Tried & True With A Dash of Woo

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  Swimming WITH the Current: How to Stop Forcing Growth with Kate Vanden Bos 29.09.2026 1h

  Have feedback? Text us! Kate Vanden Bos spent years forcing herself through the water before she learned the small adjustments that let her swim sixty lengths and feel better than she did after twenty. On this episode, she brings that same lesson to business, energy, and the twelve phase framework she built called the Growth Cycle. Midway through, Renee realizes she is sitting on the exact first day of a brand new phase in her own cycle, and Kate walks her through what it means live on air. ...
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  Midlife Aches & Mental Inflammation with Dr. Shivani Gupta 08.09.2026 59min

  Have feedback? Text us! You know the woman who's doing everything right and still feels like her body is falling apart? This episode is for her. Dr. Shivani Gupta joins me to explain why so many of the symptoms we chalk up to "just getting older" are actually inflammation, and how to tell the difference. Why "this is just aging" might be the wrong story you're telling yourselfThe real difference between mental inflammation and being "stressed out"What your gut has to do with your brain...
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  The Signature Brand Strategy That Makes You Impossible to Ignore with Kristin Lawton 01.09.2026 48min

  Have feedback? Text us! Watch this episode on YouTube You know that feeling when someone loves your brand, follows you everywhere, and still can't tell you what you actually do? That's a signature brand strategy problem, and Kristin Lawton spent six years as "the cocktail girl who does marketing" before she figured out how to fix it. Here's what we chat about in today's episode: The three pillars of a signature brand strategy, and which one you're probably neglecting right nowKristin's thr...
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  What Your Brand is Actually Broadcasting 12.08.2026 36min

  Have feedback? Text us! Grab the Stand Out & Sell Out VIP ticket HERE 10 Spots ONLY for the Custom Hypnosis Track - based on YOUR Human Design and Astrology - snag one HERE Show Notes: Your brand is telling people something right now. The question is whether it's saying what you think it is. In this solo episode, Renee pulls directly from a live roundtable conversation at the Stand Out and Sell Out summit and from real questions that landed in the community afterward — because what...
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  Let Me Change Your Mind About "The Breakthrough" 28.07.2026 29min

  Have feedback? Text us! LAST CHANCE for $500 off the Senior Sprint - click HERE to grab it and join us for a live zoom Q&A on August 18th! Watch this episode on YouTube SHOW NOTES: Have you been waiting for the moment when the confidence finally clicks, the fear disappears, and you magically become the woman who charges what she is worth, posts without spiraling, and stops flinching when someone asks about her pricing? In the final episode of my summer “Let Me Change Your Min...
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  Let Me Change Your Mind About Being STUCK 21.07.2026 28min

  Have feedback? Text us! Grab the SENIOR SPRINT for $500 off Show Notes: You think being stuck means you haven't found the answer yet. In this episode I'm taking that belief apart, because being stuck almost never has anything to do with the answer. It has everything to do with the state you're trying to find it in. And once you see that, you can't unsee it. What we get into: Why "more effort" is the exact wrong move when you hit a wallThe NLP concept of state, and why it drives every decisio...
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  Let Me Change Your Mind About... HUSTLE! 14.07.2026 38min

  Have feedback? Text us! Grab the HOUSE MANUAL for only $39.99! SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHERS: do not miss The Senior Sprint Sale! It's only $500 for a short time - grab it HERE and fix your marketing before the Fall madness! SHOW NOTES: Everyone is telling you to stop hustling right now, and I am not going to be one of them. Because I do not think hustle is your problem. I think you have been fighting the wrong thing this whole time, and that fight is the reason it has felt so brutal. In this o...
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  Let Me Change Your Mind About... Luck 07.07.2026 22min

  Have feedback? Text us! Get the SENIOR SPRINT for $500 - but hurry Welcome to the first episode of my summer series, where every week I put one belief on the table and try to change your mind about it. First up: luck. In this episode I'm going to show you what's actually happening inside your own head when something looks like luck, and why the thing you've been calling a lucky break is really your brain fetching evidence for who you already believe you are. I'll walk you through the story t...
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  Stop Doing These Five Things In Your Photography Business If You're Ready to Be Seen 09.06.2026 52min

  Have feedback? Text us! Watch this episode on YouTube Links: Try Evoto free (15 credits): https://link.evoto.ai/ReneeBowen use the code RENEE07 for up to 20% off as well Evoto giveaway: comment on this week's reel: https://instagram.com/reneebowen Senior Sprint waitlist: https://reneebowen.myflodesk.com/sprint The Creative Team Method is $600 off for a short time: https://reneebowen.com/seniorrepteam Real talk: some of this might sting. After 18+ years in the photography industry, Re...
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  Clarity Made in May Is Money Earned in Q4 26.05.2026 38min

  Have feedback? Text us! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Enter the ARRIVÉE GIVEAWAY HERE! Watch this episode on YouTube ANNOUNCEMENTS: Two 1:1 spots are open; prices increasing over summer - book a call with Renee asap HERE to discuss! SHOW NOTES: You call it slow season. But what if it's actually the most strategic time in your entire business calendar, and you've been wasting it by staying busy? In this solo episode, Renee breaks down why the quiet months are where your fall actually gets built, and what to...
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  Using Astrology for Business Timing with Sheri Moise 19.05.2026 58min

  Have feedback? Text us! Watch this episode on YouTube You've followed the strategy. You've done the launches. You've written the emails and shown up consistently. So why does it sometimes feel like you're pushing against an invisible wall? What if the problem isn't what you're doing, but when you're doing it? Business astrologer and strategist Sheri Moise has spent 25 years in corporate sales and marketing, and she applies that same data-driven framework to astrological cycles. Her w...
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  Bach Flower Remedies for Human Design Types with Tracy Poizner 12.05.2026 53min

  Have feedback? Text us! Pssst: Watch this episode on YouTube HERE Show Notes: You've probably heard of Human Design (esp if you listen to my show). Maybe you've even heard of Bach Flower Remedies. But Tracy Poizner went and combined them into something that sounds niche and ends up being wildly practical, and the results from her beta test will make you want to know your energy type immediately if you don't already. What we get into: What Bach flower remedies actually are, how they're made...
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  Why You Aren't Letting Yourself Win 05.05.2026 35min

  Have feedback? Text us! Welcome to SEASON FOUR! 🎉 What if the thing keeping you stuck isn’t a lack of strategy… but the version of yourself you still don’t fully feel safe becoming? In this solo episode kicking off Season 4 of Tried & True with a Dash of Woo, Renee gets radically honest about self sabotage, nervous system safety, visibility, identity, and the unconscious patterns that quietly keep so many creatives and entrepreneurs playing small. She shares personal stories about ...
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  Online Course Creation for Creative Entrepreneurs Done Right with Jasmine Jonte 28.04.2026 44min

  Have feedback? Text us! You've thought about creating a course. You've probably talked yourself in and out of it about fourteen times. This conversation with Jasmine Jonte is going to show you exactly why it keeps feeling harder than it should — and what to do about it. Jasmine is the founder and CEO of Cre8tion, a company that has helped produce over 120 programs and 1,500+ lessons reaching more than 100,000 students. She started as a first-grade teacher in Detroit, which means she has been...
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  Your Messaging Will Never Outperform Your Identity - Live from Reset Conference 21.04.2026 19min

  Have feedback? Text us! You can watch this episode on YouTube HERE You think you have a marketing problem, but I've been watching photographers spin their wheels for years convinced the answer is a better hook, a different strategy, one more course. In this solo episode recorded live from my hotel room at Reset Conference in Chattanooga, I break down what's actually going on under the surface. What's covered in this episode: Why your messaging will never outperform your identity, no ma...
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  Nervous System Regulation for Entrepreneurs Who Built the Wrong Life with Anna Lozano 07.04.2026 54min

  Have feedback? Text us! Anna Lozano built Love Powered Co from a Kickstarter campaign to a successful exit — and what she found on the other side wasn't relief. It was the void. This conversation goes deep on what it actually takes to build from identity, what happens when you stop, and why nervous system regulation is the work underneath all the other work. In this episode: How Anna went from Polish immigrant upbringing and corporate to serial entrepreneur in her early twentiesThe story of ...
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  How to Use Claude for Your Creative Business 31.03.2026 56min

  Have feedback? Text us! Watch this episode on YouTube Most people are using AI the same way they used it three years ago: one prompt, one output, one blank slate every single time. This episode is for the ones who are ready for something different. Renee breaks down exactly how and why she made the switch from ChatGPT to Claude, what finally convinced her, and the specific setup that turned AI from a writing helper into an actual business system. This isn't a sponsored deep-dive or a tech ...
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  Stop Optimizing Your Humanity Out of Your Business with Laura Kendrick 24.03.2026 52min

  Have feedback? Text us! You can also watch this episode on YouTube HERE Most business advice tells you to tighten up, systemize, and optimize. Laura Kendrick is making the case for the opposite - and she's got the results to back it. This conversation will make you reconsider every "professional" instinct you've been told to follow. What you'll hear in this episode: Why "the trust recession" might be the wrong diagnosis for what's actually happening with buyersThe difference between radical ...
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  The Hidden Link Between Trauma and High Achievement in Women with Farya Barlas 17.03.2026 48min

  Have feedback? Text us! FYI: You can watch this episode on YouTube HERE What if the reason you can't stop overworking has nothing to do with ambition and everything to do with survival? In this episode, I sit down with chartered psychologist and trauma expert Farya Barlas, founder of The Method, for one of the most intellectually rich and personally resonant conversations I've had on this show. Farya has spent over 20 years working with high-achieving women, and what she's identified...
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  Brand Messaging Is the Root System with Luna Battalia 03.03.2026 49min

  Have feedback? Text us! Last Chance to join us for the SPRING SENIOR SPRINT 6 week marketing intensive - click HERE to jump in; we start TOMORROW 3/5 SHOW NOTES: In this episode, I sit down with Luna Battalia to talk about why brand messaging is not the finishing touch on your business, but the foundation of it. We unpack the difference between having an offer and building an actual brand. We explore buyer psychology, storytelling, and why your messaging needs to create an emotio...