 From Salon Chair to Burnout

Finding a Better Way

First Trade Journal Break

Pandemic Pressure Lessons

Workshops and Brand Collaborations

Becoming the Go-To Expert

Nutrition for Hairdressers

Finding Your Career Moment

In this episode, Maria Evangelou shares her journey through the hair industry—from high-end salons to opening and running her own salon and going on to create a holistic business that helps other salon owners. She explains how a recession, combined with health challenges, left her overwhelmed and led to burnout—prompting her to rethink what “success” looks like behind the chair.

Maria unpacks the holistic approach she’s built to help hairdressers sustain long careers, bringing emotional wellbeing, financial reality, and day-to-day operations together rather than treating them as separate problems. She also talks about how writing for trade journals strengthened her confidence and helped validate her message, and how that work has grown into workshops, retreats, and collaborations with salons and brands.

She closes by reflecting on how the pandemic proved the importance of wellbeing-led business, and why nutrition and self-care matter even more for hairdressers working long, irregular hours.

Produced and published by How To Cut It Media

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Todays Guest

Maria Evangelou is a holistic business and wellbeing coach supporting salon owners, small businesses, and creatives. After running a busy Birmingham high-street salon, she faced illness, grief, debt, and burnout behind the scenes. That turning point led her to rebuild with balance, transform her business, and ultimately sell the salon. Today, Maria brings real industry experience and practical, soulful tools through one-to-one coaching, workshops, and retreats—helping professionals lead with clarity and confidence, without sacrificing their health or happiness.

@mariaevangelou

mariaevangelou.co.uk

 

 

In this episode, Maria Evangelou shares her journey through the hair industry&mdash;from high-end salons to opening and running her own salon and going on to create a holistic business that helps other salon owners.&nbsp;She explains how a recession, combined with health challenges, left her overwhelmed and led to burnout&mdash;prompting her to rethink what &ldquo;success&rdquo; looks like behind the chair.
Maria unpacks the holistic approach she&rsquo;s built to help hairdressers sustain long careers, bringing emotional wellbeing, financial reality, and day-to-day operations together rather than treating them as separate problems. She also talks about how writing for trade journals strengthened her confidence and helped validate her message, and how that work has grown into workshops, retreats, and collaborations with salons and brands.
She closes by reflecting on how the pandemic proved the importance of wellbeing-led business, and why nutrition and self-care matter even more for hairdressers working long, irregular hours.
Produced and published by <a href="https://howtocutit.com">How To Cut It Media</a>
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Connect with Spotd on Instagram <a href="https://instagram.com/getspotdapp">@getspotdapp</a>
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Todays Guest
Maria Evangelou is a holistic business and wellbeing coach supporting salon owners, small businesses, and creatives. After running a busy Birmingham high-street salon, she faced illness, grief, debt, and burnout behind the scenes. That turning point led her to rebuild with balance, transform her business, and ultimately sell the salon. Today, Maria brings real industry experience and practical, soulful tools through one-to-one coaching, workshops, and retreats&mdash;helping professionals lead with clarity and confidence, without sacrificing their health or happiness.
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/mariaevangelou__/">@mariaevangelou</a>
<a href="https://www.mariaevangelou.co.uk/">mariaevangelou.co.uk</a>
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Spotd presents Whair To. Fast conversations, real careers, no straight lines. 10 questions to people in hair who’ve been there. Each week a new guest—hairdressers, barbers, salon owners, and apprentices—shows where a hair career can take you: apprenticeship, behind the chair, education, session work, freelance, and entrepreneurship. Zero fluff—just tips, tools, client game, pricing, and trends you can use now. Follow to find whair to go next.

Spotd presents Whair To. Fast conversations, real careers, no straight lines. 10 questions to people in hair who&rsquo;ve been there. Each week a new guest&mdash;hairdressers, barbers, salon owners, and apprentices&mdash;shows where a hair career can take you: apprenticeship, behind the chair, education, session work, freelance, and entrepreneurship. Zero fluff&mdash;just tips, tools, client game, pricing, and trends you can use now. Follow to find whair to go next.

Whair To?

Spotd presents Whair To?—the 10‑question show for hairdressers, barbers, salon owners, hair apprentices and everyone in between. Fast conversations, real careers, no straight lines. Each week a new guest joins us to map where a career in hair has taken them—apprenticeship to behind the chair, session work, education, entrepreneurship, and everything in between. Real talk, zero fluff: tips, tools, client game, money moves, and trends you can use now. Follow to find whair to go next.

Podcast produced by How To Cut It Media 

Spotd is the soon to launch professional industry app built for the hair industry. Only
Join the waitlist getspotdapp.com

Connect with Spotd on Instagram@getspotdapp

Find Spotd on TikTok@getspotdapp

 

Spotd presents Whair To?&mdash;the 10‑question show for hairdressers, barbers, salon owners, hair apprentices and everyone in between. Fast conversations, real careers, no straight lines. Each week a new guest joins us to map where a career in hair has taken them&mdash;apprenticeship to behind the chair, session work, education, entrepreneurship, and everything in between. Real talk, zero fluff: tips, tools, client game, money moves, and trends you can use now. Follow to find whair to go next.
Podcast produced by How To Cut It Media&nbsp;
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Spotd is the soon to launch professional industry app built for the hair industry. Only Join the waitlist <a href="https://getspotdapp.com">getspotdapp.com</a>
Connect with Spotd on Instagram <a href="https://instagram.com/getspotdapp">@getspotdapp</a>
Find Spotd on TikTok <a href="https://tiktok.com/getspotdapp">@getspotdapp</a>
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