I Think You Should Be Brave

How do you carry loss when time keeps moving but your heart hasn’t caught up? In this deeply vulnerable and emotionally honest solo episode, Erin shares her lived experience of grief seven years after losing her daughter at 16 weeks pregnant, an experience that nearly cost her life as well. Erin speaks candidly about what grief actually looks like years later, the unrealistic timelines society pla...

What might change in your life if you stopped fearing your emotions and finally allowed yourself to feel them? In this episode, Erin welcomes thought leader, author, and wellness educator Elizabeth Faye, whose work spans somatics, breathwork, trauma-informed healing, and purpose-driven leadership. Elizabeth shares her evolution from hairstylist and educator to global wellness leader serving tens o...

What if the bravest thing you ever do is finally stop surviving? In today’s episode, Erin shares the story of losing her daughter, nearly losing herself, and now losing the business she built from that same grief. This conversation moves through shadow work, identity, failure, codependency, healing, and the long-overdue reclamation of worthiness that does not depend on anyone else’s validation. If...

What does it take to reclaim your voice, your power, and your life after years of believing you had none? In Part 2 of this conversation with Jasmine Chambers, she opens up about the inner work, courage, and healing required to break free from a high-control upbringing and rebuild an entirely new life. She shares what she’d tell her younger self, how she defines true power versus force, and what i...

What if everything you believed about who you are was decided for you before you ever had a chance to speak? In Part 1 of this powerful two-part conversation, Jasmine Chambers shares the story she wasn’t allowed to tell for most of her life. Raised inside an authoritarian, high-control religious organization, Jasmine grew up in an environment where obedience, silence, and submission defined every...

What if the thing you’ve been calling a “failure” is actually the very doorway to your next level? In this raw and honest episode, Erin opens up about what it really feels like to be a beginner again even after 16 years of success as a hairstylist, salon owner, and leader. She shares the emotional rollercoaster of launching her podcast, the intense self-pressure she has carried throughout her care...

What does it take to create a life that feels as good on the inside as it looks on the outside? In this episode, Erin welcomes business strategist and mother of three, Kelsea Koenreich for a deeply honest conversation about healing, survival patterns, and the courage it takes to begin again. Kelsea recounts her upbringing in chaos, her years in addiction, and the pivotal moment in a jail cell that...

What if everything you’ve been praying for is already within you waiting for you to believe it? In this Courage Within meditation, you’ll be guided through a series of grounding breaths and powerful affirmations designed to reconnect you with your inner strength, divine source, and the truth that you already have everything you need. This practice is perfect for any moment you need a mindset reset...

What if the pain you’ve been avoiding is the doorway to your healing?   Tune in to hear: How unprocessed pain lives in the body and shows up in our daily lives The difference between therapy and somatic healing work Why your brain protects you from pain and how to gently move past that protection How trauma is passed down through generations until someone chooses to heal it Erin’s personal journey...

What if your next big idea started with one Facebook post? In this episode, Erin sits down with Lucy Miller, founder and CEO of Women Connect Live, a thriving multi-state community for women in business. What began as a small happy hour in 2019 has become a movement connecting thousands of women through authentic relationships, bold conversations, and annual conferences that draw hundreds of atten...

What if healing isn’t about moving on but about moving through? In this episode, Erin opens up about what true healing really looks like. She shares how she spent years trying to “forgive and forget,” only to realize that pushing pain away doesn’t make it disappear. It hides in the body until we are ready to feel it. Through her own story of grief, loss, and growth, she offers gentle wisdom on how...

What if a haircut could change more than just how you look-what if it could change how you feel in your own skin? In this episode, Erin sits down with Kristin Rankin, a queer hairstylist and the founder of The Dresscode Project, a global organization transforming salons into gender-affirming, inclusive spaces for everyone. From launching the Gender-Free Haircut Club to creating the first gender-af...

What if safety isn’t something you have to earn—but something you can return to within yourself? In this guided meditation from The Courage Within series, Erin Mills invites you to reconnect with your body and remember that healing begins with safety. Through gentle 4x4 breathwork and affirmations that speak directly to your nervous system, you’ll learn to release survival patterns, soften resista...

What happens when everything you’ve built — your success, your identity, your safety — no longer feels aligned with who you truly are? In this episode, Erin sits down with Renee Marie, leadership mentor and founder of The Iconic Woman Movement , for an open-hearted conversation about identity, bravery, and what it truly takes to evolve. From building a thriving beauty career to walking away from e...

Welcome to the very first episode of I Think You Should Be Brave, a podcast about healing, courage, and finding yourself again after loss, grief, and transformation. In this first episode, Erin opens up about her own journey from becoming a mother at 21 and navigating poverty and shame, to building a multi-million-dollar business, surviving unimaginable loss, and learning what bravery truly means....

Welcome to I Think You Should Be Brave — a sacred space where broken hearts find hope and survival stories become lifelines. Hosted by Erin Mills , this podcast is born from deep pain, profound loss, and the courage to rebuild. Once a single mother living on food stamps, Erin has since become a wife, mom of two, and founder of Theory Salons — but her greatest accomplishment is the woman she became...