Stay ConnectedThe podcast for brave creatives who live in a world that wants you to play it safe.
It’s time to face facts: You are an indestructible woman fused with super powers that defy convention. Am I right? If so, then this podcast is for you!
In Play It Brave, D’Arcy Benincosa dives in deep to her wit and wisdom to teach you about creative a life full of mindset, money, and marketing miracles! Let’s get started!
Today's guest came from cleaning toilets to making 7-figures as a Women's Wealth Advocate. Merel Kriegsman was my business mentor last year, and she has such golden nuggets of wisdom about what wealth truly means and how to go from a place of unfulfilled potential to one of wealth and fulfillment. She dives into how you can harness your creativity and courage to become the wealthiest version of yourself. If you're struggling with the idea of being or becoming a wealthy woman, this one's for you. Hit play!
About Merel Kriegsman:
Women's Wealth Advocate and Business Mentor Merel Kriegsman is the CEO and founder of Merel Kriegsman Media - a company that has helped hundreds of women globally ascend into SELF-FUNDED WEALTH.
She's dedicated to helping women break the chains of generational scarcity, and step into becoming unapologetic female leaders who fearlessly demand what they're worth - and get it.
Her insights on women & wealth have been featured on CBS news, ABC news and in publications like Forbes, Fast Company and Good Housekeeping, and she was recently quoted in an article in Entrepreneur entitled, "7 Tips to Hit 7 Figures in 2020 and Beyond", alongside Sir Richard Branson.
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In this episode of the Play It Brave podcast, I'm talking all things investing with Laura Murray–and not the Wall Street kind.
Laura Murray is a sought-after photographer with the best of both worlds, brain-wise: she was trained in mathematics prior to photography with an insatiable desire to live a creative life. In her words? "There were always two sides to me – a technical and a creative – and I love how photography combines the two. It's the perfect blend."
SHOW NOTES: https://darcybenincosa.com/play-it-brave/investing-laura-murray/
Do you have copycats? People who always seem to be following in your footsteps, taking your ideas, and mimicking your style? On this Hot Seats episode, I coach well-established photographer, Jenny King through her copycat woes and share my one big strategy for keeping the copycats at bay. Hit play to tune in.
About Jenny King:
Jenny is a self taught photographer who started her business at the age of 30 with a newborn. Jenny was a bartender for nearly a decade, went corporate in banking then fell in love with the wedding world after her own wedding experience. In the last five years she has grown her business specializing in weddings, has since created an associate wedding company & is currently in the process of launching a third brand specializing in racy boudoir. She has shot in 3 different countries & has been recognized as the best wedding photographer in her area.
SHOW NOTES: https://darcybenincosa.com/play-it-brave/marketing/being-copied-jenny-king
Have you ever wanted to "pick the brain" of a celebrity wedding photographer? It's your lucky day! In this deep dive conversation, Joel and I chat about all things traveling (and how to get into other countries with all your gear), the move towards digital and his gear of choice, and finally, what his client communication looks like from the first call to the final delivery. You don't want to miss this episode! Joel even shares some behind the scenes stories from his times shooting alongside his talented husband, Jose Villa, for celebrity clients like Justin Bieber & Hailey Baldwin and Nick Jonas & Priyanka Chopra. Hit play to tune in!
About Joel Serrato:
Joel Serrato's artistry in wedding photography is built upon a strong foundation of capturing pure moments of emotion, innocence, laughter and love. Specializing in huge, complex weddings and seeking clients who are crazy in love and aren't afraid to cry, the Harper's Bazaar published photographer's nuptials of note include Pat Benatar, Tamera Mowry, Elle Fowler and Adam Housley, to name just a few.
Show Notes: https://darcybenincosa.com/play-it-brave/joel-serrato-traveling-gear-client-communication
It's pretty rare to find yourself in a scenario where no one else is doing the same thing you are. If you look around and find yourself flying solo with no one else throwing metaphorical elbows to get ahead? Consider yourself ahead of the game. You identified a need before anybody else–now's the time to meet it.
Albert Roig, my guest on today's episode of the Play It Brave podcast, found himself in that very position when he established Carmencita Film Lab. Before Carmencita came on the scene, a lot of European photographers were sending their film across the sea to America. Their film was forced to make a lengthy, international journey simply because there weren't options for high-quality, personalized film scanning in Europe. As a film lover who studied the ins and outs of film scanning and developing from Jon Canlas of The Find Lab, Albert realized he had the power to meet a growing demand for Europe's fine art photography movement. After joining forces with a friend who happened to own a film scanner, Carmencita was off to the races. Need, meet solution.
SHOW NOTES: https://darcybenincosa.com/play-it-brave/carmencita-film-lab/
During the peak of the pandemic, when just about everything was taken from us, we were given one opportunity:
We were given the opportunity to see the world differently. To retrain our brains to see beauty in repetition. To see things in a new way. To do more with less. To create with reckless abandon.
And today's guest on the Play It Brave podcast? She did just that.
Céline Chhuon is a sister of mine–of the "chosen family" variety. She lives the dream as a full time photographer and creative living in Paris, The City of Lights. When France went into lockdown for months last spring and her calendar of bookings was shot, she decided to challenge her boredom in order to rise above it. Her book that resulted from those 54 days, Home Is Where The Art Is, is Céline's manifesto to the radical act of creation. Listen to today's episode to hear the story.
SHOW NOTES: https://darcybenincosa.com/play-it-brave/self-portraiture-celine-chhuon
When's the last time you collaborated with nature? Can you remember a time when you really, really engaged with the earth?
Today's guest is Shellie Pomeroy, the owner of Silk & Willow and maker of the finest silk ribbons that have found a home in the hands of the worlds greatest floral designers, stationers and photographers. Shellie has struck a chord with her customers with her values-driven business model, and I for one, think we could all learn a thing or two about becoming more heart-centered in our businesses.
Listen to today's episode as we talk about inspiration, clever curation, and the good old-fashioned power of pounding the pavement to build your creative enterprise from scratch.
SHOW NOTES: https://darcybenincosa.com/play-it-brave/heartful-business-silk-willow
Few things will get you to the "Should I quit?" phase of entrepreneurship faster than trying to replicate someone else's journey. Have you ever compared your "trudge through the mud" journey, to your competition's apparent, "jet-set to the top?" It's time to see the full picture, and get into alignment so that you can reach your fullest potential. Tune into my conversation with Emma Natter to learn how to harness your passion to achieve financial stability and success!
About Emma Natter:Emma Natter is a business coach and the founder of The Aesthetic Way, the unshakeable venture to unify the creative self with entrepreneurship. She helps people discover their own sovereignty, find their voice, create their life's work, and get paid well throughout the process. Emma has worked as a stylist, floral designer, wedding planner, styling surface maker, antique curator, art director, writer, and has an MFA in creative writing.
SHOW NOTES: https://darcybenincosa.com/play-it-brave/alignment-emma-natter
Let's be honest with each other… How many of us TRULY enjoy writing email newsletters? Most of us are afraid of hearing crickets after we hit send, so we put off sending anything to our subscribers who are really truly waiting to hear from us. It's a vicious cycle we all need to break, so let's break it today! In this episode of the Play It Brave podcast, we're talking all things savvy subject lines and noteworthy newsletters with Laura Belgray (my copywriting idol). From subject line do's and don'ts, to the stories our people are actually HUNGRY for… It's all waiting on the other side of that play button. What are you waiting for?!
About Laura:Laura Belgray, founder of Talking Shrimp and co-creator of The Copy Cure, is a copywriting expert who helps entrepreneurs find the perfect words to express and sell what they do in a way that gets them paid to be themselves. Through her work with hundreds of clients (including online biggies like Marie Forleo and Amy Porterfield) she's seen firsthand that putting "you" into your copy and all through your business is pure magic for getting people to love you up, share your ideas, and happily click your Buy button.
In addition to online types, Laura's list of clients and credits include NBC, Bravo, HBO, TBS, Fandango, and many, many more. So if you watch TV -- and don't skip the commercials -- you've probably seen her words on air.
SHOW NOTES: https://darcybenincosa.com/play-it-brave/marketing/email-copy-laura-belgray
We're back with part two of my honest conversation with Erich McVey, the celebrity photographer that everyone is curious about! In this episode we cover the hot topic of Erich's gear lineup, his workflow, posing, and we even dive into what he's NOT doing to stay afloat in Covid times. Tune in to hear all about it.
About Erich:Erich is a wedding, portrait and editorial film photographer with a love for medium format cameras, natural light and incredible scenery.
Using an approach that combines documentary and fine art styles, Erich captures beautiful, honest, and timeless images.
Named by Harper's Bazaar and Martha Stewart Weddings as one of the best wedding photographers in the world, and twice selected as film photographer of the year by Belle Lumiere Magazine, Erich's work has been featured in top wedding publications; including Martha Stewart Weddings Magazine, Brides Magazine, Magnolia Rouge Magazine, Flutter Magazine, Pacific Weddings Magazine, Weddings Unveiled Magazine, Bella Lumiere Magazine, Style Me Pretty, Once Wed, Snippet & Ink, Ruffled, and The Knot, as well as the LA Times, and Design Sponge.
SHOW NOTES: https://darcybenincosa.com/play-it-brave/erich-mcvey-part-ii
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