In this episode Nathan Plumridge talks about being vulnerable, something that he’s had a lot of discussions about in the last few months, mainly due to an experience he had in early December which he shares with you. This is about learning from things both in business and from a health point of view.

In this episode Nathan Plumridge talks to entrepreneur, award winning stylist, and salon owner Cally Borg to talk about her background and journey through her career.

In this episode Nathan Plumridge talks to Tom Johnson, Ex-England Rugby Player about his career and the transition to the second half of life as a coach now he no longer plays.

In this episode Nathan Plumridge talks to Colin McAndrew, MD of Medusa Hair – one of the fastest growing salons in Scotland, about his inspirations, his challenges and his passions.

In this episode, Nathan is joined for the second of two episodes by Luke Doolan and Paddy Monahan, manager and head of product at Phorest Software respectively, as well as Nathan’s head of operations, Candice, to talk about Phorest Software (that Gavin has worked with for a long time) and what they do.

In this episode, Nathan is joined for the first of two episodes by Luke Doolan and Paddy Monahan, manager and head of product at Phorest Software respectively, as well as Nathan’s head of operations, Candice, to talk about Phorest Software (that Gavin has worked with for a long time) and what they do.

In this episode, Nathan is joined by Adelle Martin, founder and creator of the Menopause Resilience Club – a private group where women can come together to build strong business and strong bodies through their hormonal change. KEY TAKEAWAYS I’ve always been sporty, but when I got to 15 my Dad told me I had to get a proper job – things like Britain’s Got Talent didn’t exist at the time, so I couldn’t make money out of dancing and gymnastics. A proper job at the time meant a job for life in a bank, which I absolutely loved and enjoyed. But, my colleagues bought me the book ‘How To Win Friends And Influence People’ because I was a bit direct and rude. But that got me into people, psychology and leadership and everything else around that, so I took evening classes and became resilient and built my career on that. During the financial crash in 2008 work suddenly got really busy, but you also didn’t tell people you worked for a bank – if was like being an estate agent! At the same time my daughter had grown up and was of an age and my parents were ageing and I was the one in the family were people asked me for time here and there to help with things. All of a sudden it all added up and I felt really tired and fatigued. After a while it got really difficult, flying between Edinburgh and London for work and we didn’t have the time to check in on each other to make sure we were OK. I remember small things happening, like a speech impediment as a child, that I’d got rid of, started to come back and my performance at work started to be affected. Eventually I collapsed and was taken to hospital and was diagnosed with anxiety and depression, which I know I didn’t have. I made them do blood tests and the results cam back saying my hormones were so low I’d suffered a very quick menopause. I had to take extended leave to understand it and how best to fight it. I went back into HR so I could change the way people talk about menopause. I couldn’t let another woman go through what I did. Management don’t always understand it, they often see a top level woman on a career path suddenly drop in performance. It’s easy to say it’s this, this and this. I ask: how old are they? What are the clues? I didn’t know what I didn’t know, but the performance and confidence change due to hormones, we lose it for a moment. Rather than say “she’s up and down with performance issue” we got people to look for the clues and create a conversation around it. I’m an action-orientated person. We can talk all we like about the issues but when are we going to move to solutions? As hard as it is, it is a process a woman goes through. When I was pregnant people would tell me what happened to them in their pregnancies and now we’ve got the same with menopause, although we’re all different and our lifestyles are different. I can explain what happens with your hormones, but how you react to that is different. You won’t have your mother’s menopause if you don’t want to.   BEST MOMENTS ‘I had to Google menopause. I can do this the easy way or the hard way, if you ignore the menopause, you’re going to get in a lot more trouble than if you face into it.’‘Women leave work or reduce their hours due to menopause, not just to set up their own business for the flexibility. We set up menopause cafes and line-manager training around talking about menopause with women.’ ‘Not only do we have female advocates from all levels of the business who talk about their challenges, we also have men who talk about their experiences and perspectives with their wives or co-workers. The ripple-effect of that makes a huge, huge difference.’ ‘If you can’t see it, you can’t be it.’ ABOUT THE GUEST Adelle Martin is an accredited Menopause Strength Coach & Bodybuilder as well as Founder of The Menopause Resilience System.  She started her company, The Menopause Resilience Club,  after leaving her 30-year corporate career working in financial services as an HR Professional. As well as being an Accredited Menopause Strength Coach & Bodybuilder, Adelle is a Public Speaker, Menopause Campaigner, sharing her story with the BBC, Member of the Women & Enterprise All Parliamentary Group, Co-Host of The Women in Business Radio Show, soon to be published Co-Author of Women Leading in Our New World, Founder of The Women’s Fearless Community Interest Company and runs a family hospitality business. Website: https://executivemidlife.coach/ Instagram: @menopause.strength.coach ABOUT THE HOST Welcome and thank you for reading this, I’m Nathan Plumridge salon owner and Hair Stylist. I’ve been in the industry for nearly 30 years and have been a salon owner for 23 of them. I have been fortunate enough to work and learn with some of the biggest names in the industry and this has given me the experience and drive to now be here with you sharing my experiences. CONTACT DETAILS  www.hairlifeshow.com Instagram is @nathan.hairlife  Email me at [email protected] show was brought to you by Progressive Media

In this episode, Nathan is joined by Mary Centofanti, one of the owners and creators of the vegan brand, Davroe, which is maybe the best kept hairdressing secret.

In this episode, Nathan is joined by Jessica Crane, author, entrepreneur, business coach, mother of two. And much more, to talk about her career and how salon owners can create generational wealth from their businesses. Here is your affiliate link to the 2 Day Salon Summit 6th and 7th November – anyone who purchases a ticket through this link you will receive 50% of the ticket sales - all the details are on the page: https://siss.jessicacrane.co.uk/salon-summit?affiliate_id=3991444 KEY TAKEAWAYS I realised from a young age – starting work at age 12 – that I was going to have to support myself, ain’t nobody coming to help me, I’m getting hand outs, no leg up, nothing. I need to decide what I want to do, get out there, create a plan, create an action plan and start these things in motion to be able to support myself. In business you always have to be looking for the problems: What is the problem with this current business model? Because the solutions are you next business evolution. We want to have the flexibility to do the things we need to do as business owners but do them around our families so we can be there for our families too. Just being good at your treatment/service/product is not enough. You could do that 10-15 years ago, but not anymore. Even if you’re talented, you will still be a best kept secret if you can’t properly market what you do to your clients and you’re not making those decisions from your numbers to your ideal clients and your vision, these are the big three dominos where every single business decision should come from. You can’t afford not to, it’s not an option anymore. What’s missing from getting from where you are now to where you want to be? Most of the time it’s a gap in your knowledge, it’s something that you don’t know how to do. You can spend years trying to figure that out, or you can go and find somebody and ask them to teach you. When you’re looking for free information in Facebook groups and on Google, you don’t even know if those strategies work, you don’t know if that person is really able to help you or that the information and advice they’re giving you is correct, you’ guess and winging it. For most businesses you don’t have the luxury of that amount of time, cash flow and money to support you whilst you figure it out. You’ll likely run out of money first.   BEST MOMENTS ‘We run a business so that it provides for us, not us feeling a slave to our business.’ ‘I have itchy feet. If I’m not learning, I don’t know what the next goal is or the next progression route, it’s almost like I feel trapped.’ ‘Every year we set a budget aside to invest into coaches, it’s a first priority.’ ‘Do your due diligence when looking for a coach before jumping in feet first, make the right decisions.’ ABOUT THE GUEST Jessica Crane is an internationally award-winning salon business coach. Since the age of 12 Jessica has worked at every level within the industry. Starting out as a Saturday girl, commercial stylist to managing multiple award-winning salons and chains, to assessor, centre manager and internal verifier for a top outstanding private training provider. Jessica holds a degree in consulting and has spoken on multiple global stages for well-known industry brands. With over 20 years industry experience she has helped hundreds of salon owners across the globe run the business of their dreams living the life they dreamed of when they first opened their salon door. Website: www.jessicacrane.co.uk Online consultation booking link: https://calendly.com/jessica-ssc/free-50-minute Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessicacranesiss/ ABOUT THE HOST Welcome and thank you for reading this, I’m Nathan Plumridge salon owner and Hair Stylist. I’ve been in the industry for nearly 30 years and have been a salon owner for 23 of them. I have been fortunate enough to work and learn with some of the biggest names in the industry and this has given me the experience and drive to now be here with you sharing my experiences. CONTACT DETAILS  www.hairlifeshow.com Instagram is @nathan.hairlife  Email me at [email protected] show was brought to you by Progressive Media

In this episode, Nathan is joined by Jayne Lewis-Orr who is, quite simply, a hair industry icon. Her passion for the industry over the last 25 years as the executive director of the Hairdresser’s Journal is why Jayne is so well respected by every hairdresser.