Welcome to Not So Picture Perfect. If you’re new here:

My name is Alyssa Hollis. I’m a homeschooling mom of three, a Jesus follower, and I run a full-time family photography business that I’ve built over the last 16 years. My days are usually a mix of editing photos, homeschooling my kids, running a business, and trying to grow in my faith while raising little a little kid and teenagers simutantiously in a world that feels like a fight for survival. 

This podcast started years ago as a place where I talked about photography and entrepreneurship. And that part of my life is still very real. I still photograph families full-time and I still mentor photographers in editing, shooting and business. 

But as my life has grown, the conversations that matter most to me have grown too.

This show is now a place where I share the bigger picture behind all of it. The motherhood. The homeschooling. The faith. The mindset work of learning to choose gratitude instead of constant complaint. The reality of raising teenagers in a digital obsessed world while trying to stay rooted in biblical truth. And the very real process of building a business while protecting your peace.

Some episodes will feel like a Bible study.
Some will be reflections on motherhood and mindset.
Some will talk about homeschooling and raising kids in this extremely loud world.
And sometimes we’ll still talk about photography and creative entrepreneurship, because that’s a big part of my life too.

But more than anything, this podcast is simply a peek into my own journey as I’m walking it out in real time.

If you’re a mother trying to build a meaningful life, grow in your faith, raise your children intentionally, and maybe even run a business somewhere in the middle of all that chaos… you’re in the right place.

Life, faith, motherhood, friendships and business isn’t picture perfect.

And that’s exactly why this show exists.

So if that sounds like a conversation you want to be part of, I’m really glad you’re here.

Follow along on my business instagram: www.instagram.com/alyssahollisphoto

Follow along here on my motherhood/homeschool Instagram:

www.instagram.com/thecultivatedmom