Anna is an Austrian photographer and visual artist based in London, United Kingdom, she discovered her love for visual storytelling by creating self-portraits to find her inner self and bring the surreal world of her imagination to life. 

After experiencing the narrow concepts of beauty in the industry, Anna began a  journey towards capturing what truly matters to her - stories of self-love, acceptance, and resilience. Anna thinks the less diversity people see in their everyday lives, the more disconcerting they might find it, and she knew that was something she could change. For her, diversity does not exist without inclusion.

We are bombarded with social media, magazines, online advertising on a daily basis. Most of these images are nowhere near as diverse as the world around us is. Sometimes change has to come from within, if you just start to ask yourself questions about diversity in your own work, the ripple effect can be massive. Never be afraid to ask questions, do your research and be respectful. 

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Kristina Mack has been photographing newborn babies for over 17 years. A lover of simplicity, she creates soulful, elegant and timeless images. Her unique style has attracted TV personalities, public figures, and celebrities. 

Kristina has been mentoring fellow photographers on how to find their own style and take their newborn photography skills and businesses to the next level for nearly a decade now. She strongly believes that photographers don’t need to be starving artists and that a side hustle that often starts from the love of photography can be a very profitable business. Inspired by feminine strength, she is very passionate about self-worth and confidence and encourages women to play a bigger game and live life with an 'I can have it all’ attitude. 

Consistency is all about knowing yourself, your style and your brand. These can seem like very big things to try and figure out and they are. It will take time and patience to come to a point where you feel you have created a business that truly aligns with you. Part of building a business is the journey, so try and not be too frustrated. Enjoy the process of learning and remember to always be true to yourself and who you are. 

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In this episode I will talk about the ways I maintained a consistent and solid portfolio, over my time as a family photographer and how that lead me to create a flourishing business with return clients. 

If you are lacking inspiration, do not (and I really strongly advise this) go online and look at your peers work. 

All that will happen is you will end up copying what they are already doing. This leads to an industry full of people doing the same thing and clients that are basing their decisions on price, vs creative ability. Instead, get outside. Get into nature, go to art galleries, travel, listen to music or audio books, meditate, create artwork or sew or knit etc. There is so much you can do to inspire yourselves. Step into the shoes of an artist and be a creator. 

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It is completely possible as a women in business to break down those barriers we have around money and  improve our relationship with it, to increase the wealth that we have.

The easiest way to do this is to first think about our own money mindset. This is just a set of beliefs that we hold that's individual and specific to us about money. It's formed really in the very early years of our lives, depending on what we've listened to and had modeled around us from like our caregivers, whatever their perspectives on money was. 

All these things are not necessarily true and they aren’t our story, they are someone else's.

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Get ready to get serious about your menstrual cycle, in this episode, we cover some fairly intimate topics so we ask you to come with an open heart, you may just learn something new. 

Menstrual cycle awareness at its absolute basic core is being aware of the fact that you have a menstrual cycle, which sounds really obvious, but a lot of the time people don't actually realise it's a cycle, they focus on having a period and that's it. So it's understanding that you have this cycle, which is repeating phases of hormones, let's say, that affect how you move through the world, how you feel about yourself, about the world around you, about the things that you do, and the foods that you eat and how your body operates, we're all governed by hormones. 

Every menstrual cycle is different, if yours doesn’t follow the ‘typical’ pattern that's completely ok. The key is to track your cycle and learn how you respond within it. You can use it like a calendar, so you know when to be productive in business and when to be more reflective. 

Episode show notes: https://gathertogrow.co.uk/2024/06/23/natalie-martin-menstral-cycle-and-business/

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SEO, it stands for search engine optimization if you don't know, but it's essentially just a set of algorithms, just like with Instagram, but for Google instead, helping you sit higher up in the rankings because as everybody knows, you never really go to page two on Google, so the higher up you can get, the better and the more eyes you're gonna get on your business.

Not only is it a whole other marketing platform, it's for your website, so it's like off social media, it's something that you own yourself which is really nice because with Instagram these days if you lose your profile like that's that's kind of it like no one can really help with that but your website is yours that's your like internet real estate that you own yourself. No one can take it away from you. 

Do a little and often, if you’ve already built a website, re-doing all these things can seem like a massive job. Take it slowly and remember, even if it’s small, it’s still progress! 

If you haven’t built your website yet, this is your sign to make sure you prioritise optimising your website for SEO. It’s so much easier to do it as you go. 

Full episode show notes: https://gathertogrow.co.uk/2024/06/16/jodie-mitchell-seo/

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Who’s the dickhead that thought it was ‘chat GBT’….instead of what it actually is ‘chat GPT’ yeah, that would be me.

So if you want to come and listen to an episode where I constantly reference the wrong software (that I’ve been using happily without realising the correct name for 3 years) come and listen to this weeks podcast episode: 3 ways AI can help you run your business.

I know the idea of AI can be scary, but I promise a remote robot is not going to take over your computer. On this episode, we're going to talk about how AI technology can help you run your photography business better.

So what is AI? AI is just new technology guys! Just like back in the day when your phone or computer that you're probably currently listening on right now was just new technology. As we know, advances in technology usually mean that we can save time on everyday tasks and technology is a good thing. In this episode, I'll walk you through all the ways I've used AI not only to help me run my business but improve it as well. All while saving me time and saving my sanity (just a little bit)

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I want to preface this first episode by saying you don’t HAVE to become self-employed! I know that goes against the title of this podcast, but not everyone has to leap into becoming a full-time, self-employed photographer. However, if this is something you’ve been thinking about, or is on the horizon for you then make sure you take the time to tune in! 

If becoming self-employed is something you want to work towards, start by making a plan. I know it can be scary but trust yourself. Ask yourself why you are doing this. When you begin to doubt, remind yourself of that ‘why’ everytime. 

Remember, others have done this, more people will continue to do it daily. It can be done, so why not you? 

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Being authentic to yourself is about being rooted in who you are and what you believe in. It’s standing true in that even when the wind is blowing against you.

It’s hard to stand in who you are and in your truth, whilst not being affected by the people around you. I truly believe it’s when we are authentic like that, when we’re truly us, that we can connect with others because you can only connect from a place of truth, not from a place of projection.

Jess Collins is The Feral Writer. Known for her straight-talking grit not gloss approach, she tells tales with texture and leads with truth. Personal, powerful and impactful, she creates courageous content and authentic marketing for brands worldwide.


Jess originally ran a content marketing agency and was a specialist content marketing writer for The Guardian. These days things are much more simple, working part time from the sand, notebook in hand, she has embraced a slower pace and a more intentional way of working.

Her signature offering is her membership community Empress – the membership

community for soulful creatives.. You can also find her on her podcast M Path –Meaningful Marketing for Soulful Creatives.

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Body neutrality is the understanding that we have been conditioned all our lives to have negative thoughts about our bodies and that’s not going to go away with bubble baths and long walks. Instead, it’s this idea of recognizing that yes, I’m going to have some not so nice thoughts about my body, but I’m not going to let those thoughts stop me from doing what I want to do with my life. 

Body neutrality is a journey, one that can take a long time and to be honest, is never truly complete. You will have moments or even days where you think negatively about yourself. The key is to question why, sit with it and get curious about your own feelings around your body. 

The more you look at your body, get creative with it in self portraits, the less shocked you’ll be with how it looks and dare I say, you might even come to like it a bit. 

Remember, you are trying to undo a lifetime of being conditioned to hate your body. Give yourself some grace and love

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