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Interior Design Business
Are you an interior design professional who wants to create time-accurate, money-generous, and fee-based job offers that clients jump to say "yes" to? Terri Taylor, President and Creative Director of the Interior Design Business Academy and the host of the Interior Design Business Podcast, is here to help interior design professionals who want to create lifestyle design businesses that pay them what they are worth.
Each week, Terri is bringing her clear, proven, and repeatable step-by-step "recipes" for attracting ideal luxury clients along with her overreaching attitude of gratitude, abundance, beauty, and joy for creating long-lasting and meaningful success.
Terri knows that what you believe to be true and how you feel about wealth and money have a direct connection to the level of clients, budgets, and jobs you attract, so tune in each week to discover the strategies and support mechanics you need to achieve your goals as an interior design professional.
Interior Design Business
Healthy Boundaries Part 2
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Struggling to say no, even when you know you should?
In this episode of the Interior Design Business Podcast, I’m back with IDBA Coach Marsha Sewdass for Part 2 of our conversation on healthy boundaries. This time, we’re digging into one of the hardest boundary skills of all: learning to say no, clearly, confidently, and without apology.
From Saturday appointments to scope creep, contractor pushback, and volunteer overload, we’re unpacking what it really takes to hold your shape in business. You’ll learn how to say no with grace, how to avoid over-explaining, and why assertiveness is not the same as being mean.
If you’ve ever felt guilty for protecting your time, or worried your business would suffer if you stopped overgiving, this episode will change the way you think about boundaries.
In this episode, we cover:
- Why “no” is the hardest word for designers to say
- How to stop over-explaining and apologizing
- The connection between self-respect and strong boundaries
- Why saying no does not hurt your business
- How to prevent scope creep with confident communication
- What it means to “hold your shape”
- The power of pleasant persistence
- How to stop being volunteered for everything
- Why you must protect your energy first
Show notes are available at interiordesignbusinessacademy.com
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