Have you had doors close for you that you can later look back on and realize it was pushing you into a new place, a better place?

Today I am joined my Crerissa McKinnis, an interior designer from San Antonio Texas, and a member of the Interior Designers Business Blueprint program.

After attempting career paths toward being a doctor. And then a lawyer, she had what she calls a “god moment” and she knew that design was her calling.

She shares how she had many door close on her over the years - but her persistence has paid off. Today she runs a thriving interior design business she is proud of.

Do you find yourself still on Instagram an hour and a half after you went on to post or engage with your followers? We all do!

In today’s episode I catch up with Jessica Norby, a social media strategist on how to lose the social media overwhelm while still allowing social media to work for you and help attract the right clients to your business.

Are you tuned into your creative energy and how it ebbs and flows?

As designers it’s part of our job to read our clients minds and also be able to have time for creative processes but moving back and forth between the two can be a challenge. Tuning into her creative energy patterns, Carly shares some great tips on how to move between heading up long strategic conversations or taking in feedback, and producing work of a consistent quality all while protecting your creative energy.

How much beauty comes out of the mess as a creative? When you have stuff all out on the table and you are “in” in, that’s when the magic can happen.

On today’s episode, I chat with Jenny Footle about how to remain present, listen to our bodies, and how to prepare for focused work, client meetings, and handling mistakes. We talk about how to really tune into our bodies and find ways to manage expectations of ourselves and our clients and find a pace of work that feels healthy and sustainable.