If your experience is similar to ours, you just went through two of the busiest busy seasons of your career thanks to the post-covid wedding boom! Maybe you were overwhemeld and un-prepared to handle such a massive busy season. (it's okay, we've all been there!) So this year, we knew we needed a new strategy to tackle busy season. We made a simple list of what things stay on the "front burner" during busy season versus what things are saved for later. In this episode we share that list with you, as well as our strategies for managing your time, health, and sanity during the busiest time of  the year for photographers and editors. Because we value YOUR time, we made this episode a quick 20 minutes long! Give it a listen (and get ready to take notes) before crafting your new strategy for busy seasons. 

Yes, you read that title right. We had LOTS to chat about today, and we really wanted to sit with you all today and have a little hangout, talk about life, and throw some business motivation your way. We talked about the jobs we had before transitioning into solo entrepreneurship, our experience with past toxic work environments, and what to look out for in a workplace. Ayla also just pivoted her work life in a new way, and we wanted to tell you all about that, while offering some motivation for your own small business! We're so excited to hang out with you today! 

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Today, Beth and Ayla dove into the topic of smaller living, and how to THRIVE even when living in a tiny space. We both have lived in multiple small spaces including apartments, basement suites, and dorm rooms, and while there's always more to learn, we wanted to pass along our favourite tips for how you can INTENTIONALLY make your smaller space work for you, in both your work and personal life. If you're currently in an apartment, tiny home, or even van, we hope we were able to pass along some tangible advice, and help your tiny living journey! Any advice we missed? You know the drill, you can email us at [email protected] or reach out to us at @artofintentionpodcast on instagram! We can't wait to hear from you, and we hope you love today's episode!

Have you ever wanted to hear about Ayla and Beth's own weddings? As two married individuals who now work in the wedding industry, Ayla and Beth have reflected on their weddings and the wedding planning journey and offer some wedding planning advice in this episode! You'll hear from each host about how their wedding day went, what they like most about their wedding days, their biggest regrets, and then what their top pieces of advice are for anyone else who is wedding planning! Join them in this hour long episode that will have you laughing and reminiscing alongside them.

In today's episode, we're brining you one of our hottest takes on the show so far, diving DEEP into the idea of "Community over Competition," and the concept of gatekeeping. Is it wrong to keep certain business strategies and tactics to yourself? Is it okay to ask another photographer for their locations? What is the best way to reach out for help when starting your business? We share our views about maintaining some level of privacy in your business, and even share some real life stories regarding this topic. We also share our love and passion for TRUE community building within the photography industry, and exactly what that looks like. 

In today's episode, we sit down and chat with our dear friend Katelyn, a  Hawai'i based influencer and discuss all things social media related. Katelyn has been growing her instagram for years now, and not only has a successful following, but successful sponsorships as well. We asked Katelyn all about her growth, and some steps she took to get where she is today, as well as what kind of lessons she has learned along the way. This is a fun, lighthearted episode with some applicable tips to those looking to grow their online presence and even find sponsorships, and we hope you love hanging out with Katelyn as much as we did!

Today we are sharing our best travel tips and our best safety tips for solo travel! We will also share what a typical travel trip looks like for each of us, and more!

Settle in for a long, fun episode where we reminisce, laugh and *almost* cry as we walk you through how our friendship came to be! We will tell you about how we met, how our frienship has helped us grow and heal as individuals, and how we've kept it alive even as we live in different countries! 

If you are a business owner, your website needs to be reaching potential customers! We made this quick episode to give you our top 3 tips to improve your website's SEO (Search Engine Optimization)! If SEO scares or confuses you, I can guaruntee that this will be the most simple explanation you've ever heard. If you can give us 20 minutes of your time, and then take a single hour to implement the tips we give you, you will find that SEO is not intimidating AND you will see improved traffic to your website!

Hey everyone! We are coming' at you today with a PACKED episode regarding your taxes! We were privileged to have our first guest on the show, a professional accountant who was able to give us so much new insight on business write offs, how to stay organized throughout the year, and how to even START when it comes to filing taxes as a small business. There's so much helpful information in here, you won't want to miss it!