Making lifelong changes to be the true, more confident and powerful YOU!
ABOUT
My name is Erika Spies, and I am a life coach near Austin, TX. I am married to an amazing man and
between the two of us we have five wonderful, annoying, smart, fun children.
When I was 18 years old, I married a boy my age. We had some big dreams in the beginning, but
everything quickly turned. He was a drug addict who later also became an alcoholic.
I was not allowed to work or do much of anything outside the home. I could take the kids to do some
things, but not a lot. I slowly lost most of my friends and even stopped regularly communicating with my
family.
Over the course of about eight years, I gained a LOT of weight, reaching almost 270 pounds at my
heaviest. I was told over and over again that I was stupid. I was worthless. I would never amount to
anything. Everything that went wrong was always my fault whether I was around or not. I was even
told that I was lucky to have him because nobody else on this planet would love me. I became depressed
and hated life. I believed I would never amount to anything. I wanted to be more but had heard so
often that I did not deserve a better life that I actually believed it. I was torn, and my spirit was broken.
I felt worthless.
