Embraced Podcast

This may be one of my favorite episodes to date. Today’s guest is the beautiful fashion stylist, Melissa Chataigne. After successfully transitioning from a corporate career in healthcare marketing, Melissa was finally doing what she loved: working as celebrity stylist. Then, her younger sister tragically committed suicide and her life was forever changed. With this loss and her disillusionment with Hollywood’s constant pressure to remain unnaturally thin, Melissa committed her life and career to helping people of all sizes dress with confidence and live full, authentic lives. Her blog, Chataigne Style, aims to inspire the everyday career-minded woman with her advice in fashion, beauty, travel, wedding tips, and body confidence. Today we talk about: - How she got into fashion and styling. - How she had to break barriers, as the daughter of Haitian immigrants, to take a non-traditional path of entrepreneurship. - How her “side hustle” became her paycheck job. - How feeling disconnected to herself and to her cal