EP 05: nicole crowder On What’s GOOD
making space for love, business, and yourself
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Head Honey and host Felicia Pride chats with renowned furniture designer, editor, and curator Nicole Crowder. Felicia and Nicole talk about how she cleared out and curated a space for the love that led to one of her latest adventures: marriage. Nicole also shares about her entrepreneurial journey in design and what’s GOOD about not being afraid to pivot and remaining open to your heart’s true callings.
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(00:02:55) On falling in love with the world of upholstery and furniture design
(00:05:15) On building her business and standing by her name
(00:07:37) On the storytelling aspect of her craft
(00:09:15) On being one of a few Black women in the space
(00:11:43) On how upholstery helped her to slow down
(00:13:12) On the difficulties of dating and finding her forever love ‘later’ in life
(00:21:59) On how she reset and made space for love in her already full life
(00:27:50) On navigating generational differences in approaches to marriage
(00:31:23) On what excites and scares her about her new marital adventure
(36:00) On her advice for Honeys looking to let romantic love into their lives
(00:38:05) On her next adventures and a surprising career pivot
(00:41:00) On what pleasure seeking looks like for her
(00:44:24) On what she’d tell her younger self and what she swears by as a Honey