Girl Power

02 Sep An Open Letter to Strong Female Athletes

Posted at 19:12h in Blog, Career, Coaching, Female Athletes, Girl Power, Girls' Soccer Training, Uncategorized by erica 6 Comments

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Dear Strong Female Athlete, Take up space. In fact, so much space that the world rumbles from your strength, people's hearts vibrate from how loud you roar, your friends drop their jaws at your relentless confidence, and the weak are inspired by how hard you go after...

04 Jul 20 Lessons for Female Athletes on Training and Life

Posted at 17:28h in Blog, Female Athletes, Girl Power, Uncategorized by erica 11 Comments

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Somewhere out there, there's a female athlete getting yelled at by her coach for making a mistake. Somewhere out there, there's a female athlete crying and her dad telling her, "you're being sensitive!" Somewhere out there, there's a female athlete scrolling Instagram comparing her body to influencer...

06 Apr An Open Letter To Young Female Athletes

Posted at 18:23h in Blog, Girl Power, Girls' Soccer Training, Uncategorized by erica 18 Comments

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Dear Young Female Athlete, I feel for you. The world is flooded with distractions. Instagram. SnapChat. Homework. Sports. Practices. Instagram. Tournaments. Games. ID camps. Grades. Instagram. It is overwhelming, I know. Being immersed in the digital times has its way of sidetracking us from our dreams. Our dreams to start...

28 Aug Getting Through to the Young Female Athlete

Posted at 16:59h in Blog, Coaching, Girl Power, Girls' Soccer Training, Uncategorized by erica 0 Comments

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Hi, my name is Erica. And I'm a female. We overthink, put pressure on ourselves, expect perfection, and overreact to small things. And more often than not, we're likely to go bonkers when our boyfriend texts us back, "Okay." What do you mean okay-with-a-fucking-period-at-the-end?! That's females, well, thinking like...

02 Jul How to Create The Life You Want

Posted at 20:31h in Blog, Girl Power, Life Coaching, Mindset, Motivation, Uncategorized by erica 2 Comments

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I'm writing this as my 252nd published blog post. As a blogger of 2 meager years, I find this impressive. And maybe you do too. You see, back in 2013, before I got into online writing, I was in a terrible place. Staying in my comfort zone was...

31 May Exercise For Confidence: Glute Bridge Walk Outs

Posted at 13:13h in Blog, Coaching, Exercises For Confidence, Fitness, Girl Power, Girls' Soccer Training, Glute Training, Strength Training, Women's Fitness by erica 0 Comments

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I'm in Miami and there are a lot of nice butts. And this is an excellent preface to today's exercise for confidence. Being from Baltimore, I feel like I'm a foreigner. I'm light skinned and blue eyed, Dutch, don't like Cuban sandwiches, and don't own a...

10 May Let People Be People: Exercise Can Feel However You Want It To Feel

Posted at 17:13h in Blog, Girl Power, Life Coaching, Mindset, Motivation, Personal Training, Soccer Science, Strength and Conditioning, Strength Training, Women's Fitness by erica 5 Comments

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Evolution is a crazy thing. And I'm not talking about Charles Darwin's discoveries with finches in the Galapagos Islands. But, holy shit balls. His work is kind of groundbreaking. And the conclusions he made about species of finches and their beaks? Okay, I'm being a nerd. Natural sciences...

31 Mar Appearance on the WOW Collective Podcast

Posted at 00:11h in Blog, Body Image, Business, Girl Power, Life Coaching, Mindset, Motivation, Women's Fitness, Writing by erica 0 Comments

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WOW. I'm honored to announce that I am featured on the latest episode of the WOW Collective Podcast with trainer and coach Nardia Norman - someone who I have looked up to for quite some time. I caught Nardia's eye after my Fitness Celebrity vs. Fitness Professional...

30 Mar How to Not Judge Other People: Their Mistakes, Scandals, and Shortcomings

Posted at 17:12h in Blog, Body Image, Girl Power, Girls' Soccer Training, Life Coaching, Mindset, Motivation, Uncategorized by erica 0 Comments

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This much I know: you can't go through life with a clean slate. If you can, then you're Gandalf. Listen: everyone messes up. We all have a past, a story, a tale, an untold scandal. And oftentimes, it's totally unsexy, unconventional, and downright taboo. And I'd be ignorant...

23 Feb Are You Coaching, Cueing, Connecting…or Confusing?

Posted at 23:50h in Blog, Coaching, Fitness, Girl Power, Guest Post, Personal Training, Strength and Conditioning, Strength Training, Women's Fitness by erica 1 Comment

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I've taken a hiatus from blogging. By hiatus, I mean a WEEK, which is eternity for me. I pride myself in being consistent with creating content, but when off-season training is in full swing, my creativity wanes a bit. With winter off-season training finally coming to...