About Me
Before becoming hairstylist I completed a bachelors degree in French and English, with the intent of becoming a high school teacher. In fact, I even began my training as a hairstylist in French in order to facilitate the acquisition of my post secondary second language.
Forever passionate about education, I have spent the last 14 years in my industry learning, perfecting and now educating. None of it has come easily. I have been forced to learn every technique through repetition, success, failure, critical evaluation and more repetition. With this experience however, I am able to offer my students a deeply personal knowledge of the subject matter.
One of the strongest truths that I have learned through my own professional development is that failure, although painful and discouraging, is when true learning takes place. Success feels great and is necessary for developing self confidence but it requires less analysis. Failure is so frustrating that I will generally do anything in the world moving forward to avoid it happening again. So I study and I learn. By removing the fear of failure, I have also allowed myself to take more risks. I believe that this is a key truth to teach a beginner because at the start there will be less opportunities for success and failure will be plentiful.
I also believe that being afraid is normal. Many new stylists and students have issues with anxiety, which prevents them from reaching their potential. They aren't unique. Many of us experience it, even after 14 years. One day, your hands stop shaking. But until they do, you should do it anyway. Teaching terrifies me, but still I push myself in that direction.
Forever passionate about education, I have spent the last 14 years in my industry learning, perfecting and now educating. None of it has come easily. I have been forced to learn every technique through repetition, success, failure, critical evaluation and more repetition. With this experience however, I am able to offer my students a deeply personal knowledge of the subject matter.
One of the strongest truths that I have learned through my own professional development is that failure, although painful and discouraging, is when true learning takes place. Success feels great and is necessary for developing self confidence but it requires less analysis. Failure is so frustrating that I will generally do anything in the world moving forward to avoid it happening again. So I study and I learn. By removing the fear of failure, I have also allowed myself to take more risks. I believe that this is a key truth to teach a beginner because at the start there will be less opportunities for success and failure will be plentiful.
I also believe that being afraid is normal. Many new stylists and students have issues with anxiety, which prevents them from reaching their potential. They aren't unique. Many of us experience it, even after 14 years. One day, your hands stop shaking. But until they do, you should do it anyway. Teaching terrifies me, but still I push myself in that direction.
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