In this episode, Misty sits down with Annie Fisher: salon owner, career stylist, and author of Love Is in the Hair: A Journey of Setbacks, Scissors, and Self-Worth. These two met for the very first time on this podcast, and it felt like two business besties finally finding each other.

Annie opens up about what it actually means to call yourself a career stylist (not "just a stylist"), how she navigated becoming a young mom while building a beauty career, why she opened her first salon in 2013 — and what led her to finally write the book she always knew was inside her.

This one goes deep. From healing work and radical self-acceptance, to the difference between boundaries and rules, to what it means to let go of expectations of other people — this conversation is packed with the kind of real talk that will make you want to pull over your car and take notes.

In this episode, you'll hear about:

• Why being a "career stylist" is an identity worth owning — and how the industry stigma still shows up
• Annie's journey from Glamour Shots makeup artist to 30-year career stylist and salon owner
• How she bet on herself as a young single mom when everyone said beauty "wasn't a real career"
• The pandemic shift that gave her a new mantra: if it's not a hell yes, it's a no
• Writing Love Is in the Hair — and why she wrote it for herself first
• Unpacking your stuff along the way (EMDR, therapy, faith, woo-woo — she's tried it all)
• The difference between boundaries and rules, and why that distinction matters
• Anger as a secondary emotion — and what it actually signals
• Why disappointment is usually just unmet expectations in disguise
• The gift of getting older: fewer f*cks, more self-acceptance

Connect with Annie Fisher:

• Instagram: @‌annie_fisher_hair
• Book: Love Is in the Hair — available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and wherever books are sold

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