Some friendships stay with us forever.

In this deeply personal episode of Lay Low, Erin shares the story of her best friend, Amberly, who passed away from pancreatic cancer at just 34 years old. As young mothers raising their families, building businesses, and navigating life together, their friendship became one of the most influential relationships Erin has ever experienced.

Through Amberly's courageous journey, Erin reflects on the lessons of grief, resilience, intuition, unconditional friendship, and the ways love continues long after someone is gone.

In this episode, you'll hear about:

• The friendship that changed Erin's life
• Amberly's courageous battle with pancreatic cancer
• Trusting your intuition when something doesn't feel right
• Raising young children through life's hardest moments
• What grief really feels like—and why it never truly ends
• Finding healing through spirituality and signs from loved ones
• Supporting someone through terminal illness
• The life lessons Amberly continues to teach, 14 years later
• Why tomorrow is never guaranteed—and how to live a life you're proud of
  

This is more than a story about loss. It's a conversation about friendship, healing, hope, and carrying the people we love with us long after they're gone.

If you've ever loved someone deeply, experienced grief, or searched for meaning after heartbreak, this episode is a reminder that love never truly leaves us—it simply changes the way we carry it.

Submit listener questions or share your story as a possible pod guest at www.laylowpod.com

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This week on Lay Low, Erin welcomes her very first guest, longtime friend Monica Ross.

Over the course of just two years, Monica experienced the loss of her father, ended her marriage, became a single mom, and was diagnosed with breast cancer. Through every chapter, she learned what it means to advocate for herself, choose happiness, and keep moving forward—even when life looked nothing like she imagined.

Together, Erin and Monica talk about grief, divorce, parenting through change, navigating cancer treatment, finding unexpected love, and the lessons that come from rebuilding your life one step at a time. If you're walking through a difficult season or wondering if life can still be beautiful after everything changes, this conversation is for you.

In this episode:

• Losing a parent and navigating grief

• Choosing divorce after years of unhappiness

• Parenting through major life transitions

• Monica's breast cancer journey

• Learning to advocate for yourself

• Finding love after heartbreak
• Five lessons from two years of chaos

Because sometimes the hardest chapters become the ones that shape us the most.

Submit listener questions or share your story as a possible pod guest at www.laylowpod.com

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One of the best parts about getting older is realizing how many things simply don't deserve your energy.

In this solo episode, Erin reflects on the expectations, pressure, perfectionism, and people-pleasing that shaped so much of her early adult life—and the freedom she's found in letting those things go.

From trying to be the perfect mom and wife, to worrying about what everyone else was doing, to feeling like she needed all the answers before taking the next step, Erin shares five things she no longer spends time worrying about and why releasing them has brought more peace, confidence, and alignment into her life.

In this episode:

• Why perfectionism stole joy from some of Erin's early motherhood years

• The surprising freedom that comes from not worrying about what other people are doing

• Letting go of timelines and creating a life that works for you

• Learning to trust yourself even when you don't have all the answers

• Why being understood by everyone is an impossible goal

• How releasing judgment creates more room for love and connection

• The difference between proving yourself and being yourself

If you've ever felt pressure to have it all figured out, keep everyone happy, or live life according to someone else's expectations, this episode is your reminder that peace often comes from letting go—not holding on tighter.

Submit listener questions or share your story as a possible pod guest at www.laylowpod.com

Thanks for laying low with me. ❤️