Ali Heath on the art of pivoting and the power of creative collaborations

 

Is there a way to do what you love, even as your life evolves and the industry that you’ve worked in undergoes change? 

Come listen to my conversation with Ali Heath, who has run her own antique shop, freelanced as a stylist and writer for leading interiors magazines, created two best-selling books, and now is mentoring others who are at the start of their journeys.

THIS EPISODE FOCUSES ON

  • Ali’s childhood & early high school years

  • Being involved in the Marks and Spencer graduate program

  • Landing a job running their Home Furnishings department

  • Her experience working for a below-the-line agency

  • Why believing in yourself is so important

  • Starting her antiques business & how this evolved

  • Transitioning to becoming a writer & stylist and taking on editorial work with magazines

  • Working with photographer Marnie Hawson

  • Matching the right photographer with the property

  • How the magazine industry is changing

  • Her book Curate with Lynda Gardener and the experience of creating this remotely

  • Ali’s passion for being involved in the creative process from start to finish and doing everything with intention

  • Her latest book Create — how to came to be & what it’s about

  • Trusting in your intuition and creating freely

  • Her love of mixing old & new

  • Using Instagram as a means of creation

 

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Podcast production: Yaga Media

 
Natalie Walton