What is your professional background and how did you get to become an Interior LifeDesign Strategist?

Over thirteen years ago I had an epiphany to leave corporate America and re-enter college to study interior design. One day while I was decorating our guest bedroom, I became annoyed at having no access to the specialty shops I was accustomed to in New York City.

 One day while thinking about the room, I heard a voice say to me, “Why don’t you design your own?” I remember saying out loud, “How am I suppose to do that?”

 The voice was so clear that I remember turning to see who was there. No one was there. I came to realize it was God speaking to me. It was the first time ever I’ve heard what seems as an audible voice of God. I knew I needed training if I was to obey him and do this. Several months later I enrolled in college for my second degree in interior architecture and design graduating magna cum laude. Several years after that time, I wrote an award winning book, Designing for the King: From Chaos to Order by Designing Within, which I later realized was the nucleus and primer of interior lifedesign process.

 I later had another epiphany.  I saw a striking parallel of tangible design (physical interior spaces from attic to basement) to intangible design (interior lives from head to toe) and then I recognized my obligation to create a paradigm for how I approach and help women. 

By experience and education I am an Interior LifeDesign Strategist and Marketplace Minister. I have merged my experiences and undergraduate degrees in Economics, Interior Architecture and Design, with my Doctorate in Theology and created a S.Y.S.T.E.M. showing women how to Shape Their Spirit To Eliminate the Mess in taking a broader view of all issues affecting their lives specifically connecting their career to ministry.

Who exactly are your clients?

My Client is the Professional Kingdom-Minded Christian Woman

• She is stuck, stressed and struggling who wants  a healthy, passionate life
• She is living with regret and inner hurt and is ready to break free and move on with a fulfilled life and business
• She is frustrated and confused about her mission and message to the world
• She is lost as a result of surrendering her identity
• She is suffering from low self-esteem, a poor self-image and her confidence is shattered which holds her back from stepping out into her greatness
• She is unfulfilled and wants to adventurously live the desires of her heart with a freedom to effectively expand the Kingdom of God as his daughter in the marketplace.
• She is seeking her purpose in vocational and spiritual life to be effective in the marketplace.

Everyone is a coach today. How are you different from other Coaches?

I help women bounce back and fast-forward their lives. I help women live by design. I take a strategic approach to how I help my clients. Take this example. When you purchase an automobile, it comes with a manufacturer’s manual to help with understanding how it operates and how to troubleshoot and work past the problems. My approach to lifedesign is much the same. Every human being was created by God with a manufacture’s manual that we call the Bible. In it are the answers to every situation and problem one can face. My responsibility is to translate spiritual principles and customize design strategies by which to help my clients identify the barriers and hindrances and work past those handicapping emotions to find their solutions.

The bottom-line is you can either work with someone who has labeled themselves a coach or life designer using a cookie-cutter approach with mixed results – or you can work with someone who teaches from experience and has for well over a decade designed the interior lives of clients along with designing their homes, some that were featured on national television and in signature magazines, who has proved this process is life transforming. I believe God is using us in non-traditional ways.

What type of personality do you work best with?

My S.Y.S.T.E.M. is designed for the woman who doesn’t want to be forced into doing anything, but is ready to step outside of her comfort zone, think authentically and is ready to serve her gifts to the world. She is unquestionably excited and committed to accomplishing her goals and break out of the worry, frustration and the need to be directed by and please others. She is ready to come eye to eye with her problems and is saying, “Enough is enough.” She is ready to live her purpose. She realizes the sheer value in investing in herself and desires only to work with the best – someone with a proven track record who understands both the renovating and designing within process.

What type of personality do you NOT work with?

It simply wouldn’t be fair to anyone to not get the results for which they are seeking. For this reason I must be very selective in who I work with and must gently turn away anyone who is not suited for my S.Y.S.T.E.M. Interior LifeDesign is NOT for those who suffer with clinical depression, bi-polar disorder or clinical anxiety or who suffer from severe trauma, PTSD, or eating disorders and require in-depth or long term psychoanalysis. If this is you, please seek a licensed medical health professional.

I also do not work with anyone who is not committed to move forward with their lives and tends to remain where they are while constantly complaining and whining. I do not work with individuals who consistently make excuses for not getting their assignments done or challenge every aspect of our working together. I suggest that you seek other professionals who are more suited to help you. If this is you, you are welcomed to download any resource from this site, read the insights on my blog and follow the spiritual directions you will find there. They will be very helpful to you.

What exactly is the 360 Interior Living S.Y.S.T.E.M.?

Life transformation begins with a renovation process in order to clear out and clean up the years of chaos and clutter that has held you captive, limited, bound and living in shame and with regret so you can master your life.

“S.Y.S.T.E.M.” is the acronym for Shaping Your Spirit To Eliminate the Mess. As I would renovate and design a tangible space, the same format and process will renovate and design your interior life. It is a simplistic paradigm that compares the anatomy of eight areas of the body to the rooms of a home.

Using our 3-prong format, (Preparation, Promise and Proceed), we take a systematic approach to interior living making sure all areas of your life architecture are in sync.

The  S.Y.S.T.E.M. renovates and designs these life rooms:

1.Thought Room – We review your life to give you a better understanding of who you are as a consequence of where you’ve been. The focus is not on analyzing what was good or bad about your past, but on understanding its impact on your life. You will begin to understand past decisions and actions and learn how to change them through the renovation process.

2.Heart Room - Your heart room is the hallway that links together all the rooms of life like your beliefs, your feelings, your values and your convictions, your talents, your gifts and your passions combined together to form an image of confidence and self-assurance. Using my Three-layered Assessment Renovation Strategy, we appraise where you are right now which will give you a clearer sense not only of what’s happening in your life at the present time, but also how you feel about the way things are going.

3. Vision Room – Unlike Alice in Wonderland, you must see where you are going in order to get there. We introduce you to the art and science of vision which helps you to become an active participant in your life and intentionally shape your own future. It also helps you look at your life from a broad perspective, clarifying what you want your time on earth to have meant when you reach the end of your life. All this will prepare you to identify areas in which you need to make some choices and help you in setting goals for the future.

4. Hearing Room – The hearing room is the anatomical structure responsible for hearing and balance. We will show you why this is an extremely crucial in shaping your future. You will systematically plan your actions with an eye toward identifying potential problems that could hurt your efforts as well as potential supporters who could help make your dreams come true.

5. Speaking Room - Your speaking room can produce either life or death by the words you choose. You will learn why your voice is your authority, how to utilize your power to create the life of your choosing, and why you are a worthy person with the right and the ability to choose your own course by the words you speak.

6 -8. Hand, Legs and Feet Rooms. – These rooms are the perfunctory spaces that control your life’s GPS. You will get off course—and that’s OK. You will learn how to imitate a modern jetliner—stay focused and make many small course corrections. There’s less likelihood of over correcting and the ride will be smoother.

So, then, it’s like life coaching, right?

Not really. Life coaching is the practice of supporting an individual through the process of achieving a specific personal or professional result. Interior LifeDesign and the 360 Interior Living S.Y.S.T.E.M. is an intentional way to live (not just to achieve a specific or professional result because people can do this on their own) but moreover a strategy for living by choice or design, and not by chance or default.

LifeDesign like home design, c’mon, does this really work?

The best way to know is to learn from others who have worked with me. See testimonials.
I know it’s hard to believe that lifedesign can really make a difference. And, you know why it’s hard to believe that? Because just about everything you’ve learned about lifedesign until this point has been a cookie-cutter model or the result of the mental wanderings of someone who “means well”.

What can I expect from working with you?

LifeDesign is just like going to the gym. If you work out one day per week, you’re going to get one result. If you work out four days per week, you’re going to get a different set of results. The question is – are you a one-dayer who’s looking for 4-day results or are you a 4 dayer?

Looking at it from this perspective, here’s what you can expect:

• You can expect a tailored, custom planned strategy specific to your life and needs.
• You can expect to discover who you are and why you are.
• You can expect to think clearly, to put your life in perspective, to act on sound values and to live responsibly and well.
• You can expect to bury your shame and regrets.
• You can expect to reclaim your identity and live through God’s purpose for your life.
• You can expect to stand firmly on your own two feet for self validation.
• You can expect to get great clarity about what’s important and organize your life to pursue those things effectively.
• You can expect to utilize your potential for sustaining focus and balance in the face of all the demands on your time and energy.
• You can expect the desire to pursue meaningful goals of your own choosing and willingly assume full responsibility for the journey.
• You can expect inner joy and create meaning in your life by living according to your deepest values.
• You can expect a healthy and fruitful self-image and a confidence that soars.

I don’t want to wait years to get results, when can I expect to see progress?

We’ve had clients who experience progress after one strategy session. Really! She was hungry for change. With that said, your progress is proportional to what you put in.

Can I reach out to your clients and ask them about you?

I don’t blame you for asking that. That’s why we have our Get Acquainted call – just as you are interviewing me, I’m interviewing you to make sure that I’m the best person to help you.

Also, feel free to take a look at testimonials. Many of them don’t mind if you contact them if you want to know more about what it’s like to work with me.

Can you guarantee that my life will be transformed?

Only you can guarantee that.

Will I recover my investment in this S.Y.S.T.E.M?

Yes! Obviously, a lot depends on you, where you are in your life and how much you want to move from where you are. Many people say they want to design their lives, but in reality like most other tools, it works if you work.

Designing the life you want and taking responsibility for making it work is an ongoing process. Trying to keep up with the daily demands of life can make it difficult to step back and take a look at just what’s going on, how it’s working for you, and how you can direct your life in the way you want it to go. 360 Interior Living will help you do that kind of assessment in an efficient, effective way. It allows you to organize a lot of information about your life so you can systematically plan for the future and those alone can recoup your investment.

How will we work together?

Depending on the level of assistance you want,  in person or via correspondence with a combination of in-depth telephone calls, skype, engaging audio presentations and distant learning via internet is also available.

How do I sign up?

Request a complimentary get-acquainted call with Dr. Deana to determine if we are the right fit and which level to begin.