<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Hair Chair Diaries]]></title><description><![CDATA[The podcast salon-show where real women sit in the chair and get honest about real life, love and money.

Every episode, a guest takes a seat at Sienna Hair Spa in Bedfordshire and we talk about the chapters that shaped them. Divorce. Career change. Financial wake-up calls. Health journeys. Life transitions. The conversations nobody had with us before the big decisions.

I'm Chantelle Dean, a hairdresser with over 25 years experience, CeMAP qualified Mortgage and Protection Adviser, and founder of PD Finance Ltd. I created Hair Chair Diaries because finance isn't just about numbers. It's rooted in everything we live through.]]></description><link>https://www.hairchairdiaries.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:49:24 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.hairchairdiaries.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Life After Diagnosis]]></title><description><![CDATA[October 2026 | Hair Chair Diaries Nobody really wants to talk about insurance, do they? Life insurance, critical illness cover, income protection. It's hardly the most exciting conversation, especially when you're busy living your life, working, raising children and paying the bills. But something has really stayed with me following two recent conversations on Hair Chair Diaries. I sat down with two incredible women, Mel and Helinka, who both experienced bowel cancer. Two different women, two...]]></description><link>https://www.hairchairdiaries.com/post/life-after-diagnosis</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ad12034fa76a34db6e49cc7</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 20:53:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4470f8_35b494c51ba241c0ae9603df1a56ebe2~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chantelle Dean</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Menopause Tax Women Have Been Paying Quietly]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are some conversations that stay with you because they make you realise how much women have been expected to carry quietly. The first two Hair Chair Diaries episodes have made one thing really clear to me. Women are not dramatic. Women are not lazy. Women are not “just getting older”. Women are often uninformed, unsupported and left to work out huge changes in their bodies, brains, careers and relationships on their own. And that is what I keep thinking of as the menopause tax. Not just...]]></description><link>https://www.hairchairdiaries.com/post/the-menopause-tax-women-have-been-paying-quietly</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa48dac5462f0629b9d2434</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 18:47:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4470f8_90cfe510462b412496128f1a57b0f313~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chantelle Dean</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Women We Are Becoming]]></title><description><![CDATA[A personal reflection on motherhood, confidence, legacy and the quiet power of letting our children watch us become.]]></description><link>https://www.hairchairdiaries.com/post/the-women-we-are-becoming</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8950cfd586cd2fd6633b64</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 07:33:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4470f8_24bfa25d1a424e8c9e7f669c7f1d791d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chantelle Dean</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How a Dream, a Prayer and Sheer Stubbornness Built a Community Festival]]></title><description><![CDATA[Community, courage and why sometimes you have to build the space before you feel ready.]]></description><link>https://www.hairchairdiaries.com/post/essential-tips-for-creating-a-podcast-landing-page</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8950c8fe6fd82d1503c7da</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 07:33:28 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Chantelle Dean</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Handwritten Notes At The Perfect Time]]></title><description><![CDATA[A reminder that our children do not just see the result. They see the studying, the trying, the pressure and the rebuilding too.]]></description><link>https://www.hairchairdiaries.com/post/the-notes-he-left-for-me</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8950ce2e2bf8de1e29232b</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 07:33:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4470f8_339348870ce3473aabd1a39405e5bee2~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chantelle Dean</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>