Did you know that chronic stress can be a "secret stress"? It hides really well despite having a MASSIVE impact on our lives! Unlike short moments of high stress where you can clearly FEEL the stress (such as a presentation,  being behind on a due date, stressful family meetings, etc), chronic, everyday stress doesn't manifest itself as obviously.

Do you feel like you have become easily angered? Easily annoyed and overstimulated? Do you have constant stomach aches, hair loss, ulcers? How is your focus and concentration? Overall do you feel like you have become / are becoming a different person and you can't figure out why?THE LIKELY CULPRIT: CHRONIC STRESS.

We call it "secret stress" because you can THINK you are not stressed. In this episode, Beth talks about her experience thinking she was not stressed at all, even while chronic stress was causing massive issues in her health and relationships. Ayla talks about how -- even though she knew she was stressed -- chronic stress started plaguing her body and mind as well. Both Beth and Ayla had to learn how to respond to chronic stress.

To learn if your mystery symptoms are chronic stress, or if you are actually justifiably angry and triggered by every little thing, listen to today's episode!

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Want to learn how to second shoot weddings? We will teach you not only how to get more second shooting gigs, but also how to be the BEST second shooter out there! Even if you are an experienced photographer, picking up second shooting jobs can go a long way in helping you make more money during slow season, make new connections, add to your portfolio, and overall pick up some stress-free work! This episode applies to all photographers -- beginner and experienced! If you have 30 minutes to listen this morning, we truly believe that it will be worth your time. 

As always, please subscribe and leave a 5-star review, and we would love to hear your thoughts!

Do you struggle with shyness? Are you extremely introverted? Sometimes people are so shy that they have a hard time speaking up in class, making friends, working a job -- all because they are plagued with constant worry surrounding shyness! Did you also know that something CAN be done to overcome that severe shyness?

 In today's episode, both Beth and Ayla chat about how shyness has affected them in diffferent ways throughout their lives. For Beth, she delt with severe shyness that plagued her throughuot her childhood and young adult life, until she finally overcame it and now lives with less anxiety, fear of interactions with others, and enjoys a career that is centered around meeting new people! Ayla played a pivitol role in helping Beth overcome her shyness, even though Ayla has had to battle her own shyness at times. Ayla will walk you through her journey of thinking she was an extrovert to realizing that she actually dervies her energy from her alone time, and how she still chooses to pursue activities that keep her around people, and why. 

Beth and Ayla will walk you through their journeys, and explain what they think made the biggest difference in their mindset shift, so that you can start implementing some of their methods, today! 

In today's episode, Beth and Ayla take a deep dive into setting up your client workflows. What is workflow you may ask? These are the steps that take place from the moment a potential client inquires with you, up until final delivery. This episode is for the photographers and photo editors in the house, and we give you not only practical, step by step instructions for setting up your client workflow, but we also share some stories on how our workflows looked like at the start of our businesses, and compare them to now. We spill the deets on our favorite automation softwares to use, the canned emails we recommend creating, and give you our current workflows, that WORK, step by step. We get technical, nerdy, and down to business about WHY a solid workflow matters, as it up-levels your photo business, and can draw those high profile clients right to you!

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It's fairly common in today's world for Christians to say that they don't have an opinion on specific political topics, that they don't "participate" in political and theological debates and conversations, or that they "opt-out" altogether on voting. This is often justified with the argument that Christians should simply love everyone. On today's podcast we ask, and do our best to answer, questions such as: Should politics matter to Christians? What is the purpose of having political and theological arguments with anyone? What even IS real love?

If you are interested in hearing our perspective on this topic, then hit the play button! After you've listened, we'd love to hear your thoughts! Do you want to hear more political or theological based episodes from us in the future? 

Don't forget to leave us a 5 star rating and review on Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts, and follow us on Instagram @artofintentionpodcast! 

So, it's party town over here for us because we are entering our 4th month of The Art of Intention! While we still have LOTS of ground to cover, and we can't wait to watch this podcast grow, we wanted to pause and highlight some of our favorite moments from the episodes we've done so far. Today's episode is a little compilation of moments that had us laughing, some favorite conversation we had about different topics, and stories shared by us or our guests! Get cozy and reminisce some highlights from AOI so far, and then get pumped for what we have to come!

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Alright everybody, we've been brewing a HEFTY episode for you, because today we're talking about knowing if you're ready for marriage. Now, hear us out. We are not experts when it comes to marriage, as we have both been married for less than 5 years. However, both of us have gotten MULTIPLE questions over the course of our marriages like; "how did you know you were ready for marriage?" or, "how did you find 'The One?'" We answer all of the questions we've heard as two women who married young, and hopefully give you some tools to take with you if you're thinking about dating or marriage! 

In today's episode, Beth and Ayla get into the difference between chasing success and chasing purpose, as well as what that looks like for your business. We cover how to find your God-given potential, how to live it our day to day, and WHY you will find success THROUGH your purpose! It can be so easy to get swept up in what the world wants you to do, but today we want to encourage you that your purpose is special, unique, and worth pursuing every time!

This week we will share a few of our own travel memories, as well as some travel stories submitted by our listeners (that's you)! You will even get to meet Ayla's husband, Chris, and hear one of the most wild, sit-on-the-edge-of-your-seat road trip stories from him, as he tells about the time he decided to drive from Canada to California to see Ayla!

It was so sweet hearing your travel stories - sweet and the scary ones- so we want to encourage you to reach out again if you have more stories that we can share in future episodes! They can be about travel, business owning, entrepeneurship, faith, anything really! We find so much joy in connecting with you and learning from you! Thank you for being part of this growing community! 

You can always find us, and chat with us, on Instagram at Art Of Intention Podcast! 

Please take a quick second to give us a star rating on whatever platform you are listening on (whether that is Spotify, Apple, Google, or Zencaster), and subscribe to keep our content coming! 

Safe travels, everyone!

Have you ever struggled to balance a steady, enriched relationship with God while trying to create and scale a business as an entrepeneur? Well, you're not alone! Starting and owning a business is time-consuming, and often relationships are the first to be put on the back burner. But as a Christian, your relationship with God is one that should always stay front-and-center (after all, He is the best one to guide you through the tough decisions you have to make as anentrepeneur)! So how do you actively pursue and grow your relationship with God while simultaneously running and scaling your own business? By putting God in the center OF that business. 

Don't worry, this doesn't mean you have to turn around and brand yourself as a non-profit Christian organization, in fact, the changes are much more subtle than that. In this episode we walk you through some small, every day choices you can make that will enrich your faith without compromising your work. In fact, we believe that putting God in the center of your business will only increase your sucess in life. 

Listen to the episode to learn how we give our business to God, as entrepeneurs. We will also chat about what that means to us, and how it looks on a practial level.