Coaching for what comes next

Know yourself deeply.
Build a life around you.

Coaching to bring you back to yourself — build your next chapter around who you are, not what everyone else expects from you.

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A question I keep coming back to

"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"

— Mary Oliver

Who I work with

If any of this sounds like you, we should talk.

You're a high-achiever who's tired

You keep climbing the ladder and now you're wondering, “is this it?”

You were recently laid off

It wasn't your fault and it still feels like a verdict about you. Let's reframe.

You've always been the one with the answers

People expect you to do it all because you always have, and you’re tired. You can do it all, but does that mean you should?

You're just quietly disappearing

You're still showing up, but you're not actually there anymore. You don’t know how to feel excited about work and you need a place to rest and recover.

Erin Colbrese

The approach

A path back to yourself.

You leave this work knowing yourself deeply — the parts you've been performing past, the ones you've been ignoring, the quieter voice underneath — and with a clear sense of what a life built around you actually looks like.

We get there through honest conversation, somatic awareness, and mindfulness practices. Your mind is smart. Your body is wise. Together we listen to both.

  1. 01

    Rest

    You slow down enough to hear yourself again — breath, body, and all. We move through the grief of losing an identity built around achievement.

  2. 02

    Realign

    You separate who you are from what you did for a paycheck, with practices tuned to where you are and what actually resonates with you.

  3. 03

    Rebuild

    You design a next chapter that fits — not what other people want from you or what society expects, but what your mind, body, and spirit are asking for.

I've sat where you sit — 24 years in corporate, including leadership at Microsoft. I know the language, the pressure, and the specific identity we build around what we do.

From a client

"I came in thinking I needed a new job. I left with a new life. Erin helped me stop performing someone else's version of success."

— Former VP, now running her own studio

A companion practice

Inner Balance Studio

Movement, breath, and stillness designed for people whose nervous systems have been running on deadlines. A grounded space to come back into your body between sessions — or whenever you need it.

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In person — Bend, Oregon

Group Retreats & Intensives

By invitation only

Deep-dive experiences in the high desert of Central Oregon. Somatic practices, mindfulness, honest conversation, in a landscape that helps you remember who you are.

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The next chapter doesn't write itself.

One honest conversation. No pitch. You'll leave with a clearer sense of what a life built around you could look like.

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