Focus On The Good Podcast

Mackenna
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Welcome to Focus on the Good — a podcast for women ready to build a life and business rooted in purpose, passion, and peace.Hosted by Mackenna Dugan — 6-figure elopement photographer, mama of 3, and soulful entrepreneur — this show is for creative women, mothers, and dreamers who want real talk on motherhood, mindset, and starting (or scaling) a passion-based business.Expect solo episodes, raw personal stories, and grounded tools to help you stay inspired, aligned, and focused on what truly matters.Subscribe to join a growing movement of women doing life and business differently — with heart, vision, and a whole lot of grace.#mompreneur #womeninbusiness #spiritualentrepreneur #purposedrivenlife

Episodes

  1. Designing Life with Intention: Why saying “no” became the key to building a luxury floral brand

    11/06/2025

    Designing Life with Intention: Why saying “no” became the key to building a luxury floral brand

    What if the most powerful growth strategy isn’t doing more, but choosing better? We sit down with luxury floral designer Sarah Lunn to unpack how a graphic design graduate, a single DIY wedding, and a flash drive of photos became the foundation for a distinctive, internationally published floral studio. Sarah walks us through the real pivot: naming time as her core motivator, rewriting contracts, and narrowing her calendar to projects that truly fit. She shares how early elopements, Instagram relationship-building, and a commitment to overdeliver on every job created a portfolio that attracted the right clients—think Glossier at Caesars Forum Shops, plus activations around F1 with Paramount, T‑Mobile, and Aston Martin. We explore Ikebana-inspired principles that shape her style—air, intention, negative space—and how showing a clear point of view becomes a magnet for luxury weddings, social events, and brand activations. This conversation also goes deep on mindset and sustainability. We talk community over competition, starting a local florist meetup, and unfollowing noise to protect focus. Sarah is candid about boundaries: outsourcing social media, creating tech-free family time, and guarding sleep as a non-negotiable. She shares how she and her husband reimagined roles at home so both careers and their kids could thrive, proving that creative entrepreneurship and present parenting can coexist when you design for it. If you’re a creative professional, wedding vendor, florist, or brand marketer looking to level up without burning out, this one will give you practical steps and permission to align your business with your life. Subscribe, share with a friend who needs the nudge, and leave a review to tell us the one boundary you’re setting this week.

    47 min
  2. How Grief Became My Teacher: Learning to lead, love, and coach with faith

    10/28/2025

    How Grief Became My Teacher: Learning to lead, love, and coach with faith

    What if the hardest seasons of your life became the clearest roadmap for how you lead, love, and work? That’s the heartbeat of our conversation with coach and club owner Sam Lane, whose story threads faith, sport, and grief into a grounded approach to parenting, mentorship, and entrepreneurship. Sam grew up in a small desert town with two athlete parents and a house full of balls. She met her husband on the court, now mentors girls on the sand, and recently bought the only exclusively beach volleyball program in Las Vegas. We explore why sports still matter after high school, how two-player beach volleyball forces elite communication, and why she ends practice with breathwork to train teens to downshift from fourth gear. Her coaching isn’t just drills; it’s a blueprint for life skills—honest feedback, preparation, resilience, and the ability to reset after mistakes. We also go deep on loss. Sam lost her dad quickly to melanoma and her mom after a twenty-year battle with cancer. She explains pre-grieving, living in fight-or-flight, and the strange relief of finally setting the backpack down. That space brought new presence to her marriage and kids, informed the decision to buy the club, and sharpened her boundaries around time and energy. When emotions try to take the wheel, she moves them to the passenger seat and returns to facts, scripture, and fresh air. If you’re navigating change, building a team, or craving a healthier relationship with competition, you’ll find practical tools and real hope here—communication habits, recovery rituals, and a faith-first way to keep what matters at the center. Listen, share with a friend who needs encouragement, and subscribe to catch the next conversation.

    50 min
  3. Faith Through Fire: How Mindset Shapes Reality

    10/06/2025

    Faith Through Fire: How Mindset Shapes Reality

    What if your hardest moments weren’t the end of your story but the training ground for who you’re meant to become? We sit down with Kandice Delgado to trace the arc from an unconventional childhood and index-card goal lists to an international makeup career, a best-selling book, and a growing community for creatives, Make Up Your Mindset. Along the way, we unpack the real mechanics of manifestation—faith, visualization, and relentless follow-through—and the deeper work of healing: therapy, EMDR, honesty in the mirror, and systems that make good days repeatable. We talk about reclaiming authorship from trauma, why you’re not your feelings, and how to build a morning routine that actually changes your life. Kandice shares how “meet God in the field” became a daily practice: Scripture to anchor identity, meditation to hold the vision, walks to embody outcomes, and writing to keep momentum. We explore resilience through loss and heartbreak, the humility of saying “I don’t know,” and the courage to hold strong convictions loosely enough to keep growing. If you’ve ever felt the whisper “you were meant for more,” this conversation gives it language, tools, and a path forward. You’ll learn practical steps to start where you are: write down who you’re becoming, build a simple system you’ll keep, treat every interaction like your business card, and give yourself permission to dream bigger than feels safe. Come for the inspiration, stay for the blueprint—because mindset shapes reality when belief meets action. If this resonated, follow, share with a friend who needs the reminder, and leave a quick review to help more people find these stories. Your support helps us keep making conversations that matter.

    1h 7m
  4. From Cancer to Purpose: How My Challenges Made Me Stronger.

    09/29/2025

    From Cancer to Purpose: How My Challenges Made Me Stronger.

    "I could have jumped off a cliff at that point, if I'm being completely honest, because that's where my head was at. I was in a pretty dark space. And I was like, you know what? No, that's not where this story ends." Katie Chaffin's life turned upside down when, just weeks after giving birth to her son via C-section, excruciating pain sent her to the emergency room. What began as gallbladder issues revealed something far more serious – a mass on her kidney that would later be diagnosed as cancer. For months, she lived in limbo, caring for her newborn while carrying the weight of her uncertain health future. This conversation takes us through Katie's remarkable journey of transformation – from leading a thriving real estate team to facing mortality as a new mother, and ultimately emerging with a completely different perspective on life. With raw honesty, she shares how this experience forced her to confront her perfectionism, people-pleasing tendencies, and what she calls the "death of an ego" that had driven her ambition for years. Katie's philosophy is both simple and profound: "Anything you are not willing to change, you are choosing." Through her story, we explore how this mindset has helped her transform her health through whole foods and exercise, embrace sobriety, set boundaries with toxic relationships, and show up authentically both in business and life. Her 15-year relationship with her husband offers valuable insights into growing together through life's challenges rather than growing apart. Whether you're facing your own health crisis, navigating a major life transition, or simply feeling stuck in patterns that no longer serve you, Katie's journey reminds us that our response to life's challenges is always our choice. As she powerfully demonstrates, sometimes our greatest struggles become the catalyst for our most meaningful growth. Be sure to like, subscribe, and follow:  Katie Chaffin: IG & TikTok - @realestatewithkatiee Mackenna D Photography All-In Elopements Focus On The Good Podcast

    49 min
  5. From Victim to Creator: How I Took Back My Life.

    09/22/2025

    From Victim to Creator: How I Took Back My Life.

    Welcome to the very first episode of the Focus on the Good Podcast! In this raw and inspiring conversation, host Mackenna Dugan opens up about her journey from feeling lost, stuck, and disempowered—to rediscovering herself through self-love, accountability, and personal growth. From the guilt of wanting more than motherhood, to the day she looked in the mirror and refused to settle for a toxic life, Mackenna shares the practices, mindset shifts, and breakthroughs that changed everything. Inside this episode, you’ll hear about: The moment Mackenna took ownership of her life and refused to live as a victim. How meditation and spiritual awakening helped her see she was not her thoughts. The breadcrumbs from childhood that hinted at her creative calling. The guilt and growth of realizing motherhood is beautiful—but not the only path to fulfillment. How picking up a camera pulled her out of bed in the morning and sparked a thriving business. This podcast is for women, mothers, and seekers ready to stop settling, embrace authenticity, and step into their best selves. Listen now, subscribe, and join the journey—because you don’t have to do this alone. Together, we’re choosing to Focus on the Good. Follow on Socials: IG:  @MackennaDPhotography  @FocusOnTheGoodpodcast   @allinelopementslv TikTok:  ⁨@MackennaDPhotography⁩   ⁨@FocusOnTheGoodpodcast⁩   @allinelopementslv

    1h 10m
  • 5 Episodes

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3 Ratings

About

Welcome to Focus on the Good — a podcast for women ready to build a life and business rooted in purpose, passion, and peace.Hosted by Mackenna Dugan — 6-figure elopement photographer, mama of 3, and soulful entrepreneur — this show is for creative women, mothers, and dreamers who want real talk on motherhood, mindset, and starting (or scaling) a passion-based business.Expect solo episodes, raw personal stories, and grounded tools to help you stay inspired, aligned, and focused on what truly matters.Subscribe to join a growing movement of women doing life and business differently — with heart, vision, and a whole lot of grace.#mompreneur #womeninbusiness #spiritualentrepreneur #purposedrivenlife

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    Mackenna
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