What happens when the life you've been told to want isn't the life you actually want?

In this episode, Cindy sits down with Erin Marguerite to talk about choosing an unconventional path long before it became trendy to do so.

Growing up as the oldest of four children, Erin learned early that her role was to help. She describes feeling "shrink-wrapped" by family expectations, often putting her own needs aside while caring for her younger siblings and becoming the dependable people-pleaser everyone counted on.

Like many of us, Erin followed the path that seemed laid out for her. She went to university with plans of becoming a teacher, but quickly realized that a traditional career and a 9-to-5 life didn't fit who she was. Sitting behind a desk and following a prescribed path felt disconnected from the freedom and creativity she craved.

Rather than continuing to live according to other people's expectations, Erin began creating a life that reflected her own values. Over the years, she has continually reinvented herself, giving herself permission to evolve, explore new possibilities, and choose herself again and again.

Now, as she steps into her next chapter, Erin is helping other women break free from the roles they've outgrown and build lives that feel authentic, expansive, and fully their own.

This conversation is about people-pleasing, identity, self-trust, belonging and the courage it takes to create a life that looks different from what others imagined for you.

Erin's podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/own-your-wild/id1518657803

Erin's website

https://www.erinmarguerite.com/

Erin Book: BOOK LINK