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Trust Your Innersense ™ with Joanne Starkman invites you to slow down, reconnect, and come home to yourself. Rooted in self-love and everyday rituals, this podcast explores what it means to live with intention—starting with the relationship we have with our bodies, our breath, even our hair. Joanne, a holistic beauty founder and gentle guide, shares real conversations and mindful practices to nourish your inner and outer world.
Each episode feels like a cozy cup of tea with a wise friend—full of heart, honesty, and tools you can actually use. From soulful storytelling to simple shifts in daily habits, you'll find inspiration to soften, listen inward, and move through the world a little more rooted and real. Trust Your Innersense is a quiet nudge toward the truest version of you.
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Finding Color Harmony Joanne sits down with Megan Bentley, known professionally as The Color Countess, a leading authority in modern color analysis and undertone education. After living 35 years believing she was a warm spring, Megan discovered she was actually a cool summer—a revelation that changed everything and launched her career. In this illuminating conversation, she breaks down the 16-season color system and explains why undertone, value, and intensity are the true foundation of harmo...
Healing Hair Loss from the Inside Out Joanne sits down with Ky Smith, functional trichologist and hair health expert, for a deeply grounding conversation about what hair loss is really trying to tell us. Rather than viewing thinning or shedding as merely cosmetic, Ky reframes hair loss as a signal from the body — an invitation to look deeper. She shares how scalp health is intricately connected to gut health, hormones, stress, and overall systemic balance. The Body Speaks Through the Roots Ky...
The power of prevention Joanne sits down with Dr. Astrid Williams, a fierce public health advocate who helps you see beauty products through an entirely different lens. As an environmental justice expert and educator, Dr. Williams opens up about her mission to spotlight how toxic ingredients disproportionately affect Black communities—and why the clean beauty movement can’t just be surface-level. She shares her own turning point: the moment she decided to stop straightening her hair and embra...
Exploring the healing field Joanne sits down with Eileen Day McKusick—researcher, author, and founder of Biofield Tuning—to explore how vibrational sound therapy is reshaping the future of healing. Known for her groundbreaking work in the human energy field, Eileen explains how tuning forks can detect and harmonize dissonance in the biofield. She also introduces the Sonic Slider, a specially designed tuning fork she created to support daily energetic balance and physical vitality. From static...
Letting Go of Perfection Joanne sits down with Kari Gran, clean beauty pioneer and co-founder of her namesake skincare brand, for a refreshingly honest conversation about aging, entrepreneurship, and self-trust. After being diagnosed with both Hashimoto’s and Graves’ disease, Kari radically shifted her approach to wellness—ditching conventional products, slowing down, and embracing her natural self. She opens up about the moment she realized she didn’t want to chase “forever 29” anymore, and ...
One Lung, Full Life Joanne welcomes Tashell Williams—wellness coach, clean beauty advocate, and salon owner—for a powerful conversation about healing, alignment, and sacred self-leadership. At age 22, Tashell went into surgery after doctors discovered her lung had partially collapsed—only to awaken with the entire lung removed. That pivotal moment became a divine wake-up call, pushing her to reevaluate her path, release people-pleasing, and step into her purpose. Beauty That Breathes Rooted i...
From Small Town Roots to Global Impact Joanne welcomes Mark Moses—entrepreneur, bestselling author, and founder of CEO Coaching International—for a grounded and energizing conversation. Raised in a Canadian mining town, Mark opens up about witnessing his father’s business fail and how that early experience fueled his drive to create success on his own terms. He shares the early days of building and selling companies, and how grit, self-belief, and vision helped him shape a remarkable path for...
Reflecting on loss, love, and new beginnings In this tender solo episode, Joanne shares what she’s releasing in 2025 and what she’s calling in for the year ahead. She opens up about the grief of losing her beloved dogs, Callie and Bear, and the heart-softening arrival of two new rescue pups, Reese and Rusty. Through these moments, she explores how love can expand even in the wake of deep loss. She reflects on menopause as a sacred pause and a deeper invitation to connect with her body, truth,...
Breaking the Hair Mold Joanne sits down with Scott Cooper—known as The Curly Scott—for a bold and soulful conversation that unpacks hair, identity, and healing. Scott shares how his own journey as a biracial man in the beauty industry pushed him to reimagine what inclusion really looks like—on the salon floor and within himself. With deep reverence for culture and community, he offers a refreshing vision of what it means to truly belong. More Than Hair Scott opens up about the pain and power ...
Rooted in Clean Skincare Joanne sits down with Hillary Peterson, founder of True Botanicals, whose journey into clean beauty began with a thyroid cancer diagnosis. Backed by a background in public health and hospital administration, Hillary turned a personal crisis into a global mission. What started as a search for non-toxic products became a purpose-driven brand committed to disrupting the beauty industry and regenerating it from the soil up. Beyond Skin Deep With clinical testing, sustaina...
From Law School to Lifesaving In this episode of Trust Your Innersense, host Joanne Starkman welcomes Julie Castle, the dynamic CEO of Best Friends Animal Society—the organization at the heart of the national no-kill movement. What began as a spontaneous detour on a post-college road trip led Julie to a life-changing encounter with Best Friends' founders in the red rock canyons of southern Utah. Forgoing law school, she became employee number 17 and has since helped grow the sanctuary into a ...
From C-Suite to Coaching Women Joanne sits down with Julie Flowers, former Chevron executive and now CEO and founder of Elevate YOU Confidence Coaching Inc., and co-host of the podcast Savvy Sisters and Cocktail Conversations. With a refreshing mix of humor and heart, Julie opens up about her journey from the corporate world to empowering women to lead with clarity and confidence. She shares what finally pushed her to make the leap from executive to entrepreneur—and how her years in HR shaped...
From Unthinkable Loss to Unshakable Love Joanne shares a deeply moving conversation with Scarlett Lewis, the mother of Jesse Lewis, who was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy. Rather than succumb to rage or despair, Scarlett chose to transform her grief into love—and founded the Choose Love Movement to bring social and emotional learning to children around the world. With profound vulnerability, she shares how that moment of loss became a lifelong mission. The Courage to Forgi...
Following Celestial Clues In this episode, Joanne sits down with her sister Anna-Thea—an evolutionary astrologer, Certified Venus Star Point practitioner, Divine Feminine educator, and Love Card expert—to explore how astrology and numerology can illuminate the journey of self-love.With warmth and clarity, Anna-Thea explains how your Venus Star Point and birth chart offer insights into your soul’s lessons, your patterns in love, and your deeper purpose. Love Cards, Soul Paths, and Awakening An...
The Power of Shared Vision Joanne connects with Abbie and Rhysa, the passionate co-founders of Baddhare Salon, who open up about the journey from solo stylists to leading a thriving, purpose-driven salon in Myrtle Beach. Fueled by friendship, alignment, and a little bit of risk, they share how trusting their instincts—and each other—allowed them to build a business that supports both beauty and wellness. Redefining Success in the Salon World Abbie and Rhysa talk openly about what it takes to ...
A Facial Awakening Joanne opens the episode by sharing how facial reflexology, discovered during her sauna sessions at the height of the pandemic, became a powerful part of her wellness practice. Her guest, Jackie Van Ruler, takes us back to the beginning—how she left a 20-year nursing career and stumbled upon facial reflexology through a random book search and a gut feeling she couldn’t ignore. That intuitive pull led her from a tiny class in a coffee shop to a lifelong mission to share this...
Tapping Into Nature’s Wisdom Joanne sits down with Katie Hess, founder of Lotuswei and pioneer of flower alchemy, to explore the subtle yet powerful healing capabilities of nature. Katie shares how a deep curiosity about the natural world led her to discover flower essences and a lifelong devotion to plant-based vibrational medicine. The Science of Subtle Shifts Katie explains how flower essences—vibrational remedies made from the energetic imprint of flowers—work to support emotional wellnes...
Beauty with Intention Joanne sits down with Jacquelyn Rodriguez, a holistic salon owner, speaker, and clean beauty advocate who is transforming the industry from the inside out. Her turning point came while cleaning her own bathroom at home—when she thought, “If I don’t want my kids breathing in these chemicals, why am I?” After putting them to bed, she went down a rabbit trail of clean beauty research that ultimately sparked her mission to create a new standard of beauty that nourishes both ...
Closing the Loop at Vagaro Iconic 2025 To wrap up this inspiring four-part series from Vagaro Iconic 2025 in Napa Valley, Joanne sits down with Charity Hudnall, Vagaro’s Chief Marketing Officer. Vagaro is an all-in-one software platform built to support beauty, wellness, and fitness professionals with powerful tools to grow and manage their businesses. With warmth and clarity, Charity reflects on the evolution of the event, the heart behind the brand, and how Vagaro continues to empower both ...
Barbers Breaking Boundaries at Vagaro Iconic 2025 Recorded live at Vagaro Iconic 2025 in Napa Valley, this second set of interviews dives deeper into the barbering community. Joanne Starkman and guest co-host Casey Voss connect with three bold voices who are not only redefining the industry—but challenging what’s possible behind the chair. Each story is grounded in purpose, grit, and a drive to serve through creativity. Real Stories, Real Leadership Carmina Barragan shares how embracing her ...
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