Grief, Business & Motherhood: The Reality No One Talks About | Prue Taylor

What happens when you’re running multiple businesses, raising nine children, and your world is completely shattered by grief?In this episode of Tell Me About It, Cait Muir sat down with salon owner, hair educator, and foster mum Prue Taylor - for a raw, unfiltered conversation about business, loss, motherhood, and healing.Prue shares her journey of building a hair salon from her garage…Scaling to multiple thriving salons…And what it really looks like to be a female entrepreneur in the hair and beauty industry. You’ll hear about the realities of salon ownership, leadership, staff turnover, training apprentices, and why stepping off the floor is sometimes the most powerful move a business owner can make.Prue opens up about:✅Losing her partner suddenly and navigating grief as a business owner✅How trauma impacts the nervous system and emotional regulation✅Why breathwork and somatic healing became essential tools in her recovery✅Raising children through kinship care and foster care while running businesses✅Balancing motherhood, leadership, and survival when life falls apart✅Why trusting your intuition matters more than expert adviceIf you’re a salon owner, female entrepreneur, or a woman holding everything together while quietly falling apart… you’re in the right place.Key moments:00:03:40 From Garage to Empire00:07:40 The Day Everything Changed00:11:40 The Truth About Grief 00:17:40 Signs from the Other Side00:23:40 Anger & Grief 00:27:40 Discovering Breath Work00:34:00 The Business Brain 00:38:00 Training vs Losing Staff00:47:40 Nine Kids One Roof00:56:00 Managing Business and Babies01:01:00 Hair Education Journey01:09:00 Trust Your Own Intuition-👉Connect With Pruehttps://www.instagram.com/pruby_26 https://www.instagram.com/ladyandthehairhttps://www.tiktok.com/@pruby26 https://www.tiktok.com/@_ladyandthehair_ -👉Find out more about how we can work together:https://iconiccoaching.com.au/coaching/Support the show-👉Here’s how to connect:https://www.instagram.com/tellmeaboutit__podcasthttps://iconiccoaching.com.au