Design Boss Dialogue The Interior Design Business Podcast
Design Boss Dialogue is the interior design business podcast for bold, ambitious women ready to build a profitable, confident interior design business, without losing themselves in the process.
Each week, host Lisa-Marie Elkhadraoui, an award-winning interior designer, business strategist, and founder of Design Boss Diary, shares real conversations on pricing, sales, marketing, visibility, and mindset, drawn straight from her own 16 years running an award-winning design studio and mentoring hundreds of interior designers.
This is the show for the designer who knows she's talented but is ready to build the thriving, soul-led interior design business she's been dreaming of and truly deserves.
Design Boss Dialogue The Interior Design Business Podcast
Ep 66 Aligned From the Crown Down: How Hair Shapes Confidence & Leadership
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In this uplifting and deeply affirming episode, Lisa-Marie Elkhadraoui is joined by Adam, founder of Adam James Hair Salon, to explore the transformative role hair plays in confidence, self-expression, and how we show up in business and leadership.
This is not a conversation about trends or surface-level aesthetics.
It’s about identity, energy, and alignment.
Together, Lisa-Marie and Adam unpack how hair influences not only how we look, but how we feel, how we carry ourselves, and how we are perceived professionally. They explore why hair is often the final piece that brings a woman back into alignment with her higher self, and how feeling “off” with your hair can quietly impact confidence, boundaries, and presence.
Adam shares powerful insights into the importance of trust and connection between stylist and client, why the right hairdresser becomes a long-term partner rather than a service provider, and how intentional choices around your hair can elevate your personal brand without chasing trends.
This episode gently reminds us that confidence is often built through alignment on the outside as well as within, and that when you feel good in yourself, you lead, speak, and show up differently.
If you’ve ever felt that a small change created a big internal shift, this conversation will resonate deeply.
This episode is an invitation to see hair not as a superficial detail, but as part of your confidence, identity, and leadership as a woman in business.
When you feel aligned from the crown down, you don’t just look different, you speak differently, lead differently, and move differently.
And sometimes, the journey back to your higher self begins in the salon chair.
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Before you go I am hosting The Designer’s Blueprint Bootcamp, a free, five-day live bootcamp designed to help interior designers rebuild and strengthen the foundations of their business and one of our pillars are building more confidence through internal energetics and what that looks like.
Dates: Monday 23rd February – Friday 27th February
Over five days, you’ll explore the core areas of your interior design business that influence clarity, confidence, boundaries, and sustainable growth. I will guide you through identifying what needs to be built, refined, or reset so your business can properly support you.
You’ll receive:
- Practical insights
- Business resets
- Guidance to help you step back and make aligned decisions
I am also inviting you to come spend two evenings with me online as a VIP client, this is limited to 7 women, which includes:
- Two live evening hot-seat coaching sessions during the bootcamp week
- Direct support in implementing the work into your own business
- Personal guidance translating the foundations into real-world action
VIP details are available on the opt-in page.
Join the free Designer’s Blueprint Bootcamp HERE
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See you in the next episode you lovely lot! xx