I came to this retreat alone, which is something that definitely isn’t natural for me, but I am committing keep doing because of a greater purpose. So as I nervously walked up to the icebreaker cocktail hour, I beelined it for the bar to get me some liquid courage.

Then I pushed past the discomfort to start chatting with strangers. Little did I know some of the amazing friendships that would come out of this weekend!

This week on the podcast, I had an awesome conversation with Alicia Soulier, owner of Capelli Salon Studio and founder of the incredible SalonScale app. Alicia is an entrepreneur and award winning hair stylist, and I had a blast talking with her.

A year ago, Alicia’s life changed.

I absolutely loved talking with my fellow anxious creative, Gina, way back in episode 13. So of course, I had to have her back for an encore!

This time, our conversation is all about dealing with social anxiety when you’re an entrepreneur, a stylist, and when your livelihood depends on talking to people.

Ten years into my career in the beauty industry, after some awesome accidental experiences in my travels to England and Australia, I was ready.

I was working in a salon that had recently had a change of ownership.

My boss had hired me right out of hair school, and she was awesome.

My chest felt tight, breathing was difficult, and my heart was pounding. I thought I was dying.

Turns out, it was just a severe panic attack.

We’re getting back to the Overshare! Do you remember my first episode of my podcast? Back when it was called “Overshared in the Salon Chair”?! I’m bringing Becky back to chat!