Ep. 388 • Resilience and Reinvention: Lala Chihaia's Story
The Hair Game
Salon Republic
4.6 • 570 Ratings
🗓️ 10 March 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Bridal Styling Educator and Life Coach @lalasupdos shares her journey from growing up in communist Romania to becoming a successful hairdresser and life coach in the United States.
She shares her recent health challenges, including a diagnosis of arthritis and Raynaud's, which led her to reevaluate her career in the hair industry. She discusses her transition to online education and the launch of her life coaching practice, emphasizing the importance of mindset to acheive your dreams.
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| 0:00.0 | I made all this happen and eventually I had to take the hard decision to close down my academy because I was canceling class after class after class. |
| 0:10.0 | I never knew what I wake up to. Like some days my hands were okay. Some days I would wake up and I would not be able to use it. |
| 0:16.0 | Hey friend, this is Don Bradley. It's your girl, Robbie Rogers. |
| 0:20.0 | Hey, this is Carly Zanoni, The Blonde Chronicles. |
| 0:23.2 | Hey, Sleigh, hey, everyone. |
| 0:24.3 | It's me, Jay Labner, and you're listening to The Hair Game Podcast. |
| 0:31.6 | Hey, HairGamers, Dodovan here, producer of the Hair Game Podcast. |
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| 1:25.7 | All right. |
| 1:26.0 | On to our episode with Laura Chahya, also known as Lala's Updus. |
| 1:31.5 | Hi, Lala. How are you? |
| 1:33.8 | Hi. So good to see you to be back. Thank you for having me. I'm doing great. |
| 1:39.5 | Thank you for being here. So Lala and I were just reminiscing. |
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