Happier Grey Podcast

In this week's episode I'm chatting with my gym buddy, Jo Pringle, about her fitness journey, and the colourful route she took to ditching the dye and going grey.

In this week's episode Tanya talks about taking 5 years thinking about going grey before actually taking the plunge, experimenting with silver hair shampoos and how going grey makes you feel bolder.

Unlike most of my guests, going grey didn't involve ditching the dye for Lara, who has only every once had highlights in her hair. We chat side effects of the menopause and staying fit along with grey hair, and why it shouldn't be a big deal.

This week I'm chatting the Bhavini Lakhani, who chose to ditch the dye in her 30s and loves her grey hair. We talk about how difficult the first 12 months of the grow out are, pink highlights, strength training and more.

This week I'm chatting to Jen about hair dyeing horrors and well meaning friends who think you should be dyeing your hair. Jen's a nutritionist and we also talked about eating healthily as we age.

In this week's episode I'm chatting with Sara Jones, who has long grey hair. Her hair was originally ver dark, but she ended up bleached blonde, before choosing to grow it out a few years ago.

Not going to lie, this week's episode is more about having a pro-age attitude, than it is about Brenda's grey hair journey. But Brenda's story was lots of fun anyway. And she does have plenty of tips on what type of make up works best with grey and silver hair.

In this episode I'm chatting to Petra Fisher, who lives in Amsterdam, comparing the attitude to going grey in the Netherlands to what I see in the UK. Love Petra's down to earth attitude.

In this week's episode I'm chatting to Deepa Gibson, who's in the process of growing out her dyed hair... but this isn't the first time she's gone grey. Listen in to find out what's different this time round.

I'm always fascinated to find out about the attitude to ageing in other countries, and in this week's episode, I'm chatting to Stella Scott who lives in Sweden... where going grey isn't such a big deal.

Jeni is a lot younger than most of my previous guests. She stopped dyeing her hair earlier this year and is the process of going grey. In this episode we chat about how people have reacted and how she's finding the process.

I loved chatting to Jenny, she's such a bubbly character with a wonderfully positive attitude towards ageing and her platinum hair.

Lisa Newport is a stylist and colour expert, so we chatted about how the colours that suit us change as we go grey, as well as Lisa's own grey journey.

Several of the guests I've spoken to have chosen to go grey due to health issues. Jacqueline's hand was forced more than anyone I've spoke to due to a severe allergic reaction to the hair dye she'd been using for years.

This week I'm chatting to Chloe Thomas, who got her first greys in her 20s, but was never tempted to dye her hair to cover them. We're chatting going grey, attitudes to ageing and e-commerce.

In this episode I'm chatting to Sarah Jane Phelps who ditched the dye in lockdown and has never looked back. Sarah loves colour and statement dressing and choosing not to fade into the background now she has gone grey.

Tracy went grey while living in France, so we chatted about the differences in attitude to grey hair in France, as well as Tracy's experience of going grey.

In this episode I'm chatting to Nikola Howard about her grey hair journey and thoughts on ageing.

In this episode I'm chatting to Hayley Ramm about her grey hair journey, having short hair and the power of getting outside every day.

This week I'm chatting to Claire Shelley who is in the process of ditching the dye and going grey. For health reasons, Claire's been focussing on eating natural foods and avoiding putting chemicals on or in her body. Which was the trigger for deciding to go grey, perhaps earlier than she perhaps would have done otherwise.

This week I'm chatting to Alison Jobson. She's the first person I've spoken to who has gone grey on more than one occasion. The first twice, she chose to go back to dyeing her hair, as a result of other people's comments.

In this episode I'm chatting to Sally How, so much has happened to her in the last few years. It's great the hear how she's emerging from them feeling positive and more like herself. Going grey was one of the elements of her reivention.

In this episode I'm chatting to Zoe Britton who is in the process of growing out the dye and going grey. Zoe's had a mix of highlights and lowlights over the last few years in preparation for the full grow out, that way she'll be able to keep her long hair without having a really defined stripe as she grows out the dye.

Unlike my previous guests, Lisa Slater chose to go grey in her 40s.  I loved chatting about her colourful hair history and how she's now happy to be grey.

Not going to lie - I probably laughed more during recording this episode than I have with any other. Loved Donna's honesty and humour in telling her tale.