Ep. 128 • The Importance of Mental Health (Yes…Even You) as a Hairdresser w/ Nina Kovner @passionsquared
The Hair Game
Salon Republic
4.9 • 571 Ratings
🗓️ 2 March 2020
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
After struggling to find personal happiness & peace, Nina Kovner founded Passion Squared to focus on helping the creative person be successful in their business. She uses her past experiences with anxiety, depression, and stress to guide others in achieving success without sacrificing their own happiness & health.
Check out her book here:
https://passionsquared.net/shop/digital-awesomeness/awesome-af-boundary-book/
SHOW NOTES:
• How attending a hair show made her fall in love with the hair industry
• Her nervous breakdown and suicide attempt; recovering & the creation of passion squared
• What are people in creative small businesses struggling with? Co-dependency & boundaries
• Importance of clear agreements w/ clients ahead of time, price increases
• Influencer Economy... good or bad?
• Podcasts – how hers is going and her faves
Nina would like to provide these resources for anyone who is struggling with mental health issues:
Suicide Prevention Hotline:
1-800-273-TALK (8255)
Crisis Text Line
Text "HOME" 741741
Talkspace App
Headspace App
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | If you've ever put off a price increase, if you've ever slept, like not been able to sleep, |
| 0:05.7 | if you've ever sent a five paragraph email explaining a price change, if you've ever done any |
| 0:11.9 | of that, you might have a little code of fantasy. |
| 0:15.3 | Hey, guys, my name's Charlie Gray. |
| 0:17.2 | I'm Alison Alhammed. |
| 0:18.1 | Hi, I'm Erica Keel. |
| 0:19.1 | This is Hair Godzito. |
| 0:20.3 | I'm Kimberly Taye Hare, and you're listening to The Hair Game Podcast. Hey, listener, I'm Eric Taylor, and as |
| 0:27.7 | always, thank you so much for joining me. Announcement. Actually, this is a double announcement. |
| 0:33.9 | Announcement number one, Salon Republic is coming to the Bay Area in California with our |
| 0:39.3 | first salon in the Silicon Valley, the city of Sunnyvale. |
| 0:43.3 | We're opening that salon this summer. |
| 0:45.3 | Also, this is the double part of the announcement, we are opening our first location in the |
| 0:51.3 | Seattle area in the city of Linwood. |
| 0:53.3 | If you live in the area or know anybody |
| 0:55.8 | who lives in the area, we are setting up tours now. Go to SalonRepublic.com or hit the link in my |
| 1:02.9 | bio on Instagram for more details. Podlute giveaway time. Babelis Pro. |
| 1:15.7 | Nano-titanium-plated, ionic straightening iron. |
| 1:18.9 | That is a lot to say, and that's what we're given away. |
| 1:22.3 | The winner is Victoria Kelly hairstyling. |
| 1:26.6 | Victoria, DM me at the Hairgame Podcast on Instagram. |
| 1:30.8 | At the end of the show, I'm going to tell you what we'll be giving away next week, |
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