You Are Beautiful with Lawrence Zarian
What makes you FEEL beautiful? This is the pivotal question stylist, author, designer and host Lawrence Zarian has asked the thousands of women and men who have come to him for his advice and guidance over his 25+ year career. As LZ says, "It’s not what you wear, it’s how you feel. And it’s not how you look, it’s how you LIVE."
In his new podcast, “You Are Beautiful with Lawrence Zarian”, LZ celebrates his guests from all walks of life exploring what makes them tick; in the past two years we’ve all had to pivot our lives in some capacity and there’s been this glorious time to regroup, refresh, reset, restart, and renew.
What is beautiful? This podcast digs in deep to each guest’s interpretation of the word to find out what used to be, versus what is now, what they have learned over the years in time of success, in time of struggle, EVERTHING in between, and of course what makes them FEEL…truly beautiful inside and out.
You Are Beautiful with Lawrence Zarian
Tatyana Ali
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Lawrence Zarian interviews Tatyana Ali about self-image at age 46 while working in DC during Black Maternal Health Week, emphasizing gratitude, presence, and being “enough.” Ali explains the week’s role in drawing attention to Black maternal health amid healthcare cuts, hospital closures, and “maternal care deserts,” and stresses that Black women are three to four times more likely to die in childbirth, with over 85% of deaths preventable due to systemic healthcare bias, lack of consent, and inadequate postpartum care.
She shares her own obstetric violence experience and how respectful care with a Black midwife shaped her expectations and inspired Baby Yams blankets and quilts, which fundraise for doulas, midwives, and scholarships. Ali also reflects on child-actor life, regaining confidence after industry cruelty, memories from Fresh Prince, Broadway work in Fences, and advice to pursue art locally; she ends by saying she is beautiful because she never gives up.
Menu:
- 00:00 Twin Banter
- 01:40 Mirror Moment Enough
- 04:30 Black Maternal Health Week
- 06:00 Care Deserts And Joy
- 08:23 Why Death Rates Higher
- 10:18 We All Belong Story
- 15:05 Baby Yams Origin
- 20:12 Ashley Banks Spark
- 21:23 Finding The Cipher
- 24:44 Early Acting Beginnings
- 26:38 First Fresh Prince Day
- 28:20 Tom Jones Singalong
- 29:33 Fresh Prince Cast Texts
- 30:27 Desert Island Pick
- 31:47 Life as Raspberry
- 32:36 Broadway Fences Memories
- 35:32 Duet Dreams Rejection
- 37:12 Advice for Artists
- 41:45 Surprised by Life
- 44:17 Kindness Much Expected
- 48:55 Beautiful Because Closing
