#82 Making Meaningful Connections With Your Family & Your Self With Valerie Schoenfeld
Release Date: 02/18/2020
#91 The Reconnect Series - Reconnect With A Camera
Capture What Matters
Photography for me runs so much deeper than making memories. I've realized that when I pick up a camera something inside me shifts, and I feel good. Even if my photos are terrible, I feel good inside There is an intentional shift of perspective that happens when I look through a camera lens. And I begin to see the world around me differently I get out of my head, and into my heart.
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#90 The Reconnect Series - Reconnect With Curiosity
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Somewhere during pandemic life that days started to all string together and feel the same. So I just stopped capturing everything. I do miss the feeling of picking up my camera, but for some reason I struggle with looking for the perfect reason or occasion or moment to begin capturing life consistently again. When I get stuck like this...Instead of listening to the voice in my head that's on a loop telling me to "just pick up the stupid camera and capture something..." I get curious. And you can too!
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#89 The Reconnect Series - Reconnect With Creative Expression
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Lately I've finally felt the fog of the past year ever so sloooooowly lift so I can reconnect with my dreams. What I've discovered through this exploration is a deep desire to help other moms like you reconnect with your dreams too. For us moms., this has been a year of survival mode. We are out of practice. With everything. So instead of getting back on a bike and going full speed ahead with our calendars, our conversations, and our creativity...how about we get back on a tricycle instead?
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#88 A Journey of Self-Worth and Discovery with Phyllis Myers
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Today Phyllis Myers and I deep dive into our past selves, our unique struggles with worth, and how self-discovery and our unique friendship has allowed us to grow and support each other in coming back to confidence when we're feeling challenged
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#87 Finding Your 2nd Act Path Through Photography With Judith Richmond
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Judith Richmond will help you on the path of owning your WORTH. Judith is one of our 'empty-nester' Momtographers who reflects back on her experience raising her two creatively wired boys. She talks with us about how her own self-worth was affected along the way, and why it's led her to want to give back in a big way.
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#86 Finding The Deeper Meaning In Our Photos With Linsey Davis
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Lindsey Davis is a documentary photographer who lives in North Florida and loves capturing ordinary life in an honest and unique way.
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#85 Parenting With Curiosity And Creativity In Mind With Dayna Abraham
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Dayna Abraham and I talked about breaking the stigma around raising out-of-the-box-kiddos so we can stop hiding the qualities in our families that often make us feel fear or shame. And we talked about how when we learn to embrace the things that make us and our children different, we are granting ourselves permission to show up in life with more creativity, curiosity, and imagination.
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#84 Turning Creative Vision Into Fine Art Photography With Natalie Allgyer
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For Natalie Allgyer photography started like it does for many new moms, taking photos of just her daughter. As her photos improved and people began asking her to start a family and newborn business, something didn't feel right.
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#83 Making Creativity A Nonnegotiable Daily Habit With Tammy Blefeld
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As a high-achieving, working mom, Tammy was constantly feeling like she was burning the candle at both ends. Her go, go, go attitude eventually ended in a breakdown and that's where our conversation begins today, diving into what happened when she turned this low point in her life into an opportunity to connect more deeply with her company, her camera, her family, and herself.
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#82 Making Meaningful Connections With Your Family & Your Self With Valerie Schoenfeld
Capture What Matters
In today's episode of Capture What Matters, I'm talking to Valerie Schoenfeld, a mom of three who decided, at seven months pregnant with her third baby, that she was ready to start a photography business.
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My guess is that you are no stranger to the complicated feelings of self-doubt, shame, and uncertainty that come with raising kids.
The guilt creeps in in all sorts of ways.
You find yourself endlessly wondering: am I doing this right? Am I ruining my child? Will this be the terrible moment in their memory 20 years from now?
As a new mom nine years ago, I naively thought that as my own daughter got older, these guilty feelings would subside, but here we are.
Honestly, sometimes I'm not sure how to fill the space besides swirling in more mom guilt, but I also know that my camera is there to help me reconnect, to actually see these challenges and transitions in a more positive light.
This month at Momtography, we are exploring how moms connect, not only with their families but with themselves too.
And in today's episode of Capture What Matters, I'm talking to Valerie Schoenfeld, a mom of three who decided, at seven months pregnant with her third baby, that she was ready to start a photography business.
We’ll not only look at her journey through the lens of her business success but we'll also explore her surprising realization about how a camera could bring a more meaningful connection to her family, as well as the unexpected desire she discovered for self-care.
Photography Tip:
Every episode, Momtography Club Community Director Jen and I sit down together and share a tip you can use to get more comfortable with your camera so you can capture more of what matters in your life.
In this episode, Jen and I share a unique perspective on the photography skill of "filling the frame." We will explore some unique tips for "filling your life" with photography that encourage you to pick up the camera more this month!
Listen to the full episode to hear:
- How photography has helped Valerie reclaim her own creative confidence and shape her identity as a mom
- What made her decide to start a photography business when 7 months pregnant with your 3rd baby
- How starting a business helped her realize how much she had been neglecting herself
- How the camera has brought Valerie greater connection with her family as they make memories and learn to love photography together
- And what internal tactical shifts Valerie has made to prioritize connection with herself and how she, like most moms, didn't even realize self-care was a problem
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