STOKED - The Adventure Elopement Photographer Podcast - Build a Six Figure Elopement Photography Business

Are you ready to discover the key ingredients to cook up a six-figure business? Well, look no further, as I am about to reveal the 4 pillars that can make or break your business success: mindset, pricing, marketing, and client experience.   Let's start with the first crucial element: mindset. Believe it or not, your business success is a reflection of your inner world, so it's important to keep a...

Hey hey, fellow (or recovering) perfectionist! Are you tired of always striving for this unattainable goal of perfection in every aspect of your life? Well, you're not alone. In today's episode, Todd and I are discussing how perfectionism can put a damper on both your personal and professional life.   We're diving deep into how perfectionism leads to procrastination, anxiety, fear of failure, burn...

Are you feeling overworked, under-appreciated, and constantly stressed? You might be experiencing burnout, my friend! But don't worry, in this episode, we'll talk about how to recognize the early signs of burnout and prioritize your own self-care.   We'll dive into my personal experiences with burnout as an emergency veterinarian and elopement photographer, and the physical and mental health issue...

Most of us are not strangers to the term "imposter syndrome". It's a feeling of self-doubt, incompetence, and fraudulence that disproportionately affects high achievers and creatives.   The feelings of imposter syndrome often hold people back from achieving their goals. But I believe imposter syndrome can be a superpower, and I want to challenge you to change your mindset around it and look at it...

Imagine for a moment that you made $47,000 in one month. How do you think you would feel? Would you feel excited? Proud? Thankful? Relieved? ‌ I know for me it felt awesome! February is typically a slow month for photographers, so it felt pretty freaking good to end the month with that number. And I want to share how I did that because I truly don't think people talk openly enough about money. ‌ I...

We are talking about one of the most important and empowering mindset shifts you can make, and that's going from a scarcity to an abundance mindset. ‌ But this shift to abundance doesn't happen overnight. It takes conscious effort and is something that has to be practiced every single day. ‌ So, I want to share some of the things you can do today to help you make the switch to an abundance mindset...

What exactly is sunk cost fallacy? It's a tendency to follow through on our endeavors if we have already invested time, effort, or money into it, regardless of if the current costs outweigh the benefits.   But to me, it's completely irrational to continue with something just because you've spent time and money on it, but people do it every single day. It's 100% human nature. They stay in jobs they...

Do you think everyone has what it takes to become an entrepreneur? ‌ In today's episode, Todd and I debate whether anyone can be a successful small business owner, or if some people are destined to "ride out the clock" and be employees forever. ‌ We talk about how important mindset is during your entrepreneurial journey, the employee-to-entrepreneur shifts that need to be made, and some of the exc...

I don't agree with the advice that you should pursue your passion when it comes to your life, career, or business. Instead, you should follow your energy.   Everyone's energy is unique. When you start monitoring the things that drain you of energy vs. the things that light you up and have you hopping out of bed in the morning, it becomes very clear what you should be including more of in your life...

For most of us, we have been spoonfed this idea of what success is supposed to look like. You know, going to college, finding a job, getting married, buying a house, and having kids. And while this may be what success looks like for some, it's not what success looks like for everybody.   So many of us go after the version of success that society has told us our whole lives. We think it's what we'r...

Welcome to the very first episode of STOKED! We are so excited that you are here!   This podcast is all about getting out of the 9-5 grind and getting into living the life you love, so what better way to start off the show than for us to share our stories of how we were able to leave our 9-5 jobs and live a life of financial and location freedom!   Megan was an emergency veterinarian for many year...

Are you ready to stop living the 9-5 hustle and start creating a life filled with travel, courage, and abundance? You are in the right place.  Host Megan MacPhail, former burnt-out emergency veterinarian turned 7-figure business coach, entrepreneur, and elopement photographer is now living the life she absolutely loves with financial and location freedom and is hell-bent on inspiring others to do...