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Today I welcome my beautiful guest, a Mama, a Speaker and the Bucket List Life Coach, Claire Cardew. 

Claire allows women to dream and set big goals, through vision boards. She believes that it’s important for women to put on their own oxygen mask before helping others. Claire supports you to get where you want to be by encouraging you to create your own bucket list. 

In this episode we cover:

• Introduction to the show and guest, Claire Cardew.
• Claire explains how it’s important for women to put on their own oxygen mask before helping others.
• How women, especially mothers, can lose their sense of self after having a child.
• A bucket list becomes a self-care tool that allows you to give more once it’s overflowing.
• How you can’t pour from an empty cup when you’re wearing all the hats.
• The struggles of motherhood.
• How setting goals can help you get back into your zone and prioritising yourself.
• Claire explains how bucket lists aren’t all about travel and adventure.
• Claire narrows down bucket lists into four themes; balance, vitality, curiosity and joy.
• Claire demonstrates the theme “balance” with examples.
• Claire tells us some of the things on her bucket list and how she’d love to visit Heston Blumenthal’s restaurant.
• Where the term “bucket list comes” from.
• How bucket lists can give you something to look forward to and a purpose.
• Belle tells us some of the items on her bucket list.
• Examples of how Claire has helped people tick things off their bucket list.
• Claire tells us about her Bucket List Vision Board Workshops.
• Claire talks about the Adventure Club, where people come together to discuss their big dreams and maybe find someone to achieve them with.
• Claire organised for ladies who have the same dream, to go hot air ballooning together, so they can achieve their joint dream.
• Belle and Claire talk about how it’s great for people to connect in real life rather than online to share these experiences.
• Claire gives us more examples on how she has brought women together to tick items off their bucket lists.
• The importance of slowing down.
• Belle and Claire talk about their morning routine and how they ease themselves into the day.
• Belle thanks Claire and says goodbye.

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Today I talk about being of service as a photographer and a creative, and how that really leads to being in alignment with our purpose and what we’re here to do.

In this episode we cover:

• How, as photographers, we capture memories for people.

• How it’s important that we listen to our clients, understand their needs and what they are using their photos for.

• We need to show them that we’re reliable, consistent, organised, and professional.

• Things you can do to make you excited when you’re in a slump.

• Maybe organise a creative shoot to fill your creative nourishment.

• Something Belle likes to do to get herself energised is go to the local library, pick up a photo book and look at the pages. Or go to a photography gallery.

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In today's episode, I speak with Melinda Edwards, an Author, Mama, Photographer, and Photography Mentor. She's also an original Camera Queen member. 

Today we chat about how a near death experience impacted her life and propelled her business forward in an unexpected way, and how choosing you, can be the most selfless thing you do. 

In this episode we cover:

• Introduction to Melinda Edwards
• Belle reads out her favourite parts from Melinda’s book called “Remember”.
• Melinda tells us about her experience of writing her book and how it flowed out of her.
• How “Remember” was born out of fear.
• She wrote it over the course of 19 years of writing a diary, journalling, and notes on scraps of paper.
• Writing a book for Melinda was cleansing, it was a release, it was healing, it was how she processed. It was a companion in motherhood when she felt alone.
• On 3 July 2021, Melinda pulled out all her journals, diaries, and notebooks. She felt the need to write.
• She had lost her connection with creativity, and writing this book brought it back. She wrote “Remember” in three days.
• The pages from her diary were some of the most traumatic days of Melinda’s motherhood.
• Belle and Melinda discuss how you can feel your highest highs and your lowest lows in motherhood.
• Melinda talks about her two sons and how they are different from one another.
• Belle and Melinda talk about how people wear masks, afraid to show who they really are for fear of what other people will think.
• Melinda tells us about the hard four years she had with one of her sons. She was petrified of what people would think of her as a mother of a child who had run away and was kicked out of school.
• How it was destroying her marriage. She was the epitome of that woman who was not telling the truth. She was completely disconnected from herself. She was lying to herself, saying everything was okay.
• Melinda’s son had a horrific motorcycle accident. And she was too embarrassed to tell anyone, so she dealt with it by herself.
• After the accident, Melinda was too far in a trauma response to fear anything, but very clearly the word “enough” came.
• She knew as soon as she felt that word, she’s had enough of a lying, enough of not telling people, enough of the no support, just enough.
• Melinda is now about loving herself first. It was a message.
• Melinda used to pretend everything was fine and doesn’t want that for anyone else.
• That’s why, in her business, Melinda is passionate about mothers. As they can lose connection to themselves.
• Belle and Melinda talk about motherhood and how you can lose the connection with yourself.
• Belle says how having young children, she was torn. There's a duality of wanting to be as present as you

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Today I speak to Sally Prosser: Confidence Coach, TikTok Sensation and Ex-TV and Radio News Journalist, about how to stand out using the power of your voice.

Sally is all about speaking from the heart, speaking with soul. And really helping other creatives and business owners to find their truth and be able to communicate that with their audience.

Sally is a heart-centered, soul driven, purpose-led entrepreneur. With a background in speech and drama, teaching radio and tv, news reporting, company spokesperson, and is now running a beautiful coaching business where voice is a big part of it.

In this episode Sally explains how, as photographers, we can use our voice to attract clients.

In this episode we cover:

• Belle welcomes Sally to the show.
• Why Sally uses the F Bomb in the middle of her name as a confidence strategy.
• It is so much easier to speak on behalf of a company or to be an objective third party.
• Sally was a spokesperson for a big water and sewage company.
• Sally’s shocking harassment encounter at a boxing match which ended up being on the news.
• That’s when Sally realised it was easier speaking on behalf of the water sewerage company, than it was to talk on behalf of herself and her harassment experience on the news.
• Belle says how this is similar to photographers, who are comfortable behind the camera and sharing these images on social media, but rarely show photos of themselves on social media.
• It's scary to put yourself forward for judgment.
• Some of Sally’s Tik Toks went viral for all the wrong reasons which used to upset her.
• Sally now “lives in her disco ball”. She keeps shining and dancing and decides who comes to her party and who reflects right back.
• We want to work with people we know, like and trust.
• When looking for a photographer, Sally says, if she doesn’t know what a photographer looks like and sounds like, and she doesn't get a vibe from them, she’s not going to hire them.
• Belle asks Sally how photographers can be confident on camera.
• It takes practice. Sally recommends recording yourself and getting used to filming yourself.
• Sally talks about clients she has helped get over their fear of being on camera and have now “won the internet”.
• Showing up on camera is saying “I've got something to say, and I want my clients to get to know who I am, see my face, hear my voice, and learn why it is I do what I do.”
• Sally talks about the power of the pause.
• How Belle reclaimed her voice and power.
• The evolution of yourself online.
• How staying silent can be a disservice to your community.
• Photographers can start talking on camera by honestly explaining one of your photos.
• Make sure you breathe nice and deep.
• Speaking with

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Today I talk about the benefits of entering photography awards and how it's really helped me in my business. Entering competitions was such a game changer for me to really expedite my technical ability and skills. 

But I realised very quickly that the reason I was entering photography awards was for external validation. You need to do the inner work to fill your cup too.

In this episode we cover:

• Introduction to episode
• How entering awards, for me, was for external validation.
• The value in going through the process of entering awards.
• How entering awards filled my cup.
• How I felt when I won an award.
• How you should fill your own internal cup so that you don’t need external validation.
• The benefits of entering photography awards; I was able to look at my work objectively.
• Competitions allowed me to step outside and look at my images in a different way.
• Photography competitions force you to make sure that the image you are entering is technically competent.
• After entering competitions, the way I delivered to my clients on an everyday basis went from zero to hero. It changed the way I shot, edited and delivered photos.
• Entering competitions was such a game changer for me to really expedite my technical ability and skills.
• I asked friends about my work to get their honest feedback, including male photographers.
• How I won Documentary Photographer of the Year for WA and the Print Handlers Award.
• Entering competitions helps you to see what judges look for in images.
• Now I’m lucky enough to be a judge.
• I now look at other people’s work and provide feedback.
• I hope you feel like you can enter photography competitions.

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Today we interview Jess Williamson who is a Mindset Coach, Business Coach, and is very intuitive with how she runs her business. She fails fast, moves on and takes the learnings. With this mindset she has had five businesses over the last seven years.

Jess started her first business aged 22, with no experience, creating a global swimwear brand. But believes that it worked due to her powerful mindset. She doesn’t ask herself questions like “what if it doesn’t work out”.

With this attitude she got invited to New York Fashion Week and scaled her swimwear business globally fast.

Since then, she started an influencer travel agency where she took influencers around the world to promote brands, including her own. She’s even owned her own photoshoot studio.

Now Jess coaches women and entrepreneurs who aren't here to just fit in the box. They're ready to go big and bold. She supports them to break the code on what's possible and make it happen.

Is there nothing this amazing woman can’t do?

In this episode we cover:

• Introduction to Jess Williamson.
• How she started her first business at 22 with no experience.
• How having a strong mindset led to Jess having a global swimwear brand.
• How she started an influencer travel agency.
• How she had her own photoshoot studio, the Content Studio.
• In 2019 Jess was doing it all.
• But realised this wasn’t her definition of success, this was society’s.
• So, she sold some of her businesses and concentrated on business and mindset work.
• She became a certified mindset coach, supporting women to be big and bold.
• Belle shares how different she was at 22!
• Jess says how you can’t have wild success with a bad mindset and no self-belief.
• How Jess used to be afraid of coming across the wrong way.
• Jess tells us her triggers and what stopped her showing up in her business.
• How she’s now overcome that feeling of wanting to curl up and never come out when she gets triggered.
• How the fear of success can hold you back.
• Jess runs through the methods she uses on clients to help them find out what’s holding them back.
• Jess tells us about Fantasy Land and about tapping into your deepest superpower.
• Setting goals out of this world.
• Belle tells us what her Fantasy Land looks like.
• Jess and Belle discuss how kids have big dreams and how this changes as we grow older, when people start to question us.
• Jess explains how she gets her clients to do some deep gnarly mindset work by playing Fantasy Land.
• How people often get stuck in the hustle because they don’t feel worthy and are trying to make it hard.
• Jess shares how she made her first $78K week.
• How Jess cleaned up her energy leaks.

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Today Courtney Wilder shares her story on how she broke the rules to live an abundant life.

Courtney is the owner of Seeking Wilder. She’s an incredible Business Astrologer, Intuitive and Life Coach, Author, Poet, Podcast Host, and Tarot Teacher.

In this episode Courtney shares with us how she went from being a teenage runaway, full of self-doubt, to living an abundant life.

In this episode we cover:

• Courtney’s secret of how she became a teenage runaway and an underage stripper.
• What it was like growing up in a religious “cult”.
• How she went from being the black sheep of the family to supporting her family to live in alignment.
• Her struggles with her mental health and self-worth and how she learnt to love herself.
• The methods she uses to get herself out of negative self-talk.
• How she uses the tools she used on herself, for her clients in her coaching business.
• How, as a business owner, you can find the beauty in the low periods in your business, as well as the highs.
• Feeling abundant and how you can shape your business in a way to make you abundant.
• Valuing community over competition.
• What is instinct and intuition and how you should trust it.
• How being “full of yourself” is a good thing.
• How to work with Courtney

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The Soul Seeker Society is a luscious, and full platform that provides you with the support and tools that you need to have clear sight, vision, and connection to your most fulfilled self.

Choose your own adventure with your birth chart as your map, and integrate with our smorgasbord of pre-recorded videos, guest speaker masterclasses, meditations, journal prompts live tarot readings, moon circles, and body astrology sessions.

In the Soul Seeker Society, we believe more is more, so you will find an ABUNDANCE of support, ways to integrate, expansive sessions, and connect with a like-minded community.

Our intention is to be a space where you remember exactly who you are, and are seen in the bigness of your truest expression.

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• SHOW NOTES: https://www.belleverdiglione.com.au/blog/Podcast%20Episode%202

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Today Belle introduces us to the Camera Queens and why she started the Camera Queens community.

She explains how you don’t have to be perfect, and that Camera Queens is a place for people who aren’t perfect. 

Belle tells us her story, why she became a photographer and what she loves about photography.

In this episode we cover:

• Why Belle started the Camera Queens community.
• Why your business doesn’t need to be perfect and to be okay with making mistakes.
• How the voice inside your head stops you doing the things you want to do.
• How Camera Queens is not about perfection, it’s a place for the wild and quirky, who think outside the box and don’t fit in.
• It’s a place to be different and a misfit.
• Belle’s story and why she became a photographer.
• Belle’s school days and how she came to love photography.
• Why Belle only does 200 – 300 frames a shoot.
• Belle asks listeners to introduce themselves to her and tell her if there’s any guests they would like to hear on the podcast.
• Belle tells you how you can get in touch.

Resources and links mentioned in this episode:

• SHOW NOTES: https://www.belleverdiglione.com.au/blog/Podcast%20Episode%201
• Belle Verdiglione Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/belleverdiglione/
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Welcome to the Camera Queens podcast. This podcast is a space to celebrate wild and raw creativity, to expand your mind and your heart, and to challenge everything you know to be true about business. If you’re here, I know you're a creative who is keen to shake things up.

You may struggle with imposter syndrome from time to time, but deep down, you know, there is something more for you, a life outside the 9-5 grind, and another way to make a f**k ton of money living your dream.

I’m Belle Verdiglione, and my mission is to support photographers to find their focus, live in alignment, stand in their power, and become the best version of themselves as they strive to create successful creative businesses that go the distance.

The secret to having longevity in this industry is community. And that's why I know you're gonna froth over the guest speakers that truly set this podcast alight.

I'll explore with them their creative processes, their mindset for success, and how they too turned their passion into a profitable business.

Make sure to hit the follow button to have exclusive access when these potent episodes drop, it's gonna be a game changer.

I'm always up for a chat. So, head over to at https://www.instagram.com/belleverdiglione so we can connect over there. Or visit my website at 

https://www.belleverdiglione.com.au/"

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