Trust Your Innersense™ with Joanne Starkman
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.
Trust Your Innersense™ with Joanne Starkman
43 - Curls, Culture & Confidence: How The Curly Scott Is Redefining Hair
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 of being seen—how curls carry legacy, and how systems of beauty often fail to hold space for that truth. He reflects on the pressures of perfectionism, the energetic exchange between stylist and client, and the ongoing work of decolonizing the beauty industry from the inside out.
Roots, Rituals, and Regeneration
From ancestral practices to plant medicine, Scott shares the rituals that keep him grounded—including a heart-expanding story about mushrooms and surrender. This episode is a rich invitation to slow down, get curious, and honor the deeper layers behind the mirror. Let it move you.
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The Curly Scott - Specialist in Curly Hair
Book with Scott: The BB Hair Collective - Glasgow GB-GLG | Vagaro
00:00 – Welcome & Introduction
03:15 – Claiming Identity Through Hair
10:42 – Changing the Narrative Around Inclusion
17:58 – Energy, Exchange, and Sacred Space
25:10 – Mushrooms and Inner Knowing
35:27 – Final Reflections on Belonging and Beauty
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