Heal The Industry

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.

  1. Bet On You

    Jun 22

    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 from scratch, launching a salon during uncertain times, and learning to trust God's leading even when the path didn't make sense on paper. This isn't a conversation about confidence. It's a conversation about faith, obedience, and learning to trust what God has placed inside of you before you have all the answers. Through stories of setbacks, pivots, opportunities, and hard decisions, Ashlee unpacks what it really means to bet on yourself—not from a place of self-reliance, but from a place of believing that God wouldn't have called you to it if He wasn't going to walk with you through it. If you've been waiting for permission, certainty, or the perfect timing before taking your next step, this episode is your reminder: You don't need to know how.You need to know Who. Because every breakthrough in your career, business, leadership, and life begins with a decision to believe that what's been placed inside of you is worth betting on. In this episode:• Why perfectionism can keep you from obedience• The mindset shift that changed Ashlee's career• How betting on yourself builds confidence through action• What salon ownership taught her about faith and risk• Why your next level may require trusting God before you see the outcome• Learning to rise to the opportunities placed in front of you Sometimes the most important investment you'll ever make is believing in the person God created you to be. www.instagram.com/heal.the.industry

    31 min
  2. Stop Treating The Symptom

    Jun 1

    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 and forth across time zones, no constant fight-or-flight. And in that stillness, my body finally let me feel everything I’d been pushing through: waking at 2 and 3 a.m., bone-deep exhaustion by mid-afternoon, eating clean and staying active with nothing to show for it, and zoning out mid-conversation no matter how hard I tried to stay present. I’d blamed it on everything — time zones, caffeine, the season I was in. But a friend kept telling me to get my hormones checked. So I did. Turns out my testosterone (yes, women need it too) was so low it wasn’t even measurable. One treatment in, I felt like me again — present at my daughter’s softball game, sleeping through the night, dreaming again. I just wish I’d listened sooner. I also share what our family is walking through with my son — years of being told his pain was “just growing pains” until we pushed for answers and learned he has a rare autoimmune condition called CRMO. Both stories taught me the same two things, and they’re what this whole episode is about: stop treating the symptom and get to the root of the problem — and trust your instincts, because that intuition was put inside you for a reason. Whether you’re a stylist, a salon owner, a mom, or someone who’s quietly been pushing through — this one’s for you. Above all else: heal. DM me on Instagram @heal.the.industry to tell me what came up for you. If it spoke to you, share it with a friend who needs to hear it, and leave a rating or review. Want to be a guest? The application link is in our IG bio.

    26 min
  3. Your Perception Is Your Reality

    May 12

    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 back, and most of the time, it’s not what they’re doing. It’s what they’re believing about themselves. In this episode, Ashlee talks about one of the most overlooked parts of building a career in this industry, which is mindset. The quiet thoughts behind the chair that shape your pricing, your leadership, your growth, and the way you show up every single day. Ashlee shares her own testimony of what mindset work has done in her life and business, and why it became a core pillar inside Heal The Industry rather than an afterthought. She talks about her role as the mindset mentor inside the program and what she has watched shift in the women who have been willing to do this work. At the end of the episode, Ashlee opens the doors to something brand new. A free community book club for anyone in the beauty industry who is ready to start doing the inner work. Together we will be reading Winning the War in Your Mind by Craig Groeschel, a book that has shaped Ashlee personally and one she believes is the right starting place for this industry. If you have ever felt like your thoughts have been running your career instead of you running them, this episode is your invitation to begin again. Because healing the beauty industry starts with healing the way we think CLICK HERE FREE Book Club Enter Code: Book at Check Out

    19 min

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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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