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About Life x Design  

 (pronounced Life by Design)

Life x dESign exists for women who love God and want faith to shape their lives in real, everyday ways.  Women who want God to be central, but are tired of systems, routines, or expectations that don’t fit the reality of their days.

I’m an architect by training, and for years, my work centered on designing spaces people could actually live and work in.  Good design always starts with real constraints.  Time.  Energy.  Human behavior.  When design ignores those constraints, it may look beautiful on paper, but it fails in real life.

That same principle applies to faith.

After surviving cancer, that truth became deeply personal.  Life no longer felt theoretical.  Energy was limited.  Priorities were clarified.  And the question shifted from “What should I be doing?” to “How do I live well within the life God has given me?”

Life x dESign grew from that intersection.  Professional training in design.  Lived experience with fragility.  And a deep belief that God is the Designer of our lives, and we are learning how to live that out faithfully within real limits.

This is not a productivity system.  It’s not about doing more, trying harder, or becoming a different version of yourself.  Life x dESign offers simple, grace-filled practices that help you order real life around God in ways that fit your actual season.  We start small.  We expect iteration.  We redesign when something stops working, without shame.

Scripture is approached with grace and accessibility, not performance.  Community is supportive, not comparative.  Progress is measured by steadiness, not intensity.

If you’ve ever felt scattered, stretched thin, or quietly concerned that your life and faith feel out of alignment, this space is for you.  Life x dESign is about practicing life as God designed it, learning how to live in the world without being shaped by it, and building rhythms that support faithfulness over time.

You don’t need more discipline.
You need practices rooted in grace.

The Signature Framework
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What I believe

Sola Gratia
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Sola Fide
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Sola Scriptura

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  • I believe we are saved by God’s grace alone, through faith alone, grounded in Scripture alone.

  • I believe God is the Creator and Designer of our lives. We are not called to invent our own foundations, but to live in faithful response to His design.

  • I believe God’s ways are higher than our ways (Isaiah 55:8–9). We are not meant to figure everything out, but to draw near to Him with humility and trust.

  • I believe Christ alone is the foundation on which our lives are meant to be built (Matthew 7:24–25). We were never meant to carry the weight of being our own source of stability.

  • I believe discernment is a spiritual practice, formed through prayer, Scripture, and wisdom, not merely through organization or effort.

  • I believe human limitations are not failures, but part of God’s intentional design. They reveal what we are meant to carry and what we are meant to surrender.

  • Life x dESign exists to help women practice living out these truths in real, everyday life with grace, wisdom, and care.

Background
  • Licensed Architect with 18+ years of practice experience
  • Master of Architecture - Washington University in St. Louis
  • Wife + Mom of two + Cancer survivor 
  • Based in St. Louis, Missouri USA
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