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Play It Brave Podcast

The podcast for brave creatives who live in a world that wants you to play it safe.It's time to face facts: You are an indestructible woman fused with super powers that defy convention. Am I right?

Podcast · By D'Arcy Benincosa · English · Official site

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Sep 22, 2026
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  1. Episode · Sep 22, 2026

    Stop Playing It Beige: 3 Brand Mistakes Making You Invisible (opens the original)

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    There are more tools than ever to create a beautiful brand — so why are so many businesses starting to look exactly the same? In this episode, D'Arcy sits down with anthropologist and consumer researcher Dr. Chelsea Shields to unpack three mistakes they see even incredibly talented businesses making: playing it too safe, building from inside their own perspective instead of understanding the buyer, and creating a brand that may be beautiful but isn't distinctive enough to be remembered. They tal

  2. Episode · Sep 15, 2026

    She Made Hundreds of Thousands—Then Walked Away: How India Earl Reinvented Her Business & Life (opens the original)

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    What happens when you build the business everyone else dreams about—and realize you don't want to live that life anymore? India Earl had become one of the most recognizable photographers in her industry. She traveled the world, had clients waiting years to work with her, built an enormous audience, and created an education business capable of generating hundreds of thousands of dollars. From the outside, it looked like extraordinary success. Inside, she was exhausted. India originally hired D'Ar

  3. Episode · Sep 11, 2026

    How to Multiply the Money From Every Job (opens the original)

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    What if one job didn't have to equal one payday? Most of us finish the work, get paid, deliver what we promised — and immediately start hunting for the next client. But there may be far more money sitting inside work you've already created. In this short episode, D'Arcy shares a simple way to look at every finished job through three lenses: NOW — the money it makes today. AGAIN — how the same work can be sold, packaged or used again. POSSIBLE — the referrals, reputation, relationships and future

  4. Episode · Sep 8, 2026

    How I Made $7,000 in Print Sales in One Hour (opens the original)

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    I charged $4,500 to photograph the wedding. Then the mother of the bride logged into the gallery and, within about an hour, ordered $7,000 in prints. And she came back and ordered even more. That experience completely changed the way I thought about what happens after a photographer delivers the images. We spend so much time trying to book the next client that we often forget there is revenue, marketing, referrals and future business sitting inside work we've already created. In this episode, I'

  5. Episode · Sep 4, 2026

    My Ode to Dolly (opens the original)

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    What did Dolly Parton believe about herself before the rest of the world believed it too? In this tribute to Dolly, D'Arcy explores the beliefs underneath an extraordinary creative life: letting yourself want something enormous, refusing to tone down what makes you different, knowing when gratitude doesn't require staying, continuing to create when the market moves on, and making something simply because it needs to exist. The question underneath all of it: what do you already know about your li

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