If your hair leaves you with more questions than answers, this is the room for you. Your Hair Made Simple is the living room for natural hair, the honest talk salons and barbershops held before everyone moved to private suites. Whether you are a product junkie, a "lazy natural," an OG naturalista, loced, straight haired, or somewhere in between, there is room for you here. One week you will hear what is actually in your braiding hair. The next, whether wash day counts as mental health care. Either way, you get the honest version. Pull up a seat, and let's make your hair make sense.
What If Wash Day Is Mental Health Care?| Psychohairapy w/ Dr. Afiya
Have you been doing your hair less the more stressed life has gotten?
This episode brings you into a conversation with Dr. Afiya Mbilishaka, a licensed clinical psychologist, professor, and the creator of Psychohairapy, a framework that treats hair as an entry point to mental health care. Shannon and Dr. Afiya talk through what it really means to see your hair as part of your health, why so many of us walk into the salon already qualifying our hair before anyone touches it, and how the chair so often becomes a second therapy seat.
Dr. Afiya also shares her HAIR model for training stylists and barbers on the mental health side of their work, and breaks down the concept of aesthetic trauma. If you have ever put off wash day longer than you meant to, or felt your hair changing as life got heavier, this conversation will meet you where you are.
A quick note before you press play. The video for this conversation did not record cleanly, so this episode is audio only. The conversation is worth every minute.
When life gets heavy, is your hair one of the first things you let go of? Tell me below. I read every comment.
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25 Aug 2026
What Going Bald Taught Her About Identity w/ Iria Creamer
Have you ever stood in the mirror and wanted to cut your hair off, not for a style, but to start completely over?Iria has done that twice. She shaved her head in college on a day she needed a clean start, wore it bald for about ten years while modeling and building a career, and then, at 29, took the clippers to her head again to begin growing it back. In this conversation she walks through both decisions and the long middle where she worked out who she was underneath the hair. We talk about loving yourself with your natural texture when nobody taught you how, the rules about hair we inherit before we get a say, and what it looks like to let your hair be your business and no one else's.If you have ever felt like your hair was carrying more of your identity than you meant for it to, this episode is for you.When did your hair last carry more of your identity than you wanted it to? Connect with Your Hair Made Simple:📩 Subscribe to the Your Hair Made Simple Newsletter for hair and wellness tips and insights:yourhairmadesimple.substack.comSecure Your Hair Affirmation Merch and Nourishing Hair Butter and Oil : https://www.yourhairmadesimple.com/shop-the-brandFollow us on Instagram & TikTok: @yourhairmadesimple Connect with Iria:Instagram: @iriataeeWebsite: www.iriatanee.com
11 Aug 2026
Why Your Hair Sheds After Pregnancy: Postpartum Shedding, Explained w/ Akira Frierson Wood | Your Hair Made Simple Ep 35
Have you ever started finding more hair than usual on your pillow after having a baby, and felt your stomach drop?
In this episode, Shannon sits down with Akira Frierson Wood, a labor and delivery nurse of more than fifteen years and the founder of Take Care of You. Akira explains what your body is actually doing during pregnancy, why estrogen makes hair flourish for a while, and what complications like anemia, low iron, or dehydration can change. Then she walks through postpartum shedding, why it happens when hormones drop, and why it is not a sign you did anything wrong.
You will also hear how to prepare your hair before the shed ever starts, how the care you give the inside of your body shows up on the outside, and how to actually support a loved one who is pregnant or postpartum without adding to their plate. If you are in this season yourself, planning for it, or holding space for someone you love, this conversation will meet you where you are.
Did your hair change during pregnancy or after?
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