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I used to live in a cabin in the woods. Not a charming stone cottage with wildflowers by the mailbox – a cabin off a dirt road where your social circle is basically whoever delivers your packages.
I loved that cabin. But it matched a version of me I was outgrowing.
When I moved to a new city and signed the lease on a penthouse I was terrified of being able to afford, I didn't start with a Pinterest board. I started with a question: Who is the woman who lives here?
That question changed how I designed my space, how I showed up in my life, and ultimately, who I became.
In this episode, I'm sharing how your environment is your identity made visible – and how editing just one room can create a ripple effect across your entire life. From my bookshelf purge to the dinner parties that deepened every friendship I had, this is the story of how I stopped decorating and started designing for the woman I was becoming.
Here's what we cover:
- Why your environment is your identity made visible – and how it's shaping you whether you realize it or not
- The one question I asked before designing my penthouse that changed my self-image
- How a single bookshelf kept me stuck in "perpetual repair mode" – and what happened when I cleared it
- Why starting with "who" instead of "what" is the secret to transforming any room
- The unexpected ripple effect of redesigning just one room
- What it means to edit your environment with intention, not just decorate or organize it
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