Artists Without DayJobs

In this Community Q episode, Jo-Ná takes a question from community member Carol Mae Whittick. Carol is struggling with the same thing that so many of you are - how to price your services? Jo-Ná gets the details and then coaches Carol through the question and gives her the steps she needs to take to set her pricing. Carol already has a customer, but she just doesn't have a clue what to charge her.

Alyson Charles is our magical guest for this episode. This conscious lifestyle expert had a divine moment that led her from being a National champion athlete and television host to becoming a shaman and fully-embodied spiritual leader. We learn so much from this gracious human as she discusses the steps to gently guiding yourself from recovery to thriving in this episode. What an incredible journey. We hope you enjoy! Check her out Instagram@iamalysoncharles.

Clint Salter had his first dance studio at the age of 16 and everything just fell into place after that. Clint is one of the best as selling online course and programs for creatives. Clint has taken all the content that he was teaching to his one on one coaching clients and put it into a very robust program to help any dance studio get to the next level.

Sophia grew up in Seattle, in a family that was involved in activism, so it was something she was exposed to early on. Her roots are in social justice. She had an epiphany early on that she wanted to make things. She didn’t just want to witness things as a bystander, she wanted to experience them.

Sophia desperately wanted to get into the film industry after college. Her parents insisted that she get a job to pay her bills, so she ended up working at a media start up that was on the periphery of the film industry. She quickly found out that she had chosen a parallel track and realized that if she continued on it, she was getting no closer to where she really wanted to be.

She was able to take some continuing education classes and quickly gravitated towards still photography. From there she worked her way into freelance photography and began taking gigs.

Today we talk to Shavonda Gardner is an Interior Designer & Stylist, Content Creator, and Social Media maven who is passionate about helping people create spaces that bring them joy...whatever that may look or feel like to them. After spending six years in the military she was craving a creative change and thus her path into design and entrepreneurship began. She loves moody eclectic-bohemian spaces, small space living, and believes every space needs something black and something unexpected. She loves supporting female-owned small businesses and encouraging others to live their best, most beautiful lives!