Boundaries, Safety & Trusting Yourself in Growing Your Business {Ep 039}

Hello there, amazing business owners and fellow entrepreneurs! This episode is going to be a little DIFFERENT from what you’re used to. It was originally recorded earlier today (July 9, 2020) after a whirlwind 48 hours where a very large boudoir photography group and forum imploded amidst allegations of sexual misconduct, among other things. It’s a little raw, and includes some tears and swear words, so if there are littles around, put in those earbuds! Unless your kids are used to swear words, like my own. We are going to talk about fears. About just starting out in a new business. About trusting yourself in growing your business. About your rights and boundaries and honoring them. And so much more.

This news has been heartbreaking and infuriating and I want to be 100% completely clear: the actions of the founders of this particular photography group and forum do NOT align with my own core values in my photography business, or in my teaching business. I was an educator on the forum with an SEO tutorial, and like most of the educators and admins who have left, I am absolutely not okay with what has happened.

Listen in to hear more.

Key Topics

High level overview of what has happened.
Trusting yourself in growing your business.
Your power in honoring your boundaries.

Major Takeaways

Introduction & Opening Comments (3:10)
My official position on what happened, for both Business Straight Up and Brooke Summer Photography (4:20)
High level overview on what happened (4:40)
Why educators stepped up to contribute to the forum (5:27)
Intuition when it came to other opportunities (6:08)
News that rocked the boudoir industry (7:22)
My position and passion (9:30)
A foundational message about ALL of this, for boudoir photographers or aspiring photographers (12:15)
A foundational message about ALL of this, for any business owners in photography or not (12:47)
Stepping outside of your comfort zone in a safe way (13:15)
Different kinds of discomfort, red flags to look for (13:40)
Why am I telling you all of this, and trusting yourself in growing your business (16:47)
Other educators might do this… (17:30)
Even as a new business owner… (18:00)
A VERY important message (18:54)
Your power & gifts (19:52)
Viewer comments & Badass! (21:00)
There’s a reason… (22:21)

Now What?

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Boundaries, Safety & Trusting Yourself in Growing Your Business {Ep 039}