It's a Profitable Life

Most beauty professionals spend their entire careers learning how to build confidence for other people. But nobody teaches them how to build confidence with money. In this powerful episode of It's A Profitable Life, Anna Manukyan shares her remarkable journey from educator, artist developer, and corporate leader to becoming one of the beauty industry's most trusted voices in financial education. After more than two decades helping stylists, salon owners, and educators grow their careers...

Episode Summary Coral Pleas built Cutting Loose Salons from a single five-chair shop to a five-location, multiple seven-figure company — and she did it by letting go. In this episode, Coral sits down with Ronit Enos to unpack 45 years of lessons: surviving a fire the day before Christmas, walking away from a multimillion-dollar partnership at 47, getting out from behind the chair, and building a partnership model that turns stylists into owners. This is the real playbook for scaling without ...

You Don’t Need Permission. You Need a Decision. What if everything you want in your business and your life starts with a single choice? This episode of It’s A Profitable Life is a wake-up call filled with truth, clarity, and the kind of perspective that shifts you from waiting for change to creating it. This is a conversation about becoming the person your goals require. It is about courage, commitment, and the decision that transforms everything. What You Will Learn • The mindset shift ...

What if your business performance had less to do with strategy and more to do with your biology? In this episode of It’s A Profitable Life, hosts Ronit Enos and Nicole Baldwin talk with Dr. Khoshal Latifzai, Board-Certified Emergency Medicine Physician and Co-Founder of Rocky Mountain Regenerative Medicine (RMRM), and Colleen Grady, Family Nurse Practitioner and clinical expert in hormone optimization and women’s health. After years in emergency medicine, they saw the limits of reactive hea...

You Can’t Fix What You Don’t MeasureEvery successful salon, spa, or medspa owner eventually realizes that growth isn’t a guessing game—it’s a data game. In this episode of It’s A Profitable Life, Ronit Enos and Nicole Baldwin sit down with Tim Howard, Chief Innovation Officer and Founder of Vish, and Joe Difalco, VP of Strategic Relationships at Phorest, to uncover how the smartest salons are scaling profit through technology, transparency, and teamwork. This conversation is a masterclass in ...

Every entrepreneur reaches a breaking point—the moment when ambition meets exhaustion. In this episode, Leslie Perry shares how she went from running a one-woman bridal makeup business to becoming an executive leader at the Professional Beauty Association (PBA). Leslie’s story is one of resilience, self-discovery, and redefining what it means to build a business that loves you back. She opens up about the struggles of being a “team of one,” the lessons learned from burnout, and how community ...

In this heartfelt and high-energy episode of It’s a Profitable Life, Ronit is joined by copywriting powerhouse, curriculum architect, and brand whisperer Lacey Simmons. With years of experience helping 7- and 8-figure brands articulate their voice and vision, Lacey shares her journey from instructional design to marketing mastery—and how she helps entrepreneurs transform raw ideas into irresistible, profitable content. Thank you to our Sponsors!!! Vish: https://getvish.com/ Phorest: https:/...

Welcome to It’s a Profitable Life, where today we have Brandie and Stacey, the dynamic duo behind Steel Blade Men’s Salon in Albuquerque, New Mexico. They share their journey running a successful men’s grooming specialty salon, including how they manage their finances with the Profit First system—distributing 50% of profits to owners and reinvesting the rest back into their business growth. If you’re looking to learn how to scale a men’s salon or just want some honest, inspiring entrepreneur...