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The Hair Game

HIGHLIGHTS • Why 'Fear' Needs a Seat at The Dinner Table w/ Chelsea Vonne James

The Hair Game

Salon Republic

Fashion & Beauty, Arts, Business

4.9571 Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Salon owner and international educator @chelseavonnejames shares her journey from troubled youth to successful hairdresser. We discuss the evolution of her approach to her career, and how fear can be a helpful guide in making big decisions when used correctly.
 
This Week's Topics:
 
• Chelsea's Journey into Hairdressing
Overcoming Challenges in Hair School
Finding Passion and Purpose in Hairdressing
Current Endeavors and Future Aspirations
Finding Authenticity and Freedom
Navigating Brand Relationships
Evolving Perspectives on Fear
• Navigating Difficult Conversations
The Importance of Embracing 'Messiness'
 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

These are the highlights of the full episode.

0:08.9

Hey everybody, Donovan here, producer of the Hair Game podcast.

0:13.6

Salon Republic has a location opening in just a few days at the Encino location, our second one.

0:20.5

So check that out. Go to Salonrepublic.com or our link in bio. You can also look at the Encino location, our second one. So check that out. Go to Salonrepublic.com or our

0:23.1

link in bio. You can also look if you're in the Philadelphia area. We have one opening in the

0:28.2

center city location in Philadelphia. Our first one on the East Coast, that's later this fall.

0:32.6

So you can do a virtual tour now and get first dibs on your new hair home. All right, onto our episode

0:39.3

with Chelsea von James. I don't know. I'm in my like empowered elder era where I'm like,

0:46.3

finally I've worked so hard and I built an audience and I have an amazing business. And so now I'm

0:53.2

like more of my fun era where I can like teach the way that I would want to be taught.

0:58.6

Like I want to be entertained the entire time, but I want to learn like give me the goods.

1:04.0

And so I'm having a lot of fun.

1:06.3

I'm like in my freedom like and even like I just got a keynote keynote thing there's like a lift event that I did

1:15.5

and another one coming up for shorts cough in Nashville and they were like just do whatever like

1:22.0

it's your keynote and I'm like allowing myself to play and like be so authentic in a way that feels really fun.

1:32.8

And I'm super proud of like it.

1:35.8

I don't know.

1:36.7

And it's like working.

1:38.2

So it's exciting like where the world's kind of at.

1:42.0

I think the influencer and the authenticity.

1:45.6

Like, there's just a level of freedom and permission and that is inspiring the hell out of me.

1:55.0

Yeah.

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