About Me

My passion and mission is to help others find joy in movement, without the side of guilt or punishment that often accompanies the messaging from the diet and fitness industries. So much of what you hear is that “exercise” should be used to lose weight or change your body. And that is why I started this program! I am your weight neutral, size inclusive, anti-diet culture personal trainer (and biggest supporter) to help you navigate the path to reclaiming a movement routine that has nothing to do with diet or weight loss. Movement is a wonderful tool of self compassion that offers so many benefits, health and otherwise; benefits that have nothing to do with physical aesthetics.

Through 1:1 personal training and mindset coaching, my goal at EveryBody Moves with Erica is for it to be a place to lift each other up, celebrate our progress, and embrace the joy in every step of our movement journeys, without any talk about diet or weight loss. So glad you’re here! Reach out to me with any questions by emailing me or using the form on the Home and Contact pages.

Here is a little about me.

My first memory of feeling uncomfortable in my body was when I was 10 years old and in fourth grade. IN FOURTH GRADE, I began to realize that I was a person in a bigger body and I was ALREADY ashamed of it! I am sure others can relate; so many of us have been made to feel ashamed of our bodies or appearances at very young ages. After sharing my insecurities with my mom, I went on my first diet at 10 years old and from that point on, dieting became a hugely important part of my life for the next 30 years.

Despite being in a bigger body, I was very athletic and as a kid, I participated in many organized sports and played outdoors with the neighborhood kids any chance I got. When I hit my teens, socializing became more important than sports so I lost the connection I had with movement for several years.

I struggled with body image, anxiety, and self loathing for many years, and contributed much of it to my size, not realizing that there was so much more to it. Also, I had a lack of understanding of how severe my anxiety was and how it showed up in my life. Eventually, in college, I returned to a regular movement routine and realized how much of an impact it had on my stress and anxiety levels. But I was still using it as a form of punishment to lose weight.

Although movement went on to play a major role in life, becoming non-negotiable in my schedule (which wasn’t the healthiest approach either — more on this later), I still couldn’t shake the obsession with everything diet culture had taught me. It wasn’t until 2019 that I thought to myself, “Is this it? Am I always going to be obsessed about how my body looks, about food, about dieting? I can’t imagine being 80 and still caring about this.”

Thankfully there are many amazing people out there doing the work to help people with disordered behaviors around eating and exercise who are anti-diet culture. I worked with an exceptional guide who started to show me the way to recovery around these behaviors. Do I still have days that I don’t like what I look like in the mirror or a photo? Sure. Do I have days when my thoughts are negative about my body? YES! I’d be lying if I said no; BUT the obsession has changed.

It would be my incredible honor to be part of your journey as your personal trainer, coach and biggest supporter.