Anna Rova came to personal styling from a place I don’t hear very often. She built a seven-figure dating coaching business, closed it down, and then decided to become a personal stylist, even though she had never styled friends and family or really seen herself as the stylish one. Anna grew up in Moldova thinking […]

If you’ve been with me for the last two episodes, you know summer is the setup season. So if you’re not where you want to be right now, this is a really good time to stop assuming “summer is just slow” and look at what’s actually happening in your styling business before you head into […]

Every spring, stylists get busy. Client delivery picks up, the calendar fills, and the marketing starts to slow down. You’re still showing up, maybe sharing what you’re wearing, leaning on the links, but that deeper thought leadership that actually gets people to trust you and hire you starts to slip. Then summer arrives, the kids […]

I recently finished a full year of working with a nutrition and weightlifting coach, and I ended up weighing the exact same amount as when I started. On paper, that looks like a failure. But I actually think it may have been the first real shot I’ve ever had at lasting change, because what that […]

I hosted a stylist meetup in Los Angeles a few weeks ago, and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. I was sitting there listening as the established stylists traded client war stories and laughed, completely unfazed. Then it hit me that the newer stylists in the room were probably hearing something entirely […]

You’ve probably said some version of “I’m not ready yet” about your styling business and felt like that was the responsible answer. Maybe you’re still researching platforms, tweaking your offers, or telling yourself you need a few more clients under your belt before you can really go for it. From the outside, it looks like […]