Episodes

This special replay of Episode 30, Breathing New Life into Fallen Trees, features my friends Dan and Jessica of San Diego Urban Timber. I want to share this episode with you again as a reminder of the many amazing partners …

This special replay episode features designer and artist Paul Basile, who joined us for our Inspiration series during San Diego Design Week in 2022 (Episode 53). In this conversation, we dive into inspiration and vision. Paul...

I’m excited to share another local artist with you this month, Joanna Cutri. She is a visual artist and her work includes painting, drawing, and sculpture. She describes how her love for art developed and how her work has evo...

I am excited to welcome Amanda and Debbie of Design Shop to the podcast to talk about mentorship and the value of experience in the interior design industry. Debbie and Amanda share how their passion for design developed, how...

When we design beautiful spaces for our clients, we want the art on the wall to not only fit well in the space but also enhance it. I’m talking with Founder and Lead Curator of JFiN Collective Jennifer Findley about …

If you’re looking for beautiful, unique pieces of art that fit your clients and their spaces perfectly, you might want to consider working with local galleries and art dealers. In this episode, I talk with Rebecca Hiller of M...

This week I am excited to have an additional Artist Spotlight to share! San Diego Artist Sarah Stieber shares her journey with art and how she found herself designing interiors as an extension of her art. We talk about her …

In this month’s Artist Spotlight, multi-disciplinary artist JenMarie Landig joins me to talk about her unique journey with art and how she successfully weaves together her various talents and passions in her business. Like ma...

As designers and business owners, we are often managing a lot at once and using multiple different programs to do it all. In this episode, Erinn Valencich, founder of StyleRow, joins us to talk about this amazing platform tha...

This week’s episode is a replay that’s taking us back to Episode 14, Small Living & Sustainable Design with Curtis and Christina Micklish. I want to highlight this episode again because of the important discussion we have aro...

I’m thrilled to welcome Designer Jen Macdonald and General Contractor Mike Lemieux of HGTV’s Houses with History to the podcast. They share with us how they got into the industry and how they ended up with the amazing opportu...

In this solo episode, I’m diving into a practice you may already be incorporating as a holistic interior designer, but aren’t fully aware of: Biomorphic Design. Biomorphic Design is an approach to interior design that incorpo...

In our fourth episode in the Sacred Spaces Series with Madouk Collection, Taylor and I talk about the importance of being intentional when we create spaces for our clients and for ourselves. The spaces we spend the most time ...

This week I’m talking all about food, music, and kitchen design with chef and podcast host Josh Kemble. Josh shares with us how his love for food and music developed, which has led to him to create unique experiences around …

In this month’s Artist Spotlight, I welcome Khalid Alkaaby to the podcast to talk about his artwork, his process, and the inspiration behind his collection at the Junior League of San Diego. We discuss some of the shared chal...

We’re talking about brand voice this week with online business manager and mentor Jazmin Cornejo. Jazmin shares her journey as an entrepreneur, including how she created two distinct voices for her two brands and how her bran...

This week’s episode is all about money! Tracking your income and expenses as an interior designer is important, and this week Heather Zietzwolf of Zeitzwolf Accounting tells us what we can start doing now to get our money in ...

Learn how you can use Chat GPT to help you develop key elements of your brand, such as your bio and your values. These tips build on the tips I offered in episode 106, where I shared 6 entry-level ways …

AI and Chat GPT aren’t going anywhere, so in this solo episode, I’m exploring the ways we can use it to our advantage as designers. For me, it’s been really helpful to use it for Instagram. I give you six …

In the third episode of our Sacred Spaces Series with Jessica & Taylor of Madouk Collection, we’re getting into a juicy topic: the energy of our spaces and the things we have in them. (And yes, we even touch on …

Holistic Interior Design is not just about creating holistic spaces. It is also caring holistically for the people creating and living in the space, which includes both the client and the designer. In this episode, I welcome ...

This solo episode is all about the Discovery Call, which is the first call you have with a potential client to learn more about them and their project. It’s an opportunity for both of you to assess whether you are …

In this solo episode, I talk about the art of active listening and how to go beyond words to decipher what your clients really want or need in their space. Active listening is an important skill for interior designers to …

In this Artist Spotlight, I welcome local artist and figurative painter Alexandra Carter. Alexandra’s work currently explores fertility, motherhood, and the feminine. We talk about her journey to becoming an artist and a moth...