We all dream of ‘good hair days,’ but what if the secret isn’t just in the products?
In this episode of A Really Good Cry, we’re talking all about the frustrating struggle with hair health, from breakage to thinning, and everything in between. I’m diving into my personal journey of dealing with post-COVID hair loss, how it totally knocked my confidence, and what I did to turn it around. Spoiler: it took way more than just a new shampoo!
We’ll chat about the holistic and Ayurvedic methods that have made a real difference in my hair’s strength and growth—and yes, I’ll be sharing all the practical tips that worked for me. From scalp massages to gut health, and even the crazy impact of stress on our hair, we’re covering it all.
So, if you’re ready to figure out how to get your healthiest, strongest hair yet (without breaking the bank or pulling your hair out—literally), grab your favorite snack, get comfy, and let’s dive in together. Because you deserve to love your hair, and we’re here to make that happen!
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I'm Radi Wkah, and on my podcast A Really Good Cry, we embraced the messy and the beautiful, providing a space for raw, unfiltered conversations that celebrate vulnerability and allow you to tune in to learn, connect and find comfort together. Hey, everyone, I hope you having such a wonderful week. Today we are going to talk about how to get the healthiest, the strongest, the lusciest hair that you have ever had. You know what, a while back, just after I got COVID, I started experiencing extreme hair loss. Like I would say, I was feeling like clumps of hair coming out of my hair. My hair was stinning at the front, shedding during the day, and when I would wash my hair, I would brush it and the brush would just be full of hair. So I just knew something wasn't right. And it started after I got COVID, but it continued for a good few months after. And I remember just pulling hair out in my hands and my hand was just full of it, and I was shedding all over my hair, And you know, it was definitely scary at the time, but it was also a sign to me that I had to adjust something, Like there was an imbalance in my body.
Something just wasn't right.
Now, before we get into this or go any further, I need to say this. I need you to remember that we all have different genetics, and healthy hair will look different for each person. We're all so beautifully unique, and comparing your hair to someone else's whose base is just totally different to yours.
Doesn't make any sense.
So I hope that this episode is going to help you in some way to get healthier hair, to help with hair loss, but you have to remember that it's what it's going to do is help you to get your hair as it is, your unique hair, to its healthiest version. And so we're going to talk about how you can identify what your hair type is, what a healthy version of that hair looks like, how to stop hair loss, how to improve hair health, and everything in between, and also how to maintain healthy hair like on a regular basis, how can we make sure that we don't go through those ebbs and flows of losing hair and trying to get it back, and losing hair and trying to get back Because I know I've been in that before, so good hair is a result of overall health, no matter how hard you try your hair cannot be treated as a singular thing. Your hair health needs holistic attention, and healthy hair is actually just the side benefit of good health. It's a byproduct of your organs working at its best, your gut, your digestion, and your mental state. Every single thing matters, and it all contributes towards better skin health, hair health, nail health. Everything that we see on the outside is influenced by what we do on the inside. But really, and truly, what do I mean when I say good health? We hear that all the time. Are you in good health? I want good health, I want better health. But what does health really mean? Well, good health really is when your body is getting everything that it needs to function optimally. It's when the nutrients that you're eating are absorbed and used to nourish all the bodies from your tissues down to your cells. So if we have the right nutrients coming into our body and they're being absorbed by our body, the hair will be growing, the skin will be glowing, the nails will be strong, and your body will be feeling and looking fabulous. Now in our Veda talks about how we have seven layers of tissues known as the datus now they are basically the different layers that need to be nourished. And if you imagine that, the skin is the last layer. So what happens is when we're eating our food, when we're absorbing all the nutrients, the nourishment starts from the bottom layer, and only if we have enough nutrients will it make it to our skin, to our hair, to all the external things that you see. And so that's why it's so important to think about how deeply we are nourishing our bodies. There's this term called odjas and ojess is the nectar. They're like creme de la creme produced by our body. It's this substance that's produced when nutrients are absorbed in the body and digested in.
The right way.
I always imagine odjas as this like thick gold neckar that's going through our body, providing vitality to the body. And it's what gives the outside of our body that healthy look. You know, all the factors that we look at and we say, oh, she looks really healthy. She's got that glow on her skin, her hair looks shiny and well, and just that vibrancy that you see on the outside. That is what ojas is on the inside. And actually I heard this comparison and it made so much sense to me. It said that just as leaves shed off trees during winter to preserve water and energy to survive, in the same way, our body sheds hair when we don't consume enough nutrients, because hair is considered a non essential part of our body, and if you think about it, we don't really need hair to survive. Yeah, it might keep us warm on our body, Yes, it looks beautiful. Yes it adds to our character when someone's looking at us. But and so our body actually prioritizes getting the nutrients to the essential organs like our brain whenever our energy or nutrients are depleted, which makes so much sense. So really the goal is how can we eat to get the nutrients that we need, and how can we enhance and boost our digestion to actually be able to process, receive, and absorb those nutrients to nourish us deeply and fully.
So I read it.
Actually breaks down our hair into three categories or types. It's called doches. There's cofer, pitter, and butter. Now there's a quiz that you can do online. There are many quizzes you can do to find out what your doshit is. And these types don't just affect our hair. It's not just a hair type, it's a full body type. It's so much more than just your hair. But for the purpose of this episode and the focus of it being about hair, I'm going to keep it simple and refer to them only as hair types. But I really recommend looking into the doses because it helps you to understand your mental state, your physical body, whether it's your hair, your skin, your nails, what kind of products you should be using. Like when you figure out what your dochhit is or your type is, it can really help you to understand your body so much better, whether it's the food you're eating or the things that you're using on your skin. So a healthy butter type hair. So you have to remember that when you're thinking about your hair and your skin, you don't just think about it in the moment. You think, what has my skin and hair been originally for a long period of time, Because sometimes our external environment, if it's outside, your skin will feel dryer, that makes sense. If it's cold outside and it's windy, your skin will feel dryer, that makes sense. And so what you're really trying to do is over a long period of time. It says, what is my skin in its normality? And so a healthy Vater type hair is relatively thin, often can be quite coarse. It might be straight, it could be curly, or a combination of the two.
Maybe you get some nice waves in there.
It grows quickly, but can be a little bit unruly like it can be quite dry and coarse in its natural state, so sometimes it can be more challenging to style. A healthy pitter hair type is usually straight, very soft, quite predictable. You know what you're gonna get with it. It has moderate thickness but can also be quite fine. So there's a big difference between having a lot of hair and having each hair particle being thin or thick. And so you can go to places where they'll actually test your hair type two. They'll test your scalp. See how healthy your scalp is, See what kind of hair that you actually have, Like with each fine piece of hair.
Is it actually porous, is it not porous? Is it thick? Is it thin?
So a lot of understanding your hair is also experimenting and finding these things out. And the third type is healthy Kaffa hair so kafer hair is typically thick, wavy, quite lustrous, it's full, it's strong. It can be coarse, but it's very thick and can also be quite weally too. So really the three types are better where your hair is probably thinner or lighter, pitter where it's straight, softer, you know, you know what you're expecting with it. And Kaffer hair is the thicker, stronger, probably the type where you expect you know what you expect healthy hair to look like. But I'm going to talk about that a little bit more later on of what healthy hair really means. Whenever you're thinking about what your hair is right now, think about these three options. So, if you've got too much fatter, so if there is an imbalance of vatter in the body, it can cause your hair to be dry, frizzy, brittle. It can also cause your hair to thin, fall out in clumps, become shorter and harder to grow out, and usually you get more split ends with this. If you've got too much pitter, it can cause too much heat in your hair follw cause which can actually damage the hair and need to premise your thinning and also early graying and specific areas where you're getting bold, and when there's an imbalance of Kaffer, it's oiliness, excess oiliness, heaviness, and almost like your hair feels too thick and too heavy, and so your hair health is compromised. It's really important to assess what your natural hair type is, like I said, based on your lifelong hair patterns before you started seeing changes, to really determine what type of hair you have and then what type of imbalance you have. You can actually be a combination of two of these types. So you may be a Kaffer type, but also you know at the moment have a Buttter imbalance because of the type of environment you're in. And it's really important to remember the distinction between hair types that we are naturally born with, because you know, like I was saying before about the Kaffer hair type, many of us end up developing this idea because of the culture and because of society, that your hair is not healthy unless it's this thick, cuffer hair type, and we develop this idea that our natural hair type is somehow inadequate. But really what you're trying to do is get to your optimal hair and appreciate your natural state. So if you're someone with thin straight hair. Naturally, it may actually not be possible to get thick, big, curly hair, but it will be possible to get healthy hair for you. So that may be a shift in mindset that we're also trying to adapt throughout listening to this. So it may not be what you want to hear, but it is the truth because you'll keep trying to strive for like, oh, I've got straight and thin hair, but I really want thick and curly hair, but that may just not be your genetics to have that. And so really what we're trying to do is embrace and appreciate our natural beauty because otherwise we're constantly looking for what other people have and then end up being constantly dissatisfied with what we have and aiming for things that may just.
Not be possible.
So let's really focus on having the healthiest version of our hair and ourself. Now, I know we always say no, sorry, I just want to go back to the three types because I know they can sound confusing with like the different names that you may not have heard, but just essentially remember there are the three times. The thinner finer hair, which is thatta pitter is your medium thickness usually straight, but it's quite silky and you know what you're going to get with it. And the third is tough us thick, usually quite curly, wavy, very like lustrous hair.
Now let's talk about treatments.
Because I know there's a common saying that you know, it's not about the outside, it's about what you do from the inside. But you'll be happy to know that in Ariveda it actually says that the external therapies are also very effective when it comes to hair health, whether it's hair oils or masks. But obviously the quality of the ingredients used makes such a difference, and when this is coupled with a good diet and lifestyle, of course the problems get addressed from all ends. So yes, of course it's about what you do on the inside, but it's also quite nice knowing that the things that you can do externally can also help significantly to you know, when you're trying to solve something with your hair, the most intuitive thing to do is to try and treat and support our hair from the outside. And just like our skin, the hair and scalp are actually able to absorb a lot of moisture and nutrients, so the head also has a lot of energy or murmur points that are connected to channels throughout the body, and so when you put things on your scalp, that's why sometimes they say when you're putting oil in your body, they usually focus on your scalp and your feet where your nerves begin and end, and there are two areas where actually it can help with absorption throughout the body.
So sometimes they.
Will add herbs and medicine that needs to get into the bloodstream or that needs to go throughout the body and apply it on your scalp or on your feet for it to travel throughout your body. And so it does so much more than just affect your scalp or your skin or your hair when you're doing something like that. So let's talk about some rituals and practices that you can incorporate to reduce hair loss but also maintain healthy hair. The first one is oiling your hair, a tradition which is literally as old as time is then in Indian family, is from when you're basically born, when you get that first little hair, your hair is being oiled.
You use warm oil and you.
Massage the oils into your scalp and it can help to naturally cleanse and detox the scalp.
And roots of the hair.
This practice also nourishes the cells, it rejuvenates dry hair, and it stimulates circulation in the scalp to eventually.
All promote hair growth.
So you can all your hair once a week, once a month, you know, whatever's manageable for you, but usually once a week is what's recommended. And you can also use different oils depending on what your hair is like or what you need. Sometimes even seasonally.
You can change up the oil.
So coconut oil is something that I usually would use in summer, I find that it's you know, more of a cooling oil. But in winter, having something like assess me oil or an avocado or which is richer and thicker, I would usually change it according to that. But you know, this process is also something where you have to test things out for yourself. Like I remember going through a phrase where I would do coconut oil and my hair would feel drier after I did it, after I had oiled my hair than before, and so cocone oil was just not the oil for me. And so you really have to experiment with these different types of oils and see what works best, whether it's coconut sests.
Me almond olive oil. The purer the better.
You can keep the oil on for about twenty minutes before you wash your hair, or keep it overnight, wrap it up and then wash it in the morning. There are also so many new brands that have come out or old brands even that have hair oils infused with iovated herves and I love using them. So there's brands like Renervet, Banyan Botanicals, Avarani, there are plenty of them even on Amazon. Just make sure they're organic and they have minimal ingredients. But you can also just use the plain oils that you have. Just make sure you warm them because warming of the oil helps it to.
Get deeper into your tissues.
So for anybody who is oiling for the first time, let me give you some tips.
So make sure you split your hair.
Into sections and massage to oil from root to tip, comb it through, make sure it's dispersed throughout your hair. Make sure the oil is warm because when you use warm oil, it actually infuses deeper into your roots and your tissues.
Don't overoil.
Make sure you are not using too much either, just enough to get through. You know from roots to tip, but it's not dripping in oil. And when you are removing the oil from your hair, make sure you do it thoroughly because otherwise your pores can get clogged from the oils and then it doesn't allow your hair to grow properly and can actually increase hair for So to make sure that all that oil gets out of your hair, add the shampoo on your hair before you wet it. As soon as you add water to oil in your hair, I find it so much harder to get the oil out, and so add the shampoo onto your kind of dried oiled hair, like rub it in as deeply as possible, and then wash your hair out, and you may even need a double shampoo. I've actually really enjoyed adding rosemary into oil.
I'm sure you've all.
Seen the trends that have been on TikTok and on Instagram constanty, but rosemary has been proven to help with hair growth, and so adding in fresh rosemary when you're warming the oil up or there's rosemary all that you can find on Amazon, I really like it.
And this smells really good too.
And lastly, rinse with cold water after so once you've washed everything out and you've done your conditioner and done the last step, turn your shower to freezing cold and rinse your hair with cold water. After cold water actually closes up your hair's cuticles, stimulates blood circulation, which leads to.
Faster hair growth.
It also helps to seal in the moisture from your conditioner, which makes your hair feel shiny and healthy and lovely. The next thing I recommend is doing a scalp massage. Honestly, if there's one self care viritual that I make sure I do every single day, it is doing a scalp massage every single day. Not only is it so soothing and so calming, and if you can get someone else to do it for you, that is a bonus. But doing circular motions on your head, maybe even focusing in the areas that you're finding your losing hair. This really helps to stimulate your blood circulation, and if you are doing it with oil in your hair, can enhance the oil absorbing deeper into your scalp. What you also have to remember is on your head, you've got all these marmur points, all these pressure points like I mentioned before, and it boosts circulation into the scalp. So the more blood you have brushing to your head, the more nutrients are going towards your scalp. The more nutrients you have going towards your scalp, the more it will help the hair follicles grow. I've actually got a video of this on my Instagram, so you can check it out for the full demonstration of that. But it's super simple. It's very intuitive. You're basically just in circular motions using your fingers to massage your scalp. Now, I don't know whether you guys have heard about this, but Derma rolling recently has been coming up a lot for me when it comes to hair, and I actually bought.
One for myself.
It's been used to treat hair loss, whether it's in your beard, your scalp. You know, it's been used in many different ways. People use it a lot on their skin to help with skin rejuvenation, and I've been seeing it a lot lately for hair growth too.
I have done it. I've got mixed reviews.
It definitely leaves kind of redness and discomfort, but also leaves you with pretty much open wounds, and so I do think it's effective. I think you really have to learn how to do it. Properly. It's something that I am not too familiar with, but it's definitely something I've heard has helped many people, like derma rolling and then doing the oil so the old seeps deeper into your hair, and there's other treatments that can be done alongside it. But really, even if you can just start off with oiling and massaging your hair, especially the massage part, it's just it is such a game changer. That's what I did at the front of my hair when I felt like it was thinning, and over time it made a.
Big difference for me.
So one thing my hairdresser, every single time she sees me, when I would tell her I feel like I'm losing hair at the front, She'll be like, stop doing your tight buns.
That's what she goes.
I'm seeing it in so many women these days. It's like the thing that I'm seeing the most actually in women is this hair loss at the front of the hair. And it's because of the trend that became the tight, tight buns, the low buns that we would be doing or even you know, tying our hair tight at the top. Look, if you're going out and you want to do that hair style, great. I do do that when I go out, but now you'll see me most often if I want my hair off my face, I'll just.
Do braids, good old braids or.
Plats, just you know, doing a soft braid either side. I normally split my hair into two and do that. It keeps your hair detangled, but also stops the pressure that you're putting on the top of your head every time you're doing a slick backed kind of hairstyle with a tight hairband, and so avoiding those hairstyles as much as possible. Also, when we do those hairstyles, you're brushing it back quite intensely and you're tying it tight, which can lead to breakages. And so really and truly avoid doing any tight hairstyles, whether it's a half pony where you're tying it really tight, any pressure that's been put on your scalp, trying to avoid if you are in process of trying to grow your hair back. So silk pillows is another way to help protect your hair. The smooth texture allows the fabric to just glide against your hair, so there's obviously just less friction, which means that your hair is less likely to break or just pull or say, they just feel really really nice to sleep on. So whether it's for your hair or not, definitely.
Get one having heat free day.
So I actually, unless I'm really going out or need my hair to be like really well done, I.
Would just let my hair air dry. I now got this new.
System where I have my hair where I'll put a leaving conditioner, do two plats either side or braize either side, and.
Let it naturally dry. Let them out after a while and we get these really nice little waves.
And so it's a nice way to have a cute look but still not damage your hair with having to use a hair dry or curl as too much.
Cut off the dead ends.
I know, like when you're trying to grow your hair, the last thing you want to do is cut your hair. But sometimes the dead ends take up all the nutrients that your roots actually need, and so it's just dead weight. So getting your hair trimmed regularly. If you do see spit ends or if you do see dead bits at the bottom, just get a really small trim. I'm like, take off half an inch, take off as little as possible to keep it healthy. That's usually what I say when I to get my hair cut. Also, wash your hair less and don't shampoo too much. Look, your hair is not getting that dirty. Let your hair build up the natural oils because these oils also.
Help to protect your scalp.
Make sure you're detangling and brushing through your hair at least once a week two to get rid of all those deadweight hairs. Also, the more tangled your hair is, the more likely that you will have breakages. And lastly, avoid products with lots of harmful chemicals. Like when you're shopping for hair products, just be a little bit more mindful. Read the labels. The basics should be no parabons, no sulfates, and so trying to find even if it's just like ninety eight percent natural, great, at least it's ninety eight percent the extra two percent of chemicals. At least it's not one hundred percent chemicals. So try and you know, look for products and styling products and everything from your shampoo's conditioners, whether you're coloring your hair, your styling products, your hair sprays, try and swap them all out with things that have minimal ingredients or at least are free of the sulfates and parabons that can damage our hair.
Now let's talk about what you are eating.
When it comes to food, the basic underlying rule is food with high prana. Prana in Sanskrit means life force. It's, you know, the fresher, the better seasonal, vibrant, the food that has more vitamins and minerals, like, the richer in vitamins and minerals, it is, the more vitamins and minerals your body's getting.
It just makes sense.
You know, the more vitamins and minerals you're feeding yourself, the more your organs are happy. And in byproduct of that is organs happy digestion happy hair is happy.
But let's also get.
This gut clean, because one thing we forget is that good healthy hair starts in the gut. If your gut is not able to digest, is not able to absorb the nutrients that you're eating. It's all good and well eating the food, but is your gut really absorbing it to actually provide the nourishment needed for the body, for the hair. And so a big part of your hair journey will also be your gutcha. How am I going to improve my gut health? That's is the question that you need to ask yourself as soon as you start noticing skin or hair changes. You have to remember that is your body's sign. Hey, there is something wrong. Anything that happens externally in our body. Literally anything, whether you get a spot on your face, whether your hair starts falling out, whether you get roseatia, whether you get acne, whether you get any kind of skin, nail, hair issues. It is a sign that our body is not working the way it should. It's a sign that our gut needs some help, and it's a sign that the nutrients are not making its way to the surface of our body, the last layer of our tissue. So one I recommend going to get a gut test. Make sure you get a gut test done. Check out how your gut is functioning. Usually that involves a store test. It's not very cute, but you will be cute after finding out what's wrong and you fix it, So it's worth it. But start off with pre and probiotics. They support your gut microbiome, increase your good gut bacteria, and so do fermented foods. So things like kimchi, sour kraut, get in some fermented foods into everything that you're eating. I usually add them in as a side to anything I'm having my lunch, my dinner, my salads. You can always add in a bit of sour kraut on the side somewhere. And these fermented foods also help to support your good bacteria. The more good bacteria you have, the better your food will digest. Avoid antibiotics. Look, if you have to go on them, you have to go on them. But sometimes they are prescribed left right and center for anything and everything that comes up. Antibiotics kill, They destroy our good gut bacteria. And so if you have been on antibiotics and you're noticing, oh, I was on antibiotics, my gut feels funny, my hair is starting to fall out, there may be a trend there, and so you have to, like I always recommend people when I was a dietitian in hospitals, if they are going on antibiotics automatically, they're going on pre and probiotics too. It's just a non negotiable. Eat foods rich in fiber. Your foods, your veggies, your whole grains. Get that fiber in. It's going to help to clear out your gut and help to strengthen your digestive tract. So in conclusion, for your gut. Get your gut tested number one. Meanwhile, have your pre and probiotics, your fermented foods. Eat the rain bow literally like eat all the different colors. They have all the different nutrients that you need. But also the more diversity you have in colors, in textures of the food you're eating, the more diversity in your microbiome there will be. I'll also say there is this one adaptera gen called triphilla trier actually means three FULLA means full full, sorry we say full, which is flour. So it's like a mix of three different herbs, and essentially it is an adapter gen that helps to promote proper digestion and absorption of food. Really easy to get these days. Make sure it's organic and you can take it in water. There's many different ways that you can take it. But essentially, if you're having a few gut issues, then definitely adding in trifola is a good place to start. Make sure you're taking a multi vitamins, like get checked to see what your iron levels are, your B vitamins are. You may simply be deficient in vitamins and minerals, so getting those simple. It's like so many things can happen, and we're like, let me add this in, Let me add this in, Let me take this medicine, let me take this supplement. How about we find out what's wrong at the root of the issue, Like what is the root problem that's happening. What vitamins and minerals are missing from my diet that I need to incorporate.
How can I incorporate.
Them in my day to day life, Like what fruit and vegetables or foods have these nutrients in them? And then let me supplement on top of that. Look, nature has everything that we need, we just need to know how to use it. And so understanding and doing like educating ourselves on what foods include, what vitamins and minerals is really important too. Have it printed out. There are these beautiful charts you can print out from Google. Have it on your fridge so you know when you're doing your shop what food you want to buy on a weekly base to help with this. But a great multi vitamin is always nice to make sure you're topping up on all the nutrients that you need. There's also bio in and it is a b vitamin and it similarates the production of keratin, which is great for your hair to increase follicle growth. I've actually had many people take this for a short period of time, and honestly, I did take it after I had my COVID hair loss, and I did a lot of.
Things mixed together.
So I did the bio it in, I did make sure I was taking my vitamins, I did the Scout massage, and all of those together help. So I can't say that in a singular way that the biotin helps, but I think sometimes, like I said, it's a multifaceted thing. You can't just rely on one thing to help. You can also, by the way, you don't have to pop pills to get biot in. You can get it from swup potatoes, nuts, broccoli, colorflower, and then you can also get the supplement to top it up to if your gut is feeling sensitive and you're noticing like a big sign by the way that your gut isn't functioning well, is looking at your bowels, how are your bells doing, are you pooping regularly? What does it look like, how is it feeling? How is your gut feeling every time you're eating? And in our Vada it's recommended that if you are having gut issues, stick to cooked foods, not raw foods. Raw foods are harder to digest, and cooked foods are easier to digest.
It's simple if you.
Imagine, the cooked foods are already pre cooked before they get into your body. Raw foods are not, and so your stomach has to work to break through the fiber and all the cruciferous vegetables and all those things like, it's much harder. If your gut is weak, it's going to struggle, and then it's not going to digest properly. It's going to ferment in the body, and it's going to produce toxins in the body. Therefore, you're not absorbing the nutrients and not getting what you need to your hair. And so have cooked foods easier to digest, food soups, stews, that kind of thing, rather than having raw foods if you are in the process of improving your digestion. Now, ladies and gentlemen, we have to talk about the number one thing that has been.
Reported cause hair loss.
It may not be the food you're eating, it may not be the deficiencies, it may not be what you're putting on top.
Of your hair.
It may be how stressed out you are. Now listen from your body's perspective, like, your stress response is geared towards increasing your chance of survival, right, and it occurs when your body perceives that your survival is threatened. Nowadays, we're not usually in life certain situations, but your nervous system actually does not know the difference between being in a boardroom and being stressed or stressing out about something at work, or being chased by a hungry lion. Your stress response ends up being the same because the same.
Hormones are produced.
And unfortunately, when stress response goes on for a long period and it becomes chronic, it begins to steal our the nutrients from our tissues. It begins to deplete our body of the nutrients that it needs to keep feeling optimal, and this can go all the way down to bones and hair, like it will just strip. Because we're using so much energy, We're using so much of our body to actually fight this stress response, to fight the inflammation that happens from stress, that the focus goes towards that and not towards nourishing different parts of our body. So let's do a bit of chilling out. Shall we stop scrolling now, whatever that.
Means for you.
But one thing that I noticed I do whenever I am stressed or my just automatic response seems to be in moments of the in between, those in between moments where you could be having moments of breath, moments of calm, we're scrolling. So if there's one thing you do to help with your stress levels during the day is stop scrolling between things. Stop reaching for your phone. Every single time you get a moment, that moment is for breath. That moment is to breathe into the in betweens, like feel the calm into your body between the crazy parts of the day. If you don't allow yourself to set every few hours, your body's stress levels will just keep increasing and increasing. And so when you're going onto Instagram, it is not relaxing you. When you're sitting on the toilet and you're trying to like go to the bathroom, don't scroll, scroll, scroll, sit and just breathe. Like, there's so many in between moments that we don't realize we get to actually bring us back to ourself to actually lower our stress levels. So we really need to do that. And you know, cortisol is an all time high, especially in women. It is causing disruption of hormones, disruption of so many things. Again, all of these things impact our hair and our skin and everything. And so my holistic doctor actually put me on this thing called cortisole balancer. So definitely, you know, seek advice from a doctor before going on this, but you can get these herbal remedies that are cortisole balances, and it helps to just calm your nervous system but also rebalance your cortisol levels, which are the hormone that is produced.
When you are stressed out.
There's also an adaption called Ushua Gandha. It helps to balance your stress hormones.
It is great.
You can take it every single day and it helps you rebalance I mean mind, body and heart stress levels. To be honest, So there was a lot of information that you were given today, but this is the conclusion. So if you didn't end up absorbing much of anything I said, here's what you have to remember. Number One, check out what your hair type is. Do a test online. I will probably share, I will not I will probably I will share a quiz that you can take on our Instagram. So look out for that when this episode comes out. Figure out what your hair type is so you have realistic goals. Set yourself realistic hair goals number one, number two. Figure out what the imbalances are. Start to assess your hair. Is it drier, is it too oily, is it thinning?
Is it to course? Is it frizzy?
Like? Figure out what the problem is we are trying to solve. Next up, test out all your bloods, your gut like, get checked out for all your victimin deficiencies, your mineral deficiency, and your gut health. Really and truly your gut health is impacting everything, so make sure that is one of the main things that you do. Then when it comes to treatments, you're gonna have to explore. You're gonna have to try things out. You're gonna have to test and repeat testing and see what works for you, whether it's the oils you're using in your hair, to the treatments that you're doing. And then add in your daily rituals. What are your daily rituals going to be. When are you going to do your scalp massage? When are you going to be oiling your hair every single week? Set out times to allocate for these things to happen. Protect your hair, make sure you're doing all those protective mechanisms. Get your silk pillow, have your heat free days. Get your hair cut regularly, even if it's small amounts. Do not do type buns, just do braids or leave your hair loose and flowing. Avoid all those chemicals in the products that you don't need.
Think about what.
You're eating next, the foods that you're eating.
Add in your pre and probiotics.
Eat gut healthy foods that are rich in fiber and all the nutrients that you need. Maybe adding those adaptations that we spoke about trifila and ashwaganda for your stress and your gut issues. Take breaths in between your day to reduce your stress levels, to allow your body to rest to heal. I really hope that these tips in some way do help you. And I know that hair loss and hair issues can really knock down your confidence and can make you feel so worried.
I've been there.
But just know that it is a sign and a warning your body is giving you. It is almost a gift if you will that your body is giving you a strong signal that something may not be right. Internally or externally or both, so use it as a start point to begin exploring your health. It's also a journey of trying to see what works for you. Like I said, it's an investment of time of energy to figure out what is your personal journey that you need to take with this. And remember, growth takes time in any area, whether it is mindset or your hair, so don't be disheartened when things don't happen overnight.
Meanwhile, just remember that you are.
A bad bee and you are worthy and be beautiful regardless of your hair. You're not defined by your hair, your nails, or anything else that sits on your body. You are you and a change of hair will not change that. And I really want you to remember that because I know it can be so difficult to go through these changes. Sending you so much love, I hope this journey goes well for you. I can't wait to hear if you guys tried this out. And also if there's anything that's helped you, please leave a message when we post this on Instagram on our posts. It was always so nice to help each other as part of this community. Have a wonderful day, and if you need to have a really really good cry,