Apr 28, 2026
I've never told this story in full before.
The financial pressure when my husband's career collapsed. My son's medical crisis. My own Graves' disease diagnosis right when my business was finally gaining real momentum. The debt that stayed through all of it — not because I wasn't working hard enough, but because...
Apr 21, 2026
Interior design contracts are often misunderstood, not just by clients, but by attorneys who don’t understand how this industry actually works.
In this episode, I’m joined by Wendy Estela, Founder of Estela Law and Designed Counsel™, a contract template and subscription service created exclusively for...
Apr 14, 2026
So you built your fee. You did the work. You went through every phase. You estimated your hours. You accounted for your role. And you landed on a number that actually reflects what this project will require.
And then you presented it.
And then the client either said, "That's more than we expected," or "Let us...
Apr 7, 2026
Have you ever been standing on a job site, or sitting on a call, or answering a text at 9 p.m., and realized mid-sentence that you are clearly running this project?
Not consulting on it. Not advising from the edges. But running it. Coordinating it. Holding it together.
And nobody ever asked you to take on that...