The Designed Life

It may not be eclipse season anymore but these lunations are definitely serving spicy! The Aries Full Moon on October 6th will bring something fiery to the surface that requires your healing and attention. What in your relationships have you potentially be avoiding? Then the New Moon in Libra on October 21st feels like a day to commit to all the ways you want to show up with love, compassion, and...

Today marks the start of Fall here in the northern hemisphere, and in honor of the energetic pivot point, I'm sharing the audio accompaniment to my Autumn Equinox substack post. You can follow along with the article, and unlock the ritual for the Equinox if you are not a paid subscriber. Listen/read for insights on the energy of the Equinox, along with the astrology of the moment, and reflection q...

We're coming off of eclipse season and yeah - it's time to get organized! If you felt like the last month took everything up in the air, flailed it around, and dropped it in whole new places - don't worry, because this next season is here to help you lean into harmony, justice, balance, coherence, and connections to bring everything back into order. We have several planets in strong pl...

It is such an honor to have this chat with my long time friend, teacher and mentor Lindsay Fauntleroy! Lindsay is the founder of The Spirit Seed School, where she brings her knowledge of indigenous healing modalities, alternative medicines, and threads of connecting to spirit all together to support creators and leaders to heal in their own right. In this episode we talk about her journey to entre...

Everyday fear (not the kind of fear that arises when we're actually physically in danger) can sometimes operate under the surface – informing our decisions, directing our responses, and moving us in specific directions with us really knowing it. Especially when we're in the middle of big life transitions and transformations, fear of not knowing what's ahead is naturally likely to crop up. In this...

It's officially eclipse season friends! This last eclipse series of 2025 harkens us back to Spring of 2025 and Fall of 2024 – there's a theme of growth and unravelling in a part of your life and it's getting a boost of stimulation this coming month. The Pisces eclipse at the North Node on September 7th ushers in a new layer of connectivity, openness to possibility, and dissolving of bo...

Welcome Virgo Season/ eclipse season! This month I have a very special cohost and fellow astrologer, life coach, yoga teacher, Jess, with me to explore and translate the very full energy of Virgo season - because everything is better with friends! This new season begins officially on August 22nd, but the Virgo New Moon on August 23rd fully initiates us into the tone shift. From there we have multi...

It’s been 5 weeks since I’ve been on IG, and here’s what I’ve learned: My brain craves stimulation and will reach for it every opportunity it gets. Not every thought that becomes conscious in my mind is mine to own (or share). Habits require conscious interruptions if they’re ever going to change. Third spaces are our keys to creating social resilience. We have to spend time with people that we di...

Now that I'm officially off of IG for the foreseeable future, I'm bringing some of my personal like updates to the pod! After a month of hosting friends and family, throwing big gatherings at the house, and generally being way more social that usual, I'm digesting everything that's been shifting in my day to day life, my sense of identity, and my understanding of my roles in commun...

I have the pleasure of hosting the incredible Kaitlyn Kessler! Being in Kaitlyn’s orbit has been so inspiring simply because she exudes this level of alignment in all of her work and communication. It's alignment that’s not just beautiful, but it's also subtly ultra bold and very brave.   We recorded this episode a few months ago before she made the massive move to Spain from Charlotte, SC...

This month we're invited to explore the intersection of leadership, community, and responsibility. With Mercury still retrograde in Leo and Saturn in Aries influencing the Full Moon in Aquarius, the first half of the month invites you to examine your long-term plans, structural power dynamics, and your role as a leader, particularly within community contexts. This Full Moon wants to ask you: How d...

Welcome Leo Season! Officially beginning July 22nd, this month includes a Mercury RX, along with several planet ingresses (sign changes) – many of which activate the Saturn–Neptune conjunction in Aries. What does this all mean? We’re going be reviewing a lot of the ways in which we do things, the ways in which we show up and demonstrate leadership, how we express ourselves and find harmony in our...

Today I'm joined by fellow designer, creative, artist, and curiosity-follower Kristina Bleiler of Gem Creative Co. Kristina has been such an inspiration – since the moment I started following her I knew she brought a special playfulness, depth, and inquiry to the creative work she does. In our conversation we talk about the power of community - online and in person, her experience of growing up in...

This week's episode is inspired, not just by the day this episode drops (July 4th) but also the conversations I've been having lately in my communities and with myself. Questions like: What makes you feel free? How are you restricting your own freedom? What inner division, insecurity, doubt, or violence are you waging against yourself that is keeping your from your own liberation? In this...

In this midyear episode the lunations ask us to assess our long-term visions, and definitions of embodied leadership. The polarity of Cancer and Capricorn is highlighted during the Capricorn Full Moon, and we're invited to examine how practical ambition and inner nourishment must work together. It's also a great moment to reflect on what you’ve built so far this year, what you’re still devoted to,...

Welcome to the very first installment of the Solar Series! This new series within the podcast is a compliment to the Lunar Series. Rather than just speaking to just one planetary/luminary movement in the sky as I do in the Lunar Series, you can find a full exploration of all the major planetary transits within the next solar season in every Solar Series episode. For this first installment, we're d...

I loved this recording with Kristine from @wellwithkristine!! As a somatic coach and all around wonderful human, Kristine and I get into the nuances of the world of somatics – how her origins in the corporate world drove her directly into burnout and from that place of complete physical disassociation she found herself redirected into the magic of somatic therapy. In this episode we chat what it’s...

“Your growth isn’t linear” - is a phrase we’ve heard a million times, right? But what does it actually look like in a real experience? In this week’s episode I share a through line of cyclical growth via my own experience with yoga – of finding the practice, becoming a student, becoming a teacher, opening and running my own studio, closing that studio during the pandemic, up to today where I find...

This is the turning point of the year friends!!! After so many retrogrades, major planetary sign changes, eclipses, and general cosmic chaos – this is the point where the skies finally gift us some reprieve. This month is packed with abundant, generous, expansion, freedom-inducing Jupiter energy, and I'm so excited about all of it for all of us. The Full Moon in Sagittarius on June 11th is a p...

My new friend, Rachel Levine, and I sit down for a rich conversation that is essentially all about how to listen, follow, and live devoted to your intuition . Rachel is a new connection, but she's quickly becoming a friend because her kindness, sincerity, and pure heart are palpable in all of our interactions. In this episode we discuss the magic of being a dog mom, the energetic difference be...

This is the first of a few new kickoff episodes marking a new chapter of the Design Life Podcast! Beginning with this episode, I'm shedding some of the how-to vibes and incorporating more of the messy, magical world of personal storytelling. You can find me here (nervously but willingly) exploring what it means to grow through discomfort — from the high-stakes (buying a home with my partner) t...

This month is when we finally feel like we have the energy, the motivation and the get-up-and-go energy we've been aching for this year. If it feels like your year is just now starting - don't worry, the starts are on your side! On May 12th we have a Full Moon in Scorpio emboldening us to own more of ourselves by way of our healing and regenerative practices. And then on May 27th we have a...

In this episode I have the great pleasure of reconnecting with my old friend and sister, Alicia "Ace" Easter. Ace is a yoga teacher, storyteller, and joy-seeker who drops so much wisdom about healing, legacy, grief, and the pursuit of truth through this whole conversation. She shares how losing her mother at 19 sparked a lifelong commitment to living fully and with intention — and helping others d...

This month is all about connection, beauty, social cohesion, creating beautiful lives for ourselves and others, and living pleasurably within our values. This month's lunations are all about Venus - both the New and Full Moon's are ruled by the planet of love and connection - so it's a month I'm really excited about. On Sunday, April 13th the Full Moon in Libra 23° encourages us to...

There is a surprising liberation that comes from limitation . Whether it’s working with fewer resources, embracing minimalism, or setting intentional boundaries, scarcity often sparks creativity, resourcefulness, and a deeper appreciation for what we already have. In this episode I examine how constraints can actually make life feel richer and more expansive. I also discuss how modern overabundanc...