Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Julie Jamison. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Julie, appreciate you joining us today. So let’s jump to your mission – what’s the backstory behind how you developed the mission that drives your brand?

Interior Design is more than just beautiful spaces. It runs so much deeper than that for me.

Our homes are our safe spaces, especially for people of color. We experience so much in the outside world and our space is that soft spot that is there to not just welcome us, but console us, support us, and allow us to let go, let our guard down, and just be.

So yes, it should be beautiful, but it should also be an extension of us. Filled with the things, colors, and textures that bring us joy and express who we are – our unique style and personality. To create a home for my clients like no other, I use their birth chart to infuse the many facets of who they are.

Getting to know my birth chart has truly helped me to understand myself on a much deeper level including how to create a peaceful home that feels in alignment with who I am. The colors I have chosen, textures, elements, layout, furniture pieces, artwork, etc have all been specifically selected to be in alignment with my birth chart.

I have never felt more at home and at peace in my space because my home is a true reflection of who I am. I want us to all experience this because we deserve it.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

I got into the industry of Interior Design by accident in a sense (nothing is ever an accident though is it?).

About 15 years ago, I was feeling unfulfilled even though I had accomplished so much… I had landed my dream job of HR Director, was married, with 3 kids at the time – now 4, home owner and more, but the job that I thrived in for so many years was killing my soul slowly.

The black and white, cut and dry aspects that I once loved about HR, were no longer joyous. In fact, my mental health was suffering and looking back now, I know that it was my soul rebelling because it knew that my life was meant for something else…. something fulfilling.

I began to experience one of the worst tower moments of my life. My career was crumbling in front of my eyes and I was trying everything to duck tape it together because although, I was unfulfilled, I was also comfortable with my life and wasn’t ready to make the necessary changes to create an aligned life, but spirit has a way to catch our attention when we’re being stubborn.

In the midst of the chaos my life had become, it would get worse when my one year old son was severely burned. He spent a week in the Burn Unit and I blamed myself.

Things got worse. I experienced my first panic attack walking down the streets of NYC because I was feeling so torn between being comfortable and miserable or being free so I finally listened to my heart and I quit my job to take care of my son. Man was I terrified, but my heart was telling me that I’d be fine.

Shortly after, my husband had a stroke and at this point I was really not well. When he got better, I crashed. I couldn’t get out of bed. I just really wanted to disappear – I needed to escape.

I don’t recall how I started watching TV, but I stumbled upon HGTV and for the first time in a long time, I felt joy. Watching their shows became a life line for me. I began predicting the changes the Designers would make to the spaces and I felt inspired to decorate my own home because through it all our new construction home had no sazon to it because I was too busy to give it the attention that it was yearning for.

I was slowly coming alive again through every paint stroke, every pillow sewn, and all of the changes that I had made to transform our home into our safe space. I had returned to myself.

Through it all, I connected with my inner child and remembered that before my trauma, I had a love of the arts from illustration, fashion, music, dance, all of it, but I was forced to leave that behind to survive and so I had forgotten the joy and freedom that color, textures, patterns had once brought me.

But I eventually remembered and I wanted to share my gift with the world by creating safe spaces for others, spaces that are who we are….beautiful, resilient, and joyous.

Throughout my journey, I have connected deeply with Astrology and have quickly seen the connection between our unique birth charts and how it can allow us to create a space that is like no other – a space that is unique. I have found my calling and I’m honored to be able to share it with the world.

A lot of times, people don’t know their design style or they’re heavily influenced by design trends and all along, the answer to it all lies in your birth chart.

We often hear about learning lessons – but just as important is unlearning lessons. Have you ever had to unlearn a lesson?

That I don’t need to have it all figured out. That it’s okay to fail, make mistakes, but it’s more important to keep going so that my gift can help someone else.

When I first started as an Interior Decorator, I got so caught up in the things that didn’t matter like my logo (the amount of time I spent…geesh), website, font, branding, that I didn’t have a degree and so much more when none of that mattered. Prospects don’t care about any of those things at all. They just need to feel connected to you and feel that you can solve their problem. That’s all.

Even though I had left the field of HR, I was still operating as if I was still in HR when instead I should’ve been focusing on being seen, being vulnerable, and sharing my gift with the world because one thing that creativity is, it’s colorful. The opposite of black and white.

Are there any books, videos, essays or other resources that have significantly impacted your management and entrepreneurial thinking and philosophy?

My healing journey for sure!

I didn’t realize this until about 4 years ago because I’ve read so many business books, taken all the business courses, hired the business coaches, but not none of that was working because I hadn’t faced my trauma.

I had so many limiting beliefs, fear of being seen, fear of success. Although I thought I loved myself, my actions said otherwise and all of this kept showing up in my business from the pennies I was charging for my services, to being terrified of sharing my story, going live on social media, and just letting go of the fear so that I can create a thriving business.

I had to get to the root of it all. It was dark, lonely, scary, but as a Scorpio rising, I’m use to tower moments so I went within and started to see how I became who I was. How the choices I’ve made, have brought me to this very moment.

I took ownership.

I began speaking up for myself, putting myself first (as a Cancer, that’s tough), valuing my worth, filling my cup and doing the things that made me happy regardless of how it made others feel. I began feeling comfortable in the spotlight and learned how to regulate my nervous system, which has been a game changer for me.

I learned that what made me successful in the HR field was needed in my business and that is structure. I no longer operated on what I felt like doing, but learned to allow my strategic strengths and love of planning to have a place in my business so that I could work smarter and not harder while still having fun. I have a Leo moon, which is in my 10th house of career and Saturn lives there as well, so for me, it’s so important that I have fun in my business, but structure is also needed for me to thrive. Studying my birth chart has been a game changer for me and my business.

Now I’m able to fully put into practice all that I have learned from all of the business books, coaches, courses, etc. I’m excited for where I am in my journey and all that is to come.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.redoyourroomonline.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/julieajamison
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@julieajamison

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