When Stress Becomes Your Baseline
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Erin explores how prolonged stress can keep the nervous system in overdrive—and why practicing calm may help remind the body how to return to baseline.
Your Nervous System, forgotten how to Calm Down?
Let me ask you something, Has your doctor ever told you they are worried about your stress level affecting your health?
I’ve got to say, in all my years of practice the year of 2026 has brought me more clients who have said “my doctor is concerned about my stress,” “my doctor thinks my condition is exacerbated by stress,” “my doctor said I NEED better stress management.”
I’m really passionate about this because I think this is where we have to take some self-responsibility. Learning how to calm down should be an important life skill!
When Your System Stays in Overdrive
What I think I’ve learned as a practitioner is it seems the nervous system can forget how to get back to baseline (calm). Extended periods of stress can get the whole system stuck in overdrive even when your system should be signaling that it's “down time” and there's no need to be hypervigilant (when you get home from work, the weekend, vacation, sleep).
Reminding Your System What Calm Feels Like
Again, just my opinion but I think when we choose activities and invest in practices that restore our sense of calm, we remind the nervous system where the baseline is and how we can achieve it in daily life. That way when you come home from work your system actually recognizes you are in your safe space, it's time to dial down ten notches and have a restful sleep so you can take on the day tomorrow.
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When Words Carry Energy: How to Hold Space for Truth in Difficult Situations
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Want to know what’s really tough for me? Yes, I see the positive impacts of the work I do everyday. Yes, my clients sing my praises and I am so grateful. But nothing will make me feel more small and inadequate than when my clients come in faced with the real harshness of living in this world. I think there's nothing I can really do to make this better for them. The best I can hope for is a moment of peace within to face their hardship a little easier.
A Lesson in Energy and Intention
Want to know what’s tough for me? Yes, I see the positive impacts of the work I do every day. Yes, my clients sing my praises, and I am so grateful. But nothing makes me feel smaller and more inadequate than when my clients come in, faced with the harsh reality of living in this world. I don't think there's anything I can do to make this better for them. The best I can hope for is a moment of peace within to make facing their hardship a little easier.
So when one of my regular session plan member clients came in defeated and devastated by the absolute overwhelming, consuming cruel reality of their current life situation again I thought, I will not even remotely pretend, “Well you’re in the right place, I’ll have you feeling good as new at the end of this hour.” I can’t do that to people. I was apprehensive for the session to start. Where was this going to go? In what way can I genuinely help them? This is a zero spiritual platitude zone. What ended up coming out in that session is not what either of us expected.
I was made aware of this for my client’s sake: anytime we enter into a room, a situation, an event, a meeting, or an engagement, there is a container of energy established. Each person involved is participating in that container. Now here’s what you must know…
IN NO WAY is it ethical to psychically read or attempt to manipulate another person’s energy without their consent. But manipulating the container??? I guess that’s fair game.
Here’s the situation: My client was forced into regular engagements with two other parties, where one party repeatedly spewed out lies. And like my client had observed many times before, it seemed the third party, who is the person in power in this dynamic, was buying into and holding space for the lies. My client felt their truth and the actual truth was not being seen. My client feared that with this continuing it would gravely impact themself and others involved they deeply cared about.
Here’s what I was told intuitively:
It would be unethical to psychically attempt to manipulate the words coming out of the lying person’s mouth or to delve into their psyche to influence them to behave differently.
BUT because everytime someone speaks, the energy of their words hangs in the energetic container created by this social engagement for all parties to receive, I was told my client, like anyone else, has the power and influence to manipulate the perception of the words being said.
I said to my client, “YOU can hold the clear and strong intention that in these engagements the TRUTH will be clearly identified in its energy, as well as LIE energy will be clearly identified. Here’s the thing though, it's NOT about what MY CLIENT FEELS OR THINKS is the truth. It’s about upholding the actual real truth. The truth is the truth. It has a specific vibratory rate. It will not change because someone wills it to be truthful.
I asked my client to intuitively tune in. I had them say a true and false statement. And to observe through the lens of their intuition what truth energy looked like, felt like, sounded liked, even smelled like! When it comes to energy, we can perceive the information in nearly infinite ways.
My client said the truth looked like warm light and lies looked like a red harpoons.
Perfect! I said “then from now on, everytime you enter this social engagement, put out the strongest, clearest intention that the energetic signature of truthful and deceptive words/statements said, will be exaggerated to the point they feel obvious to all involved.”
“Everyone should try a session with Erin. Don’t worry about how it will help just make an appointment, Erin and the gems will do all the work! The impact will be life-changing!”
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I have a client coming up on their 10-year client-anniversary! That’s a DECADE!
What’s the most valuable gift of our work for my decade-long client’s commitment??? When I first went to Erin it was out of curiosity after a friend had told me about her. It didn’t take many sessions before I was so at ease that I trusted her and the gems to give me the guidance and treatment I needed. Gemstone energy with Erin became a regular part of my self-care routine and has remained for nearly ten years now.
A Client's Trust Journey:
When I first went to Erin it was out of curiosity after a friend had told me about her. It didn’t take many sessions before I was so at ease that I trusted her and the gems to give me the guidance and treatment I needed. Gemstone energy with Erin became a regular part of my self-care routine and has remained for nearly ten years now.
The most valuable gift I have received in this work is my ability to trust my body and get out of my head. Due to past traumas, I had trouble being in my body and dealt with negative body perception. In cognitive therapy, I didn’t want to be one with my body, I kept disconnecting. I was so uncomfortable in my skin. My work with Erin has given me the trust and self-awareness necessary to manage my health and live a more comfortable and peaceful life with my whole self, including my body.
“Everyone should try a session with Erin. Don’t worry about how it will help just make an appointment, Erin and the gems will do all the work! The impact will be life-changing!”
SESSION PLANS AVAILABLE
The work we do is all about the individual and their journey to navigating the world physically, energetically, intuitively, and spiritually with greater ease, peace, and joy.
I feel this is the best way I can serve my wonderful clients, getting the most out of our work with a consistent schedule rewarded with exclusive savings!