# Episode 4: Susan Deliss - Finding Your Secret Self

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Podcast: [Once Upon A Design](https://stenobird.com/podcast/once-upon-a-design-7791840)
Published: 2026-05-12T05:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

For this episode, Becky joins me in the studio to chat with our dear friend and acclaimed British interior decorator and textile designer, Susan Deliss. Susan has had a fascinating, albeit circuitous path to her current career, from living in a convent, to traveling all across the Middle East as a corporate finance lawyer, to collecting exquisite vintage textiles, and becoming a sought after decorator. She finally found, what she refers to as her "Secret Self" when she began to design and create her own line of exquisite textiles that were inspired by her journey along the way. This is her story….

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