Creative business coaching with heart and backbone.
The Heart & Hustle Podcast is a warm, practical business show centered on creative entrepreneurship, especially photography and wedding work. Evie McLeod and Lindsay Roman mix tactical guidance with candid updates on partnership, burnout, client care, workflow, and changing seasons in business.
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The Heart & Hustle Podcast sits at the intersection of creative business coaching, photography education, personal storytelling, and faith-informed entrepreneurship. Evie McLeod and Lindsay Roman lead the show with a conversational rhythm that feels informal, but the subject matter is often very practical. The recurring center of gravity is the creative service business. Wedding photography appears often, from destination booking strategy to second-shooter relationships, editing style, AI culling, and the pressure to serve clients well on major life moments. The show does not treat business growth as purely technical. It often connects strategy to motivation, calling, burnout, family, legacy, and the emotional weight of changing directions. Recent episodes make that clear. One conversation explains why the hosts are pressing pause on The Heart University, framing the decision as vulnerable, bittersweet, and peaceful. Other episodes retrace each host's entrepreneurial journey, giving listeners a more personal view of the decisions, seasons, and pivots behind the brand. That personal layer matters. The show often teaches through lived experience, not just through outside expert commentary. Still, guests bring useful contrast. James Broadbent challenges the hosts' editing workflow and makes a case for Narrative, AI culling, and a more modern photography process. Noelle brings the client-service angle, especially for service providers balancing creative authority with compassion and customization. The result is a show with two speeds. Some episodes are candid check-ins for longtime listeners who care about the hosts' friendship, partnership, and business changes. Others are direct coaching sessions aimed at creative entrepreneurs who need clearer systems, stronger positioning, or a better way to manage client expectations. The tone is energetic, personal, and sometimes playful. It also leans sincere, especially when faith, burnout, purpose, and life seasons enter the conversation. The most valuable episodes are the ones that turn encouragement into concrete next steps, such as defining a business why, improving productivity, working well with second shooters, or rethinking editing tools. The Heart & Hustle Podcast is best understood as a creative-business companion for entrepreneurs who want tactical help without separating the work from the life around it.
Made for: Creative entrepreneurs, photographers, wedding vendors, and service providers who want practical business guidance in a warm conversational format. It especially suits listeners who appreciate faith-informed reflection alongside workflow, client care, and marketing strategy.
What sets it apart: The show pairs tactical creative-business advice with unusually personal context from Evie McLeod and Lindsay Roman's own partnership, pivots, and entrepreneurial history. Its photography focus gives the broader business conversations a concrete, service-based point of view.
A business and lifestyle podcast for creative entrepreneurs, dreamers, and doers who want to make the most out of their life. Consider us your newest BFF's who are in your corner (and your ear buds!) giving you practical tools to use in your business and life, while empowering you with some spit fire truths that will ignite you to go get it. Each Tuesday & Thursday's, Evie & Lindsey bring you tangible and actionable tips to up level your business and life while giving you some laughs and encouraging you to chase after your God given dreams. We believe you have ONE life to live, and YOU get to choose how you want to live it. Ya ready to run your business like a rockstar and own who you were m…
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The hosts announce they are pressing pause on The Heart University, sharing the emotional and spiritual journey behind the decision.
Lindsay shares her entrepreneurial journey from the beginning to present, including the ups and downs, and promotes a guide to help listeners find their business 'why'.
Evie McLeod shares an overview of her 10-year entrepreneurial journey, including insights and lessons learned, on the Heart & Hustle podcast.
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Wedding photographers Evy McLeod and Lindsay Roman discuss how to effectively work with a second shooter as the lead photographer.
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