Hey sunshine and the warmest welcome to the Passion Break Podcast episode 25 with Jessica Hanlon who is an American portrait & branding photographer based in Stockholm Sweden. She’s helped entrepreneurs, CEOs, and small businesses to build their brand online, by delivering strong visuals for their businesses.

Jessica left her life in America for love and went off to Belgium in 2010. It was in Belgium where she fell back in love with photography. Living abroad left Jessica feeling lost with no idea of what to do with her life. Through her journey of self-realization, she found that she could help entrepreneurs build their brand and create the life of their dreams by using her passion for photography. Now you can find Jessica speaking about personal branding, and teaching entrepreneurs how to build their personal brand online with photography.

In this episode, we are going to talk about Jessica's work as a photographer, her journey to it and starting a successful business abroad as an expat.

Here are the episode take-outs:

-How is it to start a business in a new country & culture

-How our passions can be the hardest thing to admit/pursue

-How photoshoots can help you to like who you are & embrace it

-What are the first steps to become better at photographing

-How to market yourself successfully from the very start

-Mastering taxing and billing as an entrepreneur

-How the niggling feeling to pursue your passion never fades away

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Hey sunshine and the warmest welcome to the Passion Break Podcast episode 24 with Jen Stoeckert who is a holistic facialist and creator of Minimal Beauty!

Jen's motivation is to enlighten others through a pure and uncomplicated philosophy of beauty. A place where science, nature and luxury all meet to nourish skin from the inside and out. Jen's treatments are intended to guide skin back to balance through practices of Ayurveda, Eastern Massage Rituals, Lymphatic Support and Skin Microbiome Integrity in combination with nutrient-dense and botanical-based products, restoring skin's natural intelligence and diminishing unwanted concerns while revealing one's own natural radiance. The intention of Jen's treatments paired with her in-depth product and lifestyle recommendations provides clients with lifelong education on how to apply simple, elevated practices to achieve absolute beauty and radiance.

In this episode, we are going to talk about Jen's work as a holistic facialist, her journey to it and the benefits of facial massage. Here are the episode take-outs:

-Skin's reaction to different seasons/climates

-Holistic approach to skin's radiance

-Ayurvedic doshas as a map to skin's needs

-How cleanser can be the host of skin problems

-Treating skin barrier instead of the problem itself

-The beauty trends vs reality

-How in budget products can bring skin back to balance

-How wrinkles can be just stored emotions/tension

-The million-dollar benefits of facial massage

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Hey beauty and the warmest welcome to the Passion Break Podcast episode 23 with Ellinor Isaksson who is the owner of Chokladfabriken together with her ex-husband. Chokladfabriken is a chocolate & pastry brand founded in 1997. Chokladfabriken is based in Stockholm, Sweden and runs currently a factory, 4 shops & a successful webshop. Ellinor has worked in cafes and bakeries in Stockholm since she was 14. Now she works with selling, developing chocolate, and also has a lot of chocolate tastings, and sometimes baking classes.

In this episode, we are going to talk all about chocolate, Ellinor's journey to Chokladfabriken and what goes behind the scenes in chocolate making. We also touch on Ellinor's experience as a young woman entrepreneur, her favorite praline and the journey of becoming passionate about chocolate. Here are the episode take-outs:

-The history of cacao

-The process from bean to praline

-The problem of child labor in some cacao farms

-The combination of trial, passion & luck as a way to success

-The hardship of proving oneself as a woman entrepreneur

-Directing energy into the right direction in business

Tune into this beautiful episode and click the "follow" button & download the episodes for your favorite walks! We are happy to have you here with us xx @passion.break & @chokladfabriken

Hey beauty and the warmest welcome to the Passion Break Podcast episode 22 with Erika Flores who's a self-taught Toronto-based illustrator and calligrapher with a modern and minimal style. She is best known for her line art illustrations used on mediums such as acrylic glass, digital illustration, and engravings. As a woman of color and the proud daughter of Filipino immigrants, Erika is passionate about creative storytelling through working with brands and creating themed art around heritage and culture, basketball/sports, youth and women empowerment and representing BIPOC and LGBTQ2s+ communities.

In this conversation we are going to talk about Erika's work, her journey to it and how to challenge the typical boss babe mentality! Here are the episode take-outs:

-How some businesses work better as a side hustle

-How taking projects against your creative flow can be tiring

-How the most authentic work is the most attractive

-The social media trends & the pressure they cause

-Catering your needs as an artist and business owner

-Finding the why behind your action

-How we all have different starting points and privileges as a people

-How the best is to let people define themselves and to not be defined by someone else.

Tune into this beautiful episode and click the "follow" button & download the episodes for your favorite walks! We are happy to have you here with us xx @passion.break & @inkscrpt

Hey lovely and the warmest welcome to the Passion Break Podcast episode 21 with Marina Lavenius who's a hypnotherapist & energy healer based in Helsinki, Finland. Marina's motivation is to help people become more aware and live a life in alignment with themselves. She believes that when we know how to use our minds properly, we can reach our fullest potential. In this conversation we are going to talk about Marina's work, her journey to it and how to be in touch with your emotions and body. Here are the episode take-outs:

-How seasons bring different life lessons

-What is hypnotherapy & the practice of hypnosis

-The history & science behind hypnotherapy

-Burnout can also happen from passionate career

-The roller coaster of anxiety & depression

-The truth behind the cliché of “all the answers lies within”

-The beauty of  the “inner GPS” aka the intuition

-Tips to recognize your own emotions

Tune into this beautiful episode and click the "follow" button & download the episodes for your favorite walks! We are happy to have you here with us xx @passion.break & @marinalavenius

Hey lovely and the warmest welcome to the Passion Break Podcast episode 20 with Katrina Quach who's a registered acupuncturist and Eastern Asian herbalist. Her special areas of interest include digestive issues and women's reproductive health and sexual wellbeing. She believes that this medicine has the ability to empower women to feel connected, proud, and in awe of the miraculous nature of their bodies. In this episode we are going to talk about Katrina's work, her journey to it and how herbs and acupuncture can help improve women's reproductive health and sexual well-being. Here are the episode take-outs:

-What happens in acupuncture consultation

-The connection between emotions & the physical body

-The 5 elements of Chinese medicine

-Birth control & acne

-Treating hormonal imbalance

-Menstrual pain & cyclic wisdom

Join us in this beautiful wisdom-filled episode and click the "follow" button and download the episodes for your favorite walks! Lots of love x

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Hey there beauty and welcome to Passion Break Podcast episode 19 with your host - Jessica Carlsén. So, this episode is a great chance to get to know your host aka me better! This episode is a Q&A, consisting of questions I received from you - beautiful listeners! You can hear the answers for:

All of them and more answered! Tune into this taboo-breaking episode & come say sweet hello on IG @passion.break xx Jess

Hey lovely and the warmest welcome to Passion Break Podcast episode 18 with Jenny Murphy, who's an interior designer and wellness advocate, based in Colorado, USA. Jenny is the founder of J.Reiko, an interior design studio with a belief that good design has the capability to improve people’s lives and wellbeing. In this conversation, we are talking about Jenny's work as an interior designer, her journey to it and also how to bring holistic health into the design. We also touch on Jenny's biggest source of inspiration - the burning man festival. We also discuss how empathy is a superpower & how important it's to trust in life's organic current. --------- Tune into this beautiful episode and click the "follow" button, share it with your loved ones & download any episode for your favorite walk! Lots of love & light x @passion.break & @jreikodesignco.

Hey Sweet one and the warmest welcome to Passion Break Podcast episode 17 with Mikaela Mohlin, who's a singer and songwriter based in Stockholm, Sweden. In this episode, we talk about Mikaela's work as a singer and songwriter, her journey to it and how important it's to pursue joy. We touch on Mikaela's "wake-up call" & how she re-directed her career path after that. Also, we rename insecurity and talk about how to not get attached to closed doors. Tune into this juicy episode and click the "follow" button or download episodes for your favorite walks! x @passion.break & @hon.har.insta

Hello, sweet one and welcome to join the episode 16 of Passion Break Podcast with Adrianne, the founder of Atlas the Collective, travel-inspired art pieces made slow by hand in Byron Bay Australia, to remind you to keep exploring the land & water! In this conversation, we are going to talk about Adrianne's work as an artist, her journey to it and how traveling is her source of inspiration. We also talk about how the transaction from full-time employment to the full-time artist was for Adrianne, her travel bucket list and featuring stories like trip to Tahiti, behind her artwork. Tune in to this inspiring conversation! ------ Join the wild ride of a Passion Break by clicking the "follow" button & download episodes for your favorite walks! x @passion.break & @atlas_thecollective