A space for the creative mother to feel validated and seen. Hosted by Paige LeVasseur and Frankie Krusen, two photographer moms giving you the ins and outs of motherhood, business, and the ever present struggle of balancing them both. We're passionately changing the narrative around what it means to be a successful creative mother, taking you through it one shit show at a time.
Happy Monday mamas! We're back. Starting off your week talking about the affects of social media, the pressures it leaves us everyone. Why do we feel like we need to portray that we all live such a perfect life and have our sh*t together all of the time? Posting things that don't feel like us just for views. Not only do we talk about that, we somehow end up talking about our old dogs, a little bit about po...
Holyyyyy molyyyy this episode is a shit show. **There is a trigger warning for talking about body dysmorphia and eating disorders in this episode**. Paige's husband Zach made some appearances again this episode..so don't forget you can go watch this on YouTube.
We do a lot of venting about the industry, social media, our bodies, postpartum. Honestly..I don't remember everything we talked about. B...
you guys. we're back. did you miss us? life is nuts right now. we aren't recording in the same space right now because, life. we'll be back together soon. so in the mean time, enjoy us trying to figure this out again. but ya know, we're all over the place in this episode..whats new. enjoy. leave us some love. share with your friends. we love you.
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oooh man, we definitely went off on some tangents this week. we starter off talking UGC and affiliate marketing since so many people are started to dive into this more, especially those in the creative industry. somehow that led us to talk about boobs, boners and periods. so there's that. happy Monday!
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Ok swifties...where you at?? Switched things up this week to talk about our girl Taylor Swift. Have you listened to TTPD yet?? Paige is catching Frankie up because she doesn't quite consider herself a swiftie lol. What are you favorite songs??
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Welcome backkkk! This week we talk about friends. How do we even make friends as an adult? And, it's so hard to even have friends at this stage in life. Do you feel this way too? Pretty sure we go off on some tangents, and then our laptop got highjacked by aliens or mercury being in retrograde. Idk.
OH! And we talk about our retreat and why you should come!!
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A little delay is getting today's episode up because, life. Today we catch up with Paige on some life changes. We talk about therapy, a lot. Somehow we end up talking about teeth. Today is a good mix of things. So enjoy the shit show.
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we're backkkk!! we're switching things up a bit for season 2, less education..more relatable content. we want you to sit back and relax. no pens and paper here!
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We've been so excited to have Ashlan Alderton on our podcast. She is our LAST guest for our first season. She is an incredible documentary family photographer who recently moved to Traverse City, Michigan. Saying you're a documentary photography seems "trendy lately", but she explains exactly what a documentary photographer is and the importance her photography has.
We had such a genuine, r...
We are so stoked that Dawn Charles joined us this episode. Dawn is well known in the photography industry and looked up to by many. She's created a photography education program called Rise Photo Academy that has helped so many elevate their business.
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Today we're catching up on the new year. Talking personal goals, business goals..AND, we have a BIG announcement. You'll hear it here first!
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We were SO excited when Grace was down to be on the podcast. She's been talking a lot lately herself about motherhood and business so we knew we were going to have an amazing conversation with her. We're so excited for you to listen to this episode. The best way to bring in the new year.
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Welcome to our holiday episode..at least that's what we were intending on this episode being. Are the holidays stressful for you? Share with us!
Happy Holidays from us..we will see you next year!
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We had the best conversation with Avery Phillips on the podcast today. Avery is a Michigan wedding and elopement photographer. She's a wife and a mom of one. She travels a lot and brings her family with her, which is super important to her. So it was fun talking to her about how that has changed since becoming a mom and figuring out how to still travel with a kid now too.
Avery was seriously the sweetest a...
hiiiiii! Playing catch up in todays episode. Last episode was paige's first one back since having her baby..but we haven't had a chance to talk about it yet. Paige talks about her birth. Frankie talks about her anxiety poops. And we talk about what we need to be working on in our own businesses this coming year. We're all over the place, but when aren't we.
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Today we had an amazing conversation with local creative recruiter, Anna Glass. She brought something different to the table but made so many incredible points that related to us and our community still. Anna Glass reached out to us about being on the POD which just blew us away. We are so glad she did and can't wait for you to listen to our conversation with her.
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We asked you what you wanted to hear from us, and one of the biggest things that stood out to us was about getting creative shots but being afraid to post them and have your current clients like them. We went off on a couple tangents, but it's so important to stick true to yourself in this industry. Doing so will help you attract the clients you want.
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We needed something light and funny this time around, so a would you rather game it is! We can't help but go off on some tangents. Share your "would you rather" ideas with us because we had so much fun with this one.
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Today we talk with a local Michigan creative, Paige Carr. She is a freelance digital content producer and dipping her toes into lifestyle photography now. The invisible mental load is something Paige really wanted to focus on during our conversation.
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This week we get vulnerable and share a little bit about their mental health journey, as well as some postpartum stories. We feel like there is so much that is not talked about when it comes with your mental health during pregnancy, and after you have a baby. It just makes you feel even more alone when you're going through so much change. We want to talk about this more, especially as we are still working on ou...
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The Burden is a documentary series that takes listeners into the hidden places where justice is done (and undone). It dives deep into the lives of heroes and villains. And it focuses a spotlight on those who triumph even when the odds are against them. Season 5 - The Burden: Death & Deceit in Alliance On April Fools Day 1999, 26-year-old Yvonne Layne was found murdered in her Alliance, Ohio home. David Thorne, her ex-boyfriend and father of one of her children, was instantly a suspect. Another young man admitted to the murder, and David breathed a sigh of relief, until the confessed murderer fingered David; “He paid me to do it.” David was sentenced to life without parole. Two decades later, Pulitzer winner and podcast host, Maggie Freleng (Bone Valley Season 3: Graves County, Wrongful Conviction, Suave) launched a “live” investigation into David's conviction alongside Jason Baldwin (himself wrongfully convicted as a member of the West Memphis Three). Maggie had come to believe that the entire investigation of David was botched by the tiny local police department, or worse, covered up the real killer. Was Maggie correct? Was David’s claim of innocence credible? In Death and Deceit in Alliance, Maggie recounts the case that launched her career, and ultimately, “broke” her.” The results will shock the listener and reduce Maggie to tears and self-doubt. This is not your typical wrongful conviction story. In fact, it turns the genre on its head. It asks the question: What if our champions are foolish? Season 4 - The Burden: Get the Money and Run “Trying to murder my father, this was the thing that put me on the path.” That’s Joe Loya and that path was bank robbery. Bank, bank, bank, bank, bank. In season 4 of The Burden: Get the Money and Run, we hear from Joe who was once the most prolific bank robber in Southern California, and beyond. He used disguises, body doubles, proxies. He leaped over counters, grabbed the money and ran. Even as the FBI was closing in. It was a showdown between a daring bank robber, and a patient FBI agent. Joe was no ordinary bank robber. He was bright, articulate, charismatic, and driven by a dark rage that he summoned up at will. In seven episodes, Joe tells all: the what, the how… and the why. Including why he tried to murder his father. Season 3 - The Burden: Avenger Miriam Lewin is one of Argentina’s leading journalists today. At 19 years old, she was kidnapped off the streets of Buenos Aires for her political activism and thrown into a concentration camp. Thousands of her fellow inmates were executed, tossed alive from a cargo plane into the ocean. Miriam, along with a handful of others, will survive the camp. Then as a journalist, she will wage a decades long campaign to bring her tormentors to justice. Avenger is about one woman’s triumphant battle against unbelievable odds to survive torture, claim justice for the crimes done against her and others like her, and change the future of her country. Season 2 - The Burden: Empire on Blood Empire on Blood is set in the Bronx, NY, in the early 90s, when two young drug dealers ruled an intersection known as “The Corner on Blood.” The boss, Calvin Buari, lived large. He and a protege swore they would build an empire on blood. Then the relationship frayed and the protege accused Calvin of a double homicide which he claimed he didn’t do. But did he? Award-winning journalist Steve Fishman spent seven years to answer that question. This is the story of one man’s last chance to overturn his life sentence. He may prevail, but someone’s gotta pay. The Burden: Empire on Blood is the director’s cut of the true crime classic which reached #1 on the charts when it was first released half a dozen years ago. Season 1 - The Burden In the 1990s, Detective Louis N. Scarcella was legendary. In a city overrun by violent crime, he cracked the toughest cases and put away the worst criminals. “The Hulk” was his nickname. Then the story changed. Scarcella ran into a group of convicted murderers who all say they are innocent. They turned themselves into jailhouse-lawyers and in prison founded a lway firm. When they realized Scarcella helped put many of them away, they set their sights on taking him down. And with the help of a NY Times reporter they have a chance. For years, Scarcella insisted he did nothing wrong. But that’s all he’d say. Until we tracked Scarcella to a sauna in a Russian bathhouse, where he started to talk..and talk and talk. “The guilty have gone free,” he whispered. And then agreed to take us into the belly of the beast. Welcome to The Burden.
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