Hey Girl, In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Ally for a conversation that is equal parts healing and eye-opening, all about your relationship with beauty. We get into the science, the bias, the blind spots, and what it's actually costing you. Plus, she leaves us with three things you can start this week. This one is for every woman who has ever looked in the mirror through someone else's eyes. BIO: Dr. Allycin Powell-Hicks is a psychofuturist, mental health expert, and media personality fascinated by the intertwining ways beauty, identity, and culture shape human behavior. With a Ph.D. in Psychology and clinical training at Kaiser Permanente and Cedars-Sinai, she has built a career translating complex science into conversations people actually want to have. Whether she's unpacking the neuroscience of attraction, questioning beauty standards we've mistaken for truth, or exploring why we care so much what strangers think of us, Dr. Ally approaches mental health with equal parts rigor, humor, and gentle irreverence. She believes the most interesting thing about a person is almost never what they look like—it's what they choose, how they carry themselves, and the ideas they organize their lives around. Her career reflects that same curiosity. From academia and television to comedy stages and corporate boardrooms, the diversity of her experiences has been driven by a habit of divergent thinking: seeing connections where others see separate disciplines. That perspective has led her to work with organizations including Warner Bros. Discovery and the American Psychological Association, appear across OWN, Discovery+, Hulu, VH1, and NBC, and co-host Group Therapy, a live comedy show where psychology and stand-up unexpectedly become perfect partners. Her debut book, The Problem with Pretty (Hachette), is the natural culmination of those intersecting passions, weaving together neuroscience, beauty culture, media, perception, identity, and human behavior to ask a deceptively simple question: What if beauty isn't what we think it is? Resources Mentioned: Website | Instagram | TikTok | Book: The Problem With Pretty Whenever You Are ReadyHere are 4 ways I can help you: Pre-Order My Book: Girl, Get Your Guy! - Starting this July, all the way until the official book launch on February 2, 2027, when you pre-order this book, you'll get:🤖 Access to Anwar AI: Get personalized dating advice 24/7 from an AI trained on Anwar's proven methods. Available immediately after purchase.📆 Monthly Group Calls with Anwar: Bring your real dating situations, get direct feedback live.Book A Call With Me - I've been getting A LOT of DM and email requests to chat with me and answer specific questions about love, dating, relationships, and men, so I'm opening back up my limited calendar for a few calls. So book a time with me here!Join the Get Your Guy Club- Wanna have Dating Support for a year to help you get your guy, but at your own pace. You can get access to my 2 weekly group calls, my private Facebook group, Monthly 1-on-1 calls, and my online course with 40+ hours of content for just monthly payments of $350…Check out the Get Your Guy Coaching Podcast- With more than 100 episodes, you can binge and learn so much with my podcast. Check out the latest episode here.Sincerely, Coach Anwar Pre-Order My Book: Girl, Get Your Guy! Book a Consult to Work with Me Join my Get Your Guy Club Buy My Dating Strategy Course Check out My Latest Podcast Episode Missed any of my Q&A TikTok Live sessions? Send us Fan Mail Thank You: A big thank you to our listeners for tuning in! Your support and feedback are invaluable to us. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider subscribing, rating, and sharing the podcast with others who might benefit from it. For more updates and behind-the-scenes content, follow me on social media and visit my website. We appreciate you being part of our community!
