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An elementary school teacher turned homeschool mom and business coach with a fire for helping other women succeed in both business and life. Katelyn thrives in digging deep with strategy during 1:1 coaching sessions, workshopping business strategies in breakout sessions, and inspiring large groups with keynote talks.
She shows up unapologetically herself in every leadership role, breaking down walls with openness and vulnerability that builds trusts and makes a big impact with all she mentors.
I'm Katelyn. I'd be delighted to speak at your next event.
-Mary Marantz
"You were MADE to speak!"
It’s something you learn to navigate season by season, and if you feel called to do both, you’ve probably already realized it doesn’t look like anyone else’s version of balance.
In this talk, I share the five shifts that have helped me build a business while raising a family—without feeling like I’m constantly dropping the ball in one or the other.
Through the G.R.A.C.E. framework, we’ll walk through how to:
- get flexible when life doesn’t go as planned
- rely on simple, realistic routines
- allow space for creativity without pressure
- cultivate independence in your kids and your business
- and establish workflows that actually support your real life
Because balance isn’t about doing everything perfectly…
It’s about building something that works for your life in the season you’re in.
Topic #4: Balancing Motherhood and Business: 5 secrets to balance it all with G.R.A.C.E.
- Why personal marketing works
- Finding your core connections (What the heck do I share?)
- How to share your core connections
- How to continue connecting
Topic #3: Booking Dream Clients with Personal Marketing
- Connecting on social media to book clients
- Connecting with clients with an intentional client experience
- Connecting with vendors
- Connecting with competition
- Connecting with companies
Topic #2: Creating Connections that Convert: Killer Marketing Strategies
It’s because they’re not staying anywhere long enough for the right things to work.
In an industry that constantly pushes you to pivot, rebrand, and reinvent, it’s easy to mistake motion for progress. But starting over—again and again—comes at a cost.
In this talk, I break down the cycle that keeps photographers spinning their wheels and show you how to build real momentum by staying the course.
You’ll walk away with:
- clarity on when it’s time to pivot—and when you just need to stay
- a simple way to think through your next step
- more confidence in the decisions you’re already making
it comes from staying long enough to see it work.
Topic #1: Stop Starting Over: The Power of Staying in a World That Tells You to Pivot
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Keynote at the graceful gathering
Katelyn Workman is a wedding photographer, educator, wife, mama, and host of Create Retreat. She started her business while taking pictures of her foster daughter and sharing about her fostering journey and who she was, and quickly built a personal brand without any business or marketing experience. Now, when she is not photographing weddings with my husband, she loves coaching other entrepreneurs to build sustainable businesses they love!
Katelyn is an east coast wedding photographer, six-figure photography coach, Create Retreat host, podcast host, speaker, and homeschool mama based in Southern WV.
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