Messy Mompreneur

Hello and welcome to the Messy Mompreneur Podcast, where we cover all things community, parent entrepreneurship, and building life-first marketing efforts for your small business! I’m your host, Alysha Sanford. I’m a mostly-work-from-home mom with a background in brand photography and a passion for sustainable marketing strategies. You’re probably listening because you, too, wear all of the hats,...

Hello and welcome to the Messy Mompreneur Podcast, where we cover all things community, parent entrepreneurship, and building life-first marketing efforts for your small business! I’m your host, Alysha Sanford. I’m a mostly-work-from-home mom with a background in brand photography and a passion for sustainable marketing strategies. You’re probably listening because you, too, wear all of the hats,...

Hello and welcome to the Messy Mompreneur Podcast, where we cover all things community, parent entrepreneurship, and building life-first marketing efforts for your small business! I’m your host, Alysha Sanford. I’m a mostly-work-from-home toddler mom with a background in brand photography and a passion for sustainable marketing strategies. You’re probably listening because you, too, wear all of th...

Hello and welcome to the Messy Mompreneur Podcast, where we cover all things community, parent entrepreneurship, and building life-first marketing efforts for your small business! I’m your host, Alysha Sanford. I’m a mostly-work-from-home mom with a background in brand photography and a passion for sustainable marketing strategies. You’re probably listening because you, too, wear all of the hats,...

Hello and welcome back to the Messy Mompreneur podcast! I’m your host, Alysha Sanford, and I’m so happy to have you here. If you’re juggling motherhood, business, and about a hundred moving parts, this episode is for you. I’m sharing the planner that changed how I run both my home and my work — the Capture the Chaos Planner. It’s part planner, part workbook, and completely built for real entrepren...

Hello and welcome back to the Messy Mompreneur podcast! I’m your host, Alysha Sanford, and I’m so happy to have you here. Before the busy holiday season hits, let’s make sure your website is ready to convert visitors into clients — not lose them to broken links or outdated info. In this episode, I walk you through a quick five-step website audit you can do in under an hour to keep your site polish...

Hello and welcome back to the Messy Mompreneur podcast! I’m your host, Alysha Sanford, and I’m so happy to have you here. If your fall season feels like a whirlwind of school schedules, client work, and never-ending to-dos, this episode will help you breathe again. I’m walking you through a simple, life-first content rhythm designed for busy mom entrepreneurs and small business owners who want to...

Hello and welcome back to the Messy Mompreneur podcast! I’m your host, Alysha Sanford, and I’m so happy to have you here. After taking a one and a half year break to navigate motherhood, grief, and major life changes, I’m back with a fresh look at what it really means to build a life-first business as a mom entrepreneur. In this episode, I’m sharing how brand photography evolved into marketing str...

Hello and welcome back! In today’s conversation, we are chatting with Kara Taylor. She’s a mom of three, navigating the beautiful chaos of life. Originally from Roseburg, OR, her journey took unexpected turns after marrying her high school sweetheart with six relocations to different states in eight years. Along the way, she fell in love with newborn photography, which evolved into a small busines...

Hello and welcome! Today I wanted to share some reverse engineering hacks to reduce photo session stress! You’ve likely heard the popular phrases recently of, “backwards math”, “mom math”, “girl math” … it’s all relative to reverse engineering! I’d love it if you’d connect with me over on Instagram! It’s where I’m most active and I love to share behind the scenes of mompreneur life on that platfor...

Hello and welcome back! In today’s conversation, we are chatting with Andria Singletary. She is a wife, mom of two, as well as a life and business coach for mompreneurs. On her podcast, Mama Turned Mompreneur , she talks about all things motherhood and business life. Her biggest passion is helping other moms build a business that fits their current season of life because, let's be honest, life as...

Hello and welcome! On this episode, I’m reflecting on my journey coming into motherhood as an entrepreneur. I share the lessons I learned, and the 6 major changes I would make if I could have a do-over. Definitely give it a listen if you are entering parenthood soon (or entering it again), yourself! I’d love it if you’d connect with me over on Instagram! It’s where I’m most active and I love to sh...

Hello and welcome! On this episode, we’re talking all about the slow season post-holidays. I share my prior outlook on it and how I view it now. I’ll walk you through the 7 areas that I’m heavily focusing now and that are sure to make a major impact on the rest of the year. Make sure to listen to see which areas you could implement into your mompreneur journey! I’d love it if you’d connect with me...

Hello and welcome! On this episode, I’m sharing my 2023 biggest lessons learned as a mompreneur. I chat a bit about S.M.A.R.T. goal setting and share some of my biggest goals and my word of the year for 2024. I’d love it if you’d connect with me over on Instagram! It’s where I’m most active and I love to share behind the scenes of mompreneur life on that platform. Main topics included in this epis...

Hello and welcome! Happy New Years! On this episode, I’m explaining where I’ve been the last 5 months and the reason behind pausing the podcast. I also give a little insight as to where we’re going! Make sure to listen to this episode before moving onto future episodes. I want you to have alllll the context! Also, I’d love it if you’d connect with me over on Instagram! It’s where I’m most active a...

Hello and welcome! On this quick episode, I’m sharing my photography journey in honor of World Photography Day on August 19th. I love highlighting other mompreneur stories but today I thought I’d share about more of my own. Photography has been an absolute blessing in my life. So many people have shaped my journey and I’m forever grateful. Main topics included in this episode: How I was introduced...

Hello and welcome back! In today’s conversation, we are chatting with my friend Lucy Wang. I met Lucy in person at a photography workshop years ago and collaborated with her for a bit when we both dabbled in the newborn prop industry. She is a wife and mama of 3 residing in the LA area. She's also a self-proclaimed iron chef, SYSK binge-listener, and crazy plant lady. You will most likely find her...

Hello and welcome back! In today’s conversation, we are chatting with my friend Karissa Pangelina. I met Karissa over a decade ago when she hired me for her oldest daughter’s 6-month photo session. Since then, I’ve had the honor of photographing many more special milestones for their family through the years and developing a friendship with her. She’s an incredibly sweet and hardworking wife, mama...

Hello and welcome back! In honor of Nat’l Get to Know Your Customers Day on 7/20, we are chatting with Alishia today. She is a social media advertising strategist and owner of Social EllaMents. Over the course of a decade of working for corporations specializing in Operations and Marketing Management, Alishia decided it was time to step away from the corporate grind. Still having a passion for mar...

Hello and welcome back! In today’s conversation, we are chatting with Miranda Schroeder, the boss mama behind Thoughtfully Designed Co. based in Indianapolis. Over the last few years, I’ve followed her on Instagram and have watched her career path evolve through her various passions while coming into motherhood. Today she’s sharing her journey and the pivots she has made in her professional life a...

Hello and welcome back! In today’s conversation, we are chatting with Jen Jones Donatelli. She is a creative life and leadership coach, as well as the founder of Creative Groove—a small business offering courses, coaching, creative mentoring, and community programming around creativity and self-expression. Prior to her work with Creative Groove, Jen worked in various forms of media and entertainme...

Hello and welcome back! In today’s conversation, we are chatting RaeAnn of Sweet Macaraes located in Roseburg, OR. She is a wife, mama of two teen boys, works a full-time day job and, on her nights and weekends, she has built a thriving dessert shop specializing in French macarons. Her delicious and beautiful creations adorn the dessert tables of many local parties, events and weddings. With the s...

Hello and welcome back! Yesterday was Father’s Day so I want to give a quick shout out to all the father figures out there! Today, I’m chatting with my husband Zach. He is an IT professional with knowledge in so many areas and he’s going to be allowing me to pick his brain on various tech topics that are important for any entrepreneur to consider. We’re starting with cybersecurity, which I feel is...

Hello and welcome back! In today’s conversation, we are chatting with Julie, a wife, mama and homemaking blogger living in the Canadian Prairies. She shares her experience with building a pantry from scratch and on a micro budget out of necessity for her family years ago. She also shares what she has learned since then and explains how anyone can gradually grow their pantry on a micro budget if th...

Hello and welcome! On this quick episode, I talk about trying to manage both working in my business and working in the home, specifically in the kitchen. If I’m not careful to batch my kitchen and meal prep tasks, I’d lose so much time to it all. And as busy mompreneurs, we all know how valuable our limited time truly is. Main topics included in this episode: My kitchen challenges Hacks for meal p...