088: Seasons of Life and Work WITH ALYCE LOPEZ

Joining me on the podcast today is Alyce Lopez. Alyce owns and operates the True House, which is a full-service interior design firm that specializes in residential design for busy young families. Alyce began her career in interior design after purchasing a fixer-upper with her husband. She describes it as a 1950’s rambler and learned so much, documented it and her business just blew up. She also has young children who are at home. She's a mom and a wife and a business owner.

In our conversation, we're going to talk about family, seasons, success and what it looks like in different seasons. And then how to pour grace on ourselves because, you know, that's a lot to manage. Many of us are probably at home during COVID-19, at this point, listening and I can promise you are trying to manage. Many of us are now having to do a lot, along with being a business owner, and then a wife, a mom or husband.  All of those things kind of combined into one is really a load to carry. Some of us have to carry it all the time and some only during times of business disruption. But regardless, all of this conversation I think will be super helpful in helping us prioritize, think about each season, align off priorities and make a plan forward. I hope you enjoyed the podcast. 

Topics Mentioned:

• Family
• Seasons
• Success
• Grace 

Key Thoughts:

•  I did have a plan. It was not a hobby, that's for sure. - Alyce (05:09)

• Your growth could be in streamlining your processes and streamlining, the things that you do to be more efficient. - Michele (15:31)

• I could have gone back into corporate at any point and chose not to. - Michele (18:02)

• I feel blessed because we see eye to eye…my husband and I see eye to eye on a lot of stuff. - Alyce (19:08)

• We have chosen to live debt-free. It makes us show up differently in the world than we would otherwise. - Michele (20:18)

• There are seasons for everything. For me every year, right around January, February, March is my slowest time of year. - Alyce (22:18)

• We're all going through different things in life and you don't know based on a professional photo on an Instagram feed, what's behind that story. - Alyce (27:00)

• It's been a huge transition going from being a stay at home mom to working. - Alyce (36:25)

• As a mother, I needed to get out and meet other designers and have time to be inspired. - Alyce (46:40)

Contact Michele

• Email: [email protected]

• Facebook: Scarlet Thread Consulting

• Instagram: @ScarletThreadATL

Contact Alyce

• Website: https://www.thetruehouse.com

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetruehouse

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetruehouse 

References and Resources:

• EP. 053 with Emily Moore - Listen Today

• EP. 064 with Joel and Michele Williams - Listen Today

• EP. 077 with Brantley and Harrison Williams - Listen Today

• EP. 080 with Jeremy and Chandler Quarles - Listen Today

• The Designers' Inner Circle - Become a Member Today