got all of the nose, even if I had a really, really good day, part of that is going, oh my gosh, look how far I came. Like I have come so far. And I saw this on Instagram once. was like, maybe the reason you don't realize how far you've come is because you keep raising the bar, which I think is really cool, but can also be really dangerous. So if you don't take time,
Christa (23:34.037)
Mmm.
Christa (23:56.02)
Hmm.
Grace Colley (24:02.062)
to appreciate yourself for how far you've come and like pat yourself on the back and be grateful for it. oh my, like, I, cause otherwise you could find yourself having a session and going, oh my gosh, like I only made $800 that session go, okay, before I like two years ago, I was making 200 a session and now someone's willing to pay me almost a thousand dollars. That's crazy. Or like, oh man, like I had this session and they didn't get everything that I thought they was going to.
but they paid you $2,000. Like, because sometimes it'll get to be like, I want more, I want more, I want more, but like, stop, you'll get there. You'll get to booking, like being able to turn away where you're like, I really just don't want to do that. And like, you know, because I do that, I get an inquiry and I'm like, I booked or I just, that's not, that's not my, that's not my specialty. Cause like, I'm no longer doing every single type of photography under the sun because I want to make a dollar. Like I can do what I love. I love photographing families. Like I love.
Christa (24:35.989)
Great. Yeah.
Christa (24:43.134)
Yes!
Christa (24:50.479)
Yeah!
Christa (24:59.048)
Yes, and you're so good with it. Everyone knows if you meet Grace, she is so passionate about kids. It's just so clear.
Grace Colley (25:00.103)
milestones. Thank you!
Grace Colley (25:06.862)
And when I found a way to be able to just do that, I could serve those clients better. And I am not taking away from various photographers out there that are really, really good at the other niches. So I don't have to take all of those. And I'm so grateful for that. And you could turn clients away now and it's freeing. It's freeing. just having gratitude about that is also a mindset thing. So good days and bad days.
Christa (25:10.982)
Yes.
Christa (25:22.184)
Right.
Grace Colley (25:36.364)
Like give yourself grace, like don't come intended, but you
Christa (25:38.324)
That's amazing. Grace, I love that. This was all so packed and so powerful. I always want to give our listeners, if they're like, want to reach out and just thank you and just follow along and see your work, could you tell us a little bit, Grace, of some things coming up for you and where our listeners can connect with you? And this will all be linked in the show notes.
Grace Colley (25:59.114)
Yeah, so you can find me on Instagram, at the grace Collie and, I also have a website, the grace Collie.com, but I am actually launching a mindset, actually sweet, but I have a signature course. have a couple of other courses, just on topics that I have found that for me and for a lot of my friends are what gets in our way and finding actual solutions to push past that. So it's not just.
Mindset is in okay. Well, you got to feel good and you got to manifest something like there I'm an action. I'm an action girly like okay, like you I identify I'm not a problem identifier I'm a problem solver. So like you have to identify the problem, but like tell me how to solve it. So In my coaching program, I actually do that so we identify what is keeping you stuck and then how to fix it how to get it and how to Actually take the strategy that you learn from other coaches like Christa
and make it successful because it's not, it's not not working because the strategy is broken because the strategy is proven to work. So the only other thing is what roadblock is getting in your way. So, I'm super excited about that. I love helping people like actually unlock their potential because I see it. I can see the potential in people and I'm like, my gosh, yes. Like I know what you can do. Like let's get you there.
Christa (27:20.253)
Yes, what a gift.
Grace Colley (27:25.482)
So I am launching that and that is thegracecollege.com slash mindset. but if you have any questions, you can also shoot me a DM on Instagram and I would love to chat. I'm a talker. So love that.
Christa (27:37.361)
I love it. I love that grace. We'll link all of this in the show notes. And this was just so wonderful and so refreshing and such a good reminder to be in check with our mindset and to see if that's what's tripping us up. Thank you so much for being here and for pouring into everyone and taking the time out of your very busy schedule with everything you have going on for this. It was just wonderful.
Grace Colley (27:49.774)
Yeah.
Grace Colley (27:57.218)
Well, thank you for having me. Seriously, like, it is so much fun getting to hang out and chat with you. It's, yeah, seriously, it's great when your coach becomes your friend. Like, it's so much fun.
Christa (28:01.604)
Yes! I missed you.
I feel the same, I feel the same. Thank you so much, Grace.
Grace Colley (28:09.55)
Yeah, thank you, Christa.