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Stretch, Rest, Protect: You’re Telling Us How You Do It!

At this busy time of year when hairdressers feel stretched in all directions, we’re inviting you this month to participate in the December Healthy Hairdresser Challenge, "Stretch, Rest, Protect," and tell us how you stretch ...

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Take the December Challenge: Stretched in all Directions

Being booked solid is a good problem to have, but you’re also planning for your own holiday at home and perhaps extending yourself to charities. You’re stretched pretty thin, so turn it around before you snap!Our December Challenge ...

It's a Stretch

Strength, balance and flexibility—is your workout achieving this golden trio? When focusing on cardio and lifting, even health-conscious people may overlook stretching as another essential component of staying agile, extending youthfulness ...

Paul Dombroski: Preparing for a Personal Cancer “War”

Healthy Hairdresser recently caught up with Paul Dombroski, the NFL-athlete-turned-stylist who was featured in an earlier Healthy Hairdresser article about his 2013 struggle with breast cancer. It’s an unusual story, and we wanted to know ...

10 Habits to Build Mental Toughness

Succeeding as a hairdresser requires you to have a heart as soft as cotton and nerves as hard as steel. You try to make people feel great when, in return, they may complain that you missed the mark on their hair color. It takes mental stamina to ...

Hairdressers’ “Healthy Holiday Moments” Will Inspire You!

Many of you have been taking our November Healthy Hairdresser Challenge, and we’re inspired by your responses and want to share! If you haven’t already, all this month you can Take the Challenge to be eligible to be entered to win ...

Healthy Holiday Moments: Take the November Healthy Hairdresser Challenge!

It’s a fact—salon pros give, give, give ... all holiday season long! Your busiest, most wonderful time of the year is also the most stressful.That’s why this month’s Healthy Hairdresser Challenge ...

Need a Guiding Meditation? Eight are Free Online

UCLA has made audio meditation guidance available as free online podcasts ready to play on the UCLA website and also available for downloading free from iTunes. Ranging in length from 5 to 19 minutes, the eight topics ...

Learning to Cope

A hairdresser arrives at home, plops down on the sofa, clicks on the TV and barely acknowledges her husband. "Aren't you happy to see me?" her husband asks. “I’ve just spent 12 hours telling people I was happy to see ...

Winners “Stand For” Body, Spirit and Business Principles in Recent Healthy Hairdresser Challenge

Our panel of judges has identified and notified the 30 winners of MODERN’s September Healthy Hairdresser Challenge, “What Do You Stand For?” In selecting only 30 responses among the hundreds we received, we were impressed with ...