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Emily Henderson: Home Style Expert and Design Guru

Second Life

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4.83K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2018

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Emily Henderson is proof that when you're passionate about something, you can turn it into a thriving career—no matter what you studied in college or where you started out. “I learned on the job and I think it’s a very good way to start and build your career," she tells Hillary Kerr on episode 28 of Second Life. Find out how Henderson went from being a prop stylist to running a design blog and getting her own show on HGTV without any traditional design or business education.

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0:00.0

Hello, everyone. Before we start today's episode, I just wanted to thank you all so much for listening

0:08.1

and for sending so many incredibly lovely DMs and tweets and emails about how much you're

0:13.7

liking the show. It means the world to me, truly. And I also just wanted to say that if this

0:20.4

podcast is enjoyable to you, please consider taking

0:24.2

the time to rate and review it on Apple Podcasts or iTunes or wherever you listen. It makes a huge

0:31.0

difference in helping us spread the word about this project, a project that is very near and dear

0:36.6

to my heart. Also make sure to subscribe so you

0:39.1

don't miss an episode. Okay, enough with that and on to the show.

0:48.0

From mydomain.com, this is Second Life, a podcast spotlighting women who have truly inspiring careers.

0:56.6

We're talking about their work journeys, what they learn from the process of setting aside

1:00.5

their doubts or fears, and what happens when they embark on their second life.

1:05.1

Today, I am delighted to welcome a woman who I personally have followed for years,

1:10.4

homestyle expert and design guru Emily Henderson.

1:14.5

She has been a part of my life from afar for a very long time.

1:18.1

I watched her when she won HGTV's design star,

1:22.3

and then she had a couple of seasons of an amazing show called Secrets from a stylist.

1:26.7

I also love her blog, Style by

1:29.1

Emily Henderson. She's also Target's home expert and has a New York Times bestselling book

1:34.8

styled Secrets for Arranging Rooms from tabletops to bookshelves. I also follow her on

1:40.8

Instagram where she's working on a remodel in Oregon and does these really

1:44.8

charming outfit of the day posts that I just love. But before she was running a super

1:50.0

successful website, working as an interior designer and renovating homes, she actually worked as a

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