The AUD.ACITY Podcast: Recent Episodes
Janae Bryson
The Audacity Podcast with Janae Bryson explores the audacious moments of entrepreneurship, freelance, motherhood, and life. What is considered to be audacious. Webster dictionary defines Audacity as a bold or daring quality that is sometimes shocking or rude! Sounds familiar? We all have experienced audacious moments especially as business owners / everyday life. Through Auden & Company, my creative agency, I have connected with many people who have shared bold stories rooted in pure audacity. Join us every Thursday as we engage in conversations that explore The Aud.acity!
Grab your tea & huddle around, Alex and Janae are diving into the holidays. Holiday campaigns that is! We are exploring holiday campaigns from this year and last and sharing our opinions and predictions on exactly how capitalism is pull us all in! Happy Holidays!
This episode of the Audacity Podcast explores the depth of what it means to be too emotional. Janae and Alex explore the emphasis society has put on the emotions of both women and men and how that emphasis impacts how we express and empathize with emotions around us. Grab your tea and join us for this conversation!
Grab your tea & take a seat! We are unpacking the complicated thoughts on body image. How society has played apart in how we as women view our bodies. What does acceptance look like for the body you were given? This is a long episode that Alex and Janae allow this conversation to unravel naturally.
Grab Your Tea or a slice of birthday cake! This episode of The Audacity Podcast is celebrating a year wiser with Janae. To ring in her 29th birthday, Janae is sharing nine hard truths that she has come to terms with as she navigated this year. From motherhood, to trauma, to business ownership!
Grab your tea and your notebook, we are talking about money! Well to be more specific we are talking about how to price your services. Alex and Janae walk you through some tried and true guidelines of pricing your offerings through the various stages of your business. They discuss the power in understanding your market and even touch base on bad practices of pricing.
Grab your tea & listen up! In this episode of the Audacity Podcast we are getting real about why it is important to lean into your shit. The importance of taking accountability of your actions and the impact that your reactions can have on those around you. Alex and Janae discuss just how powerful it can be owning your part in situations for you to grow and move forward!
Mic Check.. Tea is hot.. Headphones are secured. You are ready to press play on this week's episode of the Audacity Podcast! This episode is fun refresh that invites you to get to know the humans behind the voices you listen to every week! Join us as we ask one another hilarious questions and some deep questions in this round of whiplash Q&A. Yes we coined the phrase "Whiplash Q & A" and you wi;; have to listen to find out just why!
Grab your tea and join us in a conversation about the power of mentorship. Alex and Janae have a candid conversation about how the trajectory of mentorship altered or currently has an impact in their lives!
Grab your tea and sip it slow, this episode is packed with pearls of wisdom on what it means to confront the voice inside of you. Whether you radiate confidence in every step you take in life or have an internal conversation of the pros and cons. We all have an inner critic that we confront. Alex and Janae share how exactly they deal with the inner voice when tackling big life decisions.
Before your grab your tea and press play.. please understand that this episode isn’t a Kim K moment! In this episode we are exploring a few ways to build your portfolio as a fresh eyed creative! Join Janae and Alex as the share their early years building their brand & photography portfolio
Grab your tea because we are talking about cliques! In todays episode Alex and Janae dive into how hard it can be to navigate networking when faced with cliques. They share their experience with the clique culture and some tips on how to network as the odd girl out. You can network with us is our call to arms for all the people who need a little inspiration to thrive in their unique spaces!
Grab your tea and listen up! As a follow up to last weeks episode “Green Means Go, “ we are sharing red flags to look out for when seeking out clients! Learn from our audacity and run the other way!
Grab your tea-tail and your little green flag! In this week's episode, Alex and Janae are exploring green flags that make them both swoon over a potential client! Hailing from both a branding and a photographers perspective, this list is educational.
Before you raise your pinkies & press play, we are hitting you with a trigger warning! This episode does include topics of miscarriage and abortion.
Pinkies Up! In this weeks episode of the AUD.ACITY podcast we talk about the importance of giving yourself grace as well as those around you.
Janae shares her story of operating purely in survival mode for years before life made her slow down and recalibrate. She reflects on a break that was she set for a month that ended up lasting seven months and just how giving herself grace allowed her to see the damage she was inflicting on herself and the relationships she holds near and dear!
Its About Damn Time to heal trauma, heal your inner child, reevaluate your work priorities and live in the present!
Grab your iced tea or summer tea-tail! In today's episode we are talking about what it looks like to lead in style! In leadership there is not a one size fits all method. Every business is unique. Every boss is different. Alex and Janae share their experience in a leadership position as well as their experience being led. Should the company culture influence the way you lead or should the leadership influence the company culture? Join us as we have a conversation about leading in style!
Grab your tea infused cocktail! We are talking about the B word! No not one the little insecure boys throw at badass women. Today Alex & Janae are talking about the evolution that branding has taken as service offering within the creative industry. In this conversation they explore the confusion around what it means to brand or have a brand, the importance of sifting through the fluff to find a branding expert, and most importantly - a cautionary tale to stay away from rebranding to fit in with the 5 minute trend!
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Grab your tea! We are back! In this weeks episode we explore the evolution of giving credit to creatives. We focus on the impact that lack of credit has on a business as well as the entrepreneur behind the scenes. Both Alex and Janae share their inside stories and thoughts on credit etiquette.
We like our diversity like we like our tea collection, infused with an array of flavors & blends! In this episode we are discussing how we started Creatively Stocked, our stock media company for Black indigenous People of Color. Grab your tea and join us as we explore the evolution of Creatively Stocked from 2019 to 2022 all while discussing an important lesson of embracing what is scary to step out of your comfort zone!
Take a seat & pick up your favorite cup of tea! In the first solo episode of our podcast, Janae talks about the importance of renegoitating the terms of the contract you have with yourself. Understanding that the life plan you write down at 18 won't be the exact same at 23 or 28 and allowing yourself to have grace to embrace your identity evolution without being too hard on yourself. Janae shares the evolution of her identity from her adoption to where she is now. Highlighting the journey of mental wellness through therapy and the impact of effectively communicating her boundaries has had on her embracing her true self! This is a raw episode - that explores what it looks like to be honest with yourself internally so you can embrace your true authentic self and create the life that aligns with your values! Happy Sipping & Happy Listening!
Grab your tea & Strike a pose or send products our way! Alex and Janae are diving into what prompted the change in offerings here at Auden Creative Company! Owning a business is a a journey of hills and valleys. As a business grows the people within that business grow striking the match for an evolution! Learn how we will be bringing our creative branding eye to the world of product photography as we explore the why behind the switch and so much more.
Grab your tea and take a seat! This episode is all about running out of steam!
We all have experienced burnout. We all have scoured the internet for solutions to be met with self care tips on how to never fall victim to the millennial plague of burnout! This episode we are helping you fill your tea pot by exploring what burnout looks like for creatives; the difference between normal burnout and creative burnout.
Throughout this conversation, Alex and I will share our experiences with both types of burnouts and how we believe that preparing for the burnout is more beneficial than trying to out run it! Fret not we are also sharing our tips on what to do to help lessen the impact and duration of a burnout episode with tricks from our personal toolkit!
Remember we are all trying to conquer the world one busy day at a time so take the breaks needed and ALWAYS give yourself a little grace.
Grab your tea and press play as you indulge in your favorite act of creativity as we discuss the evolution of creative careers!
Creative careers come in all shapes and fonts, Alex and Janae engage in conversation about how careers in creativity have changed since the Mad Men era to now include content creators and influencers. How the influence of social media within business development has challenged most traditional creatives to keep up with the trends all while nurturing their own artistic abilities!
Before you brew your tea this episode comes with a CONTENT WARNING This episode contains conversations regarding abortion and miscarriage. Before you press play we ask that you take a breath and take note of where you are mentally.
Take a seat and join Janae as she engages in an honest conversation about her motherhood journey. This episode chronicles Janae's journey from new mama to toddler mama and all of the humble realizations along the way. Follow along as we explore how Janae went from I can do it all to F*ck Wonder Woman! She gets candid about the sacrifices that come with motherhood and how shedding a layer of your identity can be the most joyous yet terrifying transformation you embark the crazy roller coaster that is parenthood!
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Grab your tea! Take a seat! Join us as we sit down with Anita Schulz of Anita Louise Photography. Anita shares her Journey into running a thriving wedding photography business! Similar to how Janae & Anita became the photo styling duo we have come to love; Anita shares how her scrappy can do attitude guided her from architecture to stumbling into photography!
Grab your tea, take a seat and we will tell you what more daring than being a woman! This episode is a conversation as it pertains to the perception that women face in todays society! We cover the complexity of showing up as your true authentic self, the rise and fall of the girl boss movement, and what it truly means to empower your sisterhood. Join us as we let the conversation flow and spill some audacious moments of womanhood.
Grab your tea! Take a seat! Join us as we explore Alex's journey from shy intern to the marketing maven calling the shots here at Auden & Company.
Alex is the social media guru curating beautiful feeds, engaging captions, and spearheading impactful for marketing campaigns! Not only for Auden & Company and the three instagram accounts that fall under our umbrella BUT for her budding empire as well. When Alex is not here at the office, you can find her somewhere in Cleveland, with a mocha in hand, photographing seniors or rallying around women business owners through her networking event, Woman Up Cle. This episode explores her transition from an Audenship intern to becoming an internal member of the "A" Team and what truly led her to create a lifestyle that us audaciously unconventional!
Grab your tea! Take a seat. Join us as we invite you to meet our host, Janae Bryson!
Janae is a multi-passionate entrepreneur spearheading the two for profit businesses and a non profit all while chasing after an energetic toddler. This episode chronicles Janae's pivotal moments in her journey while highlighting the truly audacious moments she has encountered while walking in her power. Some of the audacious moments are self imposed such as going full time entrepreneur way too early. While others stem from societal standards of what it looks like to run a business. Dive into the humble start of Auden & Company and the beautiful path that led to her embracing her callings while to still holding tight to her passions!
The Audacity Podcast with Janae Bryson explores the audacious moments of entrepreneurship, freelance, motherhood, and life. What is considered to be audacious. Webster dictionary defines Audacity as a bold or daring quality that is sometimes shocking or rude! Sounds familiar? We all have experienced audacious moments especially as business owners / everyday life. Through Auden & Company, my creative agency, I have connected with many people who have shared bold stories rooted in pure audacity. Join us every Thursday as we engage in conversations that explore The Aud.acity! Hear from me, your host and guests as we all connect & laugh through shared experiences.