142: How Active Women Are Accidentally Destroying Their Hair with Shandi Nichelle

Broads: The Bold & Badass Fitness Podcast for Women

You have been treating your hair the same way diet culture taught you to treat your body. Something feels off, so you add another product, another step, or another routine you saw online. And just like with food and fitness, more is almost never the answer.

Shandi Nichelle has been touching hair for 20 years and she has one question she asks every woman who sits in her chair. What are you using and who told you to buy it? Because almost every hair problem she sees comes back to the same thing: women are solving a problem they have not correctly diagnosed yet.

Shandi Nichelle is a hairstylist, hair educator, and founder of FREEWELL, a clean hair care brand built around the idea that your hair needs less than you think. In this episode, Shandi breaks down the five types of hair damage most active women are dealing with without knowing it, why the habits that feel responsible are often the ones causing the most harm, and what it actually takes to get your hair healthy without overhauling your life.

If you have ever felt like nothing you try is working, this episode is going to tell you exactly why.

What's Discussed:

(1:49) The biggest hair myth Shandi wants to kill for good

(3:50) Why the slick back bun is quietly receding your hairline

(7:09) What healthy hair actually means and why most products fake it

(9:01) The five types of hair damage and the surprising new one on the rise

(18:11) Why over-washing is the first thing Shandi identifies in every active woman

(23:45) What dry shampoo is actually doing to your scalp

(26:44) Why scalp health is simpler than the industry wants you to think

(36:53) The protocol Shandi gives every woman before she buys another product

(40:27) The one ingredient your hair needs more than any treatment you can buy

(42:00) How Power Gloss was born out of training for a triathlon

(48:18) How often you actually need to use it and where to keep it so you remember

(49:52) Where to find Shandi and what is coming June 1st

Find more from Broads:

Website: broads.app

Instagram: @broads.podcast @broads.app


Check out more from Tara LaFerrara:

Website: taralaferrara.com

Instagram: @taralaferrara

YouTube: @TaraLaferrara

TikTok: @taralaferrara


Check out more from Shandi Nichelle:

Website: livefreewell.com 

Facebook: Freewell
Instagram: @livefreewell     

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You have been treating your hair the same way diet culture taught you to treat your body. Something feels off, so you add another product, another step, or another routine you saw online. And just like with food and fitness, more is almost never the answer.

Shandi Nichelle has been touching hair for 20 years and she has one question she asks every woman who sits in her chair. What are you using and who told you to buy it? Because almost every hair problem she sees comes back to the same thing: women are solving a problem they have not correctly diagnosed yet.

Shandi Nichelle is a hairstylist, hair educator, and founder of FREEWELL, a clean hair care brand built around the idea that your hair needs less than you think. In this episode, Shandi breaks down the five types of hair damage most active women are dealing with without knowing it, why the habits that feel responsible are often the ones causing the most harm, and what it actually takes to get your hair healthy without overhauling your life.

If you have ever felt like nothing you try is working, this episode is going to tell you exactly why.

What's Discussed:

(1:49) The biggest hair myth Shandi wants to kill for good

(3:50) Why the slick back bun is quietly receding your hairline

(7:09) What healthy hair actually means and why most products fake it

(9:01) The five types of hair damage and the surprising new one on the rise

(18:11) Why over-washing is the first thing Shandi identifies in every active woman

(23:45) What dry shampoo is actually doing to your scalp

(26:44) Why scalp health is simpler than the industry wants you to think

(36:53) The protocol Shandi gives every woman before she buys another product

(40:27) The one ingredient your hair needs more than any treatment you can buy

(42:00) How Power Gloss was born out of training for a triathlon

(48:18) How often you actually need to use it and where to keep it so you remember

(49:52) Where to find Shandi and what is coming June 1st

Find more from Broads:

Website: broads.app

Instagram: @broads.podcast @broads.app


Check out more from Tara LaFerrara:

Website: taralaferrara.com

Instagram: @taralaferrara

YouTube: @TaraLaferrara

TikTok: @taralaferrara


Check out more from Shandi Nichelle:

Website: livefreewell.com 

Facebook: Freewell
Instagram: @livefreewell     

2026-05-26 56 min
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