From Mental Illness to Massive Success

Erica Van Slyke is a wife of 13 years, mother of 2 boys and full time Blogger and Podcast Host. She’s been featured in top publications such as Domino Magazine, The Today Show, HGTV, Better Homes and Gardens Magazine, The Pioneer Woman and more. This wasn’t always her reality though. Erica struggled with mental health issues since she was merely 8 years old and by the time she turned 21, she overdosed on prescription sleeping pills and was forced to go to rehab. After detoxing from sleeping pills and anxiety medication, she graduated college with a Marketing degree and specialized in SEO and Digital Marketing. She had a good 9-5 job, but ultimately felt something was missing. By age 29 and after having her second child, she woke up overnight and felt drawn back into depression and hopelessness. She didn’t want to get back to the point of a mental breakdown where she’d been before, so she got creative and thought of a healthy coping mechanism for her depression. She and her husband had sold their home and bought an abandoned 80’s fixer upper and so she decided to use her skillsets of online marketing and passion for home design to start a DIY blog. 8 years later, she is making more money than she ever thought possible as a Blogger and living the life of freedom, flow and abundance she always hoped for. Her mission is to use her story to serve as a beacon of hope, especially for mothers who struggle with mental health and depression, to show them they too can create a full and abundant life and that they’re worthy of it.WHAT YOU WILL HEAR IN THIS EPISODE:Who is Erica Van Slyke and what her journey has looked like to get to where she is today How she worked through her mental health issues; addressing dark ruminating thought patterns, hopelessness and moreHow Erica navigated not having a support system besides her husband that she could have a successful career in blogging and her thoughts on no one taking her seriously What advice she has for people when they are looking to create a new career, side hustle or just pursuing something new as an opportunityHow Erica knew when to shift her blog from being a side hustle to a full-time gig and letting go of her 9-5 jobThe process of getting a blog started and how to monetize itHow to get eyeballs to your website and how to partner with add agencies How to get eyeballs to your website and how to partner with add agencies How Erica landed her first big magazine featuresHow to pitch yourself to publicationsHow Erica navigates being an entrepreneur and being the type of Mother she wants to beWhy Erica started her podcast “The Introverted Influencer” and who it’s forWhere you can find and follow EricaWhat living an abundant life means to Erica and if someone were to ask her how they can start to build an abundant life for them self what would she would tell themFollow Erica:InstagramThe Introverted Influencer PodcastWebsiteOldham Strong Related Links:Website: Oldham StrongFacebookFacebookInstagram**Join The Abundance Formula Community FB Group for More in Depth Interaction and Freebie Tools to Build an Abundant Life!**LEAVE US A 5 STAR REVIEW!The Abundance Formula on Apple Podcasts