Tatter-a-fact PMU Podcast: Daily Summaries Delivered

How to Stay Optimistic When Life Feels Heavy

Send us Fan Mail This week, we're revisiting one of our favorite episodes of Tatter-a-fact, a conversation that feels just as relevant today as when it first aired. When life feels overwhelming, it's easy to believe optimism means pretending everything is okay. But real optimism isn't about ignoring reality. It's about acknowledging life's challenges while believing you have the ability to move through them. In this episode, Teryn Darling explores the difference between practical optimis...

Chapter 3: The Girl Who Didn't Feel Smart

Send us Fan Mail For years, Teryn Darling believed she wasn't smart enough. Not because anyone ever told her she wasn't—but because she struggled in school and quietly allowed grades to define her worth. In Chapter 3 of Tatter-a-fact: The Story Series, Teryn shares one of the deepest insecurities of her childhood and the realization that changed everything: intelligence isn't measured by report cards alone. This episode explores what it feels like to compare yourself to others, carry the weig...

Chapter 2: The Girl Who Wanted Her Own Money

Send us Fan Mail Long before Girlz Ink. Before PMU. Before pigments, podcasts, stages, mentorship, and entrepreneurship... there was a kid in Maine trying to figure out how to make her own money. In Chapter 2 of Tatter-a-fact: The Story Series, Teryn Darling shares the story of her earliest hustles, from babysitting and collecting cans to riding her bike to a local farm before sunrise to pick peas for $7 a bushel. What seemed like ordinary childhood jobs at the time we quietly building ...

I Thought I Wasn't Smart: The Childhood Story That Shaped Everything | Chapter 1: The Red Wagon

Send us Fan Mail Chapter 1: The Red Wagon I spent years believing I wasn't smart. I thought smart people got good grades. I thought smart people were in accelerated classes. I thought smart people understood math and science. That wasn't me. Meanwhile, at twelve years old, I was pulling a little red wagon through my neighborhood collecting cans, building work ethic, resourcefulness, independence, and an entrepreneurial mindset long before I understood what any of those words meant. Welcome to...

What Nobody Tells PMU Artists About Clients

Send us Fan Mail Some conversations age well, and this is one of them. With everything happening in the PMU industry right now, we felt this discussion about clients, professionalism, bad reviews, refunds, boundaries, and business growth was more relevant than ever. In this episode of the Tatter-a-fact PMU Podcast, Teryn Darling speaks on the real side of being a permanent makeup artist, the parts of the PMU industry that people don’t always talk about openly. From getting more PMU clients ou...

PMU Taxes Explained: What Every Artist Needs to Know

Send us Fan Mail Taxes… not exactly the most exciting topic, but one of the most important if you’re a PMU artist or business owner. In this throwback episode of the Tatter-a-fact PMU Podcast, Teryn Darling breaks down the fundamentals of taxes, organization, and financial responsibility specifically for permanent makeup artists and small business owners. From quarterly tax payments to tracking your income and expenses, this episode walks through the habits that can help you avoid...

From Broke to Financial Freedom: Advice Every Beauty Entrepreneur Needs

Send us Fan Mail In this powerful throwback episode of the Tatter-a-fact PMU Podcast, we sit down with tax expert and entrepreneur Marc Rizzo to talk about something most permanent makeup artists avoid, but absolutely need to understand: finances. From taxes and write-offs to investing, debt, and building long-term wealth, this conversation is packed with real, honest advice that can completely change the trajectory of your career, not just as a PMU artist, but as a business owner. Mark share...

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