We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Erin Call a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Erin, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today We’d love to hear the backstory behind a risk you’ve taken – whether big or small, walk us through what it was like and how it ultimately turned out.

My biggest risk was when I decided to host my first ever Full 5 day retreat at the very end of 2020. I knew women were hungry for healing, were craving community and wanted to gather. It was a big undertaking (and during a time of uncertainty collectively)- to plan, hire and execute it. I had never hosted a retreat before so everything felt fresh and new and I had to trust that I could figure out each step as I went. It was the first of many retreats and it catalyzed growth in an entirely new area of Soul Naked. I fell in love with creating sacred spaces for women to come together in this way.

Erin, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

Soul Naked is not a mission I intentionally chose, it was birthed through me before I even know *what* she was. I’m many *things*, and the one thing that is constant is that I am blazing a path of Love, Liberation and Leadership WITHIN the women (and soon to be men) that I serve. My passion is in helping humans be fully expressed, present and turned on to life itself. And I believe most people aren’t given the tools and clear mirroring that is required to be emotionally, energetically and spiritually WELL(THY). So that is what Soul Naked continues to create- spaces for women to come together, come undone and reclaim the truth & magnitude of who they are through somatic healing modalities.

My certifications include Life Coaching, Hypnotherapy, Sensual Somatic Movement Guide through Goddess Yoga and Trauma Informed Breathwork Facilitator plus many continuing education classes and trainings.

This movement began solely with coaching and hypnotherapy and has since morphed into something far deeper and more expansive with Somatic Healing workshops, Soul Naked Sensual Somatic movement classes, Breathwork workshops, Retreats and Soul Naked The Podcast. All with an intention of continuing to help humans Love, Lead and Liberate themselves into their own version of a Soul Naked Embodiment. This is truly just the beginning….

Have you ever had to pivot?

In retrospect my entire life I had worn my ability to “do it all”, sleep very little, raise babies, build businesses, serve clients, go back to school, go go go- all while eating healthy, running at 5;30 am, keeping my house clean- you get the vibe. I had idealized this unsustainable embodiment of the perfect woman and I was determined to be my version of her, even if to my own demise. And as most of us know, society praises us for this and so it creates a really vicious cycle of dishonoring our bodies, our needs, our internal rhythms, our emotions, our experiences and so on.

Insert 2020 and I had my own version of a complete dismantling of everything in my personal and professional life. I had to slow down to home school my kids, my marriage felt like it was crumbling from years of heavy weight, I was questioning everything I thought I was building in my business and I was called to go deeper within myself than ever before. I heeded the call. Long story short, I did some deeply healing somatic work within myself, my husband and I spent a lot of intention and time working on our marriage (we now say- we are not in the same relationship we once were!), I rested more, I played and adventured a bit, and I found the most incredibly loving and supportive relationships in my life. I began to Embody a version of me that was truly Soul Naked and in that I deepened my skillset and ability to hold profound space for my clients, in a way that I would not have had I ignored my own needs and desires. And from this I saw how hungry women were for authentic connection, true embodied healing and SOFT, Sensual Exploration of the version of them that has been hidden for quite some time. This led to retreats, workshops and many in person offerings that have changed the trajectory of the brand and mission.

There is one thing more powerful than the skills and tools you learn as a coach, healer or spaceholoer and that is being an EMBODIED leader- which happens when we root down deep into our own internal chaos and rise up.

What do you think helped you build your reputation within your market?

I am grounded, authentic and I speak my truth. I am willing to get it wrong…. things I have shared, offered and believed in the beginning of this movement are often not the same as what I believe to be true now. And people have watched and been along the ride of that evolution, which speaks to my Humanness and people trust me for that. I think people crave that CLEAR Mirror—I welcome alll of the human experience and don’t pretend to have it “All Together” all the time. And in a pragmatic sense, I deliver an experience that is safe, loving and deeply transformational while being rooted in skills that support my clients.     

Contact Info:

• Website: www.SoulNakedCEO.com
• Instagram: www.instagram.come/SoulNakedSomatics
• Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/soul-naked-ceo/id1505077807 (apple)
• Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6JbslTRbRosKz7KIYe3kwv?si=6bb0d75b4a444b54 (Spotify)

Image Credits
Crystal Marie Photography