Called to Both - Balancing Motherhood and Business for Photographers
Called To Both® is the podcast for ambitious photographers and creative small business owners wanting better clients & diversified revenue, while also building a life you love! Finally, a fresh perspective on business and marketing from a mom who works less than 20 hours per week!
On this podcast Joy Michelle talks about what it takes to pursue both Motherhood and entrepreneurship, balance these two worlds, and provide you with tools and lessons to help you thrive in both areas of life. While learning about business is so valuable—where is the business advice for women doing BOTH? At Called to Both, we truly don’t believe you have to choose between these two worlds tugging at your heart.
You can be Called to Both. Called to Both Podcast will leave you feeling refreshed and inspired with new episodes each week, walking away with tangible yet simple steps to make your business and life work for you.
Photographers, if you feel Called To Both you’re in the right place. Join us each week as we discuss time management, affiliate marketing, business strategy, marketing tips, and work life balance as if you were chatting one-on-one with your business coach.
You can find show notes, links, and resources mentioned in each episode at https://calledtoboth.com
Connect with Joy over on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/joyymichelle/.
Episodes
191 episodes
157: 3 Productivity Traps That Keep Creative Business Owners Stuck (and How to Fix Them)
Feeling scattered, overwhelmed, or stuck in your business, even though you’re doing all the things? In today’s episode, I’m sharing the 3 productivity traps that myself and other business owners commonly fall into. If you’re feeling more busy t...
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How I Turn Every Piece of Content Into Profit
Have you ever felt like creating content in your business was a complete waste of time? Whether you're not seeing the payoff or you're simply discouraged in your content creation cycle, this episode will help ensure that your content makes you ...
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156: I Don’t Like My Business Anymore… Now What?—How to Pivot a Photography Business
It's not that you hate your business—you might have just outgrown it. This week, I’m sharing a deeply honest conversation inspired by a Voxer message from one of my clients who realized that she no longer wants her current business to be her re...
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155: Appealing to Different Buyer Types on Your Website and Within Your Marketing Strategy
What if your website is turning away the very people who want to buy from you? This week, I’m sharing a behind-the-scenes conversation I had with one of my coaching accelerator clients all about aligning your brand and website with different bu...
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154: Homeschooling While Building a Business: My Real‑Life Schedule & Curriculum Choices
I’ve been getting lots of DMs lately asking: How do you homeschool your kids while growing a business? In today's episode, I peel back the curtain on my life as a 2nd generation homeschool mom, including the decisions, curriculums, sch...
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5 Books About Business & Money You Should Read as an Entrepreneur
What’s on your reading list for your business? Today’s episode features five of my top recommendations for business books to read over the next year.In This Episode You'll:Find 5 new books to add to your reading list ...
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Visibility Made Simple: A Marketing Plan You’ll Stick To
Are you hoping for more clients in your business? Whether you're new to your business or you've been in the gam for a while, you know that unless you have customers, you can't have a successful business. So what's the answer to getting in front...
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Capacity, Confidence, & Cashflow: Pricing Strategies That Work for Creatives
The power in entrepreneurship is that we get to determine our own pricing, but then we're faced with our potential clients being the ones who determine if they're willing to pay that price. In today's episode, we're discussing pricing strategie...
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153: The 5 Most Common Mistakes Moms Make When Balancing Business & Family
If you’ve ever felt stuck trying to grow your business while being the present mom you want to be, this episode is for you. I’m diving into the five most common mistakes I see over and over again in my coaching work with entrepreneurial moms. T...
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The Introvert’s Guide to Growing Your Business
Being an introvert comes with its own challenges, but can you build a business and be successful as an introvert? As a business owner who identifies as an introvert, I'm here to tell you YES! In today's episode, I'm sharing how you can grow a b...
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152: Time, Talent, Tools - Which should you invest in?
When the options for investing in your business feel endless, how do you actually choose the right one? From hiring a team member or coach to buying new software, there are so many places to spend your money.In this episode, I'm sharing ...
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How to Become Every Podcast Host’s Favorite Guest
If you're thinking about being a guest on more podcasts this year, you're in the right place! In today's episode, I'm sharing how you can become a favorite podcast guest that is remembered and asked back! From creating a wonderful experience fo...
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151: My Home Birth Story
I’m back—and this time, I’ve got a new baby in my arms and a whole birth story to share. This episode is a deeply personal one. I’m pulling back the curtain on my third maternity leave, giving you an honest look into my home birth with baby Wes...
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150: How to Reclaim Your Energy & Focus as a Mom & Entrepreneur with Kim Perez
Feel like you're running on fumes? You’re not alone. As a newly postpartum mom of three, this episode could not have come at a better time—and I know it’ll meet you where you are too. I invited functional nutritionist Kim Perez of Root and Bran...
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26:50
149: How to Turn Your Slow Season into Revenue with Rachel Lee
What if your slow season could become your most profitable one? In this episode, guest host Rachel Lee take the mic to share her journey from booked-out creative to strategically building a business that runs beyond her physical presence. We ta...
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25:53
148: Let It Go to Grow: The Real ROI of Delegation for Entrepreneurs with Nata Salvatori
There is one skill could change everything—and you might be resisting it. we're handing the mic to Nata Salvatori, a photographer, business coach, and podcast host who is diving into one of the most essential and misunderstood strategies for su...
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20:32
147: Burnout, Boundaries & Business: How Slowing Down Can Help You Thrive Again ft. Sabrina Gebhardt
Ever feel like you're running your business on fumes and calling it success? This week, we're handing the mic to Sabrina Gebhardt, longtime photographer, business coach, and mom of three, who shares her personal story of burnout and the radical...
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Showing Up In Your Business—Even When You're Not at 100%
As an ambitious mom running a business, finding the balance between meeting your goals and managing life’s demands can be downright exhausting. If you’re feeling uninspired yet grappling with deadlines, projects, and ambitions, you’re not alone...
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146: Adjusting to New Motherhood and Entrepreneurship ft. Julie Fried
The first month of motherhood broke her—yet rebuilt her into someone new and even more beautiful.If you’re struggling to adjust to motherhood and running your business, you aren’t alone. In this episode of the Called to Both podcast, gue...
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145: How to Transform Your Business and Motherhood through Tiny Habits® ft. Tara Whitaker
Want to know the secret to creating sustainable habits that actually work? It’s not about repetition or motivation, it’s about your emotions.In this episode, Tara Whitaker takes over the mic to unpack the real secret to creating habits t...
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The 1% Rule: A Smarter Way to Grow Your Business This Summer
Could doing less be the secret to staying sane this summer? In this episode, I’m sharing how the pressure to do more impacts business owners and how simplicity can lead to less, but better. [This episode is a re-run. It originally a...
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144: How to Plan a Month of Content in Just 6 Hours (Without Burning Out) ft. Carli LeBlanc
Reality check: Content creation doesn’t have to feel overwhelming. There are 720 hours in a month, and you only need six quality hours to plan, create, and schedule an entire month’s worth of content. In this episode of Called to Bo...
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143: Working from Home During Summer Break: Mom Business Tips & Encouragement with Cait Howard
With school almost out of session for the year, your routine is about to go through an upheaval. How do you balance your business and family life during the summer months? Today’s episode continues the guest host series, where inspi...
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142: Systems That Actually Work: Thrive in Business and at Home ft. Lydia Fine
As a business owner and mom, do you feel like you’re juggling a million responsibilities and dropping half of them? Do you lack systems that help your business and home life thrive? If so, this episode is for you. Listen in as guest...
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141: 3 Ways to Optimize Your Business (WITHOUT Overworking) So You Can Spend More Time With Your Kids ft. Elizabeth McCravy
Want more time to spend with your kids? Today’s episode continues the guest host series, where inspiring women entrepreneurs take over the podcast while I am on maternity leave. In this episode, Elizabeth McCravy shares three of her tips for op...
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