A podcast for dreamers, makers and creatives who want to grow their online business without having to sell their soul. In each episode, certified coach and UK Instagram Expert Sara Tasker and her guests share inspiring stories, practical strategies and social media insights to help you create the life, presence and business of your dreams. meandorla.substack.com
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This is a republished episode from LFAHC In today’s episode we dive into listener questions all about Instagram - from building engagement up, feeling hopeful and excited about the platform again, coming back after a long break, adapting to creating more video content, whether to use hashtags anymore and lots more. Join Sara for her Instagram Summe…
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Creating a Values-Based Business, with Sarah Rees
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I first met Sarah D Rees through my class, The Insta Retreat, quite a few years ago, and we’ve worked together ever since. Sarah is a mental health nurse and CBT therapist with over 10 years of experience in private practice. Through her mentoring and coaching services, she supports other therapists in setting up and growing their private practices…
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A Beginner's Mindset to Instagram, with Katie Pulsifer
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I first met deep-dive master coach Katie Pulsifer when she was my instructor for certification at The Life Coach School. I recall being pretty intimidated. I’ve never been sky-diving or tried a bungee jump, but I’m pretty sure the adrenaline rush is comparable to coaching in front of Katie for immediate feedback in front of a group. 🪂 Katie’s recen…
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Introducing: The Substack Soirée Podcast
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I’m sharing something a little different today… the results of my ‘podcast affair’ with my Aussie bestie, the gorgeous Ms Keeley Rees . Bonded over our love of storytelling and creativity, Keeley and I and came together to create The Substack Soirée - a gathering of resources, classes and a shiny new podcast, in the hope of passing some of that pas…
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Staying true to your unique identity, with Katie Leamon
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This week I talk to Katie Leamon, who turned her love of paper and pattern into her eponymous family-run stationery studio. Her notebooks have been a daily companion to me for many years, so it was really fun to chat with her about her designs, her process and the realities behind running a product-lead business with the family on board! Things we …
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Downsizing, decluttering and still creating content with Hannah Bullivant
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Find Hannah’s 4 Week Refresh Programme here Hannah’s Instagram: @hanbullivant Hannah’s website: hannahbullivant.com Sara's Instagram: Sara's Substack: Sara's classes and coaching: Sara's website: Get full access to Entre Nous at meandorla.substack.com/subscribeBy Sara Tasker - Me & Orla
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Being afraid of NOT doing it, with Lisa Francesca Nand
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Things we talked about: The way multi-faceted careers can feel piecemeal (especially if parenting is added into the mix), or “like I’m doing five different jobs at once” Factoring in time to play as well as work Exploring your home town like a holiday destination Taking things home from real holidays that you might not expect (like appreciating the…
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The Power of Story in the Creative Process with Susan Mar
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Things We Talk About In This Episode: Working with clients in the creative process and their reactions. How as humans we respond to visuals in a human way. Narratives that make it seem shallow to care about how things look. Like it’s superficial to care too much about the way you look and that this might mean you don’t have depth. Aesthetics are a …
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When Social Video meets Journalism , with Sophia Smith Galer
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Things We Talk About In This Episode: The importance that established news organisations find ways to use social media if they want to engage a young audience TikTok has redefined the experience of social media, with short video content, and Instagram Reels and Youtube Shorts have followed suit How Sophia found an audience on TikTok (and later on I…
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Why you need to join Substack with Farrah Storr
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Things we talked about: The value of owning your own audience Building a brand for yourself around the work you’re doing The growing online hunger for content by real people and the forging of real connections We seem to be entering an era that Farrah calls, rather poetically, "the Time of the Writer": the world has passed the period of devouring a…
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Why niching on Instagram is (generally) bad advice
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Where to find Sara: Sara’s website: meandorla.co.uk Sara on Instagram: @me_and_orla Sara on Twitter: @meandorla Sara on Substack The Insta Retreat Sell Your Sh*t One to one business coaching with Sara Get full access to Entre Nous at meandorla.substack.com/subscribeBy Sara Tasker - Me & Orla
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Radical contentment, with Jamie Varon
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Things We Talk About In This Episode: The many ways for a book to “be successful” that don’t involve writing a New York Times bestseller (who knew?!) Lockdown lessons, and learning to live with uncertainty The surprising weight and reliance that we put on the future, without realising we’re doing it The “ladder of hierarchies” through which we try …
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The magic found in true community, with Gina Bianchini
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Things We Talk About In This Episode: Recognising the power of what’s possible when people come together with a common goal The value of creating your own, distraction-free destination for group learning and support Empowering creators to place higher value on the important business, community and content they are making - rather than being driven …
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Minimalism and Simplifying Life with Jessica Rose Williams
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Things we talked about: Trusting that you have enough, you are enough and that there'll be enough in the future and how that applies to you as a human Decluttering and finding your own style, starting with the external and slowly moving in Being diagnosed with cancer at 25 and having an existential crisis that kick-started a big lifestyle change Je…
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Things we talked about: How it still doesn't feel quite normal to call herself a full-time artist and how that's something a lot of us struggle with Growing up with a parent who's an artist, the expectations that brings and how that comparison can make creating art feel overwhelming Finding your own path, however varied and wherever it takes you Th…
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Writing for reaction, with Natalie Morris
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Things we talked about: The difference between writing as a journalist and writing a book (it’s just so long!) But: you only get to publish your first book once! Accept the nerves, and appreciate the moment The ever-present contention and push-back received when one writes about race Natalie’s very wise words that reaction is the point of writing -…
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A life that feeds what you need, with Rebecca Schiller
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Things we talked about: The trials and tribulations of being a “goat doula” Her new book Earthed, and its journey from concept, through to the transformation it underwent while she was writing, due to pressures from within (mental health) and without (a pandemic) How she actually managed to get it written, with all this going on The challenges and …
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