The Heart & Hustle Podcast

Calling all entrepreneurs and/or humans who have ever dreamed of becoming a business owner or entrepreneur someday! If you've ever felt like "Man, I just wish someone would hand me a cheat sheet to the things I should learn or keep in mind on this journey…". Well… the cheat sheet has arrived.    Today we're sharing lessons we've learned from our years in business. Some of these we've learned the h...

If you are an entrepreneur (that includes wanna-be-entrepreneurs still on your journey of starting your own business) LISTEN. TO. THIS. EPISODE.    Today we got to talk with the incredible Kacia Fitzgerald. If you aren't familiar with her, Kacia is a multi-passionate entrepreneur, speaker, podcaster, and CEO who's on a mission to help women unapologetically share their voice & message with the wor...

Now today we are chatting about something a LOT of us struggle with DAILY: what the HECK to say on Instagram. We get asked this question SO SO SO much.   "I have no idea what to even say on Instagram?" "What topics are my audience even wanting from me?" "I don't know how to write a compelling caption?" "What do I even post about?"   If you've thought ANY of those thoughts regarding Instagram or cr...

Have you ever struggled with your skincare routine or even lifestyle as a whole when it comes to the whole "healthy" or "clean living" world?? Let's face it, "clean living" can feel overwhelming at times. There's a lot of information out there and sometimes it can feel like a DRAMATIC life change that feels daunting.   If you're feeling that way, or even if you've ever been curious about clean ski...

Today we're chatting about a topic we've NEVER touched on this show before. YES. We are over 200 episodes in and we're finally touching on a topic that you've asked us time and time again to talk about. The topic? Pinterest marketing.   Now Pinterest is a marketing tool we think a lot of entrepreneurs under-utilize or chalk up to a simple "Oh I'll do that someday…" attitude. However, when done rig...

Today is another coaching call episode where we sat down with one of our students from our course The Instagram Major and coached her on all things Instagram. And you get a li'l front-row seat in on our conversation.   Today we chatted with Dallas-based intimate wedding photographer Annie Shannon, the sweetest human on the planet, about her Instagram. In today's episode, we go over her Instagram f...

Today's episode is for all our party people listening who are begrudgingly DREADING hopping on the Instagram Reels train. If you've been dragging your feet every since Adam Moserii the head of Instagram made the announcement last year that Instagram is no longer just a photo-sharing app and that Instagram WILL be pushing reels more, this episode is going to give you SO many practical, tangible str...

If you would have told 2016 Lindsey she would be speaking to today's guest on her podcast…she would not have believed you. Today we welcome Ben Higgins onto the show. Her bachelor fangirl self is screaming right now.   Today our conversation with Ben covers so many incredible things. Have you ever felt like you're on the outside of an inside joke everyone else is in on? Have you ever wanted to do...

Today we're diving into a more personal side of the show, and answering the questions you submitted to both of us on our Instagrams. We got some juicy goodness coming up on today's episode.    We answer everything from what's been our biggest work fight, who'd play us in a movie, if we ever will add team members to the heart team, to how we met our husbands, and even went into personal individual...

If you're a business owner wanting to uplevel your marketing in ANY way, YOU HAVE GOT TO LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE. Because today's guest is none other than The Heart Conference's keynote speaker…. DONALD MILLER.   Today we talked about one of our favorite books of his: Building a Storybrand. It's one of the most powerful business marketing books we've ever read and is on our annual repeat-read lists...

We talk a LOT on this show about marketing and business, particularly coming from our experience with personal branding and running businesses with your face attached to the front. A lot of you can relate to the fact that when your business requires YOU to get out of your bed, show up, and physically make your business profitable, it can be SO exhausting. HOWEVER, there is a WORLD of business type...

If you've ever felt like something doesn't sit quite right with you when it comes to the whole "girl boss culture" that's been sweeping the world for a few years, OR if you're feeling frustrated or discouraged with unmet expectations, this episode is about to be a BLAST of truth and fresh air for your soul today.    If you aren't already familiar with one of our best friends, you're about to fall...

If you're a photographer and you've had your eye on education as a way to grow and scale your business then HELLOOOO. Welcome. You've come to the right place. Today we're going to talk a bit about pivoting into education as a photographer.    We cover how to know if it's the right step for you, what myths we believe exist in the industry, and the first steps to keep in mind to scale your business....

This recording is from an interview that we did on Mary Marantz's podcast a few months ago. It was SUCH a powerful conversation that we wanted to make sure YOU, our listeners, got to join the conversation as well. If you've ever struggled with imposter syndrome, how to run a business through a biblical worldview, or how to avoid falling into the trap of becoming paralyzed by fear, if ANY of that s...

We're alllll in this entrepreneur journey together!! Speaking of being in this together, if you haven't noticed, there's been a pandemic sweeping the world lately. And no, we're not talking about good ole' Miss Rona. We're talking about the pandemic of fatigue, discouragement, and apathy that a LOT of us are feeling right now.    If you clicked on this episode, there's a strong chance that you're...

We're chatting with one of our fave gals around, Angie Lee. Now we've had Ang on the show before on Episode 093 to chat about how authenticity is your superpower and you guys LOVED that episode. AND Angie is one of our mainstage speakers for The Heart Conference coming up SO SO soon! Weeeelllll Angie is back today for a conversational girl chat about in-person events and getting over the fear of j...

Are you feeling stuck?? Like you've reached a ceiling in your growth and you're not quite sure how to bust through?   Are you feeling burnt out?   Are you feeling like you've reached a cap or a max level at everything you're trying to do?   This episode is for you if you've been STRUGGLING for a while now or are feeling discouraged or burnt out. You feel like you've done EVERYTHING under the sun i...

Who here gets the heebie-jeebies whenever you think of the legal and backend side of your business? Taxes? Terms and conditions?    Legalities are typically the things that are most ignored when building a business because they're confusing, hard to understand, and just plain terrifying sometimes. However, the legalities of business DON'T have to be scary, and to prove that, we are bringing on our...

If you know anything about us at all you know that we are NERDS about customer experience and branding. Those are two of our favorite topics of all time. Why? Because when you do your job right, the way you handle creating a brand and serving your people can take you from 1 to 100 REAL fast. Essentially, the secret weapon in your business is creating excitement, connection, and buy-in with your id...

Do you struggle with creating massive amounts of content for Reels? Not sure how or if it is worth it?    Well, today on the podcast we got to chat with the LEGIT king of Instagram Reels. We can nearly GUARANTEE if you're a creative entrepreneur you have undoubtedly seen this man's content hit your Reels explore page. Today we are chatting with the incredible Brock Johnson.    Brock is a 24-year-o...

Today we're harkening back to the newspaper days. Remember when newspapers would have advice columns that people would write into. Like a "Dear Abigail" advice column. Does anyone remember those? Basically, podcasts before podcasts were a thing.  WELL, we're doing a super fun advice column on the podcast today ALL about photography. We had YOU our listeners, write in to tell us your biggest strugg...

Hey, friend. Have you ever felt pressure from other people's opinions? Like this crippling fear from having eyes on you, whether through social media or just people in your life around you watching and judging (or at least it feels like they're judging, right?)  Well if you've ever felt that struggle and pressure, today's guest is such a special treat for all of us! We get to talk with the beautif...

Today we're breaking down the difference between in-person education (think: conferences, workshops, educational meet-ups, etc.) VS. online education (think online courses, virtual membership groups, etc.)   Whenever it comes a time in your business where you know you need to invest in your business through education, a question that typically comes up is what should I do first? Or even in this se...

If you've ever struggled with wanting to have good response times in your inbox but at the same time, have that feeling that your emails are constantly running your life? You're checking and refreshing every 5 minutes and losing your focus, and you fall asleep at night feeling like you got nothing other than emails done for the day. Well my friend this episode is for you!!    We talk about how to...

Calling all my photographers out there!! This episode is about to be a little nugget of fun, short and sweet insight into our gear bags. If you're in a season of growing your gear list, you're wanting to know what lenses and all that jazz we use, OR you're just curious about what kind of gear goes into shooting professional photography this episode is for you!   Before we go any further, though, I...