Afshaan moved to Dubai from Canada, bought a salon before she'd even relocated, and built Tea & Glo into a thriving business, without ever picking up a pair of scissors herself.

In this episode, Katie talks to Afshaan about the real story behind the glossy version of "business owner": the visa system, the staffing challenges, learning an entire industry from her own team, and the client journey that keeps people coming back.

She also opens up about being a single mum in business, working herself into burnout twice, and what she finally changed to protect her energy for good.

In this episode:

● Building a salon business as a total outsider to the industry

● Why staff retention comes down to how you make people feel

● The client journey details most salon owners miss

● Knowing your numbers, and why so many owners don't

● Single motherhood, burnout, and building real boundaries

● Feminine energy vs masculine energy as a woman in business

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Peptides are everywhere right now, but does anyone actually know what they are?

Katie sits down with aesthetic doctor Dr Jenna Burton for the conversation she’s been waiting months to have: what peptides really are, why NAD+ technically isn’t one, and the truth about the GLP-1 agonists everyone’s using (Ozempic, Mounjaro, Retatrutide).

They get into blood work, why the UAE is tightening regulation, the risks nobody talks about, and the peptides that actually help with energy, burnout and perimenopause. Katie also opens up about using Mounjaro years before it became a trend, and why having someone “rein you in” matters more than people realise.

Honest, unfiltered, and packed with things you need to know before you inject anything.

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Sophie sold her UK salon chasing a more balanced, freelance life in Dubai. Within three months she was booked seven days a week, and four years later, pregnant and burnt out, an out-of-the-blue message from a stranger became the opportunity that built SOTA.

In this episode, Katie talks to Sophie about launching a salon and a hair brand in the same month, the staffing lessons that came the hard way, and the unglamorous hustle, DMs, free blow-dries, three-wheeled trolleys - behind a client book full of celebrities and high-net-worth regulars.

In this episode:

● Why "going freelance for balance" rarely works out the way you think

● What makes a business partnership actually work long term

● The staffing red flags most owners ignore for too long

● How to build a high-value client book from a standing start

● Launching two businesses at once, and surviving it

● Why your second location is the one that really tests your business

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