Happier Grey Podcast

This week's guest is Toni Serofin, a book designer from Canada, who specialises in working with self-publishing authors. Toni to the drastic step of a very short haircut, to speed her journey to all grey, and still likes to keep her hair short. after the grow out, her hair was whiter than she would like, so now she adds some lowlights, to give more depth to her colour.

This week I'm chatting to style coach Caterina Avanzi. She's originally from Italy, but now lives in the UK. And, like many of my previous guests, she absolutely loves her grey hair. Caterina's grey hair journey was partially inspired by a woman with beautiful, shoulder length grey hair who she saw on a trip to New York.

This week's guest, Aoife Forbes, is a professional gift wrapper, who loves colour and all things creative. She found her first white hairs in her teens, and wasn't happy, because she thought that was way too early. From her early twenties until her mid-forties, she dyed her hair to childhood brunette. Rather than going for a gradual grow out, Aoife had the colour stripped in a marathon e...

This week I'm chatting to Annie Stirk who stopped dyeing her hair in the 30s, with her silver hair eventually becoming part of her signature look. Initially she struggled with being grey earlier than her contemporaries, but as her hair became white rather than steely grey, she came to love it.  We chat about the important of considering your make-up and the colours your wear, when you choose...

This week I'm chatting to Suzanne Ulph who has wonderfully curly grey hair. Her grey hair journey coincided with a big change in her life, as she moved from being a teacher to becoming a writing coach for authors. The move to self employment means she's also much freer to express her personality, dressing in the bright colours and patterns that she loves.

In this week I'm chatting to fellow podcast host Kate Porter, she's the Midlife Metamorphosis Coach and host of the Midlife Unlimited Podcast. Listen in to find out why Kate laughed when she was mistaken for her son's grandma. Why she loves bright colours. And how going grey has helped her feel more like herself.

In this episode I'm chatting the Roanna Stromberg Smith about her grey hair journey, which started with a pixie cut and grey blending, and has taken her to a rough cut bob that she loves. Her style has also evolved to include a love of citrine yellow, which works beautifully with her skin tone and grey hair.

In this episode I'm chatting to nutritionist Lisa Picken about her grey hair journey. How her make-up and the colours she wears have changed since going grey. Plus, the foods she recommends to eat, and avoid, if you want to age well.

This week I'm chatting to executive coach Denise Hansard who's based in North Carolina. We talk about whether it's harder to go grey if you work in corporate, her accidental attempt at dyeing her hair a child, why she loves bright colours, and more.

In this week's episode I'm chatting to Nola Simon who started going grey when she was 7, as a result of Waardenburg Syndrome. Amongst other things, we talk about life at school with a white streak, why things have been different for her daughter, and how she keeps her hair pure white.

This week I'm chatting to Dain Baird Rogers, who has been dabbling in modelling since she went grey. Having been invited to take part in a magazine photoshoot, by "Your Roots are Showing" documentary maker Ilise Harris (hear her story in Episode 46). I loved hearing how happy Dain is with her cropped grey hair, with no plans to return to dyeing, or straightening ever again.

This week, I'm chatting to Gin Lalli, who ditched the dye in Lockdown. She has Indian heritage and was expecting a backlash when she decided to stop dyeing, but everyone was actually very supportive, with no negativity at all.

In this episode I'm chatting to Sydney based Jen Boxer, who went grey during lockdown. Since going grey, Jen has reignited her childhood passion for acting, with her new hobby seeing her appearing in commercials, films and TV.

In this episode I had a lovely chat with Vicki who I met through a shared love of yoga. With lots going on in her life at the time, she decided to ditch the dye, and let the greys come through at 41.

Very excited to chat to this week's guest Ilise Harris, who shares my passion for taking the stigma away from going grey. Ilise is an international hair and makeup artisit who has been grey for 20 years. She's also to co-director of the award-winning documentary "Your Roots are Showing", which showcases the stories of lots of women who have chosen to embrace their grey's....

This week I'm chatting to wellbeing coach Jackie Webster, who had planned to go grey at 60... but actually did at 59. Listen to the episode to see what inspired her to change her mind.

This week I had lots of fun chatting with Helen whose Instagram handle is @silversparkles1965. She grew her hair out during lockdown, and loves how her hair is today. We talk about how she found the grow out, her Mum's reaction and more.

This week I'm chatting to grey-haired activist Shama Persson, who cofounded the Golden Age Models Agency in Sweden. She's a massive advocate the ageing naturally, with the agency only representing models who are 45+, and who don't use fillers or Botox.

This week I'm chatting to Emma Taggart who is a London-based career and leadership coach for ambitious introverts. She's been fully grey for a year, and took a phased approach to her grow out with semi-permanent highlights to blend with the greys.

This week I'm chatting to Vikki Hone, who the least grey guest so far. But I love Vikki's attitude to ageing and the way she's excited to welcome her greys, so I thought she'd make a great guest.

This week I'm chatting to Dr Rebecca Dinsdale, who ended up with a white streak in the front of her hair at 25, following an illness. It didn't occur to her to be concerned about it, until she started getting comments and adverse reactions from other people. Listen in to find out why. 

This week I'm chatting to Maria Elena Pamies, who is based just outside Barcelona in Spain. We chat Maria Elena's grow out journey, reclaiming you life and why she feels younger now that she did ten years ago.

This week, you've got two Helens! In this episode I'm chatting to Helen Calvert who has never dyed her hair and just has a smattering of greys... but she's got no plans to dye it, because she's comfortable with her age and doesn't see any reason to try and hide it.

In this week's episode I'm chatting to Sharon Armstrong who is less than 6 months into her grow out. And finding it easier than she expected. Sharon's the first person I've spoken to who's mentioned the Happier grey Podcast being one of the inspirations for choosing to go grey :)

This week I'm chatting with Monique, who's based in Australia. Monique is 6ft tall, and I first came across her in Instagram, where she posts are about outfit ideas and pro-age.