The Conscious Salon

Updated: 15 Jun 2025 • 148 episodes
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Welcome to The Conscious Salon. Join Tessa and Nicola - sisters, best friends and founders of aHead, Melbourne’s First Mindful Salon.  In this space, you’ll be empowered, inspired and entertained by the ups and downs of running a conscious, small business. We chat mindset, culture, business and give you practical steps to make your life more conscious. 

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15 Jun 2025 • EN

You always have choice

In this episode of The Conscious Salon, we’re diving deep into the idea of personal responsibility and exploring how often we carry things that aren’t actually ours to hold. Off the back of a wholesome weekend sleepover with our team (and their husbands), we reflect on a beautiful, chaotic night full of board games, to

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08 Jun 2025 • EN

The REVIVE Retreat

Welcome back to The Conscious Salon Podcast. In this episode, Tess and I (Nicola) are joined by our incredible team member, Tae, as we reflect on one of the most transformative weekends we"ve had - our latest private client retreat: REVIVE. As part of our highest level of mentorship, we take our private clients on retr

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In today’s episode, we sat down with the incredible Kate Slater, a CFO and accountant who’s not only brilliant with numbers, but also so down-to-earth and passionate about empowering business owners — especially in the salon space. We chatted all things money, mindset, tax planning, and why understanding your numbers i

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25 May 2025 • EN

Feeling guilty with team

In this episode of The Conscious Salon, we go deep into the real emotional landscape that comes with running a salon – specifically, the guilt that creeps in when you"re trying to lead, grow and support your team, all while maintaining your own wellbeing. We talk about our personal experiences with guilt – from feeling

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This episode is one that’s truly close to our hearts. We sat down with someone who is not only our biggest supporter, but the heartbeat of our family - our beautiful mum. We wanted to have an honest, vulnerable chat about how self-development doesn’t just impact you, but how it creates a ripple effect on the people aro

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11 May 2025 • EN

Our team are struggling

In this candid episode, salon owners and leadership mentors Tess and Nicola open up about the challenges and responsibilities that come with leading a conscious team - especially during emotionally charged times. Over the past few weeks, their team has been navigating a range of difficult personal experiences, from gri

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