We have been behind the chair for over 25 years each. We have co-owned a salon. We have trained new stylists, coached coworkers, and poured into every person who came through our doors. But walking into a cosmetology school classroom for the first time as the educators? That was a completely different feeling.

And we want to be honest about it.

The Nerves Are Real and That Is Okay

Teaching people you know is one thing. Teaching a room full of students you have never met is another. When we walked in, Jenel felt her voice shaking. Her brain went into a fog. She was sweating. She barely remembers what she said in the first few minutes. And looking back at the video, it did not look that bad at all, but in the moment it felt intense.

If you are an educator stepping into a classroom for the first time, just know this: the nerves are going to be there. Even for someone who has done education before. Even for someone who has been in the industry for decades. That does not mean you are not ready. It means you care.

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