Hey there ! I’m Katie - a wedding photographer & recovering perfectionist - and welcome to the first ever episode of The Picture Imperfect Podcast!  I started this podcast to bring together all the burnt out entrepreneurs that have hella high expectations for themselves and others, the people pleasers that want to learn how to say “NO” and the anxious achievers that want to find a little peace in the idea of doing less. 

This first episode is all about the “why” behind the podcast - it covers everything from my own struggles with perfectionism and a little history about me to the pressures I see in the wedding industry as a photographer and why I think it’s so important to talk candidly about imperfections, flaws and failures. So come hang out and listen in on some super eye-opening and empowering conversations that might even convince you that there is, in fact, beauty in imperfection. 

Bailey is a WILDLY talented and brilliant NYC and Brooklyn-based photographer who I met via Instagram a few years ago. Not only is she one of the best photographers and artists I know,  she’s also an absolutely A+ friend, leader, activist and member of her community.  Listen in as Bailey and I chat about how we became the perfectionist wedding photographers we are today, how we manage that perfectionism and how to be a little bit more self compassionate with yourself whenever the pressure to be perfect becomes a little too much to handle. We also talk about mantras, mental health and what we've lovingly called the "stress dreams" we get before photographing a wedding!  And don't forget to check out Bailey's amazing photography at www.BaileyQphoto.com or on social @baileyqphoto. 

If you listened to Episodes 1 & 2 and thought to yourself  “OMG wow I really am a perfectionist!”, then you need Sheila in your life. Or at the very least, you need to listen to Episode 3!

Sheila is a Life Coach that specializes in helping high-achieving women step into their next-level selves. She LOVES working with go-getters who may be feeling like they’ve outgrown their career, relationship, or lifestyle.  Sheila basically helps us people pleasers and negative self talkers to build killer confidence from within and take aligned action so that we can THRIVE!

In this episode, Sheila and I talk about how we can find the root of our perfectionism while also reflecting on how perfectionism may have benefited us in the past. Sheila poses some amazing questions in this episode about what it might look like for those of us who struggle with perfectionism to no longer be a perfectionist (*gasp!*) and how that might make us feel.  Stay tuned for a BONUS episode later this month because I actually participated in one of Sheila’s “Root to Rise” coaching calls and we recorded it and I’d love to share that with you all and update you on how it’s been impacting my life ever since.

In the meantime, check out Episode 3 and if you are interested in learning more about Sheila or if you want to book a coaching call with her, check out her website at www.sheilaanne.com or follow her on social media @sheflowsandgrows. Trust me, you’re gonna want to see all her Instagram Reels!