Ep. 327 • Setting Boundaries & Expectations for Your Social Media w/ Conor James Doyle
The Hair Game
Salon Republic
4.6 • 570 Ratings
🗓️ 11 December 2023
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
We continue our conversation this week with @conorjmd - what does his neurodiverse education platform do that others don't? We also discuss his approach to social media and why it is vital that protect your mental health.
This Week's Topics:
• Hair Education and Managing Time
• Neurodiversity in Education
• Instagram vs TikTok
• Dealing with Weighty Conversations as a Hairdresser
• Protecting Your Peace and Mental Health
• The Power of Meditation and Morning Rituals
• Hair Horror Stories
Takeaways:
Effective time management is crucial when juggling multiple roles in the hair industry, such as being a hairdresser, educator, and content creator.
Understanding and embracing neurodiversity can enhance the learning experience for both educators and students, allowing for more inclusive and effective teaching methods.
Instagram and TikTok offer different opportunities for hairdressers to showcase their work and engage with their audience. While TikTok can be unpredictable, Instagram provides a more stable and community-focused platform.
Hairdressers can benefit from using TikTok as a discovery platform to reach new audiences and potentially gain more exposure for their work.
When using social media, it's important to set boundaries and manage the negative aspects, such as hate comments or overwhelming engagement.
Protect your peace and mental health by setting boundaries and practicing self-care.
Incorporate meditation and morning rituals to maintain a healthy mindset.
Embrace your own journey and avoid comparing yourself to others in the industry.
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| 0:00.0 | So you'll get people saying, oh, social media is dead. |
| 0:02.2 | It's not important anymore. |
| 0:03.2 | And then the next month will be like, everybody needs to be on this. Likewise, I go through, like, constantly being like, this is fantastic. And then I'm like, this is evil. You know. Hi, I'm Maddie Conrad. I'm Tabitha Calfi. Hi, I'm Mustafa Eusti. I'm Andrew. his hair. Hi, my name is Kelly O'Leary and you are listening to The Hair Game Podcast. |
| 0:27.1 | Hey, everybody, Donovan here, producer of the Hair Game podcast. Our Salon Republic |
| 0:32.2 | Holiday Party, 23, was a blast. Congratulations to our winners of the SR Community Awards. We gave those away also. |
| 0:40.3 | That was very cool. And we even had some of our hair game podcast alum stopped by. We had painted hair, Patricia Nicole, stop by. |
| 0:47.3 | Let's see, Neil Malick was there and even saw the hairy godmother. We saw her as well. I didn't get to say hi, but |
| 0:56.2 | notice she made it as well. So great to have those people here. And hopefully we can get more |
| 1:01.1 | people there next year. Salon Republic, Emeryville in the Bay Area is opening in just about |
| 1:07.9 | two weeks or so. So we have one or two studios available. Get on our |
| 1:13.5 | Instagram, either Salon or Public or the Hairgame podcast. Go to the link in bio and you can |
| 1:18.0 | book a tour there to check out the ones that we have left. Now on to our second conversation with |
| 1:23.8 | Connor Doyle. Hey Connor, how are you? |
| 1:29.6 | I'm good. Thanks for having me back. |
| 1:33.3 | Of course. Excited to have you back. Thanks for agreeing to come back. |
| 1:39.3 | On the first episode that you and I did together, we discussed two major differences between the UK, primarily Ireland, because that's where you're from originally, although not living, |
| 1:45.0 | right? You're in Amsterdam, I think you said? |
| 1:48.9 | I'm actually back in Ireland now. |
| 1:52.4 | Yeah, basically every time you'll talk to me, I'll be in a different location. |
| 1:56.4 | Awesome. I love it. That makes it exciting. |
| 1:59.8 | All right, so you're back in Ireland. We talked about on the last episode the differences between the UK hairdressing and the UK and the US. |
| 2:08.6 | Number one difference is in how the countries handle licensing. I'm sorry, not the number one difference. |
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