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Heal The Industry
by Ashlee Vance
Join us at Heal The Industry, where I have build a community of passionate hairdressers who are dedicated to revolutionizing the hairstyling profession. Through my personal journey, I've navigated through challenges, made pivotal decisions, and built resilience, all in pursuit of transforming the industry's perception from a mere hobby to a fulfilling career path. Together, we're rewriting the standards and embracing a new era in hairstyling.
Episodes
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Obedience Over Opportunity
Just because you can build it doesn't mean God called you to. What if the very thing you're working so hard to build is the thing God is asking you to surrender? In this deeply personal episode of Heal The Industry, Ashlee shares what God revealed to her while studying Proverbs 1:20–33 and how...
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The Chains We Normalize
What happens when the environment around you gives you permission to question what you’ve always considered “normal”? In this episode of Heal The Industry, I sit down with Molly and Ashley for a vulnerable conversation about choosing sobriety and the freedom they’ve found on the other side of...
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Community Inside Of The Industry
We were never meant to do this alone. In this episode of Heal The Industry, I’m talking about the power of conversation, community, and what happens when we stop trying to carry everything by ourselves. Because isolation has a way of making fear louder, comparison heavier, and our struggles feel...
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Stop Losing Yourself in the Process
What if the next level of your career isn’t about doing more—but getting clear on what you need to stop doing? In this episode of Heal The Industry, Ashlee is talking about the habits, reactions, and patterns that can quietly drain us while we’re busy building the career and life we prayed for....
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Accountability Is How We Help People Win
What does it actually look like to help a stylist take ownership of their career? In this episode, Ashlee Vance and Abigail Lacey have an honest conversation about accountability, leadership, marketing, systems, and the responsibility salon owners have to help their teams win. They unpack why...
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What If You're Part Of The Problem?
We all want to heal the beauty industry. We want better leaders. Healthier salon cultures. More respect. Better communication. Stronger boundaries. More opportunity. But what if healing the industry requires us to stop looking at everyone around us for a minute… and look at ourselves? In this…
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Tensions of Growth
Tension of Growth What if the tension you’re feeling isn’t a sign that something is going wrong, but an invitation to build something better? In this episode, Ashlee shares the real-time lessons she’s learned as a multi-location salon owner, from moving across the country just 13 months after...
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Stop Chasing Clients. Start Creating Connection
What if getting more clients wasn’t about marketing harder—but about creating better connection? In this episode, Ashlee sits down with Kati Whitledge , founder and CEO of Mya, to talk about rethinking the way we recruit, market to, and build relationships with clients in the beauty industry.…
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Lead The Way I Wish I Would've Been Led
Some stylists lead from ego. Jamie Varney leads the way she once wished she'd been led. In this episode I sit down with my dear friend Jamie — hairstylist, mentor, and education director — for an honest conversation about healing our industry from the inside out.We talk about ending the catty,...
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Who Are You When You Clock Out?
We’ve gotten better at setting boundaries, charging our worth, protecting our bodies, and creating healthier careers in this industry… but have we learned how to actually turn it off? When your salon, your clients, your team, your content, and your next big idea consume your thoughts, it’s easy…
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His Timing, Not Mine
This is a beautiful part 2 of a part 1 conversation Ashlee is having with her dear friend Layne. In this episode we are sharing how powerful it truly is to lean into God's timing and surrendering over control. Follow us on instagram at: http://www.instagram.com/heal.the.industry
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The Ceiling Isn't Your Talent. It's Your Thinking.
What if the biggest thing standing between you and the life, career, or business you want isn't your skill… but the story you've been believing? In this episode of Heal The Industry, I'm joined by my dear friend, Layne, who brings a unique perspective from working alongside salon owners and...
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We've Normalized Broken. It's Time to Heal.
What if the aches, stiffness, numbness, and exhaustion we've accepted as "part of the job" were never supposed to be normal? In this episode of the Heal The Industry Podcast, I sit down with Renee Petersen to have a conversation every hairstylist, salon owner, and beauty professional needs to…
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The Quarter Everyone Sleeps On
Everyone gets excited about Quarter 1. Fresh goals. Big vision. New motivation. But then Quarter 3 arrives... and for many salon owners and stylists, the momentum starts to fade. Summer schedules get busy, vacations fill the calendar, and before you know it, you're reacting instead of leading. In...
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Pain To Purpose
What if the thing you’ve been trying to overcome is actually the thing you were meant to use? In this episode of the Heal The Industry Podcast, Ashlee Vance opens up the conversation around turning pain into purpose — how the hardest seasons, the moments that stretch us, and the things we never...
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Let's Get Clear
Somebody did the thing. And instead of going to them, you went to everybody else — the group chat, the chair next to you, the conversation you won in the shower that never actually happened out loud. Right? That's whisper culture, and it's quietly costing our industry teams, trust, and peace. In...
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Bet On You
What if the biggest risk isn't betting on yourself... but spending your life waiting for someone else to? In this episode, Ashlee shares a deeply personal journey through the moments that shaped her career—from choosing beauty school when others questioned her decision, to building a clientele…
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The Work That Makes the Work Work
In this episode of the Heal The Industry podcast, Ashlee sits down with Brigette Sobus, founder of Power and Joy Coaching Academy, to talk about the deeper work salon owners and leaders need in order to truly lead well. From people-pleasing and money mindset to nervous system regulation, NLP,...
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Stop Chasing Freedom and Build It
Everyone says they want better boundaries. More freedom. Less burnout. A stronger mindset. A business that doesn't depend on them every minute of every day. But when we recently polled salon owners, something surprising happened. The overwhelming majority chose mindset, boundaries, and balance as...
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Stop Treating The Symptom
This week, I’m getting real with you about something I don’t hear talked about nearly enough — staying connected to your body, and what happens when you spend years ignoring what it’s trying to tell you. For the first time since 2020, I finally stopped. No move, no new salon build, no flying back...
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AI for Salon Owners & Stylists
Technology is changing the beauty industry fast and for a lot of stylists and salon owners, it feels overwhelming. In this episode, Abigail Lacey joins us to have an honest conversation about AI, leadership, and what it really means to adapt without losing the heart behind your brand. We talk…
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Your Perception Is Your Reality
The beauty industry will teach you how to do hair. It will not teach you how to think. So many stylists, salon owners, and beauty professionals are doing everything right on paper and still feeling stuck. The skill is there. The work ethic is there. But something underneath keeps holding them…
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The Contentment Crisis: Why The Next Level Won't Fix You
If you've ever hit a goal and immediately felt behind again, this episode is for you. Ashlee opens up about the contentment crisis quietly running our industry — and shares the P.E.A.C.E. framework she uses to stay grounded while building across multiple brands. This is a conversation about...
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Mindful Rest & A Costa Rica Retreat
Most retreats for beauty pros are about technique. This one isn't.In this episode, I sit down with Misty Jane — 20+ year hair industry veteran, host of the Starting Messy podcast, and a community builder who's spent the last few years rethinking what success looks like behind the chair. Together,...
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What Growth Actually Looks Like
Growth isn’t random—and it doesn’t happen overnight. In this episode, Abigail Lacey, owner of Elle Society, sits down with her salon manager, Ellie, to walk through her full journey—from assistant, to booth renter, to commission stylist, and into leadership. This conversation opens up what growth...
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Time Tells the Truth
Most people don’t have a time problem. They have an awareness problem. In this episode, we’re getting honest about where your time is actually going—and what that’s revealing about your priorities, your patterns, and your level of leadership. Because you can’t steward what you won’t look at. If...
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Healing Hands, Holy Work
In this episode, we sit down with Bria Alston to talk about what happens when beauty goes beyond the surface and becomes something sacred. From her background in nursing to building a business rooted in inner healing, Bria shares how she integrated faith into her treatment room and allowed God to...
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Hard Truths of Salon Ownership
In this episode of Heal The Industry, Abigail Lacy, owner of Elle Society Salon, shares the hard truths that every salon owner will face—but few are willing to talk about. After years of growth, refinement, and perspective shifts, Abigail opens up about what it really takes to move from being a...
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Breaking Isolation in the Industry
The beauty industry is one of the most people filled industries in the world, yet so many stylists and salon owners quietly struggle with feeling isolated and alone. You spend your days surrounded by clients, coworkers, and constant conversation, yet still carry the weight of your career, your...
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The Choice to Rise in Partnership
In this episode, I’m joined by Andrea “Andi” Brundidge as we share the story behind her stepping into partnership at our NOVA STRANDS Oregon location. What started as Andi joining the salon as a stylist slowly evolved into something much bigger. Through leadership, trust, and a shared vision for...
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From Reactive to Rooted: Designing a Powerful Morning
If you’ve followed me for any amount of time, you know I am passionate about starting my day with intention. But this didn’t start as some polished productivity strategy. It started as a tired mom waking up at 4am, running on adrenaline, pouring from an empty cup. In this episode, I share the…
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We Rise Together: Social Media, Leadership & Healing the Industry
In this powerful return episode, I welcome Abigail Lacey back to the Heal The Industry podcast — and we share why our last episode together became one of the most listened-to conversations on the platform. This conversation goes deeper. We talk about how our relationship started — working on...
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Don't be a "Hair-Lebrity"
In this episode, I sit down with Hannah Riley for a real, no-fluff conversation about what it actually looks like to build a sustainable, aligned career in the beauty industry. We talk through hair extensions and the responsibility that comes with offering them—doing the work with integrity,...
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Alignment Within Yourself
If you’ve ever felt successful on the outside but disconnected on the inside, this conversation is for you. In this episode, we’re diving into alignment—what it really means, why so many beauty professionals are operating outside of it, and how that misalignment often shows up as burnout,...
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Faith At Work
In this episode, we sit down with Jesse Anastacio, former hairstylist turned biblical business coach, to explore what it truly looks like to bring faith into your work — not performatively, but faithfully. Jesse shares her journey of surrender during the 2020 shutdown, how God began reshaping her...
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When the Beginning Doesn’t Look Like the Breakthrough
In this episode, I’m reflecting on 2016 — a year that didn’t feel like a breakthrough at the time, but ended up being a foundation for everything that followed. I was a new mom, learning responsibility in real time. I bought my first house, posted my work publicly for the first time, started...
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Breaking the Scarcity Mindset
Scarcity has quietly shaped the beauty industry for far too long — teaching stylists to fear time off, compete instead of collaborate, and tie their worth to overworking and survival. In this episode, Ashlee Vance sits down with Aleta Plajer, owner of AMP Hair Extension Studio, to name the…
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Choosing Peace Over Pressure
Annique shares her nine-year journey behind the chair, including the bold leap from a thriving salon suite into opening a large salon in April 2024—and the unexpected weight that came with it. From building complications to challenging hiring experiences, the pressure nearly pulled her away from...
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Reflect. Release. Reset.
In this episode of Heal The Industry, Ashlee Vance speaks to the deeper shifts required to truly change the beauty industry—starting with ourselves. From faith and identity to leadership and responsibility, this conversation invites you to pause, reflect, and question the patterns you may have...
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From Lost to Led
In this powerful episode of Heal The Industry, Ashlee Vance sits down with Kansas City salon owner Jodalyn Gadwood to share a story of deep healing, faith, and true transformation. Just two years into salon ownership, Jodalyn opens up about a season marked by feeling lost, navigating trauma…
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Freedom in Commission
Freedom in Commission – with Breyanna Remington** What happens when a stylist chooses security, support, and sustainability over the industry’s obsession with “being independent”? In this episode, Ashlee Vance sits down with NOVA STRANDS stylist, educator, and manager Breyanna Remington to talk...
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Foundation Over Aesthetic
In this solo episode of Heal The Industry, Ashlee breaks down one of the biggest myths in the salon world: that a cute, aesthetic space is what makes a business successful. The truth? Vibes might attract attention, but foundation is what sustains your business. Ashlee walks you through the...
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The Leadership Wake-Up Call
In this episode of Heal The Industry, Ashlee Vance sits down with salon owner and educator Abigail Lacey of Elle Society for a real conversation on leadership, ownership, and the culture shifts happening in today’s salon world. Abigail shares her journey from stylist to owner, the wake-up call…
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Entering the Industry, Sober
In this episode of Heal the Industry, Ashlee sits down with new stylist and assistant, Kelsie Crampton, who is beginning her career in the beauty industry sober—a choice that has brought her clarity, confidence, and a steady foundation right from the start. Kelsie opens up about entering an...
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We are BACK!!!!
The Heal The Industry Podcast is back—refined, reawakened, and ready to move with intention. In this special kickoff episode, host Ashlee Vance, salon owner, educator, and founder of the Heal The Industry Movement, opens her heart to share the deeper why behind the podcast’s evolution. After…
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Cheers to 5 Years!
Today I am leaving you with words of wisdom and my experience from the last 5 years of owning a salon and what I have discovered and the vision that I see for us and our industry. Follow Heal the Industry @heal.the.industry
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Skills That Will Serve
On todays podcast episode I am talking about the shift in the industry that I believe needs to happen to be able to help serve stylist in being able to build a business in the industry LONG TERM. By focusing on the importance of developing your skills in more than just 1 area of the industry but...
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The Gift of Gaps
Do you feel anxious when your books slow down? In this episode, we’re reframing what it means when your schedule has gaps. Instead of seeing empty space as failure or proof you’re falling behind, what if you saw it as a gift? A sacred invitation to pause, breathe, and trust that God is still...
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Healing Discovery
In this heartfelt episode of the Heal the Industry podcast, host Ashlee Vance shares a deeply personal story of generational workaholism, the loss of her father, and how it led her to a path of spiritual healing and balance. Ashlee opens up about the moment she realized that true healing begins...
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Obsessed with Obstacles
In this empowering episode of Heal The Industry, I share how every obstacle—whether behind the chair or in business—is actually a divine opportunity for growth, transformation, and leadership. From battling color banding to becoming a numbers-savvy salon owner, I will unpack how facing resistance...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Join us at Heal The Industry, where I have build a community of passionate hairdressers who are dedicated to revolutionizing the hairstyling profession. Through my personal journey, I've navigated through challenges, made pivotal decisions, and built resilience, all in pursuit of transforming the industry's perception from a mere hobby to a fulfilling career path. Together, we're rewriting the standards and embracing a new era in hairstyling.
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Ashlee Vance
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