Erin's Blog

There’s a part of me that can’t believe I’m even writing an article on this. For me, the answer to “what is considered a traumatic birth?” is super simple. A birth is traumatic if you say it is. Yet, it’s still the question people ask me in interviews, in therapy, in emails and in the […]

Visibility and birthday parties…there’s a lesson in thereMy Mother’s Group is still close some 5.5 years later. We rarely see each other but still check in with milestones and news. A conversation came up about birthday parties in the time of covid-19 and how much things have changed from our own childhoods.Cue a nostalgic conversation about […]

Hi Erin A funny, not so funny story this week. About the stretch for finding gratitude. Last Thursday was my birthday. A memorable one for sure. Like many Victorians, I experienced a night of scary winds, power cuts and massive trees falling down. As a mother of young children, I’m guilty of glamourizing the lifestyle […]

Recognise any of these broken records?I have to work hard in order to deserve time offOr maybe you take time out, rest but then fall into:I now have to manifest, create or launch something on account of having restedTruthfully, I still sometimes struggle with both. It comes from having to work really hard to understand […]

  I hope this week’s blog/email is finding you well. Nothing fancy this week – but a strong visual to inspire and entertain you. A reminder that small encouragers are everywhere, even if things feel a bit shit.I wrote this one last week knowing that another lockdown for Victoria was coming (and that I’ve have limited […]

An old chestnut that’s been coming up in mentoring this week is the blocking statement “it’s been done before”Of course it has. Your job (as I see it) is to say “yes, but not in my voice” and keep going.Do you think the staff at Vogue sit down before every winter and say “oh bugger, […]

You might be familiar with the concept of Automatic Negative Thoughts (ANTs) – all the well-worn but broken record thoughts, assumptions and beliefs that we have. If you are a health practitioner working with clients in counselling, coaching or a similar role you may even spend a huge amount of your work week helping people […]

So I’m done with social media. Whether it’s for now or forever, I don’t know, but here’s what I’ve learned:A quick recap – I decided to ‘detox’ from social media for 8 weeks. Starting on International Women’s Day, through to Mother’s Day. My aim was to test the statement that I ‘need’ social media for […]

This week I read that people spend an average of 2 hours and 20 minutes on social media per day. These are pre-covid stats, so it’s probably more than that.While I wasn’t actually spending 2 hours a day for my business on social media platforms, I was definitely spending hours a week (maybe 6 or 7) in my business […]