She almost quit. Then she doubled her income. (Student Story with Olivia Tarkowski)
Passion With Purpose - Photography Podcast, Creative Business, Six Figure Photographer
Nathan Chanski - Photography Business Coach
5.0 • 573 Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2026
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
"I’m giving myself one more year… and if by the start of 2026 this is still literally going nowhere… maybe this isn’t what I’m supposed to be doing."
That's what Olivia Tarkowski (today's guest) said to her husband in January of 2025.
Good grief did her story take a turn!
Today, I'm joined by Business Blueprint student named Olivia, a wedding photographer who went from struggling to book consistently (she floated the idea of quitting at one point!) — to closing her books, doubling her income, and hitting 70–80% booking rates in just a few months.
...oh and then she hit $100k in 2025.
We talk candidly about leaving corporate, walking through uncertainty, rebuilding her brand, and what changed when she finally surrendered control of her business to God.
Her story is a real life story of faith, persistence, and breakthrough.
If you’re in a slow season, questioning your calling, or wondering if this business can actually work — this episode is for you.
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| 0:00.0 | What's up, my friend, it's Nathan here. So before we jump into the episode today, I want to let you know that right now, my sold out signature coaching program, the business blueprint, is officially open for enrollment to a limited number of new members until spots sell out. You probably heard the student success stories. Maybe you've listened to my podcast for a while now. And you know that you're looking for a change and breakthrough in your business and finances, and I'm willing to bet that this program |
| 0:24.3 | could be the exact answer you've been looking for. This is a full year of access to my highly |
| 0:29.4 | tested and proven framework for building your business to a place of six figures plus in yearly |
| 0:35.6 | revenue with live bi-monthly coaching calls with me, |
| 0:39.3 | countless supplemental tools, including a sales script for your client calls, |
| 0:43.1 | email templates for every step of your workflow, an entire course on how to run meta and |
| 0:47.1 | Google ads, and so much more. |
| 0:49.1 | No gimmicky business practices here. |
| 0:50.9 | This is going to be me teaching you timeless business principles that will truly |
| 0:55.6 | last you your entire career and equip you with as many tools as possible to fast track your |
| 1:01.9 | growth. So doors are open right now until February 18 or until spot sellout. And by the way, |
| 1:08.4 | we have sold out every single other time. So make your |
| 1:11.2 | move as quick as you can. Click in the show notes where it says business blueprint to secure your |
| 1:16.4 | spot if you haven't yet. And by the way, if you have any questions, please email me directly |
| 1:22.0 | using the email info at nathanchansky.com. And I will be personally responding to you as soon as possible. |
| 1:31.5 | I'll be hovering over my email this week. |
| 1:33.4 | So I hope to see you in there. |
| 1:35.0 | Let's jump on this new year of 26 and get a head start early on and let's make it your best year yet. |
| 1:40.7 | All right. |
| 1:41.4 | Let's start today's episode. |
| 1:46.2 | All right. Welcome back to the Passion with Purpose podcast, everybody. I'm so excited to be here with Olivia Tarkowski today. And |
| 1:53.1 | Olivia has been someone I've gotten to know a little bit in my business blueprint coaching |
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