Nice Girls Win: Boundaries, Self Worth, and Success Behind the Chair with Kelly Ehlers
You can care deeply about your clients and still say no. You can love your work and want to earn more. And you can build a successful career without becoming a salon owner.
In this special episode of Volume Up by TheTease.com, cofounder and executive producer Monica Hickey steps behind the mic to interview our own Kelly Ehlers about her book, Nice Girls Win: How Kind Women Can Create the Lives They Deserve.
Together, they bring the book’s lessons into the salon, exploring how to set boundaries around client communication, stop overexplaining your no, communicate pricing clearly, and charge your worth without guilt. They also discuss moving beyond mean girl culture, walking away from relationships that compromise your wellbeing, and defining success on your own terms.
Kelly opens up about the private struggle that inspired the book and why she paired personal stories with practical exercises readers can revisit. Whether you’re building your clientele, leading a team, or figuring out what comes next, this conversation invites you to get specific about the life you deserve and start making room for it.
Plus, Monica and Kelly spotlight Michelle O’Connor’s texture education work and weigh in on fall beauty launches, from blurring bronzers to the wet dry shampoo debate.
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Episode Chapters
00:11 — Welcome: Monica Steps Behind the Mic
04:26 — Beauty News: Michelle O’Connor and Texture Education
05:51 — Fall Beauty Finds and the Wet Dry Shampoo Debate
09:10 — Meet the Author: Turning the Mic on Kelly Ehlers
15:01 — Setting Boundaries Behind the Chair
17:45 — Clear Expectations, Consultations, and Pricing
22:25 — Nice Girls Make Bread: Charging Your Worth
23:21 — Expanding What a Beauty Career Can Look Like
30:51 — Turning the Book’s Lessons Into Action
35:26 — Why Kelly Wants Nice Girls Win to Become a Movement
Credits: Volume Up is a Tease Media production. This episode was produced by Monica Hickey and Madeline Hickey. James Arbaje is our editor and audio engineer. Thank you to our creative team for putting together the graphics for this episode.
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