#15 – Abby Stahlschmidt: On Modeling, Objectification and A Little Bit of Music

enAugust 26, 2018

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About this Episode

My guest today is Abby Stahlschmidt. Abby is a professional model with whom I've worked several times, and she's also an accomplished violinist playing across the US and Europe. We talk about her music career so far and take a deep dive into the fashion and modeling world as we've both seen it, including a look at female objectification and how our work impacts people who see it. Abby also shares about a special organization she supports in this episode's Non-Profit Spotlight. We end our conversation with an elevating celebration of femininity plus the mention of another playlist related to our conversation.

After it's over check out that playlist and see photos and videos of Abby in the show notes at https://collectedclan.com/abbystahlschmidt

Topics Covered:

0:01:26 Introduction
0:01:44 Abby the Violinist
0:02:19 Abby describes her music
0:03:29 Electric violin vs Acoustic violin
0:08:14 Musical career highlights
0:11:54 "Purple Rain" tribute cover
0:16:22 Designing a custom tuxedo
0:19:09 Non-Profit Spotlight: Camp Penuel
0:20:42 Modeling segment introduction
0:22:25 Photographing pageantland
0:25:47 How Abby started modeling career
0:28:56 Early along in modeling career
0:30:26 Parental guidance for modeling career
0:34:29 How Abby felt about her first photo shoot experience as a 12-year-old
0:36:49 A shady experience with another photographer and how her agency responded
0:39:27 Models are independent contractors
0:43:05 Modeling and female objectification
0:51:34 On retouching and superficiality
0:55:10 Intimate portraits and intent
0:58:31 Pre-sunrise photoshoot
1:01:48 Celebrating feminity
1:04:35 Songs that celebrate women
1:08:15 Closing remarks

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Shanon Stowe is a colleague from 20 years ago who became a client and friend. She has a powerful story you need to hear. We cover a lot of ground, tying it all together in a braided hindsight that 20 years of life brings.

Pour some coffee or lace up your running shoes and hear about entrepreneurship, publicity, surviving viral celebrity, trauma, and numerous ah-a moments along the way. We even turn the tables as Shanon as ME a probing question.

What We Talk About:

Professional Background

0:02:25 Thomas Nelson colleagues
0:08:26 P.S. Media Relations
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0:15:37 All-Female Business
0:21:22 Secret Sauce
0:23:42 Happy Chewbacca
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0:34:28 Non-Profit Spotlight: Convoy of Hope

Deeper Waters

0:35:32 Co-Parenting
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1:00:56 Biblical Literacy
1:16:06 A-Ha Moments
1:17:38 Whitewashed Chicken Nugget
1:18:34 Life Songs
1:21:54 Turn Table

Show notes: www.collectedclan.com/shanonstowe

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#22 – Tell Me Something Good: 2020 Reflections

2020 was a circus disaster for sure, but the big top didn't fully catch fire. Trapeze artists fell, and the resilient got back up to take another swing.

To borrow from what you'll soon hear, "but if you’re breathing today, you’ve made it this far. That’s no small thing. Incredible, even!" Wherever you are and whatever you're doing while you listen, kick back and soak it in.

WHAT WE TALK ABOUT
• 0:01:23 Terrie Peterson ... discovered that she may not be fast, but she can outlast 
• 0:02:40 David Talbott ... running wasn't canceled, hit mileage goal of 2020 
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• 0:07:51 Bradley Ford ... pivoting business into new ventures 
• 0:10:31 David Meyers ... we made it! 
• 0:12:26 Gregory Byerline ... closing remarks 

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enJanuary 06, 2021

Bonus – Between Seasons Update

Here's a between-season update about what I've been up to, plans for Collected Clan Season Two, and a special song for the season that I hope hits you like it hit me.

WHAT I TALK ABOUT

0:01:13 What I've been up to video recap here
0:03:20 Someone Like Me podcast
0:04:38 Plans for Collected Clan Season Two follow on Facebook
0:07:31 Special song for the season hear here

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enDecember 19, 2020

#20 – Season 1 Wrap Up: Listener Feedback, Inspiration in nature, and a personal Non-Profit Spotlight

In this episode, I'm flying solo because I have some interesting things to share as a wrap-up to Season 1. We're approaching the one year anniversary of recording the first Collected Clan episode, and it's been an exciting year introducing you to some of the outstanding people in my world that I've collected along the way. Collected not as objects, but as treasures from the journey. In each conversation, I learned something new about these people I've known for years...and some of them for what seems like a lifetime, but even so I learned something new. That right there is the power of conversation.

WHAT WE TALK ABOUT

0:00:40 Episode #19 recap
0:01:14 The reason for Collected Clan
0:02:50 Objective for Season 2
0:03:12 Season 1 listener feedback from Lyle
0:04:08 Inspiration in nature...about the cover photo
0:06:42 Non-Profit Spotlight: End Slavery Tennessee
0:08:51 How to connect with Collected Clan
0:09:46 Closing remarks
0:10:10 Season 1 listener feedback from Bob

RELATED INFO

End Slavery Monologues ticket info

This unique theatrical event features stories of survivors and those impacted by Human Trafficking to educate the audience about this issue.

NON-PROFIT SPOTLIGHT

This episode’s Non-Profit Spotlight supports End Slavery Tennessee.

End Slavery Tennessee provides comprehensive aftercare for human trafficking survivors, many of whom are minors...children and teenagers...who were sexually exploited throughout Tennessee. Every month in Tennessee, 94 minors are used for sex trafficking. Beyond sex trafficking, there's labor trafficking where goods and services are continually produced without compensating the laborer.

The mission of End Slavery Tennessee is to promote healing of human trafficking survivors and strategically confront slavery in in the Volunteer State. Slavery seems like a rather harsh word. Didn't slavery end after the Civil War? Not exactly. If fact, there are more slaves now than at any time in history.

Learn more about End Slavery Tennessee online at EndSlaveryTN.org. Watch the Voices of Freedom video on the home page. If you're in the Nashville area on February 1, 2019, you can hear real stories of survivors at the End Slavery Monologues event. Click here for ticket info.

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enJanuary 22, 2019

#19 – Stephen Tedeschi: On Performing Arts, Being Italian, and the Joy of Christmas

My guest today is Stephen Tedeschi. Stephen is another artist in my world, and we've shared many a stage together with him at the helm of numerous dramatic arts performances, which, of course, we talk about here. He's very much Italian, and his fantastic family is always nearby. You'll even hear some of them in the background a time or two enjoying life together, and this will give you an accurate glimpse into a typical Tedeschi family day.

As always, we feature a Non-Profit Spotlight selected by our guest. Two actually.

Stick around to the end where we have a special holiday presentation for you. Stephen is very much a fan of the Christmas season, and we've got a special surprise for you.

Visit the show notes to see at www.collectedclan.com/stephentedeschi. There you'll see photos and supporting material and learn more about the non-profits Stephen supports.

What We Talk About:

0:02:21 Why the dramatic arts?
0:08:19 Stage show history
0:10:39 Our creative paths crossing
0:12:30 Sewing, tailoring, and costume making
0:15:55 Gaining a son-in-law
0:21:06 The Arts Place and performing arts appreciation
0:24:48 How Stephen inspired my father/son relationship
0:29:22 About The Arts Place
0:34:24 Stephen's Italian heritage
0:36:37 Coffee talk
0:44:03 Life the Italian way
0:47:17 Origin of the Americano
0:48:37 Non-Profit Spotlights: Rejoice School of Ballet and Narrow Gate Foundation
0:51:19 Countdown to Christmas
0:54:01 A Tedeschi Family Christmas
1:00:21 The Spirit of Christmas
1:03:57 A Carpenter Family Christmas
1:05:33 Closing remarks
1:07:01 BONUS The Christmas story
1:12:07 BONUS The Magnificat spoken in Hebrew

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enDecember 16, 2018

#18 – Bonus: Thank You Notes...Audio Time Capsules of Gratitude

In this bonus episode of Collected Clan, we kick off the holiday season right here at the start of Thanksgiving week with some audio thank you notes from previous guests and a few additional people for whom I'm grateful. Wherever you are and whatever you're doing while you listen, kick back and soak it in.

What We Talk About:

0:01:11 Bethany Torino from Episode 4
0:02:46 Tiffany Montero from Episode 14
0:04:21 John J. Thompson from Episode 10
0:05:58 Bradley Ford from Episode 11 and Episode 13
0:07:52 Ryan Ploecklman from East Coast Trail & Ultra Podcast
0:08:30 Tony Caldwell from Episode 16
0:10:07 Jenny Baker from Episode 7
0:11:21 Franklin Baker from Episode 7
0:11:53 Lauren Phelps from Episode 17
0:14:09 David Hooper from RED Podcast and Build A Big Podcast
0:15:07 Ginger Eldridge from Episode 8
0:16:59 Keith Cartwright from TwoTim47 Podcast
0:21:18 Chris Creed from Nashville Wedding Podcast
0:22:10 Abby Stahlschmidt from Episode 15
0:23:24 David Meyers from Episode 2
0:24:49 Elizabeth Foster from Episode 6
0:29:19 Closing remarks and the common thread
0:30:13 Gregory Byerline's audio thank you note
0:31:18 Ode To Joy snippet

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#17 – Lauren Phelps: On Creativity, Pursuing Dreams, and Motherhood

Lauren Phelps is an accomplished creative entrepreneur. I first knew Lauren as she achieved great success with her clothing line LEONA then as a client when I had the opportunity to photograph several seasonal lookbooks of her fashion designs. She has continued her creative endeavors since then and now lives in New York where she continued her work in fashion then turned into an even deeper creative direction, which, of course, we talk about here.

What We Talk About

0:02:20 Nashville Fashion Week "Nashville Fashion Forward Fund" award
0:08:58 Where Lauren's creativity comes from
0:13:03 CEO as a title
0:20:20 Closing LEONA
0:23:14 Sweet home Alabama
0:28:28 Alabama to Nashville to New York
0:31:10 Why Paris
0:31:34 COO of Brandon Maxwell
0:34:37 Non-Profit Spotlight: Samual Waxman Cancer Research Foundation
0:36:59 Lauren's mother
0:43:32 How motherhood has impacted Lauren's work and world
0:47:17 "Each baby brings its own loaf of bread"
0:49:26 Motherhood and mothering without a mother
0:54:16 Moving to visual arts
0:58:21 Choosing materials for mixed media pieces
0:59:40 Lauren's creative process
1:02:37 Monochromania
1:05:37 My creative envy
1:08:03 Conversation as an audio portrait
1:11:03 "If you could have one more conversation with your Mom..."
1:12:44 Closing remarks

GUEST SOCIALS

Learn more about Lauren Phelps at these links
Official Website | Instagram | Facebook

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enNovember 13, 2018

#16 – Tony Caldwell: On Hair Dressing, Entrepreneurship, and the Ability To Choose

Tony Caldwell is a renowned hair dresser, entrepreneur, and fantastic conversationalist, as one would expect to experience when sitting in his salon chair. We talk about his first-hand experience behind the scenes at many New York Fashion Weeks, his path to owning his own salon, how he approaches each individual client who comes to him to look their best, plus the fragility of the human body, the #MeToo movement, and several other unexpected twists.

And as always, we feature a Non-Profit Spotlight selected by our guest. Kick back and eavesdrop on this conversation as if you were sitting in a salon chair. Just like his work, this one is a unique one.

Visit the show notes to see photos of Tony's creative hair styles and photos of some shoots we've done together at collectedclan.com/tonycaldwell

And finally, in every conversation we have, I encourage my guests to be real and raw if they so choose. Authenticity is essential. Sometimes that includes certain words or expressions that may not be suitable for young or sensitive ears. This is one of those episodes.

Topics Covered:

0:01:56 What Fashion Weeks are like
0:10:30 How Tony entered hair dressing career
0:12:00 Depression ended football career
0:14:31 The Viking gene
0:16:23 Fashion Week's creative inspiration
0:21:29 How a hair dresser determines hair style direction
0:23:54 The client challenge
0:30:11 Tony's worst client
0:31:58 Non-Profit Spotlight: Circle Recovery Meditation Group
0:33:48 Martial arts & self-defense
0:41:48 Knowing when NOT to do something
0:43:01 Fragility of the human body
0:43:33 Controlling adrenaline
0:46:29 OSHO Collective & entrepreneurship
0:55:25 Teaching and sharing knowledge
0:59:16 Twisting a good thing
1:03:12 #MeToo Movement by generation
1:10:50 The Science of Getting Rich
1:11:55 Getting info from the source
1:18:27 Power to the people
1:20:40 Closing remarks

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Collected Clan: The Company You Keep

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