.png)
The Modern Hairstylist ™ Podcast
Teaching you how to grow your beauty business as a hairstylist or salon owner without the overwhelm by implementing modern strategies so you can reclaim time, freedom and energy from working behind the chair.
Episodes
262 episodes
Automations That Can Create Your Best Client Experience
In this episode of The Modern Hairstylist Podcast, Hunter Donia and Jodie Brown break down the client experience framework that Hunter has been building, refining, and implementing with his Mastermind and Modern Stylist Movement students for ye...
.png)
How To Personalize Your Automations
In this episode of The Modern Hairstylist Podcast, Hunter Donia and Jodie Brown dig into a concept Hunter has been teaching since the very beginning of his career as an educator: how to use automation and technology not to replace the human tou...
A Growth Path That Retains Team Members And Makes Money Faster
In this episode of The Modern Hairstylist Podcast, Hunter Donia and Jodie Brown get into one of the most common and costly gaps Hunter is seeing with the salon owners he works with inside Mastermind: a lack of a clear, fair, and measurable grow...
The Strategy That Creates A Cult-Like Following
In this episode of The Modern Hairstylist Podcast, Hunter Donia and Jodie Brown dig into a concept that one of Hunter's all-time favorite Mastermind students put into practice and completely ran with: creating a signature methodology. Using the...
Give People A Reason To Give A Shit
In this episode of The Modern Hairstylist Podcast, Hunter Donia and Jodie Brown break down one of the most fundamental communication shifts you can make in your business: giving people a reason to give a shit. Whether you are trying to sell ret...
What Has Changed For Hairstylists' Websites in 2026
In this episode of The Modern Hairstylist Podcast, Hunter Donia and Jodie Brown get into a topic Hunter has been teaching and refining with his Mastermind and Modern Stylist Movement members for the past...
Things AI Can Do For You Behind The Scenes
In this episode of The Modern Hairstylist Podcast, Hunter Donia and Jodie Brown get into one of the most exciting shifts Hunter has been making with his Mastermind and Modern Stylist Movement members ove...
Gender, Length, Discrimination Topic
In this episode of The Modern Hairstylist Podcast, Hunter Donia and Jodie Brown dive deep into a conversation that started on Hunter's Instagram and clearly struck a nerve. A post about gender and length based pricing got 11,000 views and 57 co...
How To Create A Team That Holds Itself Accountable
In this episode of The Modern Hairstylist Podcast, Hunter Donia and Jodie Brown dig into one of the most common challenges Hunter is seeing as he works with more and more salon owners: how do you actually get your team on board with the changes...
Part 3: Pros And Cons Of Trending Service Niches (Gray Transformations)
In this bonus episode of The Modern Hairstylist Podcast, Hunter Donia and Jodie Brown come back to finish what they started. Gray transformations were promised in the trending service niches series and then completely forgotten, so consider thi...
Part 2: Pros And Cons Of Trending Service Niches
In this episode of The Modern Hairstylist Podcast, Hunter Donia and Jodie Brown wrap up their two part series on trending service niches by breaking down the pros and cons of toppers, men's toppers, gray transformation, and trichology. If you h...
Part 1: Pros And Cons Of Trending Service Niches
In this episode of The Modern Hairstylist Podcast, Hunter Donia and Jodie Brown kick off a two part series breaking down the real pros and cons of some of the most popular service niches in the hair industry right now. Hunter has said for years...
How To Actually Decide What Is Next For Your Business
In this episode of The Modern Hairstylist Podcast, Hunter Donia and Jodie Brown dig into a conversation that comes up constantly at the higher levels of business: you have hit a glass ceiling, you know you want more, and suddenly you are lookin...
Generic Business Advice Might Be Sending You In The Wrong Direction
In this episode of The Modern Hairstylist Podcast, Hunter Donia and Jodie Brown break down something Hunter has been seeing come up again and again in his private coaching calls: stylists spiraling over business advice that was never meant for ...
Things You Should NOT Use AI For
In this episode of The Modern Hairstylist Podcast, Hunter Donia and Jodie Brown get into a topic Hunter feels strongly about: the ways hairstylists and beauty professionals are misusing AI right now, and why it is quietly doing more damage than...
Why You NEED To Drop A Day Behind The Chair
In this episode of The Modern Hairstylist Podcast, Hunter Donia and Jodie Brown tackle a topic Hunter feels strongly about: why every fully booked hairstylist needs to drop a day behind the chair, and ho...
Why Your Loyal Clientele Might Be Your Biggest Obstacle
In this episode of The Modern Hairstylist Podcast, Hunter Donia and Jodie Brown dig into a pattern Hunter kept seeing on calls with stylists who, on paper, have everything figured out. They're booked out, making six figures, and have built a lo...
Why You're Not As Smart (Or As Dumb) As You Think You Are
In this episode of The Modern Hairstylist Podcast, Hunter Donia and Jodie Brown explore a concept that hits differently depending on where you are in your business journey: the Dunning-Kruger effect, and...
Is Selling A Digital Product The Right Move For You?
In this episode of The Modern Hairstylist Podcast, Hunter Donia and Jodie Brown have the honest, unfiltered conversation that so many beauty professionals need to hear before they go down the road of creating a digital product or online educati...
How To Hire Help Without Wasting Money
In this episode of The Modern Hairstylist Podcast, host Hunter Donia and guest Jodie Brown break down what it actually looks like to hire support staff in your beauty business, why most stylists do it wrong, and how to make sure you get a real ...
Increasing Profitability And Managing Your Finances As An Entrepreneur
In this episode of The Modern Hairstylist Podcast, host Hunter Donia and guest Jodie Brown get into the money conversation most stylists either avoid entirely or stress about at the wrong time. If you are an independent hairstylist or salon sui...
What Being Overbooked Is Actually Costing You
In this episode of The Modern Hairstylist Podcast, host Hunter Donia and guest Jodie Brown break down what is actually happening beneath the surface when a hairstylist is overbooked and why being fully booked is not the finish line most stylist...
The 4 Phases To Work A Day Less And Make The Same
In this episode of The Modern Hairstylist Podcast, host Hunter Donia breaks down the exact four phase process he uses inside his Mastermind program to help fully booked hairstylists work a day less without sacrificing their income. If you have ...