Brianna Peacock shared their story and experiences with us recently and you can find our conversation below.
Brianna , it’s always a pleasure to learn from you and your journey. Let’s start with a bit of a warmup: What are you being called to do now, that you may have been afraid of before?
I’m being called to restore design to its original purpose — not as decoration, but as divine communication. Every space has a voice, and when design aligns with Heaven’s order, it carries the power to heal, bring peace, and awaken identity.
For years, I was hesitant to go against the current of the design world — hesitant to challenge a culture that glorifies trends, vanity, and price tags. But when God led me through a season of rebuilding, He didn’t just rebuild my business; He rebuilt me. He opened my eyes to see that true design begins in the unseen — where atmosphere becomes ministry and beauty becomes language.
Now, through Ora, I’m pioneering a new movement that blends design, psychology, neuroscience, and faith — what I call the Neurotheology of Design — where neuroscience meets the sacred, and every space becomes a vessel for peace and renewal.. It’s about creating spaces that don’t just look beautiful but feel like peace — environments that calm the mind, nurture the body, and speak to the spirit.
That’s what I’m called to do now, and it’s no longer something I fear — it’s something I was created for. This calling isn’t rebellion against the industry; it’s redemption within it.
Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
My name is Brianna Peacock, and I’m the founder and creative director of Ora — a design studio devoted to creating spaces that heal, inspire, and elevate the human spirit. Ora began nearly a decade ago, but what it has become today is something completely reimagined. After walking through a season where both my life and business were stripped down to their foundations, God led me into a time of consecration and rebuilding — not just for myself, but for Ora.
What emerged is something sacred: a design practice built on what I call The Theology of Atmosphere — the study of how environments influence the mind, body, and spirit, and how divine order can be expressed through beauty, form, and light. It’s where science meets Spirit, and where design becomes a living reflection of Heaven’s design for human wholeness.
Every texture, proportion, and rhythm within a space speaks — sometimes louder than words. Your surroundings are constantly preaching something to your nervous system, shaping how you think, feel, and even how you dream. When you begin to design with revelation, not just inspiration, your home becomes an ecosystem of peace, purpose, and presence.
What makes Ora unique is that I don’t design for clients — I design with the Holy Spirit, creating atmospheres that carry both aesthetic beauty and spiritual transformation. We’re teaching people that their environments aren’t random; they’re prophetic. Every color, light source, and spatial rhythm has the power to speak life. Ora is no longer just a design firm; it’s a movement. We’re here to teach people that their environment isn’t just where they live — it’s what forms the rhythm of their lives.
Thanks for sharing that. Would love to go back in time and hear about how your past might have impacted who you are today. Who saw you clearly before you could see yourself?
Without question — Jesus.
Long before I saw any value in myself, He saw the woman and the mission He designed me to become. I spent so many years seeing through the lens of brokenness — convinced that my past disqualified me, that my pain had permanently rewritten my purpose. But He never stopped calling me by my true name, even when I couldn’t recognize it.
When I named my company Ora nearly a decade ago, I didn’t fully understand why the name “light” in Hebrew resonated so deeply in my spirit. I just knew it felt holy. Looking back, I realize now that God was naming not just my business — He was naming me.
He knew that one day He would heal what was fractured, restore what was lost, and then use that light to illuminate others. Ora was a prophetic name long before I had the revelation to understand it. It was a promise hidden in plain sight — a reminder that He saw the end from the beginning.
In this new season, I see myself through the same lens He did all along: chosen, whole, and radiant with His purpose. What once felt like ashes has become atmosphere — a place where His light can dwell and bring life to others.
Was there ever a time you almost gave up?
Yes. There was a moment when I thought it was all over.
2023 became the culmination of the hardest two years of my life. Everything I had built — my business, my identity, my sense of direction — collapsed beneath me. What I once called success revealed itself as fragile, built on striving instead of surrender. I remember thinking I’d close Ora, fade quietly into survival, and never design again.
But God doesn’t end stories in ashes. He met me right there — not with quick fixes, but with an invitation. After a 21-day water fast in the fall of 2024, I felt Him ask me to give Him a year. No social media, no distractions, no noise — just Him. I have spent all of 2025 hidden away in His presence, fasting from the world and feasting on truth.
Somewhere in that silence, something holy happened. He began rebuilding me from the inside out — teaching me that Ora was never about interiors; it was always about atmospheres. That revelation became the foundation of what I now call The Theology of Atmosphere — the understanding that design can align the mind, body, and spirit with divine order.
I didn’t just find my purpose again — I found peace. The woman who was ready to walk away became the woman who now builds alongside the Master Designer Himself.
Sure, so let’s go deeper into your values and how you think. What are the biggest lies your industry tells itself?
The design industry tells itself that beauty is the goal — but beauty was never meant to be the end; it was meant to be evidence. True design isn’t just what pleases the eye, it’s what restores the soul. Yet for too long, we’ve worshiped the surface and ignored the substance beneath it.
One of the greatest lies is that perfection can create peace. It can’t. I’ve seen spaces polished to excellence and yet starved of life — immaculate rooms where everything is curated but nothing is alive. We’ve traded presence for presentation. The truth is, peace doesn’t come from symmetry; it comes from alignment — with divine order, with purpose, with truth.
Another lie is that luxury and peace are the same thing. They’re not. I’ve stood in rooms worth millions that carried no sense of rest. True peace can’t be purchased — it’s cultivated through alignment, intention, and atmosphere.
Or that design is material when, in reality, it’s profoundly spiritual. Every environment speaks to the human nervous system and the unseen parts of the heart. Light either heals or harms. Color either comforts or agitates. Texture can whisper safety or stir unrest. Our surroundings are constantly preaching, and most of us don’t even realize what sermon our spaces are speaking.
Through what I call The Theology of Atmosphere, I’ve learned that spaces are not neutral — they are prophetic. They either echo Heaven or amplify chaos. The industry has spent decades designing for the eyes, but Ora designs for the encounter — where atmosphere becomes language, and beauty becomes revelation.
The greatest truth I’ve learned is this: we were never called to decorate the world; we were called to heal it.
Before we go, we’d love to hear your thoughts on some longer-run, legacy type questions. What is the story you hope people tell about you when you’re gone?
I hope people say that I carried light. That I lived my life and built Ora in a way that made others feel the presence of God — not just in words, but in atmosphere. I don’t need to be remembered for awards or achievements; I want to be remembered for the peace people felt when they stepped into what I created because it was done with Holy spirit.
I hope they say I showed that design could be holy — that beauty could heal, and that excellence could exist without ego. That I helped people see their homes, their work, and their lives as sacred spaces where heaven and earth meet.
I want my story to be one of redemption — of a woman who was once broken but became whole, and then used that wholeness to rebuild others. That I didn’t just create environments, I cultivated encounters. That I reminded people that light isn’t something we design — it’s Someone we carry.
If people can look at Ora years from now and still sense the Presence that rebuilt me, then I’ll know my life told the right story. I hope the story they hear no matter the words used will always be Jesus.
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