I used to hate Julie Smith (@thathairmagic) and I invited her to be on my podcast.I hated Julie because she was something I wasn't. She had things I didn't. So instead of asking her how she did it, I used it against her and formed a jealousy based dislike all because of my own ego. It wasn't because I thought her work was better than mine, or that I thought she was a better artist in general, it was quite literally because she got something I didn't.. how fucking silly is that?after checking my ego and getting out of my own way, I grew out of that mentality and started to realize the people I hated were the people I actually needed in my corner, so I reached out and asked if she would be on my podcast. She accepted and flew out to me on her own account! I was SHOOK. She had NO idea that I used to feel this way about her. She came out here because ...