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EP 467 | The Capacity Ceiling: Why More Work Isn’t the Answer for Interior Designers with Megan Dahle Feb 10, 2026

Your calendar can look reasonable and still leave you exhausted. Your team can be busy and still underperform. Your revenue can grow while your sanity quietly erodes. That disconnect isn’t a motivation problem — it’s a capacity problem.

In this episode, Kimberley Seldon sits down with financial ...

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EP 466 | When Experience Becomes an Advantage: Evolving Your Interior Design Firm with Michael Abrams & Gina Valenti Feb 03, 2026

 

After decades in business, many interior designers reach a quiet crossroads: Is this as good as it gets? In this thoughtful, grounded conversation, Kimberley Seldon sits down with Michael Abrams and Gina Valenti to explore what it really looks like to evolve a design firm after 25 years—without ...

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EP 465 | Frustrated in Your Design Business? It’s Not You—It’s the Missing Systems with Kimberley Seldon Jan 27, 2026

Frustration in your design business isn’t a personal failing—it’s information. And if the same frustrations keep showing up in different forms, they’re not exceptions. They’re patterns.

In this episode, Kimberley Seldon unpacks the most common frustrations interior designers face—working nonstop...

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EP 464 | Busy but Broke? Why Interior Designers Struggle With Numbers (and How to Fix It) with Hannah Cole Jan 20, 2026

Most interior designers don’t avoid their numbers because they’re bad at math—they avoid them because no one ever explained the financial system in a way that actually made sense. In this episode, Kimberley Seldon sits down with Hannah Cole, artist turned tax expert, to dismantle the myth that cr...

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EP 463 | Has Your Brand Outgrown You? A Branding Wake-Up Call for Interior Designers with Puja Malhotra Jan 13, 2026

 

Most interior designers don’t have a branding problem—they have a brand drift problem. As your skills, confidence, and fees evolve, the brand you built early on can quietly fall out of alignment with who you are now. And when that happens, it doesn’t just feel off—it actively repels the clients ...

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EP 462 | Neuro-Aesthetics: How the Brain Shapes Client Decisions in Interior Design with Martha Lowry Jan 06, 2026

Interior designers often find themselves defending beautiful, well-considered ideas to hesitant clients. But what if that hesitation isn’t resistance—it’s biology? In this episode, Kimberley Seldon speaks with designer and BOD™ Member, Martha Lowry about neuro-aesthetics and how the brain respond...

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EP 461 | The Interior Designer’s Business Plan for a Better Year with Kimberley Seldon Dec 30, 2025

 

Interior design businesses don’t fail for lack of talent—they struggle because the business plan is too vague, too complicated, or never gets implemented. In this episode, Kimberley Seldon shares a simple, actionable framework any interior designer can use to improve profitability, attract more ...

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EP 460 | The 1% Savings Habit That Strengthens Your Interior Design Business with Danielle Hendon Dec 23, 2025

 

This episode originally aired as EP 376 | 1% Matters with Danielle Hendon on May 14, 2024.

Most interior designers want more profit, more stability, and less financial stress—but the idea of “saving more” often feels overwhelming. In this episode, Kimberley Seldon talks with Danielle Hendon w...

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EP 459 | How Systems Help Interior Designers Escape Overwhelm: Kimberley Seldon’s Barcelona Breakthrough Dec 16, 2025

What would it take for your interior design business to run smoothly—without you being involved in every decision, every email, every crisis? In this episode, Kimberley Seldon shares how she went from burnout and bottlenecks to spending a full month in Barcelona while her business continued to op...

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EP 458 | The 12-Month Marketing Plan Every Interior Designer Needs with Daniela Furtado Dec 09, 2025

If your marketing plan for your interior design business feels like “post more” or “try harder,” this episode is the reset you need. Kimberley Seldon and marketing strategist Daniela Furtado break down a practical, high-impact 12-month marketing plan designed specifically for interior designers w...

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EP 457 | How to Scale Your Interior Design Business by Making Yourself Irrelevant with Kasim Aslam Dec 02, 2025

What if the key to earning more in your interior design business was doing less? In this electric conversation, Kimberley Seldon sits down with entrepreneur and former Google Ads mogul Kasim Aslam, who scaled and sold an eight-figure business by mastering one skill designers desperately need: mak...

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EP 456 | From Busy to Bliss: How Interior Designers Can Work Less and Profit More with Lori Steeves Nov 25, 2025

 

What if the secret to a more profitable interior design business is doing less, not more? In this inspiring episode, Kimberley Seldon reconnects with designer and former BOD™ member Lori Steeves, who made a bold shift: stepping away from high-stress renovation projects and choosing the work she ...

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