Design the change you want to see in the world.

Feeling stuck in a rut when you know you were meant for more?

You get up, you push through, you do it all again tomorrow. Deep down you know there's more for you than this.

We've been where you are. We created a step-by-step framework for our life that made the impact we wanted for our family and community, and now we mentor individuals and families through the steps that take them from where they are today to where they want to be.

The first step starts with an honest conversation about where you are now and the difference you want to experience. We listen, outline the plan and guide you to take that first step.

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The life that looks fine from the outside can still feel wrong from the inside.

Feeling overwhelmed?

Too many demands, too many open loops, and no clear next move.

Feeling stuck in a rut?

You live by other people's expectations. You're caught in a habit loop that doesn't serve you. You're losing sight of your dreams.

Feeling drained and not sure why?

Your anxiety increases. You become moody and down. You don't want to step into the room.

Do you feel misunderstood?

You wear a mask all day to fit in. At work, at school, even at home. You just want to be your authentic self, and be loved for it.

Success feels empty?

The title, the house, and the numbers are there. The meaning and the energy are not.

Doing it all alone?

Feeling lonely. No one to talk to, to celebrate with, to have your back. You start strong, but then your enthusiasm drifts and you're alone again.

Keep doing what you're doing today, and tomorrow will never change. Your low energy, loneliness, masking the real you, boredom and overwhelm show up in your health, your relationships, your kids and your work. Character and willpower aren't missing. A design is.

The Decision Is Yours.

Take the step to make the change you want to see. If you don't know where or how to start, we're the mentors who will guide you through the uncertainty to clarity and action. We've been there, and we have the solution you want: a customized plan and the steps that make it easy to start and build for yourself and your family.

Lora Brown

The Sensory Alchemist

Lora works with people who are neurodivergent, who have health challenges, or who struggle to match their energy with their goals. She brings her real-life experience, a deep appreciation and understanding of people who are different, multi-sensory design and energy-enhancing tools to create a positive impact for you.

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Kip Brown

The Life Architect

Kip builds the structure: your time, your money, your priorities, and the hard conversations, laid out one move at a time.

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Build a plan with clear steps. Start with Step 1, an honest conversation, then build momentum and live a life by your design.

Your next steps

30-minute call

Get clear about what you want. Actionable steps designed to make progress.

Identify what drains you

We guide you through your obstacles. Feel momentum build.

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Create the adventure. Live a life worth dying for, one you would choose to live again.

Three ways in

SPEAKING

Bringing the high energy that motivates and inspires individuals, event hosts, teams and companies to expand their thinking and their actions so real transformation can happen.

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SENSORY ALCHEMY

Designing energy: yours, your business's, and the spaces where you work, play, and live. Creating spaces that draw your customers in and leave them feeling good.

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THE LIFE ARCHITECT

Creating strategic blueprints for motivated people who are ready to take action and make an impact. Guiding high-powered executives through implementing the tools to optimize teams, frameworks to scale, and processes built for reliability and consistency that drive revenue and create a legacy.

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PROOF, NOT PROMISES!

“Good enough” is the enemy of “extraordinary.” You are here because you know you are capable of more. It is time to go The Final Percent, across the 4 Pillars of your life: Personal, Professional, Vitality, and Community. Here is what people we have worked with say.

Lora understood our vision and the vibe we were looking for instantly. She added ideas and meaning that we hadn't even considered, that brought everything together.
Meredith MacKayco-author of The 200% Marriage

Kip demonstrated exceptional leadership and an impressive ability to manage and guide our team.
Guillaume Sanje-MpackoAI Consultant at West 500 Partners

Lora has great experience and shares that knowledge generously! Her council helped us progress quickly and successfully in starting our short stay project.
Bob Staffordshort term rental operator

Kip and Lora are always available to discuss any issues I have. They have lent their wisdom and suggestions for growing my investing business.
Tony DavisInvestor & Consultant

Your First Step

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30 minutes with Kip and Lora. Not a pitch. No pressure.

If we're the ones you want to guide you, we customize a plan to work together that fits you. If not, you leave with a clearer path forward and an actionable first step.

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Live By DesignOur monthly letter from the road.

It lands in your inbox on the first Thursday of each month. Here is what you get:

Stories from the road. What we see and learn as we travel the country.
Lora's design tip. One practical idea for making a space work for the way you are wired.
A way to be featured. Share what you are creating and you could show up in a future issue.

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Meet the Life Design DUO

We left a life that looked finished so we could design one we are excited to live. We are on the road for two years, looking for the land that becomes Explore Monterra, a place where designed living is the culture, not a weekend. This site is the door. The adventure is the proof.

Kip Brown

Kip Brown is The Life Architect. He spent years building systems that made other companies move, then realized he never saw the family he was building them for. He wanted his time back. He and Lora designed a different foundation.

That blueprint is on the road with us now. His work is still structure: time, money, the hard conversation, one next move.

Lora Brown

Lora Brown is The Sensory Alchemist. She can see the picture you can't quite say and make it a room, a brand, a welcome. Their house had to make every person in it feel like it was home for them. That's how she learned what a space is for.

Her work is the feeling you walk into, and the one you get to keep.

From the field

The house had to hold everyone

We learned to design rooms because we needed a house that made everyone in it feel at home.

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