She Designed a Life She Loves

She Designed a Life She Loves

byKatrina Lumsden

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If you are ready to start living life on your terms, in a soul led and easeful way then this is where you need to hang out. In this podcast I will be sharing with you the mindset and energetics behind creating a soul led Interiors business and how you can start, build and scale your business and skyrocket your income. I will take you from overwhelm to overflow with guest experts on all things energetics like human design, intuition, spirituality and so much more. Meet other creative women who have designed a life they love and created epically aligned...

Episodes(40 episodes)

Season 3 - Episode 73
Ep 73 | Business Edit - Chatting with Kerrie Ann Jones
In today's episode I am joined by Kerrie Ann Jones - She is a Designer, Stylist, and author based in Sydney. Her work has been published in Vogue Living, Belle, House & Garden as well as several international publications. She is the former style editor of Real Living magazine and recently released her book Curated Style. Kerrie-Ann also has her showroom in Caringbah where she sells mid-century vintage furniture, contemporary art and objects.Kerrie Ann shares what it is like to work on a busy magazine as a stylist and how her career evolved and became a well...
Published: Mar 25, 2026Duration: 50m 56s
Season 3 - Episode 72
Ep 72 | How to Design your Dream Life
What does it really mean to design a life you love? In this episode, I’m taking you back to the moment everything shifted for me — when I stopped feeling like life was happening to me and started seeing it through a completely different lens. I share the simple but powerful mindset shift that created a ripple effect across my entire life, and how choosing gratitude, perspective, and intention changed everything from my daily experience of motherhood to the bigger opportunities that came my way.We also dive into the real, grounded side of manifestation — because it’s not ju...
Published: Mar 18, 2026Duration: 33m 10s
Season 3 - Episode 71
Ep 71 | Business Edit - Chatting with Tara Wokulski
This week on the podcast I am joined by the lovely Tara Wokulski. Tara is an Interior Designer & Stylist based in Melbourne offering a personalised approach to all interior needs from initial concepts, internal elevations, bespoke joinery, finish specifications along with furniture, art and object curation.Tara is a self taught designer and started her journey with a $30 shelf and alot of creative flair. Her brand took off and she has never looked back.You can find Tara @tarawokulski or www.tarawokulski.com.au____If you enjoyed this episode, please hit...
Published: Feb 23, 2026Duration: 51m 8s
Season 3 - Episode 70
Ep 70 | Business Edit: 5 Mindset Shifts to increase profits in your business
In today’s episode, we dive into one of the biggest foundations of a profitable interior styling business: your mindset around money. I share what really happens when you raise your prices without doing the inner work to back it, and a powerful client story that shows how shifting your beliefs around worth and value can completely change how confidently you quote, sell, and show up. This is the difference between charging more and actually believing you deserve it.I walk you through five key pricing mindset shifts that can instantly impact your profits — from seeing your busi...
Published: Feb 1, 2026Duration: 17m 6s
Season 3 - Episode 69
Ep 69 | Soul Chats - Designing a Life I Love from the Inside Out
Welcome Back - In this episode I am sharing what I have been navigating behind the scenes and being very honest about how I have gone off track with my mindset and health in the last month.I share what I am doing to change and hopefully improving my health and weight as well!Because Designing a Life you Love comes from the inside out and if you aren't taking care of your body and mind everything else falls apart.I hope this episode inspires you to do the same.____<...
Published: Jan 19, 2026Duration: 22m 27s
Season 2 - Episode 68
Ep 68 | Business Edit - Stop waiting for it to be perfect - just do the damn thing!
So many designers get caught up trying to make everything perfect—the website, the graphics, the feed—when the real growth happens through doing. In this episode, I’m sharing how experimenting and trying new things in my own interiors business—like workshops, masterclasses, and new service offers—helped me build momentum, attract clients, and earn six figures. Perfection doesn’t move the needle. Action does.I’ll also take you behind the scenes of how I’ve been evolving my own business lately—playing, testing, and learning what truly lights me up. This season has reminded me that clarity do...
Published: Nov 12, 2025Duration: 15m 8s
Season 2 - Episode 67
Ep 67 | Soul Chats - My Raw & Real Journey into Spirituality
If you enjoyed this episode, please hit the subscribe button and leave a 5 star review!  You will find Katrina Lumsden on Instagram @_katrinalumsden_or at the podcast Instagram account @she_designedYou will find links to all you need to know about working with Katrina HEREBOOK a Discovery CallJoin the Soul Led Stylist MembershipGet your FREE Interior Styling Services Guide Template - HERE
Published: Nov 6, 2025Duration: 24m 8s
Season 2 - Episode 66
Ep 66 | Soul chats - Turn passion into profit and design a business you love.
If you enjoyed this episode, please hit the subscribe button and leave a 5 star review!  You will find Katrina Lumsden on Instagram @she_designedYou will find links to all you need to know about working with Katrina HEREBOOK a Discovery CallLearn more about PURPOSEGet your FREE Interior Styling Services Guide Template - HERE
Published: Oct 15, 2025Duration: 14m 8s
Season 2 - Episode 65
Ep 65 | Series - The Woman Behind the Business - Kellie Reynolds, Reynolds Residence
Today I am chatting with Kellie Reynolds from Reynolds Residence.  Kellie started her career in interior design 20 years ago and has enjoyed some really incredible milestones during the early years of her career.  Through a homewares store she owned her work was featured in magazines and saw her build so many beautiful relationships in the industry.When she closed that store to be more present with her boys, kellie took a step back from working full time in interiors and has been through quite a big life shift during that time as well.So now, sh...
Published: Oct 8, 2025Duration: 44m 28s
Season 2 - Episode 64
Ep 64 | Series - Woman Behind the Business - Brittagh Lynn, Brittagh Lynn Designs
If you enjoyed this episode, please hit the subscribe button and leave a 5 star review!  You can find Brittagh @brittaghlynndesign - Head over and give her a follow.You will find Katrina Lumsden on Instagram @_katrinalumsden_or at the podcast Instagram account @she_designedYou will find links to all you need to know about working with Katrina HEREBOOK a Discovery CallJoin the Soul Led Stylist MembershipGet your FREE Interior Styling Services Guide Template - HERE
Published: Oct 1, 2025Duration: 1h 1m 4s
Season 2 - Episode 63
Ep 63 | Series-The Woman Behind the Business - Sharon Foster, La Palma Interiors
In today's episode I have a beautifu conversation with Sharon, an Interior designer who has been in the interiors industry for over 20 years through her own renovations and property developments, working in a homewares store and then starting her own styling business about 12 years ago.  I had the pleasure to work alongside Sharon inside my Expand Mentoring container over 3 months and her story is so inspiring.We chat about her journey, her lightbulb moment when she realised she had been ripping herself off for years with too low pricing, how the universe kicked her butt and forced h...
Published: Sep 24, 2025Duration: 45m 12s
Season 2 - Episode 62
Ep 62 | Soul Chats: For the Woman who wants More
This week I’m sharing something really close to my heart — a free space I’ve created for women who are craving more. More clarity, more connection, more of themselves. It’s called MORE, and it’s not another strategy session or 5-step plan. Instead, it’s a soulful reframe and reset designed to help you quiet the noise, tune into your intuition, and start seeing the signs and nudges that guide you toward your truest path.To give you a taste of what this looks like, I share the story of a client who joined me last year wh...
Published: Sep 4, 2025Duration: 19m 44s
Season 2 - Episode 61
Ep 61: Soul Chat | Authentically me - The raw & real unfolding of my souls purpose
This episode is a very open, raw and real one. I share my journey of the unfolding of my souls purpose. That I am being shown and nudged to stop hiding and start to live and show up authentically as me.To follow my dream to help women to Design a Life they Love. Through mindset, meditation, intutive and spiritual practices and of course manifestation.It's time.If you enjoyed this episode, please hit the subscribe button and leave a 5 star review!  You will find Katrina Lumsden on Instagram @_katrinalumsden_or at...
Published: Aug 27, 2025Duration: 23m 58s
Season 2 - Episode 60
Ep 60: The Business Edit | How to get your first clients (without the overwhelm)
In today’s episode, I’m diving into a conversation that’s been coming up a lot with my clients—how to actually get new leads and clients when you’re starting out in your interiors business. It can feel really overwhelming in the early days when you don’t have a big portfolio, aren’t feeling confident yet, or simply don’t know how to put yourself out there. So, I wanted to share some practical and soulful ways to gain momentum, build confidence, and start booking the work you dream of.From doing free projects to gain experien...
Published: Aug 20, 2025Duration: 17m 35s
Season 2 - Episode 58
Ep 59 | Soul Chats: Eskape Burleigh - One of my favourite Manifestations to date
For over two decades, I’ve dreamed of owning a home with water views — a place I could see my family gathered, my grandchildren running around, and me sitting back in a deck chair soaking it all in. This vision lived on my vision board for more than 10 years, written in my journals, and even visited in my dreams. But for a long time, I was stuck in the “how.” I thought I had to figure it all out myself, and in doing so, I believe I was blocking it from happening.When I finally leaned into manifest...
Published: Aug 13, 2025Duration: 27m 44s
Season 2 - Episode 58
Ep 58 | Soul Chats: I love my work - but this isn't it yet.
In this episode, I’m riffing from the heart about those quiet nudges we feel when something in our business or life is just… off. I open up about the signs and intuitive breadcrumbs that have guided me through every big decision—from opening my store to walking away from a thriving interiors business—and how I’ve learned to fully trust my inner guidance system, even when the path feels unclear.Right now, I’m in my own transition. I love what I do mentoring interior designers, but I know there's another layer calling me. I'm sharing the...
Published: Aug 9, 2025Duration: 35m 18s
Season 2 - Episode 57
Ep 57 | Soul Chats: How to learn to feel safe in the stillness
In this episode, we unpack why intentional stillness is one of the most powerful — and uncomfortable — shifts you can make as a woman in business. If you've ever filled your calendar to avoid the quiet or panicked when things slow down, this one’s for you. Stillness isn’t laziness. It’s the recalibration space your nervous system needs to stop chasing and start receiving.I share the patterns I see in women who are holding too much to hear their own clarity — and how the pause isn’t where momentum dies, but where it regrows. You’ll walk away wit...
Published: Jul 31, 2025Duration: 8m 42s
Season 2 - Episode 56
Ep 56 | Soul Led Stylist Membership
In today’s episode, I’m sharing the vision behind the Soul-Led Stylist Membership - a space I needed in my own career and one many of you might be craving now. This mastermind blends business strategy with soul alignment, giving you the structure and support your creativity deserves. It's all about building a business that lights you up, attracts the right clients, and allows you to grow without burnout.Soul-Led Stylist offers two tiers—Soul Starter and Soul Elite—designed for any stage of your business. You’ll get group coaching, a resource library, social media prompts, a...
Published: Jul 23, 2025Duration: 15m 47s
Season 2 - Episode 55
Ep 55 | The Business Edit - 6 Ways Interior Designers can leverage their skills to build wealth.
The Soul Led Stylist Membership is open for enrolment! You can learn more and sign up via the link HERE___If you enjoyed this episode, please hit the subscribe button and leave a 5 star review!  You will find Katrina Lumsden on Instagram @_katrinalumsden_or at the podcast Instagram account @she_designedYou will find links to all you need to know about working with Katrina HEREBOOK a Discovery CallJoin the Soul Led Stylist Membership HEREGet your FREE Interior Styling Services Guide Template...
Published: Jul 16, 2025Duration: 17m 12s
Season 2 - Episode 54
Ep 54 | The Business Edit - How my client rebuilt her business around her life - Not the other way around
In today’s episode, I’m spotlighting a client transformation — a talented interior designer and beautiful soul inside the Soul Led Stylist Membership. After a booming year in business, she realised the pace she was keeping wasn’t sustainable… and more importantly, it wasn’t aligned with the season of life she was in.We walk through her journey of stepping back, reconnecting with her purpose, and realigning her business in a way that honours her creativity, motherhood, and income goals. From creating a high-ticket Soul Aligned Offer to exploring interiors photography, she is a beautiful example of what’s po...
Published: Jul 9, 2025Duration: 12m 46s