227: From Passive Listening to Massive Action: How Tiffany Berland Transformed Her Life & Business
Are you consuming podcast after podcast, waiting for the “aha” moment that finally gets you into gear—but still stuck in place?
Tiffany Berland was, too. Until one summer when she decided enough was enough.
Despite juggling a chaotic home life, running an interior design business, and raising three kids, Tiffany took a chance on herself. She signed up for the Design Your Ideal Summer workshop… and never looked back. That single step helped her shift from just surviving each day to intentionally designing a life and business that actually supported her.
In this episode of She Thinks Big, Tiffany opens up about her journey from information overload to taking real, aligned action. She shares the mindset shifts, support, and tools that helped her navigate a turbulent season in life and business, and how she finally started creating what she truly wanted.
Andrea and Tiffany unpack what it really looks like to take meaningful action (even during hard seasons), the tools that helped her stay focused, and the one game-changing question Tiffany still asks herself daily.
What’s Covered in This Episode on Taking Action in Business and Life
2:33 – How Tiffany and Andrea connected (and the summer that changed everything)
5:45 – The realization that shifted Tiffany from passive listener to action-taker
10:48 – What taking the first step actually looked like in a chaotic season
13:59 – Why hiring a coach outside her industry made the biggest impact
19:59 – The tools that helped Tiffany clarify her vision and discover her big dream
29:21 – Why she stayed stuck in “gathering mode” and what finally moved her out
33:19 – What surprised her about group coaching (and why she almost said no)
36:22 – One action you can take today to move from stuck to forward
Connect with Tiffany Berland
Tiffany Berland is an interior designer, certified window specialist, and principal designer for her company Blue Opus Interiors. With over 20 years of experience as a professional interior designer, she has a genuine passion for color and fabrics and an expert eye for color balancing in natural light. But custom drapery and furnishings are where she truly shines, literally getting butterflies when presenting the fine details of an exquisite window covering. In addition to design, Tiffany also has a passion for music and a past career as a professional singer.
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Quotes from the Episode
“Something has got to click inside you. You have to have a thought that, ‘I am ready to do something,’ or, ‘I need help doing something,’ to have the confidence to take action and reach out.” - Andrea Liebross
“If you feel like you have a toolbox full of tools, but you do not know which one to pick up or how to use it, you are not alone.” - Andrea Liebross
“I didn't need somebody to pull me into the boat to save me. I needed somebody to teach me how to swim under the waves, hold my breath, and kind of get through it.” - Tiffany Berland
“‘I'm so busy, I don't have time to plan.’ I had to change that thought, because [it] for me was destructive. I had to turn it into a productive thought.” - Tiffany Berland
“I had to get quiet and I had to really think, ‘What do I want?’ And a big question for me that really helped change my life was, ‘What I need right now is…’ I ask myself that every day.” - Tiffany Berland
“I learned so much by listening to you coach somebody else. Even if they weren't in my industry, it helped me almost more than maybe they got out of it.” - Tiffany Berland
“There are a billion coaches out there, but there are not many that are the ones that you actually need. You are that, and you were that for me.” - Tiffany Berland
Links to other episodes
218: Why You Should Hire a Coach Outside of Your Industry with Amanda Arcone
174: Your Roadmap to Clarity: Inside the Vision to Action Intensive
172: How to Turn Your Vision Into Action with WILD Goals
151: 4 Keys to Enjoying Stress and Its Transformative Gifts with Katie the Socialite
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