👧🏻 ABOUT THIS EPISODE:

Reunited in the same state at last! Laura is talking quietly in an echoey, furniture-free new Arkansas house while Brandy juggles a brand-new gig at Exhale Med Spa alongside running The Spa at Rockwater. The girls turn the mic toward their thirteen-year-old selves. What advice would they give little Laura and little Brandy? The answers get real fast: passivity, people-pleasing, fear, and the myth that hard work has to mean running yourself into the ground.

You’ll walk away with a warm, funny, and surprisingly moving set of life lessons about trusting your gut, celebrating your own wins, saying what you actually mean, and learning that rest is something you’ve earned and not something you have to justify. And in true PST fashion, the most important beauty lesson of the episode has nothing to do with skincare at all.

🧠 WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

Why saying what you mean beats going with the flow, and how a lifetime of being “passive” quietly costs you

How to trust your gut about people the first time they show you who they are

Why sensitivity is emotional intelligence, not weakness

The “work hard, play hard” reframe: you can hustle AND actually rest without guilt

How connection (not correction) is what really reaches a nervous teenager in your chair

⏱️ CHAPTERS:

(00:00) Catching Up: Brandy’s New Med Spa Gig & Laura’s Arkansas Move(07:05) Welcome Back to Pretty Smart Too(07:58) Life Lessons We Learned the Hard Way(13:28) Advice to Our 13-Year-Old Selves(19:23) Myth vs. Reality: Success, Confidence & Sensitivity(24:24) The Teen Client & Why Connection Beats Correction(26:32) Wrap & Farewell

💡 TIP OF THE WEEK:

Put your rest on the calendar the same way you put in your work. Block the pool day, book the massage, and take the afternoon. You already earned it; you don’t have to justify it.

✨ HIGHLIGHTS:

“Believe who people are the first time they show you. Trust your gut instinct.”

“You can work hard, and you can relax. You worked hard. It’s time to play hard.”

“Being a sensitive person means you’re empathetic. That does not mean you are weak.”

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Wishing you love, peace, & great skin!

Laura & Brandy

XOXO 💋