My name is Erica (she/her). I haven’t always been good at listening to myself, but I have always been good at listening to others - human, animal, or otherwise. I spent 15 years in K-12 education, but came to see that an educator and a teacher are not always the same thing - and that I am the latter. In my work at SoulFood I draw on my experience as both a Bowenwork and Reiki practitioner, ecofeminist (this doesn’t just apply to women!), sex educator, artist, writer, birth doula, librarian, and imperfect human navigating this beautifully crazy life right along with everyone else. Despite college degrees and professional titles, it seems to me that being a mother, sister, and friend, along with the endless hours I spend in the natural world, have taught me far more than I will ever learn in a book or classroom. That being said, I love learning and will always be a student in one way or another.

Who am I in my free time? I don’t generally find that I have a lot of free time. Or that my interests are all that separate from what I do at SoulFood. Be that as it may, I have three teenage children and a diverse set of artistic interests to keep me busy. I am grateful to my mother and grandmothers for sharing their love of gardening from my very earliest days, and working with the energetics of flowers has become an extension of that. The garden is where I find both peace and a reconnection to the vibrant energy of just being alive. I’d love to say that that I am a musician as well, but all of my instruments find more company with each other in my closet than they do with the light of day - it’s funny how we often identify with parts of ourselves that we haven’t really used in quite some time…one of these days…