Erin's Blog

Starting a business is no small feat, especially when you’re balancing the demands of motherhood. This is an experience I’ve come to understand intimately, and it’s something my latest guest on the podcast, Dr Sophie Brock, knows all too well. A motherhood studies sociologist by training, Dr Sophie Brock has charted her own path in […]

A lot of us reach a point in our careers when the need for change becomes undeniable. Caroline Burrows is someone who has gracefully navigated such a transition. I recently had the pleasure of chatting with her on the Mess Behind the Success podcast. She shared how she transformed her passion for trauma therapy into […]

I have complained about those bear cards to my students for more than 10 years now. Yet did I come up with a better option? No Thankfully, my guest on the The Mess Behind the Success podcast this week has done just that! Adelle Sushames is a psychologist, creator, and AUDHDer who invented the spoon savers, spoon thieves and […]

Personally, the most memorable business lessons I’ve learned have come from women who have been open about the messy parts of their business. Failed launches, cash flow issues, investments that didn’t pay off, rejections from publishers.  This week I launched The Mess Behind the Success podcast. A place where therapists come together to normalise failure and […]

When Positive Psychology gets watered down it can sometimes come across as unachievable or even cruel

This week on the podcast I’m talking about toxic positivity and explaining a bit more about cruel optimism

I’ll be honest and say that one of the reasons I decided to leave Instagram (and all social media) wasn’t just the daily negative click-bait, but also the daily pom pom shakes from the positivity police.

First up If you prefer to listen or watch, I’ve chatted about this topic on the podcast and YouTube channel. It’s been over 18 months since I quit social media. I’ve been reflecting on where I think social media use fits within discussions about perinatal mental health.  There’s a phrase that’s used in trauma therapy sometimes – “don’t ask […]

Four years ago I never could have dreamed that I knew enough to teach other people how to make and sell online courses. Four years ago, today I was just an exhausted mum with a good idea that I simply couldn’t wait to create. I sat down in a cleared corner of my office, drank half a […]

  I’ve spent the past week trying to get a new veggie garden in. I’d love to show you a finished product, but it’s one of those projects that has its own time frame. When we moved into our house six years ago, I noticed the existing veggie patch was positioned in possibly the worst […]

I’m not one of those people who feels it’s ‘weird’ to give your child the same name as a pet. I figure people name their kids after important people in their family all the time – it might as well be someone you like! So, yeah, my first daughter is named after a golden retriever. […]