Work with Me
You’re the one who figures things out. People count on that. It’s probably part of how you’d describe yourself, if you’re honest: the capable one, the one who just handles it.
Which is exactly why the thing you’re stuck on right now feels so disorienting. You’ve already run through every solution you can think of. You’ve read the stuff, asked the people, turned it over at 2am. And it’s still sitting there. Somewhere underneath the tired is a quieter, more annoying thought: that you’re supposed to be able to crack this yourself & the fact that you can’t means something about you.
It doesn’t. It just means you’re too close to it to see it, which is a completely different problem than not being capable enough & it has a completely different fix.
You don’t need to go become an expert. You don’t have the time & energy for it & you shouldn’t have to feel like that’s your only option to see this through. What you need is someone standing outside the situation who can see it for what it is, tell you which two or three pieces matter, and which ones you can let go of.
That’s what I do. I see what you’re too close to see & I name it back clearly enough that you can move. I’m good at it for reasons that have nothing to do with knowing more than you about your particular situation. I’m not caught up in it the way you are, so I can see it clearly. And I’ll tell you the truth about what I see without making you feel foolish for not having seen it yourself.
How it actually works
This isn’t a single call where I solve you in real time. Most of the work happens in the gap between our two conversations, when I’ve gone away & I’m alone with what you brought. That’s the part most of this kind of help skips.
You book, I read. When you book, you’ll get a short intake form. I read it carefully before we ever talk, so I’m not starting cold when we do.
We talk. A 30-minute conversation where you bring me the messy version. I’m taking it in, not solving live.
I sit with it. I go away, really sit with what you brought & figure out the through line that’s underneath it all.
We have the real conversation. A few days later: an hour where I bring you what I found. What’s actually going on, which pieces matter, what’s genuinely yours to carry & what never was.
You leave with it in writing. After we talk, I send a recap of what we landed on, so the clarity doesn’t evaporate the minute life gets loud again.
A week where it sets. This is the part I built in because I know how this goes: the clarity lands, you go home & on day 3 the old voice creeps back in. The “but what abouts.” For 7 days after your recap, you can email me when that happens & I’ll send back a short read on things within a day or two.
The experience runs over the course of a week or so, not crammed into one afternoon. That’s on purpose. You’ve been thinking about this at 2am for months; it deserves better than a rushed hour.
What other women have talked about with me:
Once we start talking, the core issue is almost never the topic itself, which is why the range looks wider than it should. A few examples:
A mom who’d rebuilt her family’s evening routine a dozen times & couldn’t make any version stick, convinced she needed a better system. She didn’t. The thing breaking it was small & completely ordinary: dinner ran long every night & threw off the whole evening’s timing. Once we named it, it was fixable in a week.
A parent whose kid was struggling at school & nobody could say why. She came in braced for “is this normal” reassurance. What she actually needed was a real read on what might be going on & the specific questions to walk into the next meeting with.
A woman leaving the public sector for a private-sector offer, sure her problem was that she didn’t know how to negotiate. She knew plenty. She was just already talking herself into taking whatever they offered, because some part of her didn’t believe she should ask for more. Once we named that, the negotiation was almost the easy part. She walked in steady & got more than she’d planned to ask for.
Things we could talk about—
The daily stuff that keeps wearing you down
The part of the day that keeps coming apart no matter how many times you’ve reworked it — the evenings, the mornings, the handoffs. You’ve tried every version yourself & it still won’t hold. (This was the evening-routine mom. It turned out not to be the schedule at all.)
Carrying so much that you know something has to come off your plate, but every time you try to figure out what, you can’t see it. And asking your family for help hasn’t actually changed anything.
The thing you keep trying to hand off that never sticks, where the problem has stopped being the task itself.
The conversation with your partner you’ve had ten times that never lands. You’re starting to think the problem is how you’re framing it, not that he won’t hear it.
Your kids
Your child is struggling at school & nobody can tell you why. You’ve asked everyone & you still want a real read and to know what to ask at the next meeting.
The school decision you keep going back & forth on, where the right answer hinges on something no one’s said out loud yet.
The same power struggle on a loop (homework, the morning meltdown, etc.) where you’ve tried every approach & still can’t find the piece you’re missing.
Work & direction
The job offer you can’t tell is genuinely right or just flattering, & what you’d actually be saying yes to.
The leaving you keep rehearsing & never doing, where you can’t quite see what’s holding you there.
In your own business: the decision you remake every Monday & unmake by Friday & the thing underneath that keeps reopening it.
The thing everyone expects of you that you keep performing & can’t figure out why you can’t put down.
A few things this isn’t
This isn’t isn’t coaching & it isn’t a program. There’s no package & no built-in follow-up: one situation, start to finish. If you ever bring me a second thing, that’s a new decision, not a plan you’re on.
I’ll tell you the truth & help you find your next move. What I won’t do is stand in for help I’m not the right person to give. So this isn’t crisis or mental-health support, medical or clinical guidance, financial advice, or the question of whether to leave your marriage — those each deserve someone trained for exactly that & I’m glad to point you toward one.
On the school side specifically: I spent fifteen years teaching, so I can help you read your child & advocate hard for them. I don’t diagnose or evaluate. That’s a different specialty.
And if you read this whole page & realize you already know your answer, you don’t need me. The essays are free & they’re for exactly that.
The honest logistics
It’s $1,000. That covers the whole arc: my read of your intake, both conversations, the written recap & the week it sets.
I only take 1 new client a week. It’s genuinely what I can do well. The sitting-alone-with-it part needs real room & your situation gets my actual attention, not a slot in a packed calendar. When a week is taken, it’s blocked out entirely for that one client.
If it’s not a fit, you’ll know before we ever talk. You book first — no application, no waiting to be approved. But if I read your intake & I’m not the right person for this, I’ll tell you straight & refund you in full, before we ever get on a call. I’d rather hand the money back than waste your hour.
How it works
Pick a time on my calendar. If nothing fits, email me at erin@momlifehandbook.com & we’ll sort it out. The intake form comes with your booking & then for the first conversation you just chat with me about what’s on your mind—messy & off-the-cuff if perfectly fine. Usually, that’s the version I need.
What it’s been like for other women—
“The insights that come from Erin’s outside, expert perspective are invaluable... she helped me sift through the noise to get to the real me & I never would have considered myself ‘overcommitted’ & did not recognize the unrealistic expectations I’d placed on myself.” —Andrea, Mom of 1
“I’ve been blown away by Erin’s problem-solving. I admire her ability to strategize — she always has ideas & makes it feel like no problem is too big or too hard. And Erin has helped me see more possibilities around why my kids might be behaving the way they do.” —Jen, Mom of 3
And if you’re rereading this page wondering whether your thing is “enough” to bring: the women who get the most out of this are the ones who almost didn’t book, because their thing seemed too small to pay for. It isn’t too small, because it’s persisted this long. It doesn’t have to remain unresolved or yours alone to handle. We can tackle it together.