Brand Building: Living The Whole Picture with Jama Pantel
Brand Building: Living the Whole Picture is the go-to podcast for ambitious women ready to elevate their visibility, build authentic confidence, and become the face of their brand.
Hosted by luxury portrait photographer, author, educator, and former influencer Jama Pantel, this podcast delivers actionable strategies on personal branding, photography, and business growth—so you can step into the spotlight with clarity and purpose.
If you've ever felt unseen in your industry, struggled with confidence on camera, or hesitated to show up boldly, this is your roadmap to build a powerful presence that gets you noticed and respected.
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Brand Building: Living The Whole Picture with Jama Pantel
How to Get Back on Track When You’ve Lost Momentum
Episode Summary:
In this episode of Brand Building: Living the Whole Picture, Jama Pantel speaks directly to those of us who’ve lost momentum—and aren’t sure how to get it back.
Whether you’ve stepped away because of burnout, personal challenges, or just life piling up, this conversation is your reminder that you’re not behind. You’re human. And you don’t have to start over—you just need to start again.
From personal stories of caregiving, illness, and even being told by ChatGPT to “slow down,” Jama shares what it reallymeans to rest, reset, and re-enter your brand-building journey without shame or pressure.
Timestamps:
00:00 – The moment life hits and momentum fades
00:32 – Permission to pause: why you don’t need to quit
01:10 – Personal story: health scares, stress, and shingles
01:45 – Rebuilding slowly and messily (and why that’s okay)
02:00 – Redefining rest: what it looks like for different people
02:58 – Practical ways to restart without burnout
03:20 – You’re not behind—you’re building something real
03:48 – A welcome-back message for anyone who needs it
Key Takeaways:
- Losing momentum doesn’t mean you’ve failed. It means you need to breathe—and maybe reset.
- Rest looks different for everyone. It’s not always stillness. For Jama, it’s running, traveling, and staying consistent with the things that ground her.
- Your comeback doesn’t have to be big or loud. One honest post or conversation is enough to get started.
- The people meant for you won’t leave. Visibility isn’t about being "on" all the time. It’s about showing up when it matters—with purpose.
- You’re still the right person for your mission. Even if you needed a break.
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Call to Action:
If you’ve been waiting for the right moment to come back—this is it.
You don’t need to be perfect. You just need to be present.
Take a deep breath. Reach out to someone who gets it. And remember:
You’re allowed to rest. You’re allowed to return. And you are not behind.
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Let me ask you this? Have you ever been on a roll, finally showing up consistently making progress, and then life hits? Yeah, same! It's your podcast, bestie Jama. Back at it again today, this time talking about what to do if you've lost your momentum. So I can't even count how many times I felt l ike I was finally getting it together only to have something knock me off course. Sometimes it's your health, sometimes it's your people, sometimes it's burnout that you didn't see coming, and sometimes it's all at once.
Jama Pantel:If you've been around for a while, you know I've taken breaks from my business time and again. I've stepped away from Instagram, I've paused promotions I was working on, and I used to beat myself up about this every single time. But I want to tell you something that, literally, chat GPT said to me not long ago and I laughed when I read it because it was so obvious but also so necessary. You don't need to quit, you just need to slow down. Y'all. That one hit me because I wasn't broken, I wasn't behind, I was just tired. So let me share a personal story with you. There were seasons I lost momentum because of health scares with my parents and, honestly, there were seasons I needed time off because of my own health wasn't okay. There was a time I was so overwhelmed I got shingles from stress If you've heard me talk about that before it happens. So yeah, I've lost momentum a lot, probably more than I care to admit. But you know what else I've done. I keep coming back, sometimes slowly, sometimes messy, but I always come back. Here's what I need you to know if you're in that messy middle in between right now.
Jama Pantel:Losing momentum doesn't mean you've failed. It means you're human and momentum is something you can rebuild. But it starts with permission. Permission to re-enter at your own pace, permission to not look polished all the time. Permission to care for yourself first and still be seen as powerful. And y'all, let's talk about rest, because I think we've all been sold the lie that rest means doing nothing. But rest looks different for everyone. For me, rest doesn't necessarily mean lying on the couch all day. It means staying consistent with my workouts, it means running, it means traveling. I've been out of town for weeks over the last month and a half and I haven't missed a beat on the podcast, but I did disappear from social media, and that was okay, because rest is doing less of what drains you and more of what helps you to reset. Even if it doesn't move the needle, rest re-centers you. It brings you back to your priorities. That's the kind of momentum that matters. The world tells us visibility is about being "on all the time, but I believe powerful presence is about knowing when to pause and when to rise again.
Jama Pantel:So if you're trying to find your footing once again, here's what I recommend. Start small. Don't try to do everything at once. Just one post or one conversation or just one honest share. Be real about where you are. Your audience doesn't want perfect. They want to feel connected. Also, stop waiting until you feel ready.
Jama Pantel:I've talked about this before: Ready doesn't exist. You're ready enough right now, and if you're rebuilding after a hard season, you are not behind. You are building something real, something with depth and staying power. Let me remind you of this too- the people who are meant for you won't disappear because you took a break. You don't have to be everywhere all at once and you don't have to explain. You just have to come back to yourself.
Jama Pantel:Even this episode is part of my comeback, because every time I show up for you, I'm showing up for me as well. If this episode spoke to you, if you've been quietly wondering if you're the only one who has lost momentum, trust me, you're not and you don't have to start over. Just start up again. And if you're ready to rebuild your presence with purpose, not pressure, keep listening, keep walking with me, take a deep breath, send a message to someone who gets you and remember this- you're allowed to rest, you're allowed to return and you're still the right person for this mission. Until next time. Thanks for tuning in and, hey, if you've been gone for a while, welcome back.
