This episode is a little different.
Today, I’m pulling back the curtain and inviting you into a very raw, very honest conversation.
As we step into a new year, there’s a lot of pressure to fix, hustle, and reinvent. But what if real growth doesn’t come from doing more… and instead comes from getting more truthful with ourselves?
In this episode, I share what’s been unfolding in my own life—where fear has shown up, how grief still walks beside me four years in, and why choosing hope (even when it feels uncomfortable) has been one of the most powerful decisions I continue to make.
This is a conversation about becoming.
About learning to get comfortable being uncomfortable.
About nurturing your spirit while you build a business.
And about stepping into your power—especially your feminine power—without apology.
If you’ve ever felt stuck, played small, questioned your next move, or wondered whether personal or professional growth is supposed to feel this hard… this episode is for you.
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In this episode you’ll learn:
How fear shows up in your life and business and the questions you should ask yourself so that you aren’t making decisions based on fear
What real personal and professional growth looks like
How building the hope muscle helps us succeed
Why it is so important to nurture your spirit and how I plan on nurturing mine
How to be powerful in your feminine energy
What grief looks like for me (4 years in)
Why my coaching clients inspire me to be better every day
How dating and business should push you out of your comfort zone so that you learn how to get comfortable with being uncomfortable.
Why it is important to decide what you will let go of and what I will be letting go of this year
Xo Marianne
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Episode 91: Designing Model Apartments
Jodie started her staging business in 2017 and has pivoted into residential and commercial design targeting multi family property management groups. Her specialty is providing luxurious model apartments, working community areas as well as outdoor rooftop lounges and leasing offices.
Episode 90: How to Win the Business of RE Agents and Broker/Owners
In this episode I interview Jennifer Mello, Massachusetts and Rhode Island Real Estate Broker and owner of the Mello Group. Jenn has been a well respected, top performing agent since 2005.
Episode 89: Leading a Fulfilled Life and Business
A fulfilled life is sometimes described as being perfectly alive, filled with purpose and satisfaction, involving vision and requiring intensive alignment with what you value most—a highly meaningful life. And a highly meaningful life means something different for everyone
Episode 88: Concierge Home Staging, Estate Sale, and Real Estate Business
In this episode I am delighted to talk with Tracy Molendi. Tracy started her business as a Professional Organizer. She then added Staging Services, Design work, Senior Downsizing, Estate Sales, and a Retail Store to her menu of services.
Episode 87: Year Long Design Job on the Coast of Maine
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to do a really large design job from soup to nuts? In this episode Debbe Daley dishes on what it was like for her, the trials and tribulations of taking on a project this large in scope.
Episode 86: Home Stagers- Build Your Relationship with RE Agents by Volunteering in the Community
Cathy Lee has built a lucrative staging business by being active in her community. She shares how being involved has benefitted her both professionally and personally and how “giving back” feels really good, a “win, win”.
Episode 85: What You Need To Know When Building Or Growing Your Website
After more than 20 years delivering marketing technology solutions for corporate clients, Judy left the corporate world to start her own business JB Home Style Interiors, doing staging and interior redesign. A couple of years in, she re-discovered her inner geek and pivoted to help other creatives build their websites
Episode 84: From Home Stager to STR Specialist
n this episode I discuss how to add Short Term Rentals to your Home Staging or Interior Design menus with my special guest Amy Powers. Amy has been an award-winning Stager and industry leader since 2007.
Episode 83: 3 Ways Mindset Impacts Your Success
business? Are you taking lots of action but aren’t gaining the traction you feel you should be getting? Do you wonder what you might be doing differently?
Episode 82: From Marketing Career to Home Staging/Design Business
Leah is the owner of LJ Interiors, a design and home staging company in Chaska, MN. Leah spent over 12 years in Marketing helping clients choose the perfect color or color scheme to create dramatic transformations and captivating results and now draws on those skills as she helps clients in their homes.
Episode 81: Raw, Unfiltered Grief, Doing Tough Things and Business
In this episode I talk about grief and how it has impacted my life and business after my husband, Jimmy died.
Episode 80: Money Management and Mindset
As a money management and mindset coach, Erinn Bridgman empowers female entrepreneurs to design a business that is not just ‘profitable’, but actually grows their personal wealth.
Episode 79: Instagram for Home Stagers and Designers
In this episode I talk with Andress Eichstadt of Staging Studio about how to use Instagram, effectively to grow your business.
Episode 78: The benefits of using Mydoma for your Home Staging or Interior Design Business
In this session Dixie Willard and I will discuss the benefits of using Mydoma for your Home Staging or Interior Design Business.
Episode 77: Optimize Your Sales Funnels, Newsletters, Social Media
When Interior Designers, Home Stagers and Professional Organizers want to automate and streamline their marketing, Kate the Socialite is their “go to Gal”.
Episode 76: Knowing your financials
Knowing your numbers helps you make better business decisions so that your money is working for you.
In this episode of Home Stagers and Designers on Fire I interview Danielle Hayden of Kickstart Accounting.
Episode 75: Goodbye 9-5
In this episode of Home Stagers and Designers on Fire I discuss how to leave your fulltime job in order to start a staging or design business. Many of the women I coach are in transition. They want to leave their job and make sure that they are setting themselves up for success.
Episode 74: Price your services with an empowered mindset
In this episode I talk about how to strategically price your services with an empowered mindset. Pricing is such a hot topic and something that stagers and designers often struggle with.
Episode 73: Raise prices and set better boundaries
In this episode I talk with one of my coaching clients, Laurie Mattson of Rooms with Impact. Laurie and I have worked together for a few years and it has been a joy to watch her evolve into a strong, savvy businesswoman.
Episode 72: Conquer fears and build clarity to build a business you love
In this episode I talk with one of my coaching clients, Melpo Mankin. Melpo has been in my group coaching program for almost a year. When we started working together, she had only been full time in business a few months and wanted clarity around what to focus on and what types of jobs she would be working on. She also wanted to learn how to get those jobs.
