Exploring our relationship
to earning a living in Amerika

(and the hilarity and heartbreak of it all)

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You Are Not Your Job

BUILDING COMMUNITY

A virtual talk group that invites members to get real and honest, explore themes around work-life balance that emerge within the group and empower each other through the collective wisdom of our experiences.

LEARN MORE & SUBMIT INTEREST
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OUR STORY

What happens when we examine the history of our relationship to jobs, work and career?

LEARN ABOUT THE UPCOMING BOOK
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Little Bits

MUSINGS & REFLECTIONS

Brief occasional reflections on the people, ideas and experiences that spark curiosity. Insights for fellow seekers, shining light on the magic in the muck.

JOIN US AT SUBSTACK
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Erik’s Shoppe

SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESS

A few little things to inspire your everyday.

COMING SOON

FACILITATOR & ASPIRING AUTHOR

“While navigating a dying father, a mother with a deteriorating brain, and my own relationship to this system we call family, I was reminded that these bodies we inhabit are wondrous and wicked and delicate and horrifying and ultimately for many of us, inconvenient. These soft bodies are called to do hard jobs; we work at life, and life works us.”

MEET ERIK