Episode 26
Divorce. Ayahuasca. A Contractor in Court. And a Wedding Ring Melted Into a North Star. | Jodi Koch
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What happens when you lose your marriage, your entire team, and every identity you ever built around other people — all in the same season? In this episode of Plunge Into Prosperity, Brandi Kolosky sits down with Jodi Koch — Founder and CEO of Elizabeth Erin Designs, creator of the Designing in 5D process, and host of her own podcast by the same name — for one of the most deeply personal conversations in the show's history. Jodi has spent more than two decades transforming homes, vacation properties, and commercial spaces into what she calls "livable luxury" — over 300 high-end projects across Des Moines, Iowa; Destin, Florida; and Rochester, New York. Her clients include real estate investors, developers, and boutique hospitality brands building wealth through property. But this episode goes way beyond the portfolio. Jodi shares the full story of a season that stripped everything to the studs: a divorce that forced her to confront decades of unspoken pain, a company that restructured from 14 employees to zero and back (now running with 1099 contractors), and an ayahuasca ceremony where a stranger said the words no one had ever offered her without wanting something in return. She also tells the origin story that built the 5D process — a personal home build in Iowa where the contractor walked off the project, the budget ballooned more than sixty thousand dollars over, and the situation ended in court. That experience became the catalyst for every system she now uses to protect her clients. Topics in this episode: → What prosperity means when it is fueled by intuition and travel → Going from 14 employees to zero — and why she calls it a win → Launching North Star on Summer Solstice and melting a wedding ring into a pendant → Epigenetics and generational trauma — "baby feels everything" → Ayahuasca, plant medicine, and the words that changed her trajectory → The home build that created the Designing in 5D process → Naming a company after your twin daughters → Becoming a grandmother — twice CONNECT WITH JODI KOCH: → Elizabeth Erin Designs: https://elizabetherindesigns.com → Designing in 5D Podcast: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Amazon Music → LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jodipeterman/ → Instagram: @elizabetherindesigns
Show Notes
0:00 → Intro — Brandi in NYC, Welcome Jodi Koch 0:43 → What Prosperity Looks Like — Intuition, Travel, and Legacy 1:48 → "Intentionable" — Making Up Words and Making Them Stick 2:31 → Costa Rica, Bali, and Why the Earth Is Its Own Design 3:15 → Grounding, Natural Materials, and Static in the Body 4:22 → The Unraveling — Divorce, 14 Employees to Zero, and Rebuilding 5:36 → North Star — A New Product Born on Summer Solstice 6:07 → Melting Down a Wedding Ring Into a North Star Pendant 6:53 → Crystal and the Intuitive Human — Listening to Your Body 8:08 → Letting Go of Every Identity to Find the Real One 9:18 → What "Trust the Process" Actually Looks Like in Real Life 10:16 → Epigenetics — Three to Six Generations of Trauma in Your DNA 11:46 → Ayahuasca — "I'm Doing This So My Kids Don't Have To" 13:49 → "You Are Divine" — The Words No Man Had Ever Said for Free 17:27 → The Build That Broke Everything — a Contractor, a Court Case, and Sixty Thousand Over Budget 19:14 → Elizabeth and Erin — Naming a Company After Your Daughters 19:46 → Grandma Jodi — A Grandson, a Granddaughter Three Weeks New 20:16 → Where to Find Jodi Koch and Elizabeth Erin Designs 21:26 → Branded Close — Keep Plunging
About the Guest
Jodi Koch is the Founder and CEO of Elizabeth Erin Designs, a nationally recognized luxury interior design firm with offices in Des Moines, Iowa; Destin, Florida; and Rochester, New York. Over more than two decades and 300 high-end projects, Jodi has partnered with homeowners, real estate investors, developers, and boutique hospitality brands to create what she calls "livable luxury" — spaces that are stunning, functional, and rooted in intention. She is the creator of the Designing in 5D process (Discovery, Design, Develop, Deliver, Debut), a communication-first framework born from her own catastrophic home-build experience, and the host of the Designing in 5D podcast. Jodi is a graduate of Iowa State University, interned early in her career with Kay Unger New York, and named her firm after the middle names of her twin daughters, Hanna Elizabeth and Sydney Erin.
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