Style Like a Mother

I'm back after a Year of the Snake shedding period, and starting up on Substack! Come party with me:  https://substack.com/@laurenmessiah     Today's episode is inspired by a question from one of my Style Boss Academy students. She wanted to know how I was preparing my business for the Year of the Fire Horse (which starts on Feb 17th).   Inside the episode:   Why I Disappe...

Breaking Free from Unrealistic Celebrity Style Standards Pulling back the curtain on what makes your favorite celebrities so stylish 24/7. Spoiler Alert: It's an impossible standard that no woman should hold herself to. Inside this week's episode, we're setting a new style standard for ourselves. A standard that puts energy first and style second. Inside the episode: The influence celebrities have...

Navigating Maternity Leave as an Entrepreneur This is the information I wish I had when I was an expecting entrepreneur. Inside this episode we'll walk through practical tips for preparing your business for motherhood, going on a PAID maternity leave as an entrepreneur, and navigating growing your business while pregnant. Inside the episode: How to balance your business while pregnant Tips on...

Transform Your Life and Business by Being Cringe We're talking all things 'cringe' and how it impacts our lives and businesses. We often encounter cringe-worthy content on social media that triggers secondhand embarrassment. The fear of being cringe prevents us from starting new ventures, creating impactful work, and ultimately blocks our success. So let's cringe our way to the top!  Join the...

What it’s like to navigate entrepreneurship before and after becoming a mother. From time freedom to identity shifts, spiritual growth, money changes, and how a change in lifestyle impacts ambition. Inside the episode: How becoming a mom changed my business, finances, and priorities Running a business without childcare Redefining success to go beyond revenue and designer bags The emotional and fin...

If you’ve ever felt pressure to show up as the polished, filtered, “brand-friendly” version of yourself, this episode is for you.  What we talk about: The difference between realness vs. performative realness What social media used to feel like (the 2005 blogging era + drunk Twitter) Why people are craving authenticity more than ever The time I breastfed during a surprise "cameras on" po...

Can you borrow energy from clothing and transmute it into your own? We're exploring that concept in this week's episode 'The Frequency of Style.'  What we talk about: The story behind my $4,000 Prada bag and why it was more than just a purchase How style operates on a frequency and what it means to “borrow” that energy Why a Zara outfit can make you feel just as powerful as Prada (but on...

  Who Do You Want to Be? I almost didn’t record this episode. I was tired, just got back from traveling with Onyx (his first flight!), and after being stranded at LAX for 90 minutes without a car seat, the last thing I wanted to do was podcast. But a commitment is a commitment, and I made one to show up every week. This week’s episode was inspired by a DM from a listener who’s struggling with...

Episode 12:  The Missing Link: What My Hair Taught Me About Business This week’s episode is a special one, it’s the first time I’m recording on video! If you want to see my face while I talk, head over to my YouTube channel ( @LaurenMassiah ) and check it out. I don’t know if this video thing will be a regular thing, but for now, we’re rolling with it. This episode wasn’t planned at all....

Episode 11:  Start Now, Figure It Out Later Fire, Aim, Ready, not the other way around! I'm here to convince you to just go for it. If you're an entrepreneur, or anyone who has "given birth" to a business, a new identity, or a reinvention of yourself, this episode is for you. I'm tired of seeing people wait for the "perfect time" to start a business, a family, or anything that feels big and s...

Episode 10:  A Mother of a Vision Between career and motherhood, I want both! I’m casting a new vision, one that includes a $13M house, pancakes in the kitchen with my kids, and making more money as a mom than I ever did as a single, childless woman. In this week's episode, I'm sharing the story of how a vision I dared to have a decade ago completely shaped the life I'm living today. Now, I'm...

My uterus has been through it ... Fibroids, endometriosis, and cysts. Add my age to the mix, and you have a recipe for not getting pregnant. Yet here I sit, a new mom at 44, to a beautiful baby boy. 80% of women will develop fibroids by the age of 50. 25-30% of women will experience symptomatic fibroids. The symptoms? Heavy periods, anemia, pelvic pain, back pain, abdominal bloating, and difficult...

Episode 9:  Baby, Take a Shower!  How To Get Ready with a Newborn Society tells us that being a hot mess mom is just part of the deal, right? One day, I decided to experiment. I got dressed, nothing fancy, just a cute outfit, a little makeup, and my jewelry. I took Onyx and my dog, Yohji, out for a walk to the coffee shop. And you know what happened? Nothing. Nobody held the do...

Episode 8:  Romanticizing the Night Shift Sleepless nights? Sign me up! Those first two weeks home with Onyx were rough. My hormones were crashing, and every evening, as soon as it was time to go to bed, I knew I wasn’t going to sleep. I’d be waking up every couple of hours to feed, swaddle, change diapers, and cry. It felt like an endless cycle, and I hated it. But one night, as I sat t...

Episode 7:  When My Clothes Finally Fit, Will They Still Fit My Personality? Is that slight "no f*cks" personality shift a big shift when it comes to style? I had just given myself a style makeover before I found out I was pregnant. I was so excited about my new wardrobe, Vivienne Westwood corset pants, bold silhouettes, edgy pieces. Then, boom, pregnancy! None of it fit. And I kept wondering...

Episode 6:  Attack of the Postpartum Body Snatchers Everyone talks about the baby weight, but nobody talks about the B.O. ... In this episode, we’re diving into a topic that no one really prepares you for: the postpartum beauty experience. From hair shedding to body odor, leaky boobs, and mood swings, we’re getting real about what happens to your body after giving birth. This isn’t here to sc...

Episode 5:  The Stretchy Pants Surrender I was the stylist who swore by the mantra: “Leggings aren’t pants" until I became a mom  I lived by it, preached it, and believed it with every fiber of my being. But then, life happened. I became a mom, and let me tell you, those beliefs flew right out the window the second I got pregnant. Suddenly, soft pants became my lifeline. Becoming a mom c...

Episode 4:  Finding Inner Peace in a One-Piece Bathing suit or Buddha?  Body image after pregnancy isn’t always pretty. It’s messy, complicated, and often the last thing we want to “love” when we look in the mirror. In this week’s episode of Style Like a Mother , I’m getting real about my own body journey—from the sting of a childhood memory to the postpartum mirror check that damn...

Episode 3:  Having It All Without (gasp) a Nanny  Shock and horror when I tell folks I'm saying no to nannies and night nurses  Can you really have it all? And I mean ALL of it: the career, the relationship, the friendships, the beautiful home, the body, the hair, the nails... while also being a present mother who gets to enjoy every little piece of motherhood? And can you do it wit...

✨Bonus Episode✨ The Dragonflies Made Me Do It Y'all, this is a special one, I bought the Prada bag. Yes, THE Prada bag!! If you heard my previous podcast episode, then you know I was on the fence about buying a gorgeous (out of my style comfort zone) Prada bag. This bonus episode is all about the wild signs (hello, dragonflies!) and psychic downloads that led me to this moment, is all about...

Episode 2:  Prada or Pre-School "And then God said, let there be Prada!" Wait, what?! Let me back up ...    In this episode of the Style Like a Mother podcast, I'm discussing my big Prada dilemma. I’m taking you on an unexpected journey that started with a Coach bag and ended with a $3,450 Prada bag that has me questioning everything—my style, my identity, and g oing deep on the rel...

Episode 1:  Mother Messiah: The Identity Bitch Slap They say everything changes when you become a mother.     When you're not a mother, you kind of roll your eyes (and hope its not true) at that statement - at least I did. Motherhood was one of those things I thought I might experience in my lifetime, but never put too much weight into. Welcome to the very first episode of Style Lik...