Making Good Choices with Amber L. Carter

Welcome to Making Good Choices with Amber L. Carter, Episode 2! (We made it to 2, you guys! Give yourself a hand, everybody, we did it. Great job)

My guest for this episode is Jeremy Nilson (@fripfropjer). Jeremy is a man of the north insofar that he wears flannel in a non-ironic way. He is a contributor to the Remakers Mark podcast, runs two different Nerd Nites and is usually far busier than he should be.  Elsewhere, Jeremy feels strongly about Star Wars, has redefined Foosball, and speaks in movie quotes without realizing it more than should be admitted. He is fascinated with Abraham Lincoln, Scooby Doo, and zombies. If you want to play a boardgame, he’ll play. And win.

Shiz we talked about in this episode:

Welcome to the inaugural episode of Making Good Choices! My very first podcast guest is Lacy Clamer, a 26-year-old interior design professional from the Northwoods of WI. In this podcast, we talk about making good (see: bad) choices when it comes to dating party boys, drawing up relationship contracts, being intimidating vs. approachable, having potential run-ins with exes, calling off weddings, and basically thinking we’re much smarter than we actually are when it comes to all of this stuff.

Shiz mentioned in this post:

Corrections:

Full (and correct) Ann Lamott quote:

“You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.”

― Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

In reference to Taylor Swift, I mentioned “No, it’s Betsy”, when the correct reference is “No, its Becky”.

PS: The audio is a little quiet in some parts of this episode, but you have to start somewhere, right? From Episode 3 onward things are going to sound much better. Thanks for listening!

Welcome to Episode 3 of Making Good Choices with Amber L. Carter!

Meg Marie Thue is the Co-Owner and Photographer of The Emenee Studio, alongside her husband Erik. She enjoys drinking copious amounts of coffee throughout the day, lounging around in her jam jams and perusing the latest home renovation blogs.

So yeah. She’s pretty cool.

She’s also one of my favorite pals + my fellow Girl from the Northwoods, and in this episode, we chat about what it takes to make it anywhere…”it” being your dream creative project or business. Meg has become known for her pin-up and boudoir shoots, having been the photographer for Northwoods-famous The Real Women of Namakagon Calendar and The Dapper Dozen Men’s Calendar. She also recently shot the album work of famed musician Molly O (formerly Molly of Molly & The Haymakers + Molly & The Danger Band), and her and husband are fast becoming The Go-To for engagement and wedding photography. Thus, Meg has a lot of great stuff to speak on when it comes to the art and war of knowing your value, anxiety over pricing, getting your name out there, and how to keep on keepin’ on in the face of not-so-great clients and skeptics.

You can find Meg over on Instagram at MagWagMarie, check out her and her husband Erik’s photography over at Emenee Studios, and follow them on Facebook here.

Welcome to Making Good Choices, Episode 4! It’s a Mega Friendship Episode!

In this week’s episode, I sit down with my best friend of 21 years (that’s more than half my life!), Katy Roskam Sekar, to talk about making good choices when it comes to being a friend. We also discuss what it’s like to hop on the Struggle Bus when it comes to have a prettier, more popular friend than you, the challenge of dealing with a friend’s velcro boyfriend, understanding depression though the journey of friendship, the glorious adventure of being a teenage Christian (and then growing up to be a not-so-Christian adult), and why you should never accept a shot from your waiter while vacationing in Resort-Town Mexico.

Basically, we go real deep, then pull ourselves together with some Adam Sandler quotes (which was basically just like our whole entire high school experience!).