0734: Four Signs You're Ready for A Salon Mentor
Beyond The Technique Podcast
Are you facing the same team challenges, relying on AI for business answers, or feeling exhausted from making every decision alone? Award-winning salon owner and mentor Celene Dupuis reveals four clear signs that it’s time to seek guidance—and why coaching should be the last investment you cut when business gets tough. She and Kati discuss navigating seasons of rebuilding, strengthening salon systems, understanding your finances, and surrounding yourself with people who can help you reach the next level. Tune in for an honest conversation that will help you identify what’s holding you...
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0733: Three Ways to Be Less Timid
Beyond The Technique Podcast
Courage isn’t something you’re born with—it’s something you build through practice. In this episode, Kati shares three powerful ways to become less timid: take action before you feel confident, intentionally increase your tolerance for rejection, and get clear about what you want so you can ask for it directly. Through relatable examples for salon owners, leaders, and hairstylists, you’ll learn how courageous action can transform everything from difficult conversations and price increases to rebooking, retail recommendations, and career opportunities. If fear of criticism,...
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0732: Holiday Marketing Ideas that Work!
Beyond The Technique Podcast
Ready to make this holiday season your most profitable one yet? In this festive episode of Beyond the Technique, host Kati Whitledge catches up with marketing guru Kayla Morgan from Imaginal Marketing Group to unpack strategies that actually drive revenue for salons and spas. Kayla spills all the insider secrets on how to boost cash flow using high-converting retail bounce-backs, interactive "spin-the-wheel" prize games, pre-booking incentives, and VIP-only gift card promotions that protect your bottom line. She also shares actionable tips on hosting memorable holiday open houses, driving...
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0731: Your Past Predicts Your Future
Beyond The Technique Podcast
Your future isn’t shaped by what you want—it’s shaped by the behaviors you repeat today. In this episode, Kati explains how your patterns are more predictive than your plans and why meaningful transformation requires personal accountability, patience, and consistent action. You’ll learn how to interrupt destructive patterns, create “if-then” responses for predictable triggers, and design an environment that supports the person you want to become. Your past may predict your future, but your past starts today—and one new decision can begin changing your entire direction. ...
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0730: Stop Discounting Your Services
Beyond The Technique Podcast
Why do so many salon and spa owners discount their services, avoid raising prices, or hesitate to recommend what their clients truly need? Master coach Brigette Sobus returns to reveal how fear, guilt, people-pleasing, and limiting beliefs can quietly sabotage even the strongest business systems. She shares powerful examples of beauty professionals who increased revenue by addressing the emotional barriers preventing them from confidently selling, leading, and making necessary changes. Tune in to learn why doing the inner work and transforming your relationship with money may be the...
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0729: 3 Bad Habits to Eliminate
Beyond The Technique Podcast
What if the key to greater freedom in your business is simply asking your team one powerful question? In this episode, Kati Whitledge shares how to stop solving every problem and start encouraging team members to bring forward their own proposed solutions. You’ll learn how this leadership habit builds confidence, autonomy, trust, and ownership throughout your organization. When you empower your people to run the show, you create stronger leaders—and finally give yourself room to lead. WATCH ON YOUTUBE: GET MY BOOK! From First Date to Forever; How to Market Like A Matchmaker: POWERED BY:...
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0728: The Vitality Project, with Elizabeth Faye
Beyond The Technique Podcast
Beauty industry wellness thought leader Elizabeth Faye joins us to share how her journey through burnout, anxiety, and autoimmune challenges transformed the way she approaches success, leadership, and life. She introduces the Vitality Project, a workplace wellness platform designed to help beauty professionals strengthen their mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. Discover how salon owners can use education, coaching, personalized insights, and gamified challenges to build healthier cultures, develop stronger leaders, and improve recruitment and retention. This conversation is...
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0727: You're Not Special Enough
Beyond The Technique Podcast
In today’s crowded beauty and wellness market, simply offering great services and earning strong reviews is no longer enough to stand out. Salon, spa, and med spa owners now compete not only with established businesses, but also with savvy independent professionals using AI and modern marketing to attract clients. In this episode, Kati Whitledge reveals three essential elements that strengthen your unique selling proposition and make your business truly memorable. Discover why visibility matters, how differentiation drives growth, and what it takes to get—and keep—more clients. WATCH ON...
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0726: Back From a Financial Fallout
Beyond The Technique Podcast
What happens when a multimillion-dollar salon appears successful but is quietly borrowing money to cover payroll? Atelier Studio owner Anna Johnson shares how a major expansion, rising overhead, and unsustainable staffing costs erased her profits—even while annual revenue remained at $2.6 million. Discover how she used AI-powered financial analysis to restructure compensation, optimize schedules, improve retention, and give her team the accountability they genuinely needed. Anna’s remarkable comeback proves that courageous leadership and difficult decisions can transform a struggling...
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0725: The Salon I’d Choose If I Were Starting Over
Beyond The Technique Podcast
If you were starting over in the beauty industry, what would make a salon truly worth choosing? In this episode, Kati Whitledge shares the six qualities she would prioritize, including commission-based earning potential, ongoing education, an inspiring service menu, quality products, a clean environment, and exceptional communication. She explains why these elements help beauty professionals grow their careers while feeling seen, supported, and connected to their salon’s culture. Whether you’re searching for your next salon home or hoping to attract outstanding talent, this conversation...
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