Erica is a coach who works with women business owners, founders, leaders, and creative professionals. She draws on three decades of work in somatic learning, along with Buddhist meditation — disciplines that look at the whole person, not just the surface. Her background in art, design and writing shapes a coaching style that’s creative and adaptive.

Earlier in her career, she owned a design business whose clients included the MoMA Design Store, Takashimaya and design galleries and boutiques across the U.S., Asia and South America. Her writing has appeared in more than 20 international publications, including artpress (Paris), Aesthetica (London) and BOMB (New York). She co-founded Interval Paper, a publishing venture.

She has worked with more than 1,000 people across nine countries.

Between the Lines

I grew up the child of immigrant parents and learned how to succeed academically. I learned to work hard and to understand quickly what was required of me. Those qualities still serve me today. But they weren't enough to tell me what I wanted, or how I wanted to live.

Alongside the degrees, businesses and professional milestones, there were burnout, failed ventures, divorce, solo parenting, caregiving, chronic illness, and long periods of uncertainty. I’ve reinvented myself more than once.

What I didn't understand at times was how much of my struggles were shaped by things that felt personal but weren't unique to me: perfectionism, people-pleasing, over-responsibility, and the belief that my worth depended on what I accomplished.

Again and again, I've found that what feels like an individual problem is actually part of the human story. 

That understanding is central to how I coach. When we can see our patterns instead of simply living inside them, they have less power over us. That gives us more room to choose differently.