We are back with another conscious conversation and interview. In this episode, Jo chats with Helen Koker. Helen has been such an inspiration to Jo; from the way she is able to effortlessly capture the essence of every product through her unique photographic style to the way she navigates through her business with intention. We learned about Helen’s approach for finding inspiration and playing with creativity. We also talk about the importance of cultivating a healthy mindset and finding your...

Today’s interview is with Prisca Ongonga-Daehn; mother, powerhouse businesswoman and founder of Baresop. Baresop is an innovative, zero-waste personal care brand created by Prisca when she went on her own journey to living a more conscious, environmentally-conscious life. We talk with Prisca all about running a strong, mission-fuelled business, the biggest lessons along the way, the balance between work and life and the importance of releasing perfectionism to move forwards. Find Baresop on...

In today’s episode, we have an honest conversation about how we feel about social media and our current approach to using it as a tool for exploration, creativity and connection with our clients and audience. Social media (we talk about Instagram in this episode), is an aspect of our business that has always felt challenging. From the time it takes us to create intentional content, stick with an overwhelming strategy and stay on top of all the algorithm changes and trends..social media in...

Our first guest is our friend and fellow designer and strategist Laneen Wells, owner of Sbltn Studio, a design and discussion studio focused on intersectionality, accessibility, and diversity through inclusive practices and advocacy. We brought Laneen over to chat about what it’s like to own and manage a design studio and space that thoughtfully, boldly, and intentionally fosters and advocates inclusivity and accessibility. We learned about how she embraces being a multipotentialite yet still...

In this episode, Donají and Jo share the daily rituals for finding focus, productivity and calm in our office spaces. These are our essentials; the things that have helped us cultivate a healthy balance between work and life when working from home. Keep in touch over on Instagram www.instagram.com/thebrandjourney Loved this podcast episode? Leave us a review over on Apple Podcasts!

How do you know that your business actually needs a rebrand? Perhaps you are feeling like you have outgrown your business or aren’t happy with how your brand is visually represented. In this episode we delve into what a rebrand for your business actually involves - it’s so much more than a refresh of your colours, fonts and your logo! Keep in touch over on Instagram www.instagram.com/thebrandjourney Loved this podcast episode? Leave us a review over on Apple Podcasts!

In this new season of our podcast, Donají and Jo chat about how to move through the highs and lows, summer and winter, or feast and famine periods in our businesses. Keep in touch over on Instagram www.instagram.com/thebrandjourney Loved this podcast episode? Leave us a review over on Apple Podcasts!

In this jam-packed episode, we chat about how to increase your prices in a way that feels authentic, aligned and expansive for your comfort zone. We invite you to take a different perspective on what increasing pricing actually means not just for your business but for how you want to live your life and serve your best customers. Keep in touch over on Instagram www.instagram.com/thebrandjourney Loved this podcast episode? Leave us a review over on Apple Podcasts!

In this episode, we explore manifestation in a way that is grounded and practical yet intuitive. We share our steps for manifesting in our businesses through aligning and directing a clear channel for our energy and focus when it comes to our vision, goals, habits, mindset and actions. Keep in touch over on Instagram www.instagram.com/thebrandjourney Loved this podcast episode? Leave us a review over on Apple Podcasts!

In this episode, we take a look back to the past 6 months and discuss what went well, what didn’t and our biggest lessons and changes we’d love to make for the rest of the year. We do these mid-year check-ins to share our own personal and honest journey as business owners and give you a clear BTS behind our businesses. As business owners we know things are not always rainbows and unicorns and life can get messy, but we believe that the more we talk about our own experiences honestly and...

In this episode, we continue on to part 2 of our favourite business apps! We share our favourite customer facing digital apps and tools for nurturing an authentic and memorable experience for our best customers. These resources have been personally tried and tested by us and have been in our toolkit for years, helping us craft the best customer experience. Keep in touch over on Instagram www.instagram.com/thebrandjourney Loved this podcast episode? Leave us a review over on Apple Podcasts!

In this episode, we share our conscious approach to “pain points”. We explore this topic through a different lens - from a perspective where we aim to serve and add value to our customers in order to help them get to the desired version of themselves or goals. Keep in touch over on Instagram www.instagram.com/thebrandjourney Loved this podcast episode? Leave us a review over on Apple Podcasts!

In this episode, we share our favourite internal must-have digital apps and tools that help us wrangle our to-do list and get things done in our business. Most importantly, these tools made list because the have helped us build our systems for productivity, clarity and focus. We hope that our list inspires you to explore a few of these for yourself! Keep in touch over on Instagram www.instagram.com/thebrandjourney Loved this podcast episode? Leave us a review over on Apple Podcasts!

In this episode, we chat about what it means to build an unapologetic brand and business; one that is embodied, authentic and true to your values, vision and mission. We share our top tips on how to infuse this into your own brand so you can tell your brand’s story from a place of conviction, confidence and clarity. Keep in touch over on Instagram www.instagram.com/thebrandjourney Loved this podcast episode? Leave us a review over on Apple Podcasts!

Part of the health of your business comes from how you set boundaries. We chat about the importance of conscious boundary setting and how it creates space, flow, alignment and ease for your business. This is a continuous practice in integrity and intentionality and ultimately serves not only yourself but others as well. Keep in touch over on Instagram www.instagram.com/thebrandjourney Loved this podcast episode? Leave us a review over on Apple Podcasts!

The key to leaving a lasting impression comes from your ability, as a brand or business to create a memorable emotional connection with your audience or customers. On this episode, we talk about how to cultivate and nurture that impression by expressing our brand voice and personality in a way that feels natural, authentic, relatable and personable. Keep in touch over on Instagram www.instagram.com/thebrandjourney Loved this podcast episode? Leave us a review over on Apple Podcasts!

In this episode, we share our own experiences around dealing with the dreaded work funk. We talk about how to consciously move through the times in our business when we struggle to feel motivated or creative and also how these challenging experience can help us become better business owners. Keep in touch over on Instagram www.instagram.com/thebrandjourney Loved this podcast episode? Leave us a review over on Apple Podcasts!

On this latest episode, we dive deep into Brand Archetypes. We share what Brand Archetypes are, how we used them and we discuss how knowing our brand archetype can help us focus our brand so we can connect more deeply and genuinely with our customers and clients. Keep in touch over on Instagram www.instagram.com/thebrandjourney Loved this podcast episode? Leave us a review over on Apple Podcasts!

The start of a new year can often come with mixed emotions. We may feel pressured to “start things off right” with a blank slate and new goals. Or we may feel like we aren’t ready to move into the new year as we reprioritise rest, self-care and indulge in comfort foods. In this episode we explore a different perspective for beginning a new year; through embracing imperfection. Keep in touch over on Instagram www.instagram.com/thebrandjourney Loved this podcast episode? Leave us a...

In this episode, we chat with Jo about her story and how she became a designer; how she made the shifts throughout her life and career towards design and why living consciously has helped her in this journey. Keep in touch over on Instagram www.instagram.com/thebrandjourney Loved this podcast episode? Leave us a review over on Apple Podcasts!

In this episode, we chat with Donají to learn more about her story, her daily rituals and ideal day look like, her unique insights and experiences around building a design business and all the wonderful things in her life that make her who she is. Keep in touch over on Instagram www.instagram.com/thebrandjourney Loved this podcast episode? Leave us a review over on Apple Podcasts!

An honest conversation around the high expectations that we set for ourselves and how we manage this to cultivate more ease in running our businesses. Jo & Donají share their own experiences around over-attaching to goals and the mindset shifts that have helped them cultivate a healthier balance between setting a big vision and the expectations that go with it. Keep in touch over on Instagram www.instagram.com/thebrandjourney Loved this podcast episode? Leave us a review over on...

So you have invested your hard-earned money and a good few months working solidly with a designer on a rebrand. You have wanted to do this for years but now that it's finally time to show your audience your fresh new look, you feel stuck or lost the next steps. To help you move through this, in today's episode, Donají and Jo share their musings on what happens after a rebrand. Keep in touch over on Instagram www.instagram.com/thebrandjourney Loved this podcast episode? Leave us a...

Donají and Jo ChunYan review the last 6 months and talk about the changes that they have made in their business and the key perspective shifts that have helped them nurture their business for growth. This episode is a reminder to take time and space for reflection; for reviewing our vision, our goals and intentions, and all the lessons we have learned along the way. Keep in touch over on Instagram www.instagram.com/thebrandjourney Loved this podcast episode? Leave us a review over on...