In today's episode (160) of the EAT, CAPTURE, SHARE podcast (the first of season 14!) I'm chatting with brand strategist, creative director, food stylist and host of the Nourishing Creativity podcast, Carla Contreras.

If you've lost focus and vision in your creative business, or just feel stuck and are ready to make the rest of 2025 count, then this is your episode! Tune into a nourishing chat where we explore working with the inevitable changes in our businesses and showing up fully as creative beings. Carla's fearless, positive energy will encourage you to embrace opportunities and growth in your business this year. 

Here's what else you can expect from today's episode...

• Carla introduces herself.
• We talk about how to re-connect to your goals (or your word of the year) and why it matters.
• Carla gives her best strategic advice for how creatives can embrace change on Instagram.
• Carla shares her story of how and why she made a major pivot in her creative business.
• We share the secret to staying successful in our creative businesses.
• We talk about how we balance creating content for brands versus creating content for ourselves.
• Carla explains how she's continued to grow her audience despite spending less time on Instagram (you won't want to miss this nugget of wisdom!). 

LINKS MENTIONED:

• Order my brand new book HOW TO MAKE YOUR FOOD FAMOUS HERE! It’s all about developing a social media strategy that works!
• My first book, Creative Food Photography is available HERE! It’s for food photographers who want to find their own unique style and up level their photography
• We backed out of buying our dream home. Read more about it in this blog post HERE
• Instagram post on not selling our home
• Carla's website, podcast, Instagram and Substack
• Quarantine Cooking Tips for Health and Joy - Eat Capture Share Podcast episode number 41
• Sharing Beautiful Things Even in Dark Times, with Kimberly Espinel - Nourishing Creativity episode 109
• How to Create Community + Share on Instagram with Kimberly Espinel - Nourishing Creativity episode 2
• How to go from 10k to 100k followers on Instagram! – Eat Capture Share Podcast episode 157
• Form Nutrition - Grab your 20% discount using the code KIMBERLY20 at checkout (applies to sales in the UK, US and EU)
• Find out more about my online Reels for Food Content Creators Course HERE and grab your discount using code PODCAST10 at checkout! 
• Find the full show notes HERE
• Find my Instagram HERE