Tried & True With A Dash of Woo

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Aug 2026

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This podcast is about integrating tried and true strategies that we know actually work - in life, business, self-help; with the science of unconscious programming & the magic of manifestation. I’m a certified life and business coach and a professional photographer who built a multiple six figure business with a degree in Psychology while being a mom to three little kids. I had zero business training, so I dug in, learned the methods and now I’m passing that all onto you! I’m a self described brain geek and have certifications in things like RRT, NLP, Neuro-encoding and Amen clinic brain training and I’m always interested in hearing what you have to say on the topic of brain rewiring too. In this podcast, our conversations range from photography how to’s, systems and business strategies to more woo-woo stuff like energy healing, human design & the basics of manifestation - because well, I’m just kind of all over the place. I know that most creative entrepreneurs ARE a little neuro-spicy so I want to fire up your super charged brains and show you what’s possible.

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September 9, 2026Episode 14059 min

Midlife Aches & Mental Inflammation with Dr. Shivani Gupta

Have feedback? Text us! You know the woman who's doing everything right and still feels like her body is falling apart? This episode is for her. Dr. Shivani Gupta joins me to explain why so many of the symptoms we chalk up to "just getting older" are actually inflammation, and how to tell the difference. Why "this is just aging" might be the wrong story you're telling yourself The real difference between mental inflammation and being "stressed out" What your gut has to do with your brain (and vice versa) Why sprinkling turmeric on your food probably isn't doing what you think it is The two minute reset Shivani uses to stay out of fight or flight How declining estrogen quietly turns up inflammation in your body Why your dosha matters more than any generic wellness advice About Dr. Shivani Gupta: Dr. Shivani Gupta is an Ayurvedic practitioner with a master's in Ayurvedic sciences and a PhD focused on turmeric research. She's the author of The Inflammation Code (Hay House) and founder of Fusionary Formulas, and she's spent over two decades helping women get to the root cause of chronic inflammation. Links: Her Book: The Inflammation Code Her Website & Podcast Her Instagram Her Supplements: Fusionary Formulas — use code RENEE for 15% off Get COACHING: SCHEDULE A FREE DISCOVERY CALL HERE LEAVE A REVIEW in 5 seconds flat (helps us a ton!) JOIN the Podcast & Creative Community LEARN MORE about Renee at www.reneebowen.com - main site (photography + coaching) & www.reneebowencoaching.com (coaching + courses) SOCIALS: Instagram Facebook TikTok FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS: FREE TRAINING for Photographers Make sure you TAG me when you post on social and once a month, we choose one person who leaves us a review and we'll send you a FREE audible book of your choice!

September 2, 2026Episode 13948 min

The Signature Brand Strategy That Makes You Impossible to Ignore with Kristin Lawton

Have feedback? Text us! Watch this episode on YouTube You know that feeling when someone loves your brand, follows you everywhere, and still can't tell you what you actually do? That's a signature brand strategy problem, and Kristin Lawton spent six years as "the cocktail girl who does marketing" before she figured out how to fix it. Here's what we chat about in today's episode: The three pillars of a signature brand strategy, and which one you're probably neglecting right now Kristin's three "lines" tool Why niching down isn't rejection, and what actually happens when you finally do it The "Frankenstein brand" problem, and how leaning on AI tools can make it worse How Kristin uses Human Design and astrology inside her Signature Brand Dossier The real difference between what makes people like you and what makes people actually buy from you About Kristin Lawton: Kristin is the "Chief Brand Mixologist" behind District Brand Bar, with 25 years of experience in brand and marketing communications. She helps solopreneurs and creative entrepreneurs build unmistakable, signature brands through her three-pillar framework, and she's the creator of the Signature Brand Dossier and the Brand Bar. Links: District Brand Bar Instagram Kristin's YouTube channel Signature Brand Dossier The Brand Bar Get COACHING: SCHEDULE A FREE DISCOVERY CALL HERE LEAVE A REVIEW in 5 seconds flat (helps us a ton!) JOIN the Podcast & Creative Community LEARN MORE about Renee at www.reneebowen.com - main site (photography + coaching) & www.reneebowencoaching.com (coaching + courses) SOCIALS: Instagram Facebook TikTok FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS: FREE TRAINING for Photographers Make sure you TAG me when you post on social and once a month, we choose one person who leaves us a review and we'll send you a FREE audible book of your choice!

August 12, 2026Episode 13836 min

What Your Brand is Actually Broadcasting

Have feedback? Text us! Grab the Stand Out & Sell Out VIP ticket HERE 10 Spots ONLY for the Custom Hypnosis Track - based on YOUR Human Design and Astrology - snag one HERE Show Notes: Your brand is telling people something right now. The question is whether it's saying what you think it is. In this solo episode, Renee pulls directly from a live roundtable conversation at the Stand Out and Sell Out summit and from real questions that landed in the community afterward — because what she found is that every question, no matter how different it looked on the surface, was asking the same thing underneath. What's covered in this episode: Why every branding question eventually becomes an identity question — and how to tell the difference The real reason your content isn't converting (and why fixing the strategy won't fix it) What it actually means to build a brand around a "credibility stack only you have" — and why naming it isn't the first step How to hold a positioning line in an industry that uses the wrong language — and whether you win the term or name a new category Why performing your values out loud is different from standing for something — and how to know which one you're doing The one question most creative entrepreneurs have never sat with long enough to actually answer This episode is for the creative entrepreneur who is doing everything right and still feels like something is off. Who has tried the frameworks, hired the coaches, redone the website — and still feels like the brand is not quite landing. This conversation is about why. And what is actually underneath it. Get COACHING: SCHEDULE A FREE DISCOVERY CALL HERE LEAVE A REVIEW in 5 seconds flat (helps us a ton!) JOIN the Podcast & Creative Community LEARN MORE about Renee at www.reneebowen.com - main site (photography + coaching) & www.reneebowencoaching.com (coaching + courses) SOCIALS: Instagram Facebook TikTok FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS: FREE TRAINING for Photographers Make sure you TAG me when you post on social and once a month, we choose one person who leaves us a review and we'll send you a FREE audible book of your choice!

July 29, 2026Episode 13729 min

Let Me Change Your Mind About "The Breakthrough"

Have feedback? Text us! LAST CHANCE for $500 off the Senior Sprint - click HERE to grab it and join us for a live zoom Q&A on August 18th! Watch this episode on YouTube SHOW NOTES: Have you been waiting for the moment when the confidence finally clicks, the fear disappears, and you magically become the woman who charges what she is worth, posts without spiraling, and stops flinching when someone asks about her pricing? In the final episode of my summer “Let Me Change Your Mind” series, I’m changing your mind about the breakthrough. Because real transformation rarely arrives as one giant, cinematic moment. Your brain builds the identity you rehearse through the tiny choices, reactions, and decisions you repeat when nobody is watching. We’re talking about how to change your identity without forcing yourself into fake positivity, why uncomfortable feelings need to finish their full sentence, and the three small reps that can start shifting who you are right now. Get COACHING: SCHEDULE A FREE DISCOVERY CALL HERE LEAVE A REVIEW in 5 seconds flat (helps us a ton!) JOIN the Podcast & Creative Community LEARN MORE about Renee at www.reneebowen.com - main site (photography + coaching) & www.reneebowencoaching.com (coaching + courses) SOCIALS: Instagram Facebook TikTok FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS: FREE TRAINING for Photographers Make sure you TAG me when you post on social and once a month, we choose one person who leaves us a review and we'll send you a FREE audible book of your choice!

July 22, 2026Episode 13628 min

Let Me Change Your Mind About Being STUCK

Have feedback? Text us! Grab the SENIOR SPRINT for $500 off Show Notes: You think being stuck means you haven't found the answer yet. In this episode I'm taking that belief apart, because being stuck almost never has anything to do with the answer. It has everything to do with the state you're trying to find it in. And once you see that, you can't unsee it. What we get into: Why "more effort" is the exact wrong move when you hit a wall The NLP concept of state, and why it drives every decision you make What's really happening in your body when a pricing decision makes your chest tight Why journaling about the same problem for three weeks lands you nowhere State Before Strategy: the four-step reset for the moment you're activated The client who sat on a pricing decision for ten weeks and what finally moved it Why this was never actually about pricing, captions, or bookings This one is a solo episode with Renee Bowen: luxury senior portrait photographer, NLP-certified life and business coach, and hypnotherapist. Get COACHING: SCHEDULE A FREE DISCOVERY CALL HERE LEAVE A REVIEW in 5 seconds flat (helps us a ton!) JOIN the Podcast & Creative Community LEARN MORE about Renee at www.reneebowen.com - main site (photography + coaching) & www.reneebowencoaching.com (coaching + courses) SOCIALS: Instagram Facebook TikTok FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS: FREE TRAINING for Photographers Make sure you TAG me when you post on social and once a month, we choose one person who leaves us a review and we'll send you a FREE audible book of your choice!

July 15, 2026Episode 13538 min

Let Me Change Your Mind About... HUSTLE!

Have feedback? Text us! Grab the HOUSE MANUAL for only $39.99! SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHERS: do not miss The Senior Sprint Sale! It's only $500 for a short time - grab it HERE and fix your marketing before the Fall madness! SHOW NOTES: Everyone is telling you to stop hustling right now, and I am not going to be one of them. Because I do not think hustle is your problem. I think you have been fighting the wrong thing this whole time, and that fight is the reason it has felt so brutal. In this one I get honest about the fact that I am living this exact struggle as I record it, and then I show you the actual difference between the work that builds a business and the pushing that builds a cage. In this episode: Why the anti-hustle movement is aimed at the wrong target completely The one distinction that changes how you see every hard day you have ever had What cortisol and adrenaline are actually doing when you force your work The hundred-year-old research that explains why trying harder stops working A famous study about a white bear that will change how you see resistance What physicists confirmed in 2012 and the bridge I choose to walk from it The 90-second thing to do before your next task instead of pushing Why surrender only works after you have done the unsexy work first Thanks for being here! Get COACHING: SCHEDULE A FREE DISCOVERY CALL HERE LEAVE A REVIEW in 5 seconds flat (helps us a ton!) JOIN the Podcast & Creative Community LEARN MORE about Renee at www.reneebowen.com - main site (photography + coaching) & www.reneebowencoaching.com (coaching + courses) SOCIALS: Instagram Facebook TikTok FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS: FREE TRAINING for Photographers Make sure you TAG me when you post on social and once a month, we choose one person who leaves us a review and we'll send you a FREE audible book of your choice!

July 8, 2026Episode 13422 min

Let Me Change Your Mind About... Luck

Have feedback? Text us! Get the SENIOR SPRINT for $500 - but hurry Welcome to the first episode of my summer series, where every week I put one belief on the table and try to change your mind about it. First up: luck . In this episode I'm going to show you what's actually happening inside your own head when something looks like luck, and why the thing you've been calling a lucky break is really your brain fetching evidence for who you already believe you are. I'll walk you through the story that cost me years in my photography business, the brain science that finally changed my mind, and a three-part practice you can start this week to change what your brain lets you see. Come in with an open mind. Or don't, and let me change it for you. In this episode Why "some people are just lucky" is one of the most expensive beliefs you can hold How your reticular activating system works, and why it decides what you get to notice The bouncer at the door of your brain, and how your identity is the guest list Why brilliant strategy keeps failing you when it lands on an old identity The real difference between wishing and deciding, and why your brain treats them like two different languages How to regulate your body so a new identity stops registering as danger A three-part practice to change your own guest list this week Links & next steps Loved this one? Send it to the creative friend you thought about while listening. Come go deeper with me on Substack , that's where I take these ideas further. New series alert: "Let Me Change Your Mind About ______" runs all summer. Next episode, I've got another belief on the table, and I'm coming for that one too. Get COACHING: SCHEDULE A FREE DISCOVERY CALL HERE LEAVE A REVIEW in 5 seconds flat (helps us a ton!) JOIN the Podcast & Creative Community LEARN MORE about Renee at www.reneebowen.com - main site (photography + coaching) & www.reneebowencoaching.com (coaching + courses) SOCIALS: Instagram Facebook TikTok FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS: FREE TRAINING for Photographers Make sure you TAG me when you post on social and once a month, we choose one person who leaves us a review and we'll send you a FREE audible book of your choice!

June 10, 2026Episode 13352 min

Stop Doing These Five Things In Your Photography Business If You're Ready to Be Seen

Have feedback? Text us! Watch this episode on YouTube Links: Try Evoto free (15 credits): https://link.evoto.ai/ReneeBowen use the code RENEE07 for up to 20% off as well Evoto giveaway: comment on this week's reel: https://instagram.com/reneebowen Senior Sprint waitlist: https://reneebowen.myflodesk.com/sprint The Creative Team Method is $600 off for a short time: https://reneebowen.com/seniorrepteam Real talk: some of this might sting. After 18+ years in the photography industry, Renee names the five habits she's watched keep talented, hardworking photographers invisible, and none of them are what you'd expect. No hashtags, no posting schedules, no preset packs. Just the patterns running underneath all of it. In this episode: The "research" habit that's actually a slow drip of self doubt, and the surprisingly useful thing your jealousy is trying to tell you The way most photographers are using AI right now that's making their businesses more generic and harder to book Why "I'm just not a social media person" is not a personality trait What your amygdala has to do with the 17 reasons you didn't post today The difference between learning from someone and borrowing an identity that will never convert for you The most insidious habit of all, the one that hides behind responsible-sounding language The single root problem underneath all five, and what to do about it Plus: Evoto's new tools for volume and sports photographers, a giveaway for 100 Evoto credits, and the first announcement of the Senior Sprint waitlist, with first access and the lowest price for waitlist members. About Renee: Renee Bowen is a luxury senior portrait photographer, NLP-certified life and business coach, hypnotherapist, and your slightly bossy business bestie. She helps creative entrepreneurs get radically clear on who they are so they can build businesses that feel like freedom. Get COACHING: SCHEDULE A FREE DISCOVERY CALL HERE LEAVE A REVIEW in 5 seconds flat (helps us a ton!) JOIN the Podcast & Creative Community LEARN MORE about Renee at www.reneebowen.com - main site (photography + coaching) & www.reneebowencoaching.com (coaching + courses) SOCIALS: Instagram Facebook TikTok FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS: FREE TRAINING for Photographers Make sure you TAG me when you post on social and once a month, we choose one person who leaves us a review and we'll send you a FREE audible book of your choice!

May 27, 2026Episode 13138 min

Clarity Made in May Is Money Earned in Q4

Have feedback? Text us! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Enter the ARRIVÉE GIVEAWAY HERE! Watch this episode on YouTube ANNOUNCEMENTS: Two 1:1 spots are open; prices increasing over summer - book a call with Renee asap HERE to discuss! SHOW NOTES: You call it slow season. But what if it's actually the most strategic time in your entire business calendar, and you've been wasting it by staying busy? In this solo episode, Renee breaks down why the quiet months are where your fall actually gets built, and what to do with that time instead of filling it with fake productivity. This one is going to hit differently if you've ever felt like you were falling behind while everyone else seemed to be thriving. What's covered: Why your brain literally cannot think strategically while you're in full execution mode The two modes every creative business runs in (and why you can't run both at once) Five specific things to do this summer that will directly shape your Q4 How to use AI as a thinking partner instead of a content machine A quick Human Design breakdown of what each energy type actually needs this season The identity question that's more valuable than any content strategy Why the discomfort of quiet is data, not evidence that something is wrong Resources mentioned: Arrivée giveaway Brand Voice Claude SKILL Template Mid-year check-in episode Unavoidable workshop Senior Sunday Claude SKILL and GPT CONNECT ON SUBSTACK Get COACHING: SCHEDULE A FREE DISCOVERY CALL HERE LEAVE A REVIEW in 5 seconds flat (helps us a ton!) JOIN the Podcast & Creative Community LEARN MORE about Renee at www.reneebowen.com - main site (photography + coaching) & www.reneebowencoaching.com (coaching + courses) SOCIALS: Instagram Facebook TikTok FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS: FREE TRAINING for Photographers Make sure you TAG me when you post on social and once a month, we choose one person who leaves us a review and we'll send you a FREE audible book of your choice!

May 20, 2026Episode 13058 min

Using Astrology for Business Timing with Sheri Moise

Have feedback? Text us! Watch this episode on YouTube You've followed the strategy. You've done the launches. You've written the emails and shown up consistently. So why does it sometimes feel like you're pushing against an invisible wall? What if the problem isn't what you're doing, but when you're doing it? Business astrologer and strategist Sheri Moise has spent 25 years in corporate sales and marketing, and she applies that same data-driven framework to astrological cycles. Her work sits at the exact intersection of this podcast: practical strategy with a serious dash of woo. In this episode, we cover: Why most entrepreneurs are running on a calendar that was designed for factory workers, not creatives What the Success Planet is and how it determines your actual natural planning and motivation cycles The difference between your personal natal chart work and the collective market cycles that affect everyone What the shift into Aquarius energy later this year means for how you position your brand and communicate with clients Why astrology is data, not a horoscope, and how to use it to plan without overwhelm The "guide by your side" era coming in 2026 and why it's especially good news for relational, human-first brands Where to start if you're astro-curious but don't know where to begin About Sheri Moise: Sheri is a business astrologer, strategist, and the creator of the Success Planet Diagnostic. With 25+ years in corporate retail sales and marketing, she combines practical business strategy with astrological cycle planning to help entrepreneurs stop working against their own timing. She's also the author of Success Scopes and runs her business astrology community on Substack. Find Sheri on Substack! Get COACHING: SCHEDULE A FREE DISCOVERY CALL HERE LEAVE A REVIEW in 5 seconds flat (helps us a ton!) JOIN the Podcast & Creative Community LEARN MORE about Renee at www.reneebowen.com - main site (photography + coaching) & www.reneebowencoaching.com (coaching + courses) SOCIALS: Instagram Facebook TikTok FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS: FREE TRAINING for Photographers Make sure you TAG me when you post on social and once a month, we choose one person who leaves us a review and we'll send you a FREE audible book of your choice!