Plus-one guest series: Sophie Gage, Gage Events
Work Out Loud with Heather Davis
Release Date: 10/03/2024
Building a Story-Led Social Strategy
Work Out Loud with Heather Davis
What if Instagram didn’t have to feel like a constant sales pitch to actually work? Today I’m talking about how I’m approaching a story led social strategy going into 2026, and why connection and trust matter more than posting offers on repeat. I'm sharing why “everything is content” is flattening our feeds, how storytelling creates long term momentum, and what it really means to work out loud without oversharing. You’ll also hear the plot lines I’m using inside my own IG strategy so you can start shaping a social presence that feels recognizable, intentional, and...
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Stop Moving in Silence
Work Out Loud with Heather Davis
'Moving in silence' gets framed as discipline and power, but for creatives, it’s the opposite. I'm sharing how working out loud can lead you to better ideas, stronger community, and real movement forward. See what changes when you let your vision be seen before it’s finished: My next work out loud virutal mastermind is set for Jan. 8, 2026.
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The Cost of Becoming Your Future Self
Work Out Loud with Heather Davis
I just hit publish on my new website, visuals, offers, and direction, and I'm back with new episodes to finish 2025 as my most authethic self. To be honest, evolving is exhausting...and also expensive as hell! This episode is about what it actually cost to become the woman behind the mic today, and I've got a question for everyone listening: What creative risk is already paid for by future you? Let’s talk about affording the vision that keeps pulling at you, and why becoming your future self is always worth the investment. P.S. You're invited to build something stellar! My new...
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The Vision Shift: Supercut Creative Isn’t a “Content Creator” Anymore
Work Out Loud with Heather Davis
This week, I’m joined by my sister and filmmaker behind Supercut Creative, Hannah Dougherty-Gaden, to talk through the vision shift unfolding inside her business and life. Hannah has been known as the “content person” for a long time, but that’s not really what she wants to make anymore. She came into her VIP Vision Building Day and said she’d been feeling blah in her work...so we started there, and followed it straight to the real direction for Supercut Creative. Three hours later, her future was clear. When your work feels flat, you don’t have to force it. You’re allowed...
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The Vision That Wouldn’t Wait: Launching Joyful Commons
Work Out Loud with Heather Davis
Yayyy it's a new guest episode! This one is with my alumni client Jade Granda, founder of Joyful Commons, fellow podcaster, wedding planner, and self-proclaimed 'serial entrepreneur.' Jade turned a wild January idea into Pittsburgh’s newest coworking + supervised play space for parents with small children. What started as a date-night conversation became a full-scale launch that refused to wait for the 'right time,' and I got to help her do it!!! We talk about our MeEt CuTe (LOL), how her vision became my fastest launch to date, and the power of a partnership built on trust, voice...
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Chat GPT is not your brand copywriter
Work Out Loud with Heather Davis
I asked ChatGPT to write my website copy and then compared it to my actual website copy, written by me: An acutal human copywriter. Hit play for my reasons why copy-pasting whatever ChatGPT writes for your Insgram caption, event page or website doesn't save you time or money...It just drains your originality.
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Launching to the Moon: The Vision Behind My Next Brand Shoot
Work Out Loud with Heather Davis
Curious about how to build something stellar? I'm about to tell you. I’m sharing the creative direction and the two visual concepts behind my next brand shoot that match where I’m headed with Heather Davis Inc. This episode is a live demo on trusting your own timing, releasing guilt for changing fast, and learning to evolve in public. I talk about how to know when your current visuals no longer fit, what it takes to rebuild them with intention, and why honesty in your brand creates the strongest connection. If your work has outgrown the version of you on your website, listen in!...
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The Life of a Branding Shoot
Work Out Loud with Heather Davis
Anyone else kinda annoyed the visuals don't really match the album sound? Yeah. Brand photos are supposed to represent who you are, but what happens when your work, art, and energy evolve faster than your visuals? The truth is that I’ve already outgrown the branding photos I invested in earlier this year...and admitting that feels brutal on my ego...and wallet. In this episode, I talk about the speed of evolution, the myth of “forever photos,” and why your visuals should evolve with you, even when you’re still becoming her. I'm sharing what my old brand shoot was meant to...
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The hard stops that transformed my September
Work Out Loud with Heather Davis
September became my month of subtraction! Instead of piling on new strategies, I cleared space, practiced patience (...still doing this lol), and embraced a lottt of change. In this episode I share how each hard stop opened the door to real results: A live website, weekly work out loud episodes, planning three months ahead in my business, and fresh creative practices. I dare you to draft your own hard stop list for October, and give your future self more room to breathe. Request an invite to my 12/11 work out loud virutal mastermind <3 Emal , or shoot me a DM: @heatherdavisinc
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How to play the long game when launching your vision
Work Out Loud with Heather Davis
“If you build it, they will come.” But when??? Today's solo episode zeros in on why believing in your vision matters more than proving it, how to survive the post-launch limbo, and strategies to keep momentum alive. Plus a few reflection prompts to help you lean into patience and trust your creative journey. Email me scoop an invite to my 12/11 Work Out Loud Virtual Mastermind! heather@heatherdavisinc.com
info_outlineI've been sitting on this episode for *far* too long. Please enjoy my interview with the one and only Sophie Gage of Gage Events! Sophie is a business unicorn--I think she called herself 'a psychopath who loves weddings' on air lmao--and wears many hats in the events and weddings industry.
We get deep about Sophie's love for my worst nightmare: Planning Tented Weddings. We talk about:
- The trial by fire education and training starting in nonprofits events job
- Our love for Pittsburgh...but only when we are in our hometowns
- Launching a wedding planning business in January 2020
- "I had coffee with Heather before Heather could charge for having coffee with Heather."
- The magic and power of a tented wedding
- A ton of other funny, inspiring and real truths