Growing Steady | Intentional Creative Business Podcast

Episodes

April 16, 2020

What 5 movie characters would you want to be quarantined with? The Uncertain Times - Ep 4

If you had to pick 5 movie characters (non-fantasy/non-superhero) to be quarantined with, who would you choose?? We picked our 5 and shared some updates from the past week.
April 5, 2020

Is baking sourdough bread everyone's new normal?? The Uncertain Times - Ep 3

We've lost count of what self-isolation day we're on but that's simply because of what we're talking about in this week's episode of The Uncertain Times: *You have to let go of the past and establish a new normal for yourself.*
March 29, 2020

This is our first pandemic, The Uncertain Times - Ep 2

Repeat after us, "this is my first pandemic." It's such a difficult time right now and no one has all the right answers because no one has been through what we're going through right now.
March 22, 2020

How we're working through coronavirus, The Uncertain Times - Ep 1

For the foreseeable future, we’re coming to you real-time each week to share how we’re navigating these uncertain times (Coronavirus aka Covid-19), especially as business owners. Meet our new weekly video series: "The Uncertain Times."
Dec. 15, 2019

10 key decisions that doubled our business growth during our toughest year

This was the toughest year of our lives and yet we were still able to double our business growth. We walk you through the 10 key decisions we made that allowed us to grow while navigating some rough mental health issues.
July 24, 2019

FaceApp old age photos, societal stigmas, and our coffee shop grudge match

Last week FaceApp took over the Internet and we rode the wave along with it. This is also a bit of a random episode ;)
July 17, 2019

What are our weirdest and most helpful rituals?

When it comes to weird rituals, we have a bunch! As weird as some of our daily rituals are, they are also some of the most helpful things we do to stay grounded and productive.
July 8, 2019

How we fix work friction (real-time discussion!)

One of the things we try to be really honest around Wandering Aimfully is when it comes to the truth about working together. It's not all sunshine, rainbows, and unicorns shooting glitter out of their butts (we wish!) Unfortunately, we do hit friction and
June 30, 2019

A foolproof way to get more clients (and a fun new project!)

If you're a creative freelancer and struggle to get paying clients, we've got a foolproof plan of attack for you in this episode! We also have a fun new project we're working on, somewhat related to clients and client-work the next few weeks.
June 23, 2019

Update on Caroline's health and this show!

It may have only been two weeks for our show schedule but it had been a month since we recorded a new episode of the WAIM Show. We're continuing with the podcast (don't worry!) but we are no longer doing a video-version.
June 9, 2019

Our relationship and some sea otter facts

When it comes to relationship advice we don't tend to give it very often. Relationships are all extremely different and individualized but we have noticed a few key trends and important factors in almost a decade of being tog...
June 2, 2019

How to deal with feedback and criticism

Around these parts, we believe feedback is dangerous and can almost literally kick you in the face, Chuck Norris style! We all struggle to deal with feedback and criticism so we decided to share tips we've learned over the ye...
May 26, 2019

We need to stop measuring our self-worth with social media

Being on social media websites can be helpful for our businesses and for staying connected with loved ones, but the longer we spend on these networks the more our self-worth gets tied to them. We've realized over the years ho...
May 19, 2019

How we got rid of our bad habits

When it comes to getting rid of bad habits the first thing you need to do is acknowledge them. So often we go through life not changing our ways because we're ashamed of some of the choices we make and don't want to deal with...
May 12, 2019

Simple ways to add more thoughtfulness to your life

We're all guilty of thinking of ourselves before thinking of others but in this episode, we want to challenge you to add more thoughtfulness to your daily life (and business!) How can you be more considerate of the other huma...
May 5, 2019

Slow and steady wins the race (but it's HARD)

It's really easy to hand out business advice and platitudes when everything is going well (as the person giving the advice). Sure, slow and steady does win the race, however, it can be difficult to fight your urges to go fast...
May 2, 2019

We're making a big business pivot (Unedited Meeting)

You don't run an online business if you don't use the word "pivot" and constantly find yourself experimenting! For us, that's what the past year has been almost on an almost daily basis with our Wandering Aimfully Memberships...
April 28, 2019

Where will we be in 5 years? Why aren't we doing public speaking? Q&A Part 2

This is Part 2 of 2 of a Q&A we did via Instagram and here on YouTube! Some of the questions we answered in Part 2 include: How did we know we were done speaking or attending conferences? Where do we see ourselves in 5, 10, 2...
April 20, 2019

Are we having kids? Are we vegans? Q&A Part 1

This is Part 1 of 2 of a Q&A we did via Instagram and here on YouTube! Some of the questions we answered in Part 1 include: Are we going to have kids? Are we vegan or plant-based eaters? Do we ever have arguments around busin...
March 17, 2019

We're taking a short break...

Hey friends! We're taking a short break from podcasting to avoid burning out. With Caroline's health stuff (see the previous episode) and an impending move, we knew something had to give in our day-to-day/week-to-week lives. ...
March 3, 2019

An extremely honest conversation about anxiety

This episode will be a bit different than the rest as we share Caroline's story in dealing with anxiety. It's something she's been confronted with for years but recently it hit her extremely hard, to the point of feeling she ...
Feb. 24, 2019

Our secret to success (well, one of them)

We aren't going to bury the lead, our secret to success is: Doing things differently. That might sound nebulous and generic but when you dive into this week's WAIMSHOW episode you'll hear specific ways we use "doing things di...
Feb. 17, 2019

Simple ways to improve your time management skills

Does it feel like time is always slipping through your fingers? Are you working long hours and not seeing the monetary rewards for your efforts? This week's WAIM Show is all about time management and specifically how you can ...
Feb. 10, 2019

What to do when you experience burnout

We've had the DISpleasure of dealing with creative burnout on more occasions than we'd like to admit. It simply seems like experiencing burnout is a right of passage when you work for yourself. But... We have a few tips on ho...