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-affirming salon at the 2025 Paris Olympics, Kristin is redefining what bravery looks like in the beauty industry.

Together, they explore how small actions like inclusive pricing, pronouns, and language can create massive change. This conversation reminds us that belonging doesn’t happen by accident, it happens by intention.

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Connect with Kristin:

Connect with Kristen: @kristinrankinhair

Learn more: dresscodeproject.com

Follow the movement: @thedresscodeproject

Connect with Erin:

Website: https://ithinkyoushouldbebrave.com/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@YouShouldBeBrave

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erin.mills/

Contact: [email protected]

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 resistance, and create space for peace, trust, and self-love.

Whether you’re carrying grief, silence, or the weight of “being strong” for too long, this practice is your reminder: you are safe now. You are safe to feel, to rest, to begin again.

Connect with Erin:

Website: https://ithinkyoushouldbebrave.com/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@YouShouldBeBrave

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erin.mills/

Contact: [email protected]

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 everything familiar, Renee shares her two-year journey through ego death, rebirth, and reclaiming her authentic power. Together, Erin and Renee unpack how nervous system healing, feminine embodiment, and radical self-honesty become the foundation for real leadership and fulfillment.

Tune in to hear:

• The moment Renee knew she had to evolve beyond the beauty industry
• What “ego death” really looks like and why it’s necessary for growth
• How nervous system regulation and embodiment create true safety and success
• The identity shifts required to lead with integrity and alignment
• Why bravery isn’t loud. It’s choosing yourself, again and again
  

If you’ve ever felt “too late,” “too broken,” or afraid to start over, this conversation will remind you that your power is already within you.

Watch the full episode on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@YouShouldBeBrave

Connect with Renee:

www.xoreneemarie.com

Instagram: @xoreneemarie

Connect with Erin:

Website: https://ithinkyoushouldbebrave.com/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@YouShouldBeBrave

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erin.mills/

Contact: [email protected]

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.

You’ll hear her honest story of resilience: the moments that nearly broke her, and the ones that helped her rebuild piece by piece into the woman she was always meant to be.

This episode is an invitation to remember that you are not too broken to begin again. Whether you’re walking through grief, healing trauma, or finding your way back to yourself, Erin’s story reminds you that what feels like the end can become your greatest new beginning.

Tune in to hear:

• Her story of becoming a single mom at 21 and learning to survive through shame and scarcity
• The moment that changed everything- losing her daughter, Opal, and nearly losing her own life
• How trauma and PTSD shaped her journey as a woman, mother, and entrepreneur
• Why success didn’t heal her and what true healing actually looked like
• The moment she finally learned that bravery isn’t pretending you’re fine, it’s telling the truth

Connect with Erin:

Website: https://ithinkyoushouldbebrave.com/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@YouShouldBeBrave

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erin.mills/

Contact: [email protected]

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 by choosing bravery every single day.

This show is for the woman who’s walked through fire and found her way back to herself. For the one who was told she was too much, too little, or not enough. For the one who cried quietly in the dark but still rose with the sun.

Here, we reclaim our voices. We turn pain into purpose, trauma into triumph, and grief into grace. Each episode is an invitation to unbecome the fear, the silence, and the performance — and return home to your truest self.

If you’ve ever wondered whether you’re strong enough, worthy enough, or brave enough… you are.
Welcome home. 💛

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