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Don't Change A ThingEverything You Need to Know About Self-Acceptance: Podcast Season 2 FinaleWelcome to the Season 2 finale of “Don’t Change A Thing”! From redefining beauty and reclaiming confidence to owning personal-style and radical self-love, our wonderfully unique and singular guests remind us that freedom begins when we stop trying to fit in. Tune in to this final episode for golden takeaways and nourishing nuggets that will transform the way you think about deep, unrestrained self-acceptance, along with exciting news of what’s coming soon from Style Like U!What were your favorite moments from this season? Let us know!Watch the video version of the podcast: YouTube...
2025-08-1640 min
Don't Change A ThingMy Superpower is Being “Too Much”: Moonchild SanellySinger, songwriter, and fashion designer Moonchild Sanelly has reclaimed the label “overbearing” as a badge of honor. When mentors told her she was too much, she refused to shrink, proving instead the power that is creative expression unrestricted by boxes or rules. Moonchild’s music is her medicine, and her style, sound, and story are declarations of freedom. She processes her pain through her music in order to heal herself and others, overcoming eating disorders, sexual abuse, and bullying, and gifting the world with the truth: being yourself is never too much.Watch the video version of the po...
2025-08-0243 min
Don't Change A ThingRejecting the Hetero Blueprint Was My Gateway to the Good Life: Lava La RueMusician and director Lava La Rue opts out of any system that seeks to control them. From embracing their queerness in the face of a traditional Christian background to rejecting the idea of a 9 to 5, they take accountability for their choices, which has aligned them with their truth and set them free. Tune in now to learn why having the bravery to stand out not only brings your life together but is the antidote to our world’s judgement, hatred, and violence.Watch the video version of the podcast: YouTube.com/StyleLikeUFOLLOW STYLELIKEU ON IG...
2025-07-1957 min
Don't Change A ThingHow Adversity Gave Me My Voice: Intersex “Ponyboi” Filmmaker River GalloIntersex filmmaker and actor River Gallo debuted their first feature-length film “Ponyboi” on June 27th, turning their “otherness” into their power. Coming of age in an antiquated world that tried to erase them by deeming their intersex variant medically and socially “faulty,” River discovered the truth of their wholeness through the joy of self-expression, sobriety, and spiritual enlightenment. Tune in now to learn how they overcame the crushing weight of being forced into the mold of manhood and unlocked their creativity through their fluidity: when there was no room for them at the table, they built a stage.Watch the...
2025-07-0558 min
Don't Change A ThingHot, Wise, and Free in her 70s: Creator of “The Vagina Monologues” V (Formerly Eve Ensler)V (formerly Eve Ensler), rebellious flower child and author of “The Vagina Monologues”, DEMANDS liberation. In a world that once tried to destroy her, surviving family sexual abuse as a child, she claims life, committed to feeling the depths of pain and the heights of joy. V defends humanity in the face of fascism, from protesting nude in her 20s to embracing her sensuality in her 70s. Tune in to this week’s episode to learn how V healed from her trauma and reconnected with the magnificent creature she’s always been.Watch the video version of the podc...
2025-06-211h 18
Don't Change A ThingEverything You’ve Been Told Is a Lie: Barry BrandonQueer, creative powerhouse Barry Brandon found his way back to his heel-wearing, unshackled childhood self by embracing a radical truth: everything he’d been told was a lie. After surviving multiple heart surgeries before his mid twenties, Barry realized early on that he couldn’t live his life “safe,” watered-down, or stuck behind a desk. Instead he unlocks the portal to his most freed self through small moments of defiance that ultimately turn into life-defining choices. Tune in to this week’s episode to learn how Barry truly breaks out of the Matrix – refusing the victim-narrative, calling out the myths design...
2025-06-051h 13
Don't Change A ThingA Rockstar With a Limb-Difference: Victoria CanalSinger-songwriter Victoria Canal was born with one arm – but that never stopped her from stepping into the spotlight. Victoria challenges assumptions and questions celebrity culture, embodying the liberating belief that your body doesn’t define how you move through the world. Embracing her limb-difference, position in the public eye, and recovery from sexual assault, Victoria makes space to live out her depth and nuance. She reveals that while her wildest dream is to win a Grammy, she also craves creating art off-the-grid for the sake of self-expression; simply “being” and living out your complex wholeness is, and always has been, en...
2025-05-291h 00
Don't Change A Thing“Bad Feminist” Roxane Gay: Is Perfection Holding You Back from Self-Acceptance?Author, "bad feminist", and cultural icon Roxane Gay believes that self-acceptance isn’t a destination – in a society obsessed with robotic perfectionism, embracing our messy, complex humanity is a radical mindset. She attempts to welcome the parts that don’t fit the mold of her “ideal” self, including her trauma, fatness, age, lack of self-love and finding romance later in life. Roxane chooses acceptance over shame, nuance over binaries, and grace over judgement for herself and others. How would you feel if you forgave yourself for your short-comings and mistakes?Watch the video version of the podcast: YouTube.co...
2025-05-1557 min
Don't Change A ThingI’m 35 and the Biological Clock Is Ticking: Elisa & Lily on Motherhood vs CareerIn this special Mother’s Day episode of DCAT, Elisa and Lily get raw about the pressure of the biological clock—from Lily’s decision to freeze her eggs at 35 to Elisa’s choice to leave her styling career to become a full-time mom. Together, they explore the sacrifices motherhood demands, the tension between ambition and caregiving, and the intergenerational conflict around bringing children into an uncertain world. Is choosing motherhood an act of hope—or a gamble on a future that feels impossible to trust?Watch the video version of the podcast: YouTube.com/StyleLikeUWe want...
2025-05-0838 min
Don't Change A ThingHow Chappell Roan’s Stylist Failed Her Way to Success: Genesis WebbHow did Genesis Webb go from a misunderstood, punk wallflower in the Bible Belt to superwoman stylist to artists like Chappell Roan and Lisa? A mixture of constant failure and unyielding faith in her authentic self. Tune in to this week’s episode to learn how being an outcast gave Genesis the strength to drive pop culture.Watch the video version of the podcast: YouTube.com/StyleLikeUWe want to hear from you! Submit a question https://forms.gle/qBSPjn88TWYSRAaN8 or DM us about topics you’d like us to discuss in our monthly moth...
2025-05-0144 min
Don't Change A ThingThe Bible Says the Truth Will Set You Free… & I’m GAY: Queen of Melrose Cosmo LombinoHow do you get to be the Queen of Melrose? You start as a little catholic queen with a mob dad and an accepting family, punching the bullies back, and living steadfastly by his own version of the Bible adage “the truth will set you free.” That’s how gay internet personality, fashion designer, and stylist Cosmo Lombino did it anyways. From his battle with addiction to the soaring success of self-expression that is his store “Cosmo’s Glamsquad,” tune in to get inspired by Cosmo Lombino and how he never waited for permission to crown him/her/themself!Watch t...
2025-04-2445 min
Don't Change A ThingI Failed Loudly to Get This Fearless: Amber RuffinAfter over a decade of being vulnerable on stage, comedian Amber Ruffin delivers the magnetic message that someone else’s truth is your lie, so take risks and fail loudly, because you are discovering your most authentic path. Amber has learned not to shrink herself – in fact, she’s embraced herself so much that she was uninvited from hosting the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Tune in to this week’s episode to learn how Amber taps into her “consequences be damned” attitude, pushing humor to access the deep courage and honesty that our society so desperately needs.Watch the vi...
2025-04-1748 min
Don't Change A ThingHow I Loved Myself When My Family Didn’t: Flèche LoveMusician, composer, and artist Flèche Love found strength in her imagination, using clothing, music, and her voice as a vehicle to access the self-worth she didn’t receive in her loveless childhood home. She healed herself through self-expression, renaming herself, writing music, covering herself in tattoos, learning multiple languages, and dressing herself into the characters she imagined. Tune in to this week’s episode to learn how Flèche Love reclaimed and redefined herself from a victim of trauma to an agent of love as power.Watch the video version of the podcast: YouTube.com/StyleLikeUW...
2025-04-1056 min
Don't Change A ThingLena Waithe Is at Peace With Being DifferentLena Waithe, Emmy winning writer, actor, and producer, has learned one essential writer’s rule: don’t judge your characters, but rather try to understand them. Living in a state of nonconformity and nuance, she has no need to worship OR tear down idols and celebrities, treats herself and others with grace, and is committed to the limitless internal value and beauty that everyone possesses, regardless of what society has told her. Tune in to this week’s episode to learn how Lena lives life with abandon, unafraid of failing, beginning again, or facing the real journey of life: accept...
2025-04-0351 min
Don't Change A ThingLove Yourself Like Democracy Depends on It: Sarah JonesIn this week’s episode, actress, comedian, writer, and director Sarah Jones is the embodiment of turning rejection into alignment. As a multicultural, Black artist who always felt like she was too much, she was boxed into minor, stereotypical roles in the entertainment industry. So, she created her own Tony Award-winning cast of diverse characters in her one-woman shows. Now she’s taking her understanding of the power of self-acceptance to the next level in this moment of extreme polarization through her podcast “America, Who Hurt You?”, spreading the message that the only way we can heal our country’s division...
2025-03-271h 03
Don't Change A ThingWhy Skinny Is Back In, StyleLikeU Origins, & Call for Listener Questions: Lily and ElisaHave you ever wondered what it would be like to work with your mom? In this week’s episode, Elisa and Lily uncover the StyleLikeU origin story and get real about everything from FOMO to the underbelly of the fashion industry to their recent decision to “individuate” after 15 years of working side-by-side. Tune in now to hear how grappling with being beginners again has pushed their self-acceptance journeys to a next chapter amidst a cultural backlash against liberation.We want to hear from you! Submit a question https://forms.gle/qBSPjn88TWYSRAaN8 or DM us about topics you’d...
2025-03-2031 min
Don't Change A ThingHow this Death Doula Cracked the Code to Life: Alua ArthurNew York Times bestselling author Alua Arthur did everything “right,” but after years as a lawyer left her drained and numb to her humanity, she found a surprising escape – death work. As a death doula, Alua discovered the freedom to be fully alive, guiding the dying and their loved ones to the next chapter. Tune into this week’s episode to learn how a loving relationship with death, aligned Alua in her purpose of helping others by radically accepting life, death, and ALL parts of themselves.Watch the video version of the podcast:YouTube.com/StyleLik...
2025-03-1346 min
Don't Change A ThingWhy Emilia Fart Traded in Being Small to Be FreeFrom villainesque lipstick to braid charms made of drag queens’ earrings, gay, fat artist, writer, and YouTuber Emilia Fart unapologetically fills her reality with magic. Whether she’s using her platform to call out hate speech, or dressing in layered, deliciously monochrome outfits to break suffocating beauty standards, she thrives through taking up space. Tune in to this week’s episode as Emilia reveals how to be extravagant in a world that wants you to be small.Watch the video version of the podcast: YouTube.com/StyleLikeUFOLLOW STYLELIKEU: @stylelikeu SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLET...
2025-03-0652 min
Don't Change A ThingHow this Boomer Became a Gen Z Style Icon: Heidi ClementsWriter, storyteller, style-lover, and viral pro-aging influencer Heidi Clements’ bread and butter is convincing women to be confident in exactly who they are. Heidi has lived a life full of self-discovery, including navigating childhood trauma, shedding shame through sobriety, and becoming fully comfortable in her single status – but still open to being swept off her feet. Tune into this week’s episode as Heidi reveals to Elisa how she’s given up a life of people-pleasing, putting herself first in the pursuit of freedom and contagious confidence.Watch the video version of the podcast: YouTube.com/StyleLikeUFOL...
2025-02-2759 min
Don't Change A ThingI Infiltrated the Met Gala…in a Dress Made of Garbage: Maya Penn25 year-old veteran environmentalist, artist, and sustainable designer Maya Penn’s never felt ashamed of being an outsider. At eight years old Maya harnessed the hope of climate activism as a form of self-love against systems of greed and destruction. She’s never been one to follow a trend, from insisting on her natural curls, to giving three Ted Talks, to wearing a dress made of garbage to the Met Gala. Tune in to this week’s episode as Maya reveals to Elisa how she’s fully accepted herself as a force of nature, driven by her life’s purpose: creating a...
2025-02-2055 min
Don't Change A ThingWhy I gave up my Happily Ever After: April KaeApril Kae, artist and viral bassist in the band Fever 333, used to live her life to please others. From eating disorders to clothing, she erased herself and her curves in the pursuit of safety. She unsuccessfully chased happiness and self-worth through her devotion to caretaking and marriage, starving herself emotionally in the process. Tune into this week’s episode as April reveals to Elisa how she broke the vicious cycle of invisibility and now takes up space, defying society’s expectations with her art and music and nourishing herself fully in every aspect of life.We’re excite...
2025-02-131h 05
Don't Change A ThingTrans Supergirl Nicole Maines’ Secret to Self-AcceptanceNicole Maines, trans activist, actor, and bestselling author, never doubted who she was from three years old. In this week’s episode, she explores with Elisa the painful journey of having to hide in order to survive - something no one should ever have to do. Tune in now to learn how she maintained the strength to be unapologetically herself, secure the legal right for trans kids across her state to use school bathrooms, and take up the mantle of TV’s first ever live-action trans superhero, Dreamer, in the CW hit series Supergirl. Now with the release of her...
2025-02-061h 05
Don't Change A ThingHow Letting Go of Shame Got Me Off the Sidelines | Bestselling Author Candice BrathwaiteTo the untrained eye, Candice Brathwaite—bestselling author, podcaster, journalist, and presenter— had it all, including a vivacious wardrobe. But in this week’s episode, she reveals to Elisa that while she was talking the talk, she wasn’t truly walking the walk, seeking approval from external sources. Tune in now to learn how Candice has truly cracked the code to wringing everything out of life: making herself vulnerable and accepting ALL parts of herself.Watch the video version of the podcast:YouTube.com/StyleLikeUFOLLOW STYLELIKEU:@stylelikeu SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NE...
2025-01-301h 09
Don't Change A ThingMother-Daughter Duo Elisa & Lily Get Real: We’re Changing (Some) Things for Season 2!Welcome back to Season 2 of our video podcast, “Don’t Change a Thing”!This season, we’ve shifted to a virtual format to reach our dream guests from all over the world. Expect endless golden nuggets as we interview guests who work to proudly own their identities, discover their personal style, challenge societal norms, and embrace their differences as superpowers.Another change this season: Elisa is stepping into her voice as the primary host while Lily’s stepping into her shoes as a documentary director, working on exciting projects both within and beyond StyleLikeU 📹. But don’t wo...
2025-01-2330 min
Don't Change A ThingWhy People Hate When You’re in Love With Yourself: Jeffrey Marsh’s Guide To Being ‘Too Much’In this episode of Don't Change a Thing, a solo Elisa goes deep with Jeffrey Marsh, the non-binary author and life coach—not to mention viral TikTok star—who wasn’t always the ray of sunshine you see today. Growing up, Jeffrey’s visible queerness made them a target, and their isolation and pain led them to a place of despair where they were forced to denounce everything about themselves that was supposedly ‘too’ much. But, they did realize their otherness held great power; anytime they entered a room, they had the ability to make time churn to a halt as adul...
2024-10-0355 min
Don't Change A ThingHow I Tore through Menopause Feeling Hotter than Ever: Sexual Liberator Pamela MadsenWelcome to this new episode of our video podcast, “Don’t Change a Thing”!In this episode, Elisa and Lily sit down with Pamela Madsen, the vivacious sexuality educator, author, and advocate who is all about helping women connect to their most erotic selves to live their best lives. Married from a young age and long affected by an eating disorder, Pamela underwent a metamorphosis in her 40s, learning about the power of touch through gay men as she started to feel safe in her body and discover her sexual sovereignty.Now in her 60s and fu...
2024-09-191h 04
Don't Change A ThingMy Dreams Came True—Just as I Lost My Brother: Jonica BoothIn this NEW episode of our video podcast, "Don't Change a Thing," Elisa and Lily invite comedian and Rap Sh!t on Max star Jonica “Blu” Booth to get vulnerable about one of the most challenging times of her life. The moment Jonica got the dream opportunity she’d been working towards was the moment her brother lost his life.Watch the video version of the podcast: YouTube.com/StyleLikeUFOLLOW STYLELIKEU: @StyleLikeU SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER: StyleLikeU.comFOLLOW JONICA BOOTH: @jonicabluboothSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/pri...
2024-09-0553 min
Don't Change A ThingBlond in Car: I Found My Purpose at 58Welcome to this new episode of our video podcast, “Don’t Change a Thing”, now published the second and fourth Thursdays of the month! This episode finds Elisa and Lily interviewing Robin Schorr as they dive deep into what it means to experience a total rebirth long after society’s told you it’s not possible. At age 58, Robin—a prestigious Hollywood film exec and producer— had an epiphany: why was she so hardcore about a career that wasn’t her life’s purpose?Never quite fitting in as she climbed the Hollywood ladder, Robin suppressed her love...
2024-08-221h 08
Don't Change A ThingVictoria Pedretti: I Felt So Insecure on Broadway But Now I’m Owning Who I AmWelcome to the fifth episode of our new podcast, Don’t Change a Thing, sponsored by BetterHelp, the online, accessible therapy site. Visit Betterhelp.com/dontchange and use promo code: dontchange to try BetterHelp today. In this NEW episode of our podcast, "Don't Change a Thing," Elisa and Lily reconnect with actress Victoria Pedretti who previously sat down with them for an episode of “What’s Underneath.” Victoria—star of Netflix’s “The Haunting of Hill House,” “The Haunting of Bly Manor” and “You”—has recently been making waves on Broadway in “An Enemy of the People.” She dives into her experience o...
2024-08-0858 min
Don't Change A ThingHow Designer Mara Hoffman Found the Courage to Shut Down Her Sustainable LabelWelcome to the fourth episode of our new podcast, Don’t Change a Thing, sponsored by BetterHelp, the online, accessible therapy site. Visit Betterhelp.com/dontchange and use promo code: dontchange to try BetterHelp today. In this NEW episode of our podcast, "Don't Change a Thing," Elisa and Lily sit down with Mara Hoffman, the groundbreaking sustainable fashion designer who recently made the tough decision to shutter her eponymous label of 24 years. Mara, who worships women, reflects on the joy she’s received over the years celebrating all bodies with her inclusive clothes as she grappled with being...
2024-07-251h 07
Don't Change A ThingWhy Jordan Underwood Won’t Stop Dismantling FatphobiaWelcome to the third episode of our new podcast, Don’t Change a Thing, sponsored by BetterHelp, the online, accessible therapy site. Visit Betterhelp.com/dontchange and use promo code: dontchange to try BetterHelp today.In this NEW episode of our podcast, "Don't Change a Thing," Elisa and Lily sit down with Jordan Underwood, a queer, trans, non-binary activist, model, and dancer who shares their experience being an active, healthy fat person who developed Lipodema, a disorder that led them to gain 150 pounds and become immobile. Jordan reflects on the mistreatment they’ve faced in the healthcare syst...
2024-07-181h 17
Don't Change A ThingHow A Breakup, Losing a Pet & The Pandemic Made Sonya Renee Taylor Unapologetically JoyfulWelcome to the 2nd episode of our new video podcast, ‘Don’t Change a Thing’!In this episode, Elisa and Lily sit down with Sonya Renee Taylor, author of seven books including the best-selling The Body is Not an Apology, on her journey from life collapsing around her in 2020 to finding the ultimate home in herself through the power of radical self-love.In this transformative conversation, Sonya shares her journey from surviving to thriving by tending to herself and her grief. Watch the video version of the podcast: YouTube.com/StyleLi...
2024-07-111h 35
Don't Change A ThingMadonna’s Stylist B. Åkerlund Makes Middle Age CoolWelcome to the relaunch of our podcast, with a new name, ‘Don’t Change a Thing’, sponsored by BetterHelp, the online, accessible therapy site. Visit Betterhelp.com/dontchange and use promo code: dontchange to try BetterHelp today.In our premiere episode, we sat down with the legendary B. Akerlund who has styled Madonna, Lady Gaga, Beyonce and more. We first featured her 10 years ago in our Closet series and caught up with her today to talk about aging, motherhood, her career, rejecting the pressures of productivity and more! Plus, we unpack key takeaways from B’s intervi...
2024-06-2737 min
The Man Enough PodcastCreating Positive Self-Expression and Body Image with StyleLikeU’s Elisa and LilyLily Mandelbaum and Elisa Goodkind, the mother-daughter duo behind the groundbreaking digital media platform “StyleLikeU,” join us for a truly inspirational conversation about body positivity (25:07), self-love, confidence, and the beauty of embracing "what's underneath." Tune in for an exciting announcement: StyleLikeU is partnering with Man Enough to release a new season of the popular What’s Underneath series, titled “What’s Underneath: Masculinity.” (11:42) For the first time in StyleLikeU’s history the series will exclusively focus on men and masculinity! Pulling from a shared belief in the connective power of vulnerability and truth (15:24), this collaboration is set to redefin...
2023-11-061h 03
Hello IsaacStyleLikeU Co-Founders, Elisa Goodkind & Lily MandelbaumIsaac Mizrahi goes deep with StyleLikeU’s Elisa Goodkind and Lily Mandelbaum about what it’s like to work as a mother/daughter team, embracing your body and who you are, how they retaliated when their idea was stolen and more.Follow Hello Isaac on @helloisaacpodcast on Instagram and TikTok, Isaac @imisaacmizrahi on Instagram and TikTok and StyleLikeU on Instagram @stylelikeu.(Recorded on August 24, 2023)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2023-09-1846 min
Don't Change A ThingWe Never Knew We Were Pregnant: How Queer Couple Syd & August Found Purpose In Surprise ParenthoodWatch Syd and August's Full Video Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j43r8PbDmqA&t=42s&ab_channel=StyleLikeUAbout StyleLikeUIf you agree that facades separate us and being radically honest brings us together, please take a moment to subscribe to our channel and share this video with any friends or family who could benefit from feeling less alone in their journeys with mental health. Don’t forget to click the bell so you’re aware of every time we upload a new episode.New Episodes drop Thursdays! Follow Augusth...
2021-06-251h 00
Don't Change A ThingSaying No to Broadway's Beauty Standards is What Makes Hamilton's Suni Reid a True StarWatch Suni's Full Episode Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUmg_OB20Og&ab_channel=StyleLikeU See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2021-06-101h 08
Don't Change A ThingHow Claire Raymond Lost Mobility and Gained FreedomWatch Claire's Full Video Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TYFSm9h6xc&ab_channel=StyleLikeU See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2021-06-031h 04
Don't Change A ThingHow Amputee Domonique Echeverria Found the Strength to Love Life In a New BodyWatch Domonique's Full Video Here: See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2021-05-2853 min
Don't Change A ThingHow Domonique Echeverria Found the Strength to Love Life In A New BodyWatch Domonique's Full Video Here:
2021-05-2757 min
Don't Change A ThingLosing Both Breasts to Cancer Won't Stop Angela Trimbur From Dancing Through Life**About our Mental Health Awareness Campaign with Spring Health: **Spring Health is breaking barriers to mental health by working with employers to give employees fast and easy access to the right care, at the right time. In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, together with Spring Health, we are creating opportunities for YOU to share your mental health journeys online and ‘in person’ at our virtual ‘What’s Underneath: Collective Therapy’ summit in June.Follow @stylelikeu and @springhealth on Instagram for more details and announcements on how you can participate and share in the healing power of v...
2021-05-2056 min
Don't Change A ThingAki Hirata Baker Does Not Think She's Better Than Her DepressionWatch Aki's Full Video Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwYBQFTe9yM**About our Mental Health Awareness Campaign with Spring Health: **Spring Health is breaking barriers to mental health by working with employers to give employees fast and easy access to the right care, at the right time. In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, together with Spring Health, we are creating opportunities for YOU to share your mental health journeys online and ‘in person’ at our virtual ‘What’s Underneath: Collective Therapy’ summit in June.Follow @stylelikeu and @springhealth on Instagram for more d...
2021-05-131h 04
Don't Change A ThingHow Star Athlete Rwenshaun Miller Found the Will to Live by Expressing His EmotionsWatch Rwenshaun's Full Video Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgM8ijWOw1oSpring Health is breaking barriers to mental health by working with employers to give employees fast and easy access to the right care, at the right time.In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, together with Spring Health, we are creating opportunities for YOU to share your mental health journeys online and ‘in person’ at our virtual ‘What’s Underneath: Collective Therapy’ summit in June. Follow @stylelikeu and @springhealth on Instagram for more details and announcements on how you can participate and share i...
2021-05-1358 min
Don't Change A ThingHow Putting The Breaks on Sex & Dating Propelled Dronme Davis Into Loving HerselfWatch Dronme's Full Video Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKG0IVLHv1g&ab_channel=StyleLikeUSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2021-04-291h 10
Don't Change A ThingReckonings Along His Journey to Stardom: Musician Olu of EarthgangWatch the full video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf7hbSvv3yE&t=2s&ab_channel=StyleLikeU See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2021-04-1551 min
Don't Change A ThingHow Queer Activist Yves Fought For His Life and is Now Fighting For YoursWatch Yves' Full Video on YouTube Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKllJo8ECIQ&t=8s&ab_channel=StyleLikeU See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2021-04-011h 08
Don't Change A ThingBea Dixon is A Boss Who's Embracing Her Masculinity & Liberating The VaginaWatch Bea's Full Video on YouTube Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z5PNqnFpQw&ab_channel=StyleLikeUSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2021-03-191h 03
Don't Change A ThingBea Dixon is A Boss Who’s Embracing Her Masculinity & Liberating The Vagina FOLLOW STYLELIKEU:Join the movement on Patreon: https://bit.ly/3sa8Mxw Instagram: https://bit.ly/3q32JsZ Facebook: https://bit.ly/3bl0LA7Newsletter: https://bit.ly/35nTMCC
2021-03-181h 03
Don't Change A ThingHow Richie Reseda Found the Courage to Choose Himself Over Patriarchal Prison CultureTo support Richie’s work to abolish prisons and patriarchy, please donate to Success Stories here: https://www.successstoriesprogram.org/Watch Richie's Full Video Here:See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2021-03-111h 02
Don't Change A ThingCeyenne Doroshow is Black, Trans, Powerful and ForeverWatch Ceyenne's Full Video Here: https://www.youtube.com/results?search\_query=ceyenne+stylelikeuSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2021-02-261h 05
Don't Change A ThingHow Leon Ford Transformed Being Paralyzed by Police Brutality Into Love and PurposeWatch Leon's Full Video On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCXQkMgrLQ4&ab_channel=StyleLikeUSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2021-02-181h 10
Don't Change A ThingActress Kiersey Clemons Accepts Her Mental Health Diagnosis and Stands Up To Racism in HollywoodCheck out Kiersey's What's Underneath video interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHIZympOlLc&t=21s&ab_channel=StyleLikeUSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2021-02-1252 min
Don't Change A ThingBLM Activist Janaya Khan is The Future’s Brightest Light & Wants You to Know You Are TooCheck out Janaya's full video on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vmpxcq_XZg&t=35s&ab_channel=StyleLikeUSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2021-02-081h 06
Don't Change A ThingWe’re Back with What’s Underneath: Black Voices!Check out Janaya's Full Video on YouTube Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vmpxcq_XZg&ab_channel=StyleLikeUSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2021-02-0507 min
ProgressPureStyleLikeU - True Style is Self Acceptance, with Elisa Goodkind and Lily Mandelbaum#34 In this episode of The Progress Pure Podcast, Molly sits down with Elisa and Lily, the mother-daughter duo who co-founded multimedia platform, StyleLikeU. In this episode they discuss vulnerability, how their perspectives on their own body and style have changed, their relationship to one another, the journey of their esteemed 'The What's Underneath Project' and any advice they have.
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2021-01-311h 08
Don't Change A ThingThe Risk of Revealing Yourself: Dancing To Be Seen with Kate ShelaIn this week’s episode of our podcast, former Fashion Stylist turned Radical Dance Teacher, Kate Shela, wants to be seen for exactly who she is, no matter the “risk.” She exchanged her career in fashion and the dream of being a professional dancer (both paths that relied on achieving unattainable ideals of external perfection) for the rewards of healing herself and others as a teacher of the legendary 5 Rhythms dynamic movement practice, a method of dance that allows people to embody their whole, messy, imperfect selves. In keeping with her courage to tear off masks, Kate dared herself to see...
2019-08-201h 00Don't Change A ThingStacy London: A Midlife Renaissance After What Not to WearElisa and Lily sit down with inspirational stylist, fashion consultant, author, magazine editor, and former co-host of What Not To Wear, Stacy London.
Style by fire, Stacy’s trademark “Morticia” gray streak grew in when she was eleven and she has been refusing to hide it ever since. But it isn’t until turning 50 that she is actually having a midlife Renaissance in her Princess dresses and finally feeling a deep comfort in her skin. She is coming into her own having done life her way; not married, without kids and never having had a conventional job. This aft...
2019-05-301h 05Don't Change A ThingToo Cute for Two Genders: Activist and Futurist Janaya KhanTheir own hero, Janaya’s all-black uniform can be packed in 7 minutes flat in case they are called to the front lines as an activist and organizer, where they have the responsibility of redirecting rage and rallying community around politically and socially charged moments. You will also find them wearing black in the boxing ring, where they have learned to punch without apology and where they have found refuge as a black, queer, non-binary person in an inclusive space. Janaya’s heroic qualities are also pronounced by their title of Futurist, which was given to them by members of the...
2019-05-2357 minDon't Change A ThingBecoming Herself by Becoming Others: Comedian Chloe FinemanRelinquishing shame and stepping into her fullest self is what impersonating others did for Chloe Fineman once she discovered comedy. But her journey to this comfort within only came after lots of zigs and zags. For years, Chloe struggled to fit into a traditional acting career that demanded she shrink herself both literally and figuratively to fit into a waify ingenue “hot girl box.” But a bout with anorexia followed by a chapter of overeating ice cream and blowing out her thyroid led to a dramatic weight gain that became the turning point in Chloe’s path towards fully owning...
2019-05-0959 minDon't Change A ThingNeema Githere: Choosing Self-Love Over Yale and The AlgorithmBorn in Kenya of Maasai and Kikuyu roots, Neema Githere has faced the harsh realities of growing up in racist America and, at 21 is proudly living the life of her choosing. With her crown of Bantu hair knots and rainbow braids, she had the smarts to get into almost every ivy league school from a small town in Colorado, where she was feared and fetishized for her difference. She later had the bravery to drop out of Yale in favor of a life outside the systems that oppress her, upon realizing that she was unhappy in an elitist academia...
2019-05-0259 minDon't Change A ThingSister Leona: A Shirtless Superhero is Setting Women FreeThe objectification of women, as represented by the sexualization and thus censorship of their breasts, is such a profound form of systemic oppression that Sister Leona sees no other route to liberation than to rip off her shirt, tap into her inner superhero and take to the streets in protest. Her goal is to get the Equal Rights Amendment into the Constitution and showing up topless outside of the Kavanaugh Supreme Court hearings and getting arrested is not Leona’s only rebel cry. A mustache and goatee that she draws onto her face exaggerate the extreme hypocrisy of what is...
2019-04-181h 00Don't Change A ThingFrom Number One to Freedom: WuTang’s RZAFounder of The Wu Tang Clan, Rapper, Producer, Musician, Actor, Filmmaker, Author, Writer and soon-to-be creator of a TV show about his life, RZA (aka Robert Fitzgerald Diggs) is all grown up. From wearing army fatigues in the 90s, which represented the militant mindset that initially brought RZA to superstardom, the icon has emerged in 2019 as a Renaissance man who appreciates the reverence that comes with the occasional suit and tie. Among the many insights that RZA lets us in is on how he has remained comfortable in himself amidst the bright lights of Hollywood. Further, he shares how...
2019-04-111h 06Don't Change A ThingClaiming Her Queerness at 40: High Maintenance Creator Katja BlichfeldCo-creator, writer and director of HBO’s High Maintenance, Katja Blichfeld shares the agony and ecstasy of what has been a lifetime of coming to terms with her queerness. After going to an Evangelical Christian school as a child, Katja deeply struggled to honor the natural impulses of her sexuality. In her mid-thirties, during her marriage to High Maintenance Co-Creator Ben Sinclair, a full-on depression (amidst the height of her career success and her dream job) propelled Katja to claim the truth of who she was. Now, with a skip in her step and in love with a woman, th...
2019-04-041h 06Don't Change A ThingEat, dress, connect, and love life: Lebanese Filmmaker Pam NasrIn a world that is quick to judge and fear the other, Lebanese filmmaker Pam Nasr doesn’t want to overlook the many ways we can communicate and seek bonds without words, whether it be through the food we share or how we dress. When she walks down the street in bold colors or flaunting her strong legs, Pam’s style screams, “I love life” and “I want to connect.” Growing up in Dubai with a dad who gave her the space to push boundaries and wear mini-skirts in a country that is more conservative due to its tradition has given Pa...
2019-03-2844 minDon't Change A ThingAmy Yeung: Having Less Has Given Her More“When is it enough?” Amy Yeung has been asking herself this since becoming a mom 18 years ago. Now 55, Amy feels like she is a “naked baby chasing butterflies…every day is so much fun.” Amy already knew how to build success the consumerist way, with a big-brand career designing fast fashion destined for landfills. But following a breakthrough moment in the Moroccan desert, she turned her back on being a designer of disposable fashion in favor of creating success with a conscience. Her company, Orenda Tribe, upcycles old textiles and reimagines vintage. Creating her own smaller, sustainable business has given Amy...
2019-03-1455 minDon't Change A ThingVivian Bang: The Hero of Her Own StoryFrom her grade-school role of “goth weirdo” among a sea of blond hair and floral dresses to playing a myriad of stereotypical Asian-best-friend parts in Hollywood, Korean-American actress and performance artist Vivien Bang has struggled to be seen and heard for who she is. It wasn’t until Vivien began to listen to her inner voice, which included a deep dive into her roots, that she came to realize that she could be the hero of her own story. This super power has guided her to release traditional binds of security and redefine success on her own terms. Now secure...
2019-03-0752 minDon't Change A ThingKamil Oshundara: You Can’t Unsee Me23-year-old cultural activist Kamil Oshundara invites you to judge her by her cover. An open book when it comes to expressing herself, Kamil’s body is her altar and she is continually designing it as a means of altering perceptions and making it clear that she is her own person and not anyone’s product. With a rage that is love, Kamil’s authentic tattoos, markings, jewelry, and piercings, honor the richness of indigeneity, her Yoruba religion, her ancestry, gender fluidity and a “don’tmess” confrontation with Western beauty standards. A spoken wordsmith, queer curator, and cultural exec at Monkeypaw Pr...
2019-02-2859 min
Don't Change A ThingBetsy Huelskamp: An Everest Climber Negotiating FreedomOften while riding her Harley Davidson and always driven by her immense love for this planet and the cultures that inhabit it, there is almost no wild and untouched place on this planet to which Betsy Huelskamp has not traveled. Despite having practically no time to train, and facing life-threatening hostility from the men around her, she reached over 27,000 feet on Mount Everest. In this episode, Betsy talks to us about the Death Zone on Everest, the life-changing empowerment of riding a motorbike, the devastating losses of loved ones she’s experienced along the way, and how her faith ke...
2019-02-211h 03
Don't Change A ThingLysa Cooper: Making it Cool to CareSuperstar fashion stylist turned apothecary healer, Lysa Cooper, reminds us of the authentic New York of yesteryear, a time when phones were at home and ‘living in the moment’ was the only place to be. A time when style had less to do with shopping than enhancing our experience of ourselves and those around us. She talks candidly about leaving home at 14 for the Big Apple in the 90’s, the pitfalls of our modern celebrity-and-phone-addicted culture, and starting a whole new chapter in her 50s.
“I've already been at the best party. I've already had the best lovers...
2019-02-0743 min
Don't Change A ThingIllma Gore: Losing Everything and Gaining HerselfIlma gore is an Australian-American artist and activist whose work is such a true expression of who she is that she is willing to be banned from the internet and beaten up for her beliefs when it comes to her art. The loss of her parents, a home and any sense of stability at a young age is what she attributes to her ability to be so liberated in her life from fear. “Life and death are the same to me,” Illma states. Some of her political-centered work hones in on the obsessive significance placed on our sense of self...
2019-01-3159 min
Don't Change A ThingTy Defoe: Two-Spirited and Shapeshifting GenderTy Defoe is an Ojibwe and Oneida grammy award-winning performance artist, activist, and writer who identifies as Two-Spirit. In Native American cultures, not only is it acknowledged that gender is more fluid than our patriarchal binary society allows, but Two-Spirit individuals are also highly revered for their spiritual gifts. In this episode, Ty talks to us about the difficulty of being accepted as Two-Spirit, even within his own culture, as a result of colonialistic and religious brainwashing, whilst recalling the tender way his mother observed his body change
with testosterone hormone therapy. Ty challenges the assumptions about classic...
2019-01-2454 min
Don't Change A ThingDana Falsetti: A Yogini Dismantles FatphobiaDana Falsetti, speaker, writer, yoga teacher of larger bodies, and body positive insta-warrior visionary on a mission to make the world a more accessible place, talks about how her yoga practice was born out of a need to prove herself but quickly grew into something much bigger than that, even steering her away from the legal profession path she was on. We discuss the double-edged sword of social media commodification and why Dana felt the need to take a break from Instagram, and how perilous fat-phobia is in the medical world where people are told to “just lose weight” as a...
2019-01-1747 min
Don't Change A ThingHeidi Lender: Breaking Her Fear of SuccessFrom being a fashion director for W Magazine to studying yoga and opening her own studio, to growing pot in Northern California, to making a spontaneous move to the magical, middle of nowhere in Uruguay, Heidi Lender has lived many lives. After years of following the dreams and wishes of the men in her life, in the last seven years, Heidi has had a slow and uncomfortable awakening to the fact that over time she had developed a pattern of dimming her own light in exchange for pleasing her partners. Now, at 50, she is, at last, giving birth to...
2018-10-0458 min
Don't Change A ThingWunmi: From Cinderella to Dancing QueenSinger, dancer, and fashion designer, Wunmi, short for Ibiwunmi, meaning “a birth loved, a child loved, a life loved”, is a force of nature, but it took her a long time before she felt she could step into her name and really own it. Abandoned by her mother and sent to live with family in Nigeria by her father, Wunmi grew up fantasizing over and yearning for her mother’s love. Feeling deeply lost and invisible, clothing and dancing became a way for her to be seen, “I didn't want to dress like anybody else. I didn't want to dance li...
2018-09-2755 min
Don't Change A ThingNaomi Shimada: At Home In Her Body and Hashtag “Herself”We interviewed Naomi Shimada three years ago for the What’s Underneath Project video series. She inspired us then and continues to inspire us daily on social media with her singular embrace of herself, which includes her voluptuous curves, her boldly colorful style, her overall joie de vivre and its inextricable link to her darker side. In 2015, when we asked Naomi what her favorite body part was, she said it was her mouth because everything she loves most in life comes from the lips, “Kissing, eating...I feel like so much of what makes me happy goes back to my m...
2018-09-2055 min
Don't Change A ThingLola Kirke: Prolific Through Self-DoubtWe are super excited to be with the youngest of the three Kirke Sisters, Lola Kirke. We have already featured both Jemima and Domino on our What’s Underneath video series, and Domino was also with us in episode 6 of this podcast, so now we are thrilled to be able to dig deep into what’s underneath the equally radical and truthful younger sister. Lola talks candidly about growing up in a bohemian family of artists, the struggle to be heard in a room of men, how sexual rejection fueled a song on her debut album, ‘Heart Head West’, and why...
2018-09-1359 min
Don't Change A ThingTerence Nance: Has Nothing to be Unapologetic AboutWe sit down this week with the incredibly multi-talented artist, director, and musician, Terence Nance, to get inside his head about things like his HBO series, Random Acts of Flyness, that airs out, in almost a stream-of-consciousness, many of today’s most salient issues like systemic racism, white privilege, gender, and masculinity. Not knowing it all is especially important to Terence’s work, “I think of making stuff as conversation; why would you get into a conversation if you knew where it was going to go? Why would it be interesting to talk to somebody if you knew exactly what t...
2018-09-0643 min
Don't Change A ThingChloe Garcia Ponce: Creating Her Own Definition of MotherhoodCurandera (Mexican Healer), Chloe Garcia Ponce, was introduced to darkness at 8 years old when her father passed away. “In order to understand or to speak about light you have to experience darkness. The amount of light that I'm capable of working with is also because I have witnessed a lot of darkness and sadness and grief and pain, and all that is part of this beautiful wheel of life. We cannot have one without the other.” In a way, the passing of her father was her first teacher on her spiritual path because she realized that he was not gone...
2018-08-3048 min
Don't Change A ThingiO Tillett Wright: Living & Learning His Self-Evident TruthWe reunite with author and activist, iO Tillett Wright, who we first interviewed about four years ago for our What’s Underneath Project video series. In that interview, he told us about his radical self-awareness as a very young child, asking his parents if he could live as a boy, despite the fact that he was born into a female body. Even after a childhood of gender-bending, for the majority of his adult life, iO identified as a queer woman, and it wasn’t until 3 years ago that iO officially came out as trans, a shift that turned his life...
2018-08-231h 03
Don't Change A ThingLorri Davis: Falling and Fighting for the Love of her LifeLast week we spoke with Damien Echols who was incarcerated on death row for more than 18 years for murders that he did not commit. It became crystal clear during that interview that the heroism of his story was as much to do with him as it was his wife, Lorri, the heroine of this truly incredible love story. Lorri was a successful architect working in New York when she saw the first Paradise Lost film (which documented the circus of Damien’s first trial) at the Museum of Modern Art in 1996. She was so overcome with emotion after seeing it...
2018-08-161h 19
Don't Change A ThingDamien Echols: Discovering His Authentic Self After Death RowIn this episode, we are joined by a gigantic hero of ours, Damien Echols, who was incarcerated on death row for 18 years and 76 days for murders that he did not commit. We became aware of his story with the first of a series of three documentaries called Paradise Lost and have since been forever strengthened by his two books (we can’t wait for the next one soon to be released). Damien’s story is one of almost superhuman inspiration in terms of what the human spirit is capable of enduring and overcoming. Having grown up in the bible belt...
2018-08-091h 07
Don't Change A ThingMara Hoffman: Letting It Go to Let it GrowWe greatly admire New York-based fashion designer, Mara Hoffman. Her designs and principles stand out in a sea of homogeneity and “buy more” culture. The former dancer studied at Parsons School of Design in New York and London’s Central Saint Martins College. She was “discovered” by Sex and the City stylist, Patricia Field, who sold Mara’s samples in her shop. We sat down with Mara in her 6th Avenue studio to talk getting comfortable with change by facing our mortality, not being too attached to the identities we create for ourselves, and how we have to work for our happ...
2018-08-0256 min
Don't Change A ThingMolly Guy: Finding Inner Sanctuary During Her Darkest HourHaving graced us with both a Closet and a What's Underneath video, Molly Rosen Guy is no stranger to StyleLikeU so we are honored to be sitting down with her again for a very real talk about death, divorce, finding inner sanctuary during her darkest hour, and the comfort of knowing she was a rock for her father during the last weeks of his life. We have always been enamored with Molly’s piercing presence and vivid honesty, something that is startlingly evident from the writing on her Instagram account (@mollyrosenguy), an open-ended, heart-opening letter to her father who di...
2018-07-2659 min
Don't Change A ThingRiya Hamid: Radically Honest About Mental Health*Please note that this content contains sensitive information regarding mental health and topics related to suicide. The extraordinary artist, poet, model and mental health activist, Riya Hamid, opens up to us about the very brave and honest work she is doing on Instagram surrounding her own personal struggles with mental health, a subject that is all too taboo and that needs to come to the surface, because we all struggle with mental health in one way or another. She describes what it was like to grow up the eldest daughter of immigrant parents from Bangladesh, turning her back on...
2018-07-191h 07
Don't Change A ThingAlex Auder: Highly Uninhibited on High MaintenanceYoga teacher, actress, activist, and (we think) should-be-comedian, gifts us with her company while offering insight into what it was like growing up in the (in)famous 70s New York Chelsea Hotel, daughter of Warhol’s “superstar,” Viva, and artist Michel Auder. She tells us why she and her sister, Transparent actress Gaby Hoffman, are both so comfortable in their physicalities, at times to the discomfort of others, and tells the story and motivation behind her incredibly inspiring role on HBO’s High Maintenance playing Gloria, a yoga teacher attempting to break the world record for non-stop dancing, “it was like a...
2018-07-1254 min
Don't Change A ThingChani Nicholas: Parented by the PlanetsCoined the ‘Social Justice Astrologer’ and a rock “star” to us, Chani Nicholas’ readings make you feel as if she is speaking to you personally in the deepest, most intuitive, profound, psychological, and empowering way. She talks to us about how her relationship with the planets as early as 8 years old, was the first thing that made her feel seen, having grown up neglected while locked in a “sex, drugs and rock’n’roll party” on the side of a mountain, finding love at 38 just when she thought she would never have “the family,” and choosing life in her darkest times: “I was...
2018-07-051h 00
Don't Change A ThingJacob Tobia: Way Too Much For Capitol HillWe were so excited to be back in the same room as Jacob Tobia that we could barely contain our finger snaps. This author, producer, and gender-fabulous gem talked to us about pets, pencil skirts, and nail polish alongside urgent issues around gender and style politics. Far from binary, this nonconformist has compared gender to a multifaceted diamond with endless and infinite refractions and permutations, different gradations of radiance and existence. Yes. Yes. Yes. More. Please. “Any strategy for getting yourself more space, or acknowledging that others need more space even if you don't is a strategy that I su...
2018-06-281h 11
Don't Change A ThingAshton Applewhite: Hitting Her Stride at 65One of the most absurd things in the world is that we all dread the one thing we absolutely know is going to happen: we don’t talk about death and as a result, we are all terrified of aging. We have an entire society that is paralyzed by this fear. The obsession with Kim Kardashian and plastic perfection has people worrying about aging and thinking about Botox at 15. How could that make for a happy society? Ashton Applewhite, activist and author of This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism, joins Elisa & Lily and together they discuss the convenient tr...
2018-06-211h 03
Don't Change A ThingJesi Taylor: Re-examining Identity After VitiligoThe physical effects of vitiligo have been life-rippling for Jesi Taylor, guiding their journey towards self-acceptance. First down a path of bulimia as an attempt to control the initial devastation of their black skin losing pigment day-by-day, followed by their shifting perspectives around the constructs of race and gender (“what is it that I’m calling myself and letting people identify me as?”), and now in the midst of a high-risk pregnancy. They are finding a deeper peace by surrendering to the truth that one way or another, the only constant is that we are all forever changing.See...
2018-06-131h 00
Don't Change A ThingDomino Kirke: Trusting Life Without DramaDomino Kirke, musician and co-director/founder of Carriage House Birth reveals the wisdom she’s gained as a doula, including her own physical and emotional limitations, and how our past traumas can come to haunt us in labor. She talks about her struggle with shedding old familiar and familial rituals around drama and alcoholism in favor of creating a balanced, sober and calm environment for her body, her mind, and her loved ones.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2018-06-071h 00
Don't Change A ThingAlok Vaid-Menon: The Strength of FeelingsElisa and Lily are joined by gender non-conforming performance artist, writer, educator, and entertainer Alok Vaid-Menon who explains why the creation of the ‘self-other’ as a binary is fundamentally flawed: “Individualism is wrong because it constantly sees ourselves as separate from one another rather than synchronous. So many of the things that we’ve been taught are oppositional or antagonistic are not.” They reveal why coming out, for them, was really about radical honesty and the strength of feelings, why we need each other in order to know ourselves, how “friendship is where we go to workshop our lives,” and why they r...
2018-05-311h 18
Don't Change A ThingSylvia Maier: Turning Pain into BeautyArtist Sylvia Maier gifts us with an intimate portrait of her soul as she takes us on a journey from her childhood, growing up in 70s New York as the only daughter of biracial musician parents, through healing the pain of an abusive father by seeking out and painting beauty. She tells us why, having cared for her dying mother, she is no longer afraid of dying herself, why trust was the biggest risk she has ever taken, and she gets real about her identity as mother, artist, and person of color, all while navigating ideals around personal value...
2018-05-241h 14
Don't Change A ThingDJ Louie XIV: Coming Out AgainDJ Louie XIV, who has spent years mixing music for a hyper-masculine crowd, talks about struggling with the shame and hiding that followed him out of the closet and how that has shaped everything in his life, from intimate relationships with other men to owning his path as an artist, as well as imagining his life was a TV show to writing and producing his own.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2018-05-171h 13
Don't Change A ThingElisa Goodkind: Reinventing FailureIn the run-up to Mother’s Day Weekend, the irrepressibly unapologetic Elisa Goodkind switches things up by placing the emphasis on celebrating children and acknowledging her self-perceived failures. She shows us that by embracing our failures, be it in parenting, career, love, or life in general, we also embrace our reinvention. Refusing to be invisible at any age, Elisa’s tales take us from her time as a stylist in wild 80s New York, to a yoga teaching mother, to risking it all at 50 and going into business with her daughter.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com...
2018-05-101h 01
Don't Change A ThingLily Mandelbaum: Letting Go of ControlWelcome to episode 1 of What’s Underneath. Each week Elisa Goodkind & Lily Mandelbaum will be facilitating facade-free interviews with diverse non-conformists about their relationship to style, self-image, and identity, expanding the kinds of unfiltered dialogue they’ve been having in their viral YouTube video series, The What’s Underneath Project. Before they begin interviewing others and asking them to be vulnerable, Elisa & Lily have decided to start by walking the walk and interviewing one another. In this week's episode, Lily gets real about control, the business side of StyleLikeU, her borderline nervous breakdown earlier this year, the challenges of develo...
2018-05-0359 min
Don't Change A ThingTrailer - What's Underneath with StyleLikeUWhat’s Underneath is shedding the binds of cultural conditioning placed on us with regards to how we present ourselves to the world, each episode inspires radical self-acceptance by empowering you to embrace what’s unrepeatable in you. This CastBox Original, produced with Studio71, is hosted by StyleLikeU’s mother-daughter duo, Elisa Goodkind & Lily Mandelbaum, and will bring you intimate conversations with diverse individuals sharing honest and cathartic stories about style, self-image and identity. Welcome to the Self-Acceptance Revolution.
2018-05-0200 minDon't Change A ThingTrailer - What's Underneath with StyleLikeUWhat’s Underneath is shedding the binds of cultural conditioning placed on us with regards to how we present ourselves to the world, each episode inspires radical self-acceptance by empowering you to embrace what’s unrepeatable in you. This CastBox Original, produced with Studio71, is hosted by StyleLikeU’s mother-daughter duo, Elisa Goodkind & Lily Mandelbaum, and will bring you intimate conversations with diverse individuals sharing honest and cathartic stories about style, self-image and identity. Welcome to the Self-Acceptance Revolution.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2018-05-0102 minRadically SelfishEpisode 10: StyleLikeU - Own What Makes You UniqueToday’s episode is all about finding comfort in our own skins and embracing the things that make us uniquely beautiful. Here to inspire us are the mother-daughter duo behind StyleLikeU, Elisa Goodkind and Lily Mandelbaum. StyleLikeU was born when Elisa — a former fashion stylist frustrated with the industry — noticed Lily, her teenage daughter, struggling with her body image. Together they decided to create an alternative to the unattainable status quo, launching StyleLikeU in 2009 with their “Closet” series, and “The What’s Underneath Project” in 2014, both aimed at demonstrating that true beauty and style are the unique result...
2018-04-0500 min