The Designed Life

As we move through this time of year, I invite you to reflect on the people who came before you, the parts of them that continue to live within you, and the small, everyday ways you might honor their presence. This conversation considers why ancestral connection can be such a meaningful and often overlooked part of our modern lives. I share my personal journey of developing a relationship with my...

Read the transcript for this episode on Substack Scorpio season invites us into a profound period of emotional processing, cathartic release, and transformation. With Venus and Mercury retrograde, a Taurus Full Moon, a Scorpio New Moon, and a powerful conjunction of Mars, Jupiter, and the South Node in Leo, this season asks us to look beneath the surface, confront the narratives we've been car...

What if the things you believe to be true about yourself, your life, and what’s possible for you aren’t the whole story? In this episode I explore the process (and practice) of learning to question the limiting beliefs, narratives, and assumptions that can keep us confined to familiar patterns, even when we’re ready to step into something new. I draw from my own experiences and coaching methodolog...

In this episode, I’m joined by Nicole for a conversation about what happens when we stop forcing ourselves into the paths we think we’re supposed to follow, and start allowing something deeper to lead. We dive into Nicole’s mediumship work: how she works with clients’ future selves, spirit guides, soul contracts, ancestral patterns, and other spiritual frameworks. We talk about the moment when a c...

Over the course of the summer, I found myself navigating a bit of an identity crisis in my work. I had reached a point where astrology, as I had been practicing and teaching it, felt like it was holding me back from the deeper, more integrated work I wanted to offer. Rather than blowing everything up, I decided to step back, live the questions, and give myself the space to discover what was actual...

This Libra season can potentially defined as the deep work of letting go. We begin with the equinox and an invitation to pause, recalibrate, and take stock of what feels balanced – and what doesn’t. But this season is also the beginning of a much deeper process. With Venus preparing to retrograde through Scorpio and Libra, followed by Mercury retrograde in Scorpio, we’re entering a period of heigh...

Jess and I are back! This time with a slightly different kind of conversation: a reflection on getting married in the same summer and everything that came with our experiences. From navigating family dynamics and other people's expectations to receiving unexpected amounts of love and support, both Jess and I found that getting married became a powerful process of release, integration, creativi...

I’m approaching 10 years of working for myself, and for the first time I’m looking back at the full arc of my entrepreneurial journey – not just the revenue numbers, but the lessons, relationships, risks, failures, pivots, personal growth, and unexpected opportunities that shaped the business I have today. In this episode, I walk through my business year by year, from starting my own design busine...

After the expansion, visibility, and self-expression of Leo season, Virgo asks us to gather everything we’ve experienced and make sense of it - to come back down to earth. It’s a season of refinement, discernment, organization, and practical action, but also a season for noticing the extraordinary richness contained in the smallest, most mundane details of our lives. This Virgo season may not be t...

What if developing a relationship with the natural world could be less about learning everything there is to know about plants and more about slowing down enough to notice what is already around you? In this conversation, I’m joined by folk herbalist Amelia, who describes herself as someone who “nourishes the sacred and wild relationship between people and plants.” We talk about her journey from t...

I'm joined once again by my friend and fellow astrologer, Jess Ellen , to tackle one of the most common questions we receive from students and clients: Which house system should I use? Together we explore the philosophy behind astrological house systems, how they developed, why different astrologers practice with different systems, and how both of us have expanded our own perspectives by worki...

What happens when you've built a successful business, but realize the version of yourself that built it isn't quite the version that's meant to carry it into the next decade? In this second business update, I'm sharing where I've landed after stepping back from much of my astrology content, loosening my creative structures, and spending the last several months living inside que...

Leo is fixed fire: generous, life-giving, creative, and deeply connected to purpose. At its healthiest, it reminds us that true leadership isn't about being the loudest voice in the room or seeking recognition. It's about bringing warmth to others, acting from integrity, and having the courage to be seen as we truly are. But this Leo season is about much more than personal confidence. As J...

In this conversation that I'm so thrilled to have had, I'm joined by astrologer, writer, and educator Clarissa Dolphin for a wide-ranging exploration of astrology's role in understanding the collective moment we're living through. We trace Clarissa's remarkable journey into astrology – from growing up immersed in spiritual practices and pop astrology to building a thriving prac...

Last summer, I stepped away from Instagram. At the time, it felt like a necessary experiment, and an opportunity to understand who I was, how I created, and how I connected with people outside of a platform that had been part of my daily life for over a decade. What began as a response to creative exhaustion and ethical questions about social media quickly became a much deeper exploration of commu...

Cancer season begins in the body. After the movement, insights, and connection of Gemini season, Cancer invites us to slow down enough to feel what everything we've gathered actually means. This is a season of nourishment, intuition, emotional intelligence, and learning to trust the subtle language of the body. It's about recognizing what helps us feel safe, supported, and resourced—and bu...

What happens when yoga becomes less about pushing harder and more about learning to rest? In this conversation, I sit down with yoga teacher, author, endurance coach, and educator Sage Rountree to explore the deeper purpose of yoga beyond the poses. Together we discuss recovery as a radical practice, the underrated value of comfort, teaching as an act of service, entrepreneurial intuition, and how...

In this semi-impromptu and transparent episode, I reflect on a season of transformation that's unfolding in my creative life, relationship to astrology, business, identity, and upcoming marriage. Speaking not as a coach or astrologer but simply as a human in transition, I explore what it means to outgrow the systems, labels, and structures that once offered me safety and direction. Through reflect...

Gemini season begins in the mind. After the grounding and embodiment of Taurus, this is where things begin to move again — ideas multiply, conversations quicken, curiosity returns. Gemini is mutable air: curious, connective, restless, and alive with possibility. It gathers information, follows threads, asks questions, and searches for meaning through movement, dialogue, and exchange. But this Gemi...

The houses are one of the most essential parts of astrology, but they're also often one of the most confusing. In this Astrology 101 episode, I break down the 12 houses in simple, accessible language so you can better understand what you’re actually looking at when you pull up your chart. We explore the houses as the “where” of astrology: the different areas of life where your experiences, rel...

My conversation with Giana explores the deeply personal nature of systems change – revealing how true transformation begins within. Giana shares her journey from navigating unsafe early environments to working across education, government, and corporate systems, ultimately arriving at a powerful truth: we each hold agency within the systems we inhabit. Together, we unpack co-ownership, inner liber...

Astrology is a phenomenal tool for helping a person piece together and define who they are. It’s a system that can explain what shape of the universe we’re embodying while in this lifetime – and I love it for that. But astrology is also a  timing  tool, one that helps us understand  when  certain events are going to occur, and  where  in our lives they will unfold – and that part of astrology is a...

Taurus season begins in the body. After the fire and initiation of Aries, this is where we slow down and ask: how do we make this real? How do we take what’s been sparked and build it into something sustainable? Taurus is fixed earth – steady, grounded, and devoted to what feels nourishing and true. Like the middle of spring, growth is already underway. So now it’s about tending it – deepening roo...

I’m so happy to have my new online friend turned IRL friend Sarah Kleist on the podcast today! Sarah is an actor, designer, web designer, and multi-passionate creative, and in our convo we explore what it really means to be a multi-hyphenate in today’s online entrepreneurial world. From holding multiple identities with confidence to using creativity as both a coping mechanism and a form of express...

Q2 of 2026 feels like the season where what we’ve been planting begins to show us what’s actually growing. In this episode, I walk through the astrology of April, May, and June – moving through Aries, Taurus, and Gemini –and explore what this quarter asks of us collectively: clearer action, deeper discernment, and a stronger relationship to what truly nourishes us. We begin with the heat and activ...