Erin Coyle
Writer | Threshold Tender for Life & Work Transitions
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There's nothing wrong with you. You're exactly where you need to be.
Even if it feels raw.
What if you're just at that point in the story when the dark thicket begins to thin out? And the mysterious writing on the cave wall tells a story you already know.
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Your story.
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Most people assume that when something's not clear, they need more information. More training. Another certification. A better framework.
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But you've done all that. If that were the answer, you wouldn't be here.
​​There's a different question underneath all of that.
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It's not – what else do I need to learn?
It's – what do I already know that I'm afraid to trust?
One client's experience:
I came in with something alive that had its own intelligence — but could have easily turned into months of navel-gazing or stuckness. Working with Erin felt like having a shepherdess. She was the banks of the river — giving structure without forcing anything. I never felt rushed, and the work that emerged felt completely like me.
Julia Corley
LCMHC, LMBT
Certified Hakomi Therapist & Trainer,
Somatic Experiencing Practitioner
Where are you right now?
We can work with all of that.
Because whether you're navigating grief, a creative emergence, a business that no longer fits who you've become, or a longing you can't quite name, the question underneath is usually the same:
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What do I want to devote my life to now?
Hi, I'm Erin
Writer. Guide. Gatherer.
In a culture that values specialists, I'm a gatherer.
My work has always lived at the edges of neat categories.
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If a university ever offered a degree in "a bunch of weird shit," I'd be the first in line. Instead, I got a BA in Writing & Holistic Studies focusing on mythology, folklore, and the ways stories take root in the body. Which is close.
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I've spent thirty years exploring the places where body, story, spirit, and healing meet. Along the way I've studied pharmacology, psychology, plant medicine, ancestral lineage, somatics, mythology, and the ancient traditions of Ireland and Scotland where my people are from.
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I've learned that sometimes a gatherer is exactly what's needed.
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Most of the people I work with aren't missing anything. They've done the reading, the training, the retreats. They just haven't found a way to trust what all of it has been trying to teach them, or stop talking themselves out of what they already know.
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I have a lot of space in my heart for people in transition because I've lived it. More than once.
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Which is why people tend to find me when they're raw.
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Who this work is for:
Those who can feel that something is changing, whether they can name it yet or not.
You're not a beginner to this work.
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You've read everything from Francis Weller to Mary Oliver (and a few self-help books in between), sat in the circles, drew pictures and cried with strangers.
You've done some damn hard work on yourself.
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You have more interior life in the tip of your pinky than most people have in their entire being. Not everyone wants to talk about death at the dinner table. And that can feel a bit lonely sometimes.
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​Now something has stopped you in your tracks. Maybe it's:​​​​
a creative project you can't stop thinking about
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a body of work that keeps finding you no matter how many times you try to organize it into something logical
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a business, a practice, or an identity that no longer fits who you've become
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grief, illness, or loss that has quietly rearranged everything
​​​​Or maybe you're standing face to face with a longing so persistent you've started to wonder if it's trying to tell you something.
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Whatever it is, the life you've built doesn't fit the person you're becoming.
And that's not a problem to solve. It's a threshold to cross.
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Learn more about the Threshold Session.
Thresholds require someone who knows the landscape — the surprise turns, the dark corridors, the first glint of light on the cave wall calling you forward. Without that it's easy to feel like you've been walking in circles for miles.
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You've scattered the breadcrumbs. Done the frameworks. The five-step plans. All the action steps. Maybe even took a course in cartography of the soul.
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What you haven't had is someone who will actually walk with you — with a bag full of tools gathered from thirty years of treading the edges of story, body, earth, and soul — until you can read the writing on the wall yourself.
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The work keeps finding you for a reason.
I'll help you figure out who you're becoming and trust it,
so you can bring it into the world.
What actually happens here...
Here's what you can expect when we work together:
You slow down enough to hear yourself again.
You begin to notice the difference between what you think you should want and what actually has energy for you.
You find language for the work, the transition, or the life that's calling to you — so you can stop carrying it around and start building a life around it.
And you stop feeling so alone in the middle of it.
Because I'll be right there with you.
This isn't therapy. It isn't traditional coaching. It isn't consulting.
I think of it as structured accompaniment: conversation, reflection, writing, and deep listening — to help you trust what you already know, so you don't abandon your truth for something more practical, more acceptable, or easier to explain.
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You don't need someone to tell you what you're supposed to do.
You need someone who can help you recognize the work that's already choosing you.
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You want to contribute something meaningful while you're here on the earth. And more than that — you want to know you're spending your life on the right things.
That's exactly the place this work begins.
If you're going through a major life transition: grief, burnout, illness, caregiving, career change, business evolution, creative emergence, or an identity shift you don't yet have words for, this is exactly where you belong.
You'll know this session is for you when you find yourself asking:
Where is my energy actually going—and is that where I want it?
What's mine to carry – and what can I finally put down?
What does my next chapter actually want to look like?
How do I live a meaningful life without losing myself in the process?
I cried when I read what came through our work together. It felt like I finally sounded like myself again—only clearer.
And what we did is working.
Stacy Thomas
MA, LPC, SEP
Licensed Professional Counselor,
Somatic Experiencing Practitioner
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