Are Your Boundaries Yours? (Or Just Copied from Salon Culture?)
Tue Dec 16 2025
In this episode, we’re discussing how to create boundaries that actually come from your values, your capacity, and your personality - not what salon culture tells you they should be.
Because here’s the thing:
You don’t have to throw away your natural warmth and presence trying to look “professional” or “in control.” You don’t have to adopt policies you don’t even believe in to perform a version of “leadership” that’s not actually YOU.
Your boundaries should not make you rigid, guarded, or cold.
They should help you show up more fully as yourself.
Flexibility is not the same as being walked on.
Warmth is not weakness.
Connection will always beat control.
Inside this episode, Mariah breaks down:
- What a boundary actually is (and what it’s not)
- Why so many beauty pros are copying boundaries that don’t fit them
- How fear disguises itself as “professionalism.”
- The difference between being adaptable vs. being taken advantage of
- And how to create boundaries that support the experience you want to give and the life you want to live
If your boundaries feel tense, performative, or exhausting to maintain, this is your sign to soften, reassess, and rebuild from self-awareness instead of fear.
Stay Connected with Mariah on Instagram:
Follow: www.instagram.com/chairsidewithmariah
Connect with BBN:
businessbeautynetwork.com
hello@businessbeautynetwork.com
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In this episode, we’re discussing how to create boundaries that actually come from your values, your capacity, and your personality - not what salon culture tells you they should be. Because here’s the thing: You don’t have to throw away your natural warmth and presence trying to look “professional” or “in control.” You don’t have to adopt policies you don’t even believe in to perform a version of “leadership” that’s not actually YOU. Your boundaries should not make you rigid, guarded, or cold. They should help you show up more fully as yourself. Flexibility is not the same as being walked on. Warmth is not weakness. Connection will always beat control. Inside this episode, Mariah breaks down: - What a boundary actually is (and what it’s not) - Why so many beauty pros are copying boundaries that don’t fit them - How fear disguises itself as “professionalism.” - The difference between being adaptable vs. being taken advantage of - And how to create boundaries that support the experience you want to give and the life you want to live If your boundaries feel tense, performative, or exhausting to maintain, this is your sign to soften, reassess, and rebuild from self-awareness instead of fear. Stay Connected with Mariah on Instagram: Follow: www.instagram.com/chairsidewithmariah Connect with BBN: businessbeautynetwork.com hello@businessbeautynetwork.com