Episode 154
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In this Episode, I feature special guest Whitney English, a gifted author and textile artist with a degree in interior design. Her remarkable work has been showcased on the Today Show twice, in The Wall Street Journal, and O Magazine, and she’s been honored as one of Country Living magazine’s Women Entrepreneurs. In our heartfelt conversation, Whitney shares her powerful ‘From Chaos to Called’ God story, revealing her transformation from a perfectionist upbringing to finding her true calling as a successful entrepreneur, author, decorator, and home organizer, and how she’s created a haven of freedom and self-expression for her cherished family. She also shares insights from her new book, ‘Organize First, Decorate Second,’ which empowers others to transform their living spaces into sacred sanctuaries that bring glory to God. In closing, Whitney offers uplifting words of hope to those struggling to find joy in their journey of home transformation.
This episode also includes a mental health tip from ministry partner and licensed mental health counselor, Sherrie Pucket.
In This Episode:
- Whitney English is a gifted author and textile artist with a degree in interior design.
- Story is important because that is how God has communicated with us since the beginning of time.
- Story has helped me understand that I don’t have to look at the conflict in my life of struggle as a bad thing. I can look at that as a sign that God is at work in my life.
- Even if you didn’t grow up in a whole that met all your needs, you’re not alone, you’re not without hope, and it doesn’t mean you can create that home for yourself or your family. It doesn’t mean that you don’t have the choice and agency to start making decisions today to change that for future generations.
- Whitney shares their “From Chaos to Called” God story.
- She knew she couldn’t live up to the perfectionism expectations as a kid and teenager. She was a very creative ki,d and that caused a lot of tension.
- The ultimate goal is to bring glory to God. We as humans have to figure out how to do that in the very messy middle.
- Organize first and then decorate. They ran into a lot of problems because they didn’t organize first.
- The problem is that we want to get there right away, but God wants to do this work inside of us. It is a process to get there.
- We have the ability to recognize that tension and respond to it in a way that glorifies the Lord.
- You might not be where you want to be, but you are where you are called to be.
Bio
Whitney English believes that anyone can live a beautiful life. She believes that gratitude is the birthplace of joy, that people matter, that love is the answer, that if you’re real you can’t be ugly, that everyone is creative and some of us have just forgotten, and that it’s worth trying to be a better version of yourself today than you were yesterday. She has boot-strapped two businesses to seven figures, has a degree in interior design, studied management at Parsons in New York City, and has had her work featured in O magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and on the Today Show (twice). She was featured as one of Country Living magazine’s Women Entrepreneurs in 2008. One of her favorite dreams-come-true, though, is her husband David, and their three children.
Links
Organize First, Decorate Second
Altered Stories Ministry 52-Week Devotional
Altered Stories Show on YouTube
Quotes
- “Story is important because that is how God has communicated with us since the beginning of time.” – Whitney English
- “Story has helped me understand that I don’t have to look at the conflict in my life of struggle as a bad thing. I can look at that as a sign that God is at work in my life.” – Whitney English
- “The ultimate goal is to bring glory to God. We as humans have to figure out how to do that in the very messy middle.” – Whitney English
- “You might not be where you want to be, but you are where you are called to be.” -Whitney English
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