Hi. I'm Erin.
ABOUT ERIN
And I want to tell you something most coaches won't say on their About page. I didn't have it figured out. Not even close.
For a long time I was the woman who handled everything. Capable. Reliable. Responsible. And quietly running on empty. I had mastered doing. I had not mastered choosing.
MY STORY
When Everything Fell Apart.
After a traumatic divorce, I was finally starting to find my footing again. Slowly rebuilding. Getting my act together.
And then my parents died. Seventeen days apart. Unexpectedly. I went from slowly finding my way to barely functioning almost overnight.
Grief has a way of stripping everything down to what is essential. Standing in that loss I had to face something I had been avoiding for years. I had been living by default. Not by design.
THE THING THAT SAVED ME
I didn't start with therapy. I didn't journal my way out. I went rock climbing. And for the first time in my adult life, possibly my entire life, the voices in my head went quiet.
You know those voices. The ones that talk over each other reminding you to book the pediatrician appointment, pay the water bill, return that phone call, figure out dinner, check on your kids, worry about having said the wrong thing in that last meeting.
But when you're on a rock wall, the voices go quiet. Your focus narrows to one simple question: where do I put my foot next so I don't fall. And in that forced, fierce presence, I could finally breathe. That quiet changed everything. It started me on a different path. A path toward alignment.
The first time the noise stopped.
“Climbing demanded courage. And that courage started bleeding into the rest of my life. I started saying no to things that had no business being on my plate.”
WHAT CLIMBING TAUGHT ME
What courage does over time.
I started asking for what I needed. I started trusting my own instincts instead of second-guessing every decision.
It also put everything in perspective. Workplace drama felt a lot less catastrophic after you've had your shoulder shoved in a crack at dusk while bats started waking up around you.
I started paying attention to what drained me and what energized me. I began protecting my energy and building boundaries, slowly and imperfectly, but intentionally. It didn't happen overnight. It didn't happen all at once. But once I was on the path, I never looked back.
THE MOMENT I FINALLY GOT HONEST
The question that changed everything.
My job eventually went sideways. And because I had tasted what alignment felt like, living out of it was absolutely miserable. But I stayed. And complained. And stayed some more.
On New Year's Eve 2022, after a day of rock climbing, I was sitting in a friend's truck. I had been venting about my job, my boss, how stuck I felt. One long spiral of everything that was wrong.
When I finally paused, he looked at me and said:
“Okay, Erin. I've heard everything you don't want. What DO you want?”
I didn’t have an answer. Not one.
A little over a year later, I’d left my career, relocated to the Pacific Northwest, and became a Certified High Performance Coach. A close friend told me I changed more in that one year than in the 20 years she had known me combined.
That is what clarity does. That is what I want for you. Not the slow version. The fast one.
I don't want you to spend the next decade slowly inching toward a life that actually feels like yours. I want you to get there faster. The right questions, asked inside a structured and intentional space, cut through the noise faster than anything else I've found.
Time is finite. Losing my parents made that undeniably real. We get this life. And we get to decide how we lead it.
I work with driven, capable women who are done over-functioning. Women who don't need more advice. They need clarity they can trust. Through The Aligned Life Method we move through three phases, Clarity, Alignment, and Momentum, and you stop reacting to your life and start directing it.
I spent years slowly waking up. Coaching helped me change at warp speed.
WHY I DO THIS WORK
A FEW THINGS ABOUT ME
I once worked show week for Miami Swim Week as a floor manager. Total chaos, zero sleep, more glamour than you'd expect from someone yelling across the room backstage.
I've climbed Half Dome twice, summited Kilimanjaro, trekked Patagonia's W circuit, and started mountaineering in my 50s, apparently I wasn't done finding new ways to be humbled by a mountain.
I taught barre for seven years before I ever became a coach. Turns out I've always liked helping people find better form, on and off the mat.
I have two incredible daughters who remind me every day why this work matters.
My full name is Erin Kelly McGee, but my mom would call me Erin Kelly when I was pushing boundaries. I still am.
Beyond the credentials.
LET'S GET BACK TO YOU
If something inside you is saying it's time, listen to it.
You've just read my story. You know where I've been and why I do this work. If any of it resonated, that feeling is worth paying attention to.
The Clarity Reset is a complimentary 90-minute private session. A real conversation about where you are, where you want to go, and what is actually in the way. Not a sales call. You will leave with clarity whether we work together or not.
Get honest about where you are and what may be getting in the way.
Clarify what you want your life to look like on the other side of this.
Determine whether The Aligned Life Method is the right fit for you right now.
A complimentary 90-minute private session. No pitch. Just an honest conversation.