76 - Loni Jean on Finding Strength in Struggle, Grace, Empathy & Forgiveness

Trust Your Innersense™ with Joanne Starkman · Aug 6, 2026 · 43m · transcript

Rooted in Grace

In this heartfelt conversation, Joanne sits down with curl specialist, educator, and founder of Desert Curls Studio, Loni Jean Lafinier. Known to many as @‌desertcurlsstudio on Instagram, Loni Jean has spent years dedicated to helping people embrace their natural beauty and see themselves more fully. But behind every beautifully crafted curl is a woman whose strength was forged through some of life's most difficult seasons. Born into hardship and raised in uncertainty, Loni Jean shares with her humor and raw honesty how a childhood marked by addiction, abandonment and…