WellnessLove | About Erin | Coaching for Moms

Hi, I'm Erin..

This is my WHY.

My health journey started when I was in elementary school and hit a fever pitch in college. I struggled with unexplained weight gain, debilitating fatigue, constant brain fog, joint and muscle aches, anxiety, and panic attacks.

I could go on, but you get the idea- you might be living that way too? I've been to uncountable doctors where I got a carousel of responses:

I was fine. I was depressed. It was all in my head. I was crazy.

I felt so out of control when it came to my body. I developed a lot of shame around eating and body image.

I lost myself during the time when I was supposed to be figuring out who I was and what I was meant to do.

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By my last year of college, my body was failing. I could barely make it through the day. I was skipping as many classes as I could, yet I was still killing myself in the gym- running, weight lifting, power yoga, pilates, hip hop dance classes. Exercise is the best medicine, right?

I quit the rowing team because I didn't have the energy to keep up with the demands of practice, travelling, and school. My grades were suffering.

I was becoming depressed because I didn't know why this was happening to ME- the person who tried harder than anyone else to be healthy. I was about to graduate with a health degree, for goodness sake!

I finally listened to my instincts and decided to try something other than seeking out one more doctor. I remembered my great-grandfather had celiac disease, and from all of my research, it wasn't a stretch to think I could benefit from ditching gluten too.

Talk about a life-altering decision. It took awhile because the learning curve was steep at the time, but I got a glimpse of myself again.

This gave me the confidence to seek out integrative doctors and functional medicine professionals who taught me so much more.

I learned that I have way more control over my health than I ever believed.

I could trust my intuition when it came to my body.

Photo cred: Stephanie McNally Photo + Films

It hasn't been a linear process by any means, and I continue to face new challenges with each new stage of my life. Having babies. Fighting to be the best mother, wife, employee, boss that I could be with a body that seemed so intolerant to any amount of stress.

I worked in wellness and fitness then returned to graduate school because I knew I had more to learn, more to do. I struggled early on with burn-out, and this led me up the corporate ladder looking for fulfillment that never came.

Finally, after having my third child, I cried uncle. I could not do it any more. I was able to quit my job to focus on my family and get my life in order.

Living the dream! Except I wasn't. Besides dealing with the usual breastfeeding/being "touched out"/lack of sleep/overly attached baby issues, I again dealt with postpartum anxiety and panic attacks, ridiculous irritability, and even moments of inexplicable rage. I was trying to be everything to everyone. My hormones were out of control!

Thankfully, this time around I knew what to do. Through diet, gentle exercise, appropriate supplements, and working with my doctor, not only did I get myself in check, but I was also able to come off of one of my thyroid meds. (Winning!! it was the expensive one!)

During this time, I went back to the mindset work I started several years ago. I reclaimed my self-worth. I realized my need to contribute to my world, sharing my knowledge and skills to make others' lives better. This is where I found my sweet spot.

So here I am. Ready to help you.

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I have witnessed woman after woman- from patients to friends to family members- fight the good fight in effort to feel normal again. They do everything their doctors say they should do. Try this medicine. Go see that doctor. Count calories. Get more exercise. And when they get to the end of the list and STILL haven't seen a change.. well, there's nothing else you can do but accept it- whatever your "it" may be. By this point, we're brainwashed into the belief that this is our "new normal."

It doesn't have to be this hard.

I want to share the knowledge and networks I have acquired from my own health struggles, my experience as a student of the Integrative Women's Health Institute, and from more than a decade of working in the health and wellness world. I want to give you the joy and contentment I have found.

It's time to take back control over your body and find yourself again.