About Me
I want to help others along their healing journey... by sharing mine
Nice to meet you, I’m Eric.
This space exists to give voice to my story—and hopefully by doing so—give a voice to yours as well.
We were all born into this world as beautiful souls, but somewhere along the way, we got hurt. We learned to avoid pain, to view our egos as demons, to ignore our feelings in favour of “being rational”. We found clear paths leading to the next destination, but somehow forgot where we wanted to go to in the first place.
And we never talked about it. Because no one else did.
Well, I think we can change that. For you, and for me.
Because we’re allowed to cry, even if that makes us think we’re weak (spoiler alert: we’re not).
Because we’re allowed to fail things in life, even if they’re the ones we swore we’d never disappoint.
Because we’re allowed to feel our feelings, even if they’re a bit nasty from time to time.
I hope that by sharing my story—how I cried, how I failed, and how I learned to feel my feelings—maybe it might stir something inside you.
There’s still so much life to explore. Can I invite you to tag along?
My Story
My name is Eric.
Throughout my entire life, I’ve personified excellence. In high school, I took out the biggest awards and the biggest scholarships. In university, I was topping courses and representing my country on international competitions. In my first job out of university, I was managing my own team and bringing in clients before my career even hit the two-year mark. I then landed a job at the prestigious consulting firm, McKinsey & Company, where I was constantly being told I was punching above my weight.
By all measures, I was destined for success.
Personality wise, I’ve always been a pretty introspective person. But I did so in a hyper-rational way. People saw me as ‘the robot friend’. I could get rejected by my crushes and convince myself to be fine by the next day. I could look at my own ego and tell it to not be so arrogant and judgemental. I could admit fault and be the first to say sorry in most situations.
My life was all well within my control.
But somewhere along the way, I started to discover my own spirituality. I tried meditation, therapy, and other spiritual experiences. And they slowly opened my eyes to the truth. The truth that...
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... I was ignoring my own calling to meet someone else’s version of success for me, just so I could say to myself that I was ‘successful’.
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... I was desperately trying to control my environment, external and internal, as to avoid confronting the deep deep pains that my mind had valiantly chosen to hide from me.
I was not successful, and I was not in control.
But more importantly than that?
That it was okay.
So I’ve chosen to walk away from my ‘success’ and I’ve chosen to relinquish control when I see it.
And now I’m here.
Lost.
Exploring life.
And enjoying it.