We recently connected with Rose Corrick and have shared our conversation below.

Hi Rose, thanks for joining us today. One deeply underappreciated facet of entrepreneurship is the kind of crazy stuff we have to deal with as business owners. Sometimes it’s crazy positive sometimes it’s crazy negative, but crazy experiences unite entrepreneurs regardless of industry. Can you share a crazy story with our readers?

Craziest Positive Story We were exhibiting at the One of a Kind Show in Chicago — long days on concrete floors, thousands of conversations, and that electric buzz that happens when people encounter clothing that feels more like art than fashion. Over and over, customers said the same unexpected thing: “Frankie from Grace & Frankie should be wearing your clothes.”

At first I laughed. But after hearing it again and again, something shifted from amusement to recognition. Our garments were expressive, unconventional, and full of personality — they truly belonged in her world.

Back in the studio, I chose a piece that felt perfect for the character and asked my marketing assistant to find out where to send it at Netflix. We had no contacts, no roadmap, and no guarantee it would even be opened. But the impulse felt right, so we acted.

We later heard they planned to use the garment and even ordered several more pieces in the same size — but we had no idea when, or if, they would appear on screen.

Weeks later, I was watching an episode when Frankie’s back gives out and she spends the entire show on the floor — wearing our garment. I remember staring at the screen in disbelief, then laughing, then tearing up. It felt surreal to see something created in our small studio living inside a beloved show.

Customers were thrilled. We were thrilled. But what stayed with me most was the moment I first said yes to sending that piece. I didn’t know how it would unfold — only that it felt aligned. Entrepreneurship is full of planning and logistics, but sometimes it’s about listening to a quiet intuitive nudge and having the courage to follow it.

That experience deepened my trust in creative instinct: notice what feels true, take the step, and allow the unfolding to surprise you. Today, this is the same guidance I offer the creatives I work with — helping them recognize their inner knowing, act on aligned impulses, and trust that authentic expression has a way of finding its audience.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

About Rose Corrick I’m a lifelong creative whose work has taken many forms over the decades — interior designer, entrepreneur, textile and clothing designer, coach, and now mixed-media artist and creativity guide. Across each chapter, a consistent thread has remained: helping people experience beauty, meaning, and possibility in their everyday lives.

I founded and led Art of Cloth, a nationally recognized clothing and textile design company where I explored the intersection of wearable art, texture, and personal expression. After closing that chapter in 2018, I entered a period of deep personal healing and reflection that transformed not only my relationship to creativity, but my understanding of what it takes to sustain meaningful work and a meaningful life.

I initially believed my next step would be helping other creatives grow their businesses. Instead, I discovered that sustainable success requires inner capacity as much as strategy. Through years of personal transformation and advanced training in somatic and Gestalt-based coaching, I developed a deeper understanding of embodiment, self-trust, and nervous system regulation — skills I wish I had possessed earlier in my entrepreneurial journey.

Today, my work integrates mixed-media collage and paper processes with creativity coaching that helps people reconnect with their creative voice, especially during times of transition, healing, or reinvention. I see creativity not as a luxury, but as a way of seeing, processing, and participating more fully in life.

Through my art, workshops, writing, and coaching, I help people move beyond perfectionism and self-doubt so they can create and live from a place of authenticity. My approach blends decades of creative practice with emotional insight and a deep respect for the nervous system’s role in creative expression and sustainable self-leadership.

What sets my work apart is the integration of lived experience. I understand the pressures of building and sustaining a business, the vulnerability of creative expression, and the courage required to begin again. I’m less interested in teaching technique than in helping people access the inner permission and self-trust that allow creativity — and life — to flow.

I’m most proud that my path has evolved rather than followed a straight line. Each chapter — design, entrepreneurship, personal transformation, art, and coaching — has informed the next. Today I see creativity not as a product, but as a way of inhabiting one’s life with presence, wholeness, and intention.

What I want people to know is simple: creativity belongs to everyone. Whether through art, design, or everyday acts of making and noticing, it can reconnect us to ourselves, to our voice, and to the world around us.

How about pivoting – can you share the story of a time you’ve had to pivot?

After closing Art of Cloth in 2018, I assumed my next step was clear. Having built a successful creative business, I thought I would help other creatives grow theirs by sharing what I had learned about branding, marketing, and sustainability.

What I didn’t expect was how much deeper the work needed to go.

As I began coaching, I saw that my clients’ biggest challenges weren’t strategic — they were rooted in self-trust, creative paralysis, fear of visibility, and the exhaustion that comes from pushing forward while ignoring their own limits. I recognized those patterns immediately; they were the same ones I had lived.

That realization led me into my own period of deep personal work. I trained in Gestalt and somatic coaching and immersed myself in practices centered on embodiment and nervous system awareness. I began to understand that sustainable success isn’t built on strategy alone — it depends on the inner capacity of the person leading the work.

Looking back, I can see that while I had the vision and drive to grow Art of Cloth into a 7-figure enterprise, I didn’t yet have the internal skills to sustain it. That insight was humbling, but also liberating. It reframed my experience not as failure, but as preparation.

Today my work reflects that evolution. I integrate creative practice, embodiment, and reflective inquiry to help people reconnect with their voice, trust their instincts, and build creative lives that are aligned and sustainable. That pivot reshaped not only my career, but how I understand creativity, leadership, and what it means to build a life that truly works.

Can you open up about a time when you had a really close call with the business?

I came to understand that my brand wasn’t something I created — it was something I had lived.

For a time, I tried to separate the roles: business coach, creativity guide, artist. But the more I worked with clients, the clearer it became that what they needed wasn’t one piece of expertise — they needed the whole picture.

Creative people often struggle not because they lack talent or ideas, but because they feel unsure how to represent themselves in the world. The word brand can feel intimidating or inauthentic, yet at its core it simply asks: How do I show up? What do I stand for? How do I make my work recognizable and trustworthy?

I knew this terrain intimately. I had built a nationally recognized brand, lost it, rebuilt my identity, and done the inner work required to show up with greater clarity and integrity.

Over time, I stopped trying to fit my work into categories and began working from integration. In that sense, the “rebrand” wasn’t external — it was internal. I became the brand, bringing together business experience, creative practice, and embodiment awareness to support people in building lives and creative work that are authentic and sustainable.

Today, I help creatives develop a brand that grows from self-trust rather than performance — one that reflects who they truly are and allows their work to be seen without abandoning themselves in the process.

I’ve come to believe we don’t build meaningful work by separating who we are from what we do. We build it by integrating our experience and allowing our authentic voice to lead.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.rosecorrick.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rosecorrick/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rose.corrick1
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosecorrick/