Don’t let the name fool you, this isn’t a podcast for moms. But you'll love it extra hard if you are!
Around here, Mother means creator. Creator of your life, your business, your style, and your identity.
I’m Lauren Messiah, stylist, entrepreneur, author, and educator. Whether you’re nurturing a newborn or nurturing a business idea, you’re a Mother in my eyes.
Each week, we’ll talk life, style, business, and I’ll even throw in a little woo for good measure.
So if you’re ready to create your life instead of living the one you think you’re supposed to have, lend me your ear and come down the Style Like a Mother rabbit hole with me.
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Breaking Free from Unrealistic Celebrity Style Standards
Wednesday, December 17, 2025 • Duration 18:21
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 on our personal style
Why the standards we're holding ourselves to are completely unrealistic
Let's connect: Have a question or want me to dive deeper into a topic from the episode? DM me on Instagram or email info@laurenmessiah.com
Maternity Leave for Entrepreneurs
Wednesday, December 10, 2025 • Duration 36:23
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 how to prepare your business for maternity leave and motherhood
How to get paid maternity leave as an entrepreneur
Let's connect: Have a question or want me to dive deeper into a topic from the episode? DM me on Instagram or email info@laurenmessiah.com
Cringe Your Way to the Top
Wednesday, December 3, 2025 • Duration 46:28
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!
How being cringe made me more money (and increased my business by 483%)
All the ways cringe can lead to spiritual and personal growth
How YOU can cringe your way to the top inside my 30 day challenge
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Let's connect: Have a question or want me to dive deeper into a topic from the episode? DM me on Instagram or email info@laurenmessiah.com
Entrepreneurship Before and After Motherhood
Wednesday, November 26, 2025 • Duration 40:07
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 financial pressure of supporting a family while figuring out “what’s next”
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 ruined clothes from baby messes, and feeling like she’s losing herself in motherhood.
We talk about:
- The difference between who you’re becoming and who you want to be - How your style can help you stay connected to yourself - Why your “fancy clothes” are meant to be lived in, not saved - Letting go of perfection and choosing presence
If you’ve ever looked at your closet and thought, “What’s the point?” this one’s for you.
The Missing Link: What My Hair Taught Me About Business
Wednesday, October 15, 2025 • Duration 35:49
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. I had a whole calendar mapped out, but life threw me a curveball. I was challenged to say “yes” to things I’d normally say “no” to, and here we are, on video, talking about a topic I never thought I’d share: my hair journey and how it ties into business and motherhood.
Buckle up, because this episode is raw, unstructured, and totally off the cuff.
My Hair Journey: Growing up mixed race in the DMV (DC, Maryland, Virginia area), my hair was always a struggle. My mom, who isn’t Black, did her best, but she didn’t know how to handle my texture. From mayonnaise treatments to dreadlocks in college, to chemical relaxers and disastrous DIY experiments, my hair has been a lifelong challenge. It wasn’t until I discovered wigs and weaves that everything changed. That missing link opened up a whole new world for me.
The Concept of the Missing Link: Whether it’s hair, business, or motherhood, there’s always a piece of information or guidance that can transform your journey. For me, discovering wigs and weaves was the missing link for my hair. In business, it was learning about marketing and sales. In motherhood, it’s understanding that you can’t do it all and need to prioritize.
Start Now, Figure It Out Later
Wednesday, October 8, 2025 • Duration 32:03
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 scary. That perfect time never comes! That's why I live by the motto Fire, Aim, Ready, not the other way around.
In this week's episode, we're talking about getting it done and embracing the one philosophy that has served me so well in business and, now, in my life as a mom: Start Now, Figure It Out Later. All of the most impactful moments in my career happened because I started before things were perfect. As scary as these moments were, they always worked out better than I could have imagined.
Why overthinking is just procrastination in a different outfit: I've trained over 7,000 stylists, and it's the most common thread I see holding people back.
How I started my YouTube channel: It started because two friends told me to just do it. So I had my assistant, who is NOT a videographer, hold my old iPhone in my kitchen, and we just started shooting. No fancy equipment, no scripts, no studio. I just committed to showing up consistently. And that little channel? That channel now has around 90,000 subscribers. It's led to TV spots, press, and over 90% of my customers found me there. All because I just started.
The story behind Style Boss Academy: I launched the course before I ever made the course. I was totally done teaching stylists, I was burnt out. But the idea wouldn't leave me alone, so I went to the beach with my journal and mapped it all out. I had no videos, no curriculum, just an idea and a checkout page. I set this huge, scary money goal, and the pre-launch did almost DOUBLE that.
A Mother of a Vision
Wednesday, October 1, 2025 • Duration 39:21
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 eight months postpartum, and I get to be a present mom and a badass entrepreneur. I am a 44-year-old woman who has built a career from absolutely nothing to massive success, and that’s a huge part of my identity that I’m not willing to give up. But I also want to be a full-time, fully present mother. I feel so lit up when I’m creating content for my business, and I feel just as lit up when I’m hanging out with my son, Onyx. So, I decided I would make my own path.
So, I’m creating a new, even bigger mother of a vision.
The Pants and Shirt Analogy: Why being asked to choose between career and motherhood is as ridiculous as choosing between pants or a shirt. You need both to function!
Breaking the Either/Or Narrative: Society loves to pit working moms against stay-at-home moms, but I’m here to say, “Why not both?”
The Power of Vision: How casting a vision for your life can change everything. I share my personal story of creating a vision at 34 for the life I’m living now at 44, and how it all unfolded perfectly.
Faith + Action = Magic: Vision boards are great, but you’ve got to take inspired action to make your dreams a reality. I share how I built my business step by step to align with my vision of being a present mom and a badass entrepreneur.
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How to Find Your Missing Link: Stop beating yourself up for not knowing everything. Ask questions. Seek guidance. Pray, journal, or call in the answers from the universe. Once you identify what’s missing, you can take the next right step to get closer to your goals.
Postpartum Hair Freedom: Since becoming a mom, I’ve been embracing my natural hair more and letting go of the need to hide behind extensions and wigs. It’s been freeing, and I’m learning to be okay with myself in this new chapter of life.
Episode Highlights:
-"Stop looking at other people and wondering what’s wrong with you. There’s nothing wrong with you, you just haven’t gained the complete knowledge yet."
-"If you change the question to start asking for all of the information, instead of beating your head against the wall, everything changes."
-"Figure out where you want to go, ask what’s missing, and then call in the guide or the next right step to close the gap."
Resources Mentioned In This Episode:
-YouTube Video Episode: If you want to see my face, then head over to my YouTube channel (@LaurenMassiah) and check it out.
Connect with Me:
So I have to ask you... what’s your missing link? What’s that one thing you feel like you’re stuck on, and what’s stopping you from asking for help? Shoot me a DM on Instagram (@laurenmessiah) or email me at info@laurenmessiah.com. I’d love to hear your story.
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See you next time!
XO,
Lauren
The creation of this very podcast: I didn't get a fancy studio or mic. I'm literally sitting in a Zoom room on my roof talking into my phone because I just decided to get it done.
Motherhood, the biggest Fire, Aim, Ready moment of my life: Getting pregnant with my son, naturally, at 43. A total surprise. I didn't have a birth plan, people kept asking me, “What’s your birth plan?” and I’d be like, "Uhh... give birth?". It forced me to let go of control and just go with the flow, and I'm honestly loving this new side of me.
Episode Highlights:
"Overthinking kills momentum. Getting in action is just going to snowball into more action."
"Start now, figure it out later. The finish is always freaking beautiful, even if the start is messy."
"Perfect doesn’t exist. The stars are never perfectly aligned for you to make that big, scary decision."
"We gotta do it messy. We gotta do it dirty. Because overthinking is just procrastination wearing a different outfit."
A very special announcement!
Speaking of Style Boss Academy, the four-year pre-launch anniversary is coming up 🎉🎉 From October 27th to the 31st, I'm holding the first-ever sale on the program, with lots of fun surprises. Make sure you're subscribed to my emails and watching my Instagram stories so you don't miss it!
Connect with Me:
So I have to ask you... what is that thing you've been sitting on that you could just start, like, today? Shoot me a DM on Instagram (@laurenmessiah) or email me at info@laurenmessiah.com. I’d love to hear your story.
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Follow @laurenmessiah for more insights on style, motherhood, and personal growth.
See you next time!
XO,
Lauren
Motherhood as a Spiritual Teacher: Motherhood has been the ultimate personal development journey for me. I share how becoming a mom has expanded my heart, my mind, and my perspective on life.
Creating Time for Both: There’s always time if you make it. I share how I structure my days to balance work, motherhood, and everything in between.
Daring to Dream Big: 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 before.
Episode Highlights:
"If you can imagine it in your mind, it means that in some way it can become a reality."
"Faith is fun when everything works out, but when you can’t see the working out, that’s where faith is actually faith."
"Dare to create a mother of a vision, even if it doesn’t fit into other people’s narratives."
I want to hear from you! I'm challenging you to dare to create your own mother of a vision. Don't worry about the "how" right now, just get clear on the "what." Shoot me a DM on Instagram (@laurenmessiah) or email me at info@laurenmessiah.com. I’d love to hear your story.
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