I Think You Should Be Brave

Erin Mills
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Welcome to I Think You Should Be Brave! The podcast that reminds us that courage is a choice, healing IS possible and true power comes when we allow ourselves to be fully seen. Here, we share stories of people who dared to be brave. These are stories are proof that you are not too late, and you are never too broken, to become the person that you were born to be. Follow along using any of the links below! https://ithinkyoushouldbebrave.com/ https://www.instagram.com/erin.mills/ https://www.instagram.com/youshouldbebrave/

  1. 12/19/2025

    Seven Years Later: The Truth About Grief That No One Wants to Talk About

    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 places on healing, the shame and self-blame that often accompany loss, and the quiet ways grief reshapes identity, joy, relationships, and safety in the world. This episode is not about fixing grief or wrapping pain in platitudes, but about telling the truth: that grief changes you, that it doesn’t resolve on a schedule, and that facing it, however inconvenient or uncomfortable, is the only way forward. Tune in to hear: Why grief does not follow a timeline and why “you should be over it by now” is one of the most harmful mythsWhat anniversaries of loss actually feel like, even many years laterHow grief impacts decision-making, appetite, energy, relationships, and joy in ways people rarely talk aboutWhy practical support (meals, money, help with daily needs) can be more meaningful than wordsHow shame and self-blame quietly take root after loss and why they make healing harderThe unique grief experienced after pregnancy loss, miscarriage, and stillbirthWhy other children, partners, or future pregnancies never “replace” the one that was lostWhat it means to stop running from grief and allow yourself to be inconvenient while you healHow PTSD and grief can intertwine after medical traumaA reminder for anyone grieving right now that you are not broken, you are not behind, and you are not aloneContent Note: This episode contains discussion of pregnancy loss, miscarriage, medical trauma, grief, and death. Please listen with care. Connect with Erin: -Website: https://ithinkyoushouldbebrave.com/ -Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0KIIyTqTaK2bNtKRDaTmjn?si=e0a57752e36c48b5 -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erin.mills/ -Contact: erin@bebravecommunity.com

    42 min

  2. 12/09/2025

    Choosing Yourself: Healing, Purpose, and Inner Trust with Elizabeth Faye

    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 of thousands across nine countries. Together, Erin and Elizabeth explore the deeper layers of identity, the courage required to shift your life, and the emotional and spiritual transformation that happens when you stop living in survival mode and return to your body. Tune in to hear: The journey from external beauty to inner healing and purposeWhy most people are dissociated from their bodies and how to reconnectHow breathwork creates emotional release and helps heal autoimmune symptomsThe difference between “talking about healing” and actually healing through the bodyHow to navigate dark nights of the soul and trust you’ll make it throughWhat emotional intelligence really looks like in real lifeHow to heal inside your relationship without forcing your partner to changeWhy choosing yourself makes your success inevitableHow somatic healing transforms your joy, intimacy, and connectionPractical shifts to help you feel your emotions instead of fearing themConnect with Elizabeth: Connect with Elizabeth on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heyelizabethfayeExplore her work, breathwork certification, and wellness tools: https://heyelizabethfaye.com/ Watch Elizabeth’s TED Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRK2qA_mqfAConnect with Erin: -Website: https://ithinkyoushouldbebrave.com/ -Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0KIIyTqTaK2bNtKRDaTmjn?si=e0a57752e36c48b5 -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erin.mills/ -Contact: erin@bebravecommunity.com

    44 min

  3. 12/02/2025

    What Happens After the Worst Thing Happens

    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 you’ve ever felt like you’ve been running, surviving, and holding everything together for everyone but yourself... this episode will speak straight to your soul. Tune in to hear: Why true healing is not about “getting better” but about telling the truthThe fear behind saying no and why so many trauma survivors struggle with itWhat happens when your identity is wrapped in being needed, strong, or goodHow codependency sneaks into leadership, motherhood, and survivalThe spiritual, emotional, and personal cost of skipping your own healingWhy failure can be a doorway to a new kind of freedomThe moment Erin finally began choosing herself Connect with Erin: -Website: https://ithinkyoushouldbebrave.com/ -Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0KIIyTqTaK2bNtKRDaTmjn?si=e0a57752e36c48b5 -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erin.mills/ -Contact: erin@bebravecommunity.com

    27 min

  4. 11/25/2025

    She Escaped to Survive, and So Can You (Part 2)

    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 it has taken to parent differently while healing generational wounds in real time. Jasmine also reflects on the transformation from surviving to expanding and learning to trust herself, honor her voice, and build a life filled with stability, purpose, and agency. Tune in to hear: How Jasmine learned to honor her voice after being taught to silence itThe difference between force and true inner powerWhat she’d tell the homeschooled little girl she once wasHow she parents differently while healing generational woundsWhy repair matters more than perfection in motherhoodThe moment she realized she had the power to choose a new lifeAdvice for anyone trying to leave a high-control or unsafe environmentHow to ask for help when you’ve been conditioned not toWhat it’s taken to build stability, safety, and abundance from the ground upHer new book Dreams That Matter and why your dreams deserve to matter, too Connect with Jasmine: ⁠https://www.jasminechambers.org/blog⁠ ⁠https://jasminechambers.myflodesk.com/cwsoruet13⁠ ⁠https://www.instagram.com/jas.a.chambers⁠ ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasminechambers/⁠ ⁠https://www.facebook.com/jasmineameliachambers/⁠ Connect with Erin: -Website: https://ithinkyoushouldbebrave.com/ -Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0KIIyTqTaK2bNtKRDaTmjn?si=e0a57752e36c48b5 -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erin.mills/ -Contact: erin@bebravecommunity.com

    29 min

  5. 11/21/2025

    She Escaped to Survive, and So Can You (Part 1)

    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 part of her existence. When she and her husband made the decision to leave with four young children, no money, and no support, they walked into the unknown with nothing but a fragile belief that life could be different. This episode explores what happens after you make a brave choice: the identity unraveling, the grief, and the slow, often painful process of discovering your own voice for the first time. Her honesty is a reminder that courage rarely feels triumphant in the moment. It feels shaky, lonely, and full of questions, but it’s also the beginning of reclaiming your life. Stay tuned for Part 2, where Jasmine continues her journey of healing, rebuilding, and choosing a life that finally feels like her own. Tune in to hear: Jasmine’s experience growing up inside a high-control religious organization where obedience and silence were expectedWhat led her and her husband to make the terrifying choice to leave with four young children and no resourcesHow their first days of freedom began homeless in a hunting barn, sleeping on concrete floorsThe identity unraveling that followed, from questioning her worth to learning how to make decisions for herselfWhat it felt like to use her voice for the first time after a lifetime of being told not toHow she began discovering who she was outside of control, expectation, and fearThe early steps that helped her heal, rebuild confidence, and trust her own inner knowingWhy bravery often looks quiet, shaky, and imperfect and how it still transforms everything Connect with Jasmine: https://www.jasminechambers.org/blog https://jasminechambers.myflodesk.com/cwsoruet13 https://www.instagram.com/jas.a.chambers https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasminechambers/ https://www.facebook.com/jasmineameliachambers/ Connect with Erin: -Website: https://ithinkyoushouldbebrave.com/ -Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0KIIyTqTaK2bNtKRDaTmjn?si=e0a57752e36c48b5 -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erin.mills/ -Contact: erin@bebravecommunity.com

    25 min

  6. 11/18/2025

    Your Hardest Seasons Can Become Your Greatest Opportunities

    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 career, and the inner healing work that has reshaped how she handles setbacks. If you’re in a season where things feel heavy, uncertain, or “not enough,” this episode will feel like a breath of truth. You’ll be reminded that resilience is built in the hard moments, success is defined by you alone, and every “failure” is simply the next opportunity in disguise.Tune in to hear: What launching a podcast brought up emotionally (and why Erin almost couldn’t listen back)The unrealistic pressure we put on ourselves as beginnersHow she went from food stamps to six figures within 18 months as a new hairstylistThe internal battle of owning and leading two large salonsWhy losing stylists used to feel like personal failureThe reality of losing 19 people, $2M in revenue and surviving itWhat Erin’s learned about resilience, identity, and redefining successHow to shift from “I am a failure” to “This is a lesson”A powerful reminder to stop letting fear make your decisionsThe invitation to choose growth, even when life is hardWhy Erin is sharing this while she’s in it, not after Connect with Erin: -Website: https://ithinkyoushouldbebrave.com/ -Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0KIIyTqTaK2bNtKRDaTmjn?si=e0a57752e36c48b5 -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erin.mills/ -Contact: erin@bebravecommunity.com

    20 min

  7. 11/14/2025

    Rock Bottom to Radical Self-Responsibility with Kelsea Koenreich

    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 forced her to choose a different life. Kelsea explains why so many high-achieving women hit emotional burnout, how to build a business that fuels rather than drains you, and why personal responsibility and emotional intelligence are the real keys to sustainable success. Tune in to hear: Kelsea’s journey from addiction, arrests, and rock bottom to sober mom, author, and business strategistHow she turned her “worst moment” in a jail cell into the catalyst that saved her lifeThe shame spiral so many women live in (whether it is drugs, food, or overworking) and how to step out of itWhy personal responsibility and compassion have to go together if you want real changeThe hidden burnout of high-achieving women who “have it all” but feel miserable behind the scenesRedefining success as a feeling, not a list of accomplishments or dollar amountKelsea’s non-negotiables for prioritizing her mental and physical health while running a big business and raising three kidsHow movement, fitness, and doing hard things on purpose can rewire your brain for braveryThe power of safe spaces, honest coaching, and real accountability when you are ready to do life differentlyOne brave step you can take today if you feel “too late,” “too broken,” or not special enough to start Connect with Kelsea: KelseaKoenreich.com instagram.com/kelseakoenreich Connect with Erin: -Website: https://ithinkyoushouldbebrave.com/ -Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0KIIyTqTaK2bNtKRDaTmjn?si=e0a57752e36c48b5 -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erin.mills/ -Contact: erin@bebravecommunity.com

    48 min

  8. 11/11/2025

    You Already Have Everything You Need: A Meditation for Miracles & Self-Belief [The Courage Within Meditation Series]

    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, a burst of gratitude, or a reminder that miracles are already on their way. Connect with Erin: Website: ⁠https://ithinkyoushouldbebrave.com/⁠ Youtube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@YouShouldBeBrave⁠ Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/erin.mills/⁠ Contact: ⁠erin@bebravecommunity.com⁠

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Welcome to I Think You Should Be Brave! The podcast that reminds us that courage is a choice, healing IS possible and true power comes when we allow ourselves to be fully seen. Here, we share stories of people who dared to be brave. These are stories are proof that you are not too late, and you are never too broken, to become the person that you were born to be. Follow along using any of the links below! https://ithinkyoushouldbebrave.com/ https://www.instagram.com/erin.mills/ https://www.instagram.com/youshouldbebrave/

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