EP 273 | Overcoming Overwhelm in Your Interior Design Business with Desi Creswell
Feeling overwhelmed by your interior design business, projects, or endless to-do list?
In this episode, Kimberley Seldon is joined by Desi Creswell to explore the causes of overwhelm and how interior designers can recognize the warning signs before stress starts impacting decision-making, productivity, and wellbeing.
Whether you have too many projects, not enough support, or challenging client situations, overwhelm can quickly drain your energy and confidence. Learn practical strategies to regain clarity, reduce mental clutter, and move forward more intentionally.
If you’ve been feeling stuck, stressed, or mentally overloaded, this episode offers actionable tools to help you reset.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
• How separating facts from thoughts can immediately reduce stress
• Why strong decision-making helps prevent overwhelm and fatigue
• How to recognize and work through discomfort instead of avoiding it
• The impact of negative self-talk on your business and mindset
• Why distractions often signal avoidance of important tasks
• How to regain focus and create a calmer, more intentional workflow
DESIGN INTERVENTION
Success is built on a pile of failures. We have to be willing to get it wrong in order to learn the lessons that help us get it right. The only reason to be afraid of the failure is because of what we will say to ourselves on the other side of it and what we will make it mean about our potential for future success. When we understand that failure is the path to success and learn to allow it as part of the process, the world opens up to us.
TAKE AWAYS
Free Download: The Interior Designer’s Get it Done Daily Planner
Out of Overwhelm Group Coaching Program
About Desi Creswell
Desi Creswell is a Certified Life & Business Coach who helps interior designers stop feeling overwhelmed so they can intentionally achieve next-level success with more freedom and fulfillment. An awarding-winning interior designer, Desi is uniquely equipped to empower her clients through an essential blend of industry specific expertise and mindset coaching. Her passion is to help designers build thriving businesses that enrich and support their lives as a whole.
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