From Blackouts to Recovery & Sober Living with Katie Iredale

Trigger warning: please listen with caution. This episode contains stories & experiences of addiction.

β€œI was dating this heroin addict, and he woke me up one day and told me, β€˜You just projectile puked across the room and it hit me in the face.’ I was like, didn’t care because I was like β€˜dude you’re the loser, you’re the loser here.’” - Katie Iredale

About Katie:

Katie Iredale is a passionately driven entrepreneur who travels the world photographing humans in love. Katie’s photography brand specializes in small intimate weddings and destination elopements. Katie also lives a life in recovery and finds great fulfillment in helping others achieve sobriety.

In This Episode, You’ll Hear:

  • Katie’s journey from hating her job & in her free time taking photos & editing them on her phone to becoming a high demand wedding & elopement photographer

  • Going from party animal, abusing drugs, regularly drinking to black out, & seizing up from alcohol withdrawal, to thriving in sobriety

  • Spiritual awakening & radical life shifts through yoga teacher training 

  • Finding happiness in a completely new lifestyle alongside recovery 

  • Business tips: being yourself, navigating emotions & a pandemic as an entrepreneur 

  • Choosing a path of freedom through faith, acceptance, & an inner knowing that we will always be provided for 

Katie’s Awaken My Soul Selection:

Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions by Russell Brand

The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts by Gary Chapman

The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (A Toltec Wisdom Book) by Don Miguel Ruiz

Katies Offers:

Wedding & Elopement photography

Branding photography for female entrepreneurs 

Family photography 

Mentorship program for starting a photography business

How to get your business up and running - a step by step guide

 

Connect with our guest Katie…

Katies Instagram: instagram.com/katieiredalee

Katie’sWebsite: katieiredalephotography.com

Connect with Your Host, Melissa on...

Instagram: ⁠@IAmMelissaPeters⁠

Pinterest: ⁠@IAmMelissaPeters⁠

YouTube: ⁠@IAmMelissaPeters⁠

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With love,

Melissa

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