8 Tips for Hairstylist Holiday Wellness

Elizabeth Faye (@heyelizabethfaye) shares some self-care tips for both your physical and emotional well-being during the holidays.

The holiday season is one of the busiest and stressful seasons for beauty and wellness pros. Between juggling the surge in clients, longer work hours and personal commitments, it’s easy to neglect your own well-being. However, taking care of yourself is essential to ensure you’re at your best for your clients and loved ones. Here are some self-care tips for both your physical and emotional well-being during the holidays.

Nourish Your Body

As a nervous system expert and business coach, I have seen the benefits of having a regulated nervous system, even during the hustle and bustle! Here are a few simple tips to maintain, sustain and nourish yourself during the holidays. This is a great opportunity to get back in the swing of having vitality and well-being be a core part of your regular business practices.

Nourish your body. The basics of health and vitality are going to come in clutch. Sit down and make a simple schedule and list of how you need to nourish yourself during this time. Maybe it looks like meal prepping, a change of hours, some at home yoga, a new cute hydro flask filled with H₂O and vitamins, stretching in between clients or snacks prepped and ready to go. Simply prep to help sustain your health.

Breathwork. Take a few deep breaths. Even as little as three breaths changes the state of your nervous system. Try the bliss breath. It is a simple breath where you breathe in through the nose for three counts and then slowly exhale for six counts. This breathing exercise relaxes your nervous system, allowing to you to feel a melting sensation over your body as you relax.

Notice your body. A huge part of being body lead is noticing when your energy tanks or is sustained. Everyone will have different depths and energetic capacities. It is important that you take note of when you are feeling drained versus energized. Take note, ask what was happening and how you can foster more protection and more of your energy being sustained.

Protect Your Energy

Set the vibe. Play music that energies you, encourage conversations that fuel you instead of drain you and invite scents into your space that set the vibe. This could include incense, a calming diffuser scent or your fav non-toxic candle.

Boundaries. Be clear on what time you want to spend with family and friend and for self care. Clearly communicate your hours and time available. Maybe even ramp up your availability to make extra cash this year. Just be sure to ramp up your personal self care and repair time as well! Then, stick to your plan.

Protect your energy before work. Take a moment before entering other people’s space to take a few breaths. A moment of protecting your own energy will reap in sustained energy all day. You can even envision a bubble of light wrapped around you protecting your energy field.

Wipe it off. Between clients, wash your hands and wipe off your arms, legs, chest and heart area with the intention of wiping off anything you are carrying that isn’t yours to carry.

Lean back method. When you find yourself getting emotionally too involved or energetically highjacked physically, lean back. If it’s feeling heavy, break the energy completely, go to the restroom or get a drink of water.

Improve Your Energy

These are all vital habits year round, but I can’t think of a better time to start implementing some strategies for better energetic hygiene. This will help protect, sustain and maintain your energy during the busy season. Enjoy your clients, enjoy the extra cash flow and remember that more output means more input on the self care side in order to keep burnout away!