The Rare Collective: Recent Episodes
Lydia Ryals & Abbi Phillips
Intended to build a community of creative female entrepreneurs, best friends and kindred spirits Abbi and Lydia cultivate space for candid conversations about pursuing dreams, owning businesses, balancing work and family life, and living out creative passions. You can expect vibrant, heartfelt, and authentic conversations between this vivacious duo and their occasional guests. We are all created to create and The Rare Collective podcast explores all that this truth entails.
We fully believe you were intentionally placed in this historical period because the creative offering you bring to the table makes a difference. So what do we do when the world around us is so dark and lost? How do we make decisions that bring a joyful perspective into our days and our creative business?
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Honey In The Rock
Spiced Honey Bath Syrup
Abs and Lyd reunite to dish out all the life things from the past three weeks and how life impacts their creative businesses.
We are giving you full permission to grab a slice of cake, (or some of your favorite dessert), and sit down with us to have your creative heart filled up and encouraged. Lydia sits down with Taylor Langley, owner of The P'Pool's Bakehouse, to discuss her life juggling a full-time job and a successful side-hustle.
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This week the girls are bringing back a favorite segment - inspiration thrillers and killers! Anyone working in the creative industry knows that products and vitality in their business relies on where they are finding inspiration! Lyd and Abs talk about the people, places, and things that are sparking their inspriation these days. They also share the inspiration killers that are stifling their creativity and how they combat the killers to keep them from bogging their inspiration down.
Small Businesses Referenced In Thrillers
Wildflower Print Co - Lydia's Printing Vendor
Do It Yourself Crafts - Pottery Painting Vendor
Oh Crap! Potty Training - Zay's Potty Training Method
The Grave You Crave Message with Charlotte Gambill
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We all need it and we all can have it! Lyd and Abs talk about how passive income can take a dream and give it feet to stand on or take those hard-working creative business days and help you make money in your sleep! Lydia shares her steps in creating passive income for her business and what she's learned along the way. The girls also talk through innovative and easy options for every creative business gal out there to consider implementing for additional streams of revenue.
The Resources and Domains The Girls Discuss
For editing listings and creating templates: https://www.canva.com
For selling downloadable content: https://www.etsy.com
For creating Lightroom Presets and Digitizing Art: https://www.adobe.com
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Bring trends to life and transform them into creative ways to bring products and services to potential customers. Etsy and Pinterest already did the hard work, so we unpack these trend reports and discuss unique ways you can use these trends to grow your business!
Pinterest 2022 Trend Report
Etsy's 2022 Trend Report
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Abbi and Lydia unveil all the revelations they received while on the Rare Collective's retreat. They share their prayer for the collective girls and the plans moving forward in 2022. Get ready to laugh and be inspired all at the same time.
Biblical Passage - Exodus 30
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Abbi and Lydia reunite after two weeks of alternating cohosting with their husbands. With Valentines Day on the horizon, the girls share their secret recipe for loving their "cheerleaders," (the people closest to your dream who cheer you on and believe in you). They also provide practical and creative ideas for showing love and appreciation to these individuals.
The Love Languages Quiz
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Abbi's husband, Logan, joins her for another week with the husbands stepping in as co-hosts! The two open up about their story and their journey as creative spouses.
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Lydia's husband, Zach, sits in Abbi's chair for this week's episode! Lydia and Zach get real discussing working from home and owning a business and how it's influenced marriage and family life. They cover topics like the balancing act involved, their sex life, and how they draw boundaries for their family.
Sheet Music: Uncovering the Secrets of Sexual Intimacy in Marriage by Kevin Leman
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Abbi and Lydia invite Bri and Bayly onto this week's episode of The Rare Collective for an extravaganza involving holiday trivia, small business "truth," and Would You Rather - Christmas Edition!
Birmingham Picnic Co
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You brought the questions and Lyd and Ab share their answers! Jump into an episode all about everything under the 'creative life' sun as well as their excitement for The Rare Co in the New Year!
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Lyd's Spiced Honey bath soak
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Abs and Lydi cut the "hot air" feel-good conversation and get to the nitty-gritty on why 2022 will be the best year in history to be a creative entrepreneur and, beyond this, why YOU are about to enter your best days yet! Buckle up, cause 2022 ain't even ready!
We got our back!!! Dive into this episode dedicated to all the tips and tricks our audience shared concerning mastering the holidays in the creative business world! In the thick of the Christmas Season, we all gotta stick together and, through the advice from our girl gang, we bring you six hacks to help your business kill it this Christmas. Everything from balancing jobs and side hustles to grinding it out full time as a creative, The Rare Co is here to help you balance your eggnog cravings and your late night work sessions!
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Get ready to be both inspired and fired up! Sarah Moseley shares a passionate story about turning her love for song writing into Nashville's very first custom song company, Songbird City. She shares how Songbird City was born and the impact it makes by serving music artists in Nashville, supporting the community, and bringing professionally produced songs to clients across the United States. All we can say is... get ready.
Discover Song Bird City
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How I Built This Podcast Episode with Sara Blakely
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This episode tackles a practical and effective approach to goal setting for creative business owners through the transparent lens Abbi and Lydia provide into their own business goals.
Dig in deeper for your business by identifying with the girls why sometimes business goals and dreams just fall flat and how, sometimes, this can lead to us giving up. Also, get ready during the second-half of the episode to learn some practical tips, tricks, and processes to owning your 2022 goals!
Full Focus Planner
Focus On This Podcast
AbbiPhillips.com
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Abs and Lyd pull back on the curtain in a new BTS episode! We’re taking you behind the scenes on our lives, talking about spinning the creative biz/family life/side hustle plates! We’re also giving the scoop on The Rare Co behind the scenes life planning for all things Christmas!!!
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Abbi and Lyd talk about their personal experiences in their creative entrepreneurial journeys when it comes to finding collaborative friendships over competitive in the creative industry. The girls discuss how bringing collaboration and community to the table makes us more dynamic in creative passions .
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Tezza's Instagram
Creatr Website
The girls host their first Q&A episode discussing questions sent in by members of The Rare Collective! They offer insight and advice based on personal experiences and current struggles in their creative business journeys.
Whether you're already pursuing a creative passion full time or if you are thinking about starting your own business one day, this episode will resonate with you! Get ready to dive into finding financial stability, balancing work/life/side hustle, how to get started for those interested in monetizing their passion, and how to tackle the Instagram algorithm.
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The girls host an inspiring conversation with accomplished interior designer, retail business owner, blogger, podcast host, mother, and wife Tanya Hembree of Nashville, Tennessee. Expect to be inspired and challenged as Tanya recounts her story to success and how she learned to trust the process through the roller coaster journey of creative entrepreneurship.
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Tanya's current inspiration: Believe It by Jamie Kern Lima
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Lyd and Abs share the mistakes they wish they hadn't made when starting their small creative businesses. Great ready to dive in and laugh a lot as the girls unveil their cringiest moments when beginning their entrepreneur endeavors and the lessons they learned along the way. They'll tell stories based on true events and provided some very practical steps and tools to help you, The Rare Collective, when getting your own small biz off the ground.
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Join the girls as they divulge the objects, activities, pop culture topics, and resources that are helping them thrive in their creativity - (or their inspiration THRILLERS) - as well as the things that are stumping their creativity - (or their inspiration KILLERS).
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Abs' Inspiration Thrillers:
John Mark Comer and The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry
Disney's Cruella
How Do You Wear That Insta @CaitlynWarakomski
Lyd's Inspiration Thrillers:
Escape To The Chateau (streaming on Peacock)
The Message Holy Bible Translation (reading via the YouVersion app)
This is not your momma's introduction episode! Lydia and Abbi welcome you into their friends as they uncover the grit of their own journeys into being full-time creative business owners! They discuss the ups and downs of life plans and dreams shaking out differently than expected, meeting their husbands and starting families, and how they came to decide to go "all in" as creative business owners. They also unveil the almost-too-candid truth of how they become besties and why they are so excited to bring The Rare Collective to you! Don't be afraid to turn the volume up and go all in to this exciting adventure!
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If you vibe with these creative thoughts, then The Rare Collective WAS MADE FOR YOU! Coming soon to your podcast platform of choice!