11/11/2025
Some real talk 📣 I’ve been guilty in the past of wearing my overworking like a badge of honour, thinking I was encompassing the “girl boss” persona when really I was slowly loosing myself.. I opened my first salon 10 years ago, the landscape was so different then, not much need for social media, I don’t even think anyone had instagram? 😂 Pre covid work was different and I was a young woman in my mid twenties with no kids! Four 12 hour shifts in a row? No problem! Then came Farrah, I remember I was working in the delivery ward 🤦🏻♀️I was answering messages, paying bills and being induced into labour 😐I worked up to the day before I was brought in and I gave myself less than 2 weeks maternity leave- a regret that I’ll have forever, it hurts me to think about. I had ambitions to expand and I opened my first clinic 3 years later, I flew to England and travelled all over Ireland training in various specialist treatments and investing heavily in the most advanced medical grade equipment. I had a vision for multi-locations so 3 years later I opened a bigger clinic in the centre of Belfast and embarked on a nursing degree. I employed over 20 people over the years and at one time had over 12 members of staff… I missed family birthdays, I missed school events, I worked Christmas Eve, I worked constant late evenings and weekends, for 10 years solid I haven’t stopped! And I think in this industry burn out is normalised, it’s easy for everyone to post their success stories 💫their wins 🏆their achievements and accomplishments, which of course should be acknowledged but it could easily feel like you are lagging behind… but what you don’t see is the background, the sleepless nights, the anxiety, the guilt, the self doubt and the exhaustion. So if YOUR version of success is being a stay at home mummy, or working part time or whatever success looks like to you, whatever makes YOU feel happy in your heart, do that! 💜 I’m currently restructuring my businesses in order to allow me a quality of life and in reshaping my business I hope to rebuild myself too- because all the “girl bossing” has come at a cost. I’m so excited for this next phase of my businesses and of my life 🌸
