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The Interior Design Business CEO podcast helps designers stop feeling stressed, anxious, and overwhelmed and empowers them with the tools and strategies they need to start feeling calm, confident, and in control of their business. Join Master Certified Life and Business Coach, and award-winning Interior Designer, Desi Creswell, as she pairs mindset with effective tips, tools, and processes to help you stop feeling pulled in a million different directions, and start building a profitable, fulfilling business that enriches and supports your life as a whole.
This show is for you if you find yourself asking questions like:
How do I build a profitable interior design business?
How do I work fewer hours and make more money in my interior design business?
How to improve work-life balance as an interior designer?
For more support with creating a life and business you love, visit www.desicreswell.com to learn more about my intimate group coaching program, Out of Overwhelm.
Episoder
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- The Podcast Will Be Back - Here's What to Do in the Meantime · 2 min.The podcast is going on pause while I take a six-month sabbatical, but there is still so much here to support you in the meantime. In this short update, I'm sharing what to…
- 169. Designed to Thrive: My Holistic Approach to Growth · 48 min.What if the challenges you're facing in your business aren't coming from just one place, but from a combination of how you're thinking, how you're feeling, and what you're doing?…
- 168. Taking a Sabbatical: How I Plan for Big Changes in Life and Business · 40 min.Have you ever felt like you need to hit pause, take a step back, and re-evaluate? In today's episode, I'm sharing why I've decided to take a sabbatical and what that means for…
- 167. Unspoken Expectations: Identify and Release Your Client Manuals · 29 min.What if the stress you're feeling with clients or your team isn't actually about what they're doing, but about what you expect them to do without ever saying it? In this episode…
- 166. Designing Client Behavior: How Your "Words" Create Better Projects (Interview with Ochre & Beige) · 40 min.What if better clients and smoother projects start long before you ever begin designing? In this episode, I sit down with Jaquilyn Edwards of Ochre & Beige to talk about how the…
- 165. Digital Brains: Protect Your Mental Bandwidth · 31 min.Are you carrying too much in your head right now? Between client details, timelines, delegation, and daily decisions, it can feel like your brain never fully turns off. In this…
- 164. Change Your Relationship to Time · 30 min.Do you find yourself feeling overwhelmed by time? How you relate to time has a significant impact on how you manage your business and personal goals. Shifting your mindset can…
- 163. Crafting a Schedule that Works for Your Workstyle and Goals · 25 min.How do you build a schedule that actually supports the way you work instead of constantly working against you? So many designers try to copy someone else's routine or force…
- 162. Taking a Break When There Is Always More to Do · 39 min.That feeling of always thinking you could have done more, wishing you were farther along, or feeling behind is something many designers experience. In this episode, I'm sharing…
- 161. The Whole Cost: Calculate Before You Commit (2026 Goals) · 29 min.What happens when you set your goals as if the start of the year is a blank slate? In this episode, I am looking at the reality that you are already carrying client work, ongoing…
- 160. Guided Reflection: Close out 2025 with Clarity and Intention · 17 min.What if you could close out the year with intention, rather than rushing ahead to the next? In this episode, I'm guiding you through a reflection practice that will help you…
- 159. Floors & Ceilings: Identity Shifts to Reach Your 2026 Goals · 30 min.What do you need to do to achieve your goals in 2026? All of us have set points, what we are comfortable having and doing, and where we hold ourselves back. In this episode, I'm…
- 158. Soft Landing, Smooth Takeoff: A Less Stressful Year-End Planning Process · 30 min.Are you feeling overwhelmed by the year-end rush? As the holidays approach, the pressure to finish tasks, meet deadlines, and prepare for the new year can feel intense. But what…
- 157. Marketing for Introverts: Aligning Strategies with Your Strengths · 34 min.Do you struggle with marketing? Marketing your interior design business requires visibility and connection with potential clients. For introverts who prefer smaller groups and…
- 156. Fear Inventory: A Strategic Tool to Get Unstuck and Move Forward · 26 min.Big goals and bold changes often come with a surprising amount of resistance. Whether it's a shift you know needs to happen or a dream you keep putting off, the tug of war…
- 155. Inside My Business: Decision-Making, Priorities, and Podcast Changes · 29 min.How do you make decisions that honor both your business goals and your energy as the owner? Every decision about where I invest my time, money, and mental bandwidth shapes not…
- Changes Ahead and a Reflection for Your Week · 2 min.This week, I'm pausing to share a powerful question for you to journal or think through. I also suggest revisiting a past episode with a fresh perspective for new takeaways…
- 154. Pep Talk: Stop Avoiding and Start Making Progress · 23 min.Sometimes the smallest tasks create the biggest mental weight. That pile of papers on your desk, the drawer you've been meaning to organize, the business process that needs…
- 153. Protecting Creative Time, Boundaries, and My Summer Wins & Fails (Listener Q&A Part 2) · 23 min.How do you protect creative time when you're balancing a design business, family life, and a packed calendar? For designer CEOs, carving out dedicated time to create the vision…
- 152. Delegation, Productivity, and Deciding What's Next (Listener Q&A Part 1) · 25 min.How do you manage growing pains when bringing on a new employee while keeping your business running smoothly? That's the question one listener asked, and it's one many designers…
