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
75 - Beauty for Everyone: Inclusion, Accessibility & Representation with Kristin Rankin
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Hair Is Never Just Hair
In this meaningful conversation, Joanne sits down with hairstylist, educator, advocate and founder of the Dresscode Project, Kristin Rankin. What began with a simple rainbow sticker in the window of their Toronto salon grew into a global movement after a transgender woman shared that it was the first time in five years she had received a haircut and truly felt like herself. That powerful experience inspired Kristin to challenge long-standing industry norms and create welcoming, gender-affirming spaces where every person can feel seen, safe and celebrated for exactly who they are.
Creating Belonging Behind The Chair
Kristin shares the heart behind the Dresscode Project and the Gender-Free Haircut Club, which provides free gender-affirming haircuts for marginalized queer communities through the generosity of volunteer hairstylists. Together, Joanne and Kristin explore how something as simple as a haircut can restore confidence, affirm identity and even change or save a life. They also discuss the importance of challenging outdated practices, embracing inclusivity and recognizing that salons have the power to become spaces of healing, trust and human connection.
The Courage To Lead With Compassion
More than a conversation about hair, this episode is an invitation to lead with empathy and create environments where everyone belongs. Kristin reflects on building a grassroots movement that now includes hundreds of salons around the world, the lessons learned through listening and why meaningful change begins with small, intentional actions. Whether you're a beauty professional or simply someone who wants to make the world a little more welcoming, this conversation is a beautiful reminder that compassion, inclusion and authenticity have the power to transform lives, one person, one chair and one conversation at a time.
Show Note Links:
Become a Dresscode Project Alliance Member
Follow The Dresscode Project on Instagram
Follow Kristin Rankin on Instagram
Find a Gender Affirming Salon Near You
Chapters
00:00 Transforming the Beauty Industry
07:56 The Birth of the Dress Code Project
13:11 Creating Safe Spaces in Salons
18:46 The Impact of Hair on Identity
22:49 The Gender-Free Haircut Club
27:39 Envisioning the Future of Beauty
30:09 Closing Thoughts and Community Engagement
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