Victoria Erickson, Rhythms and Roads
“Some of us don’t want to be tough alpha leaders. Some of us just want to write and wander the garden and breathe in the sky and nourish and nurture and quietly create new pathways and live our lives as our art. To know the earth as poetry.”
Why I Write
In the tapestry of my life, threads of my Colombian heritage and American upbringing weave together. I stand as a storyteller, a guide through the domains of personal development, spirituality, and wisdom.
From a young age, I felt a spiritual longing amplified by my family’s strong faith. The stories my parents told me of our culture, filled with dancing and joy as well as tragedy and hardship, guided my steps even as I stood on the periphery, a quiet observer in a world that often felt foreign to me. In our family, dreams were prophetic and important. Sensing was as natural as thinking. Intuition mattered more than knowledge. And imagination was the doorway to freedom. However, we lived in the United States, where results and being practical mattered more than simple joys and mystical realms.
As a child, books were how I explored the world without leaving home. I found solace in poetry, whose rhythm and rhyme soothed my apprehension of feeling like an outsider. My imagination was limitless, and my curiosity about the natural world was insatiable. As I began to record my dreams and observations, I began to connect with a deeper understanding of the human condition and my place in this world.
During and after college, travel became my escape, and I began to document new feelings from experiencing other cultures and ways of life that felt more aligned with my nature. Yet, despite my innate creativity and curiosity, I followed the path laid out by convention, navigating the corridors of the business world while my heart yearned for deeper truths waiting to be unearthed. It wasn’t long before I began actively seeking mentors and guides and exploring the inner spaces of my mind and heart.
After years of devastating losses, an intolerance for conventional living and societal expectations began to grow within me. Through the ebb and flow of relationships and experiences, I discovered the power of resilience and self-love, a journey marked by quiet rebellion against those who sought to silence the voice of my spirit.
After facing several dark nights of the soul, I began to recognize the courage that I had not known existed within me. Gradually, I made intentional but difficult decisions to change my life, forging a path toward healing and wholeness.
Nature had always been my sanctuary, a sacred teacher whose wisdom spoke to my soul. My church was the forest, and my confessions were spoken in the winds over the ocean. In Nature, I found solace and inspiration and the fundamental principles that drive my life and writing: first, the interconnectedness of all things through a sacred life force energy, and second, that we are spiritual beings having a human experience. I choose to live by the ocean, where I most feel the pull of consciousness reflected in the depths of her waters, in the ebb and flow of her tides, and in her calm and stormy moods.
My life is a constant dance of duality, a delicate balance of light and shadow, power and surrender. In life’s paradox lies the possibility for harmony and healing and the essence of what it means to be human. As a storyteller, I weave tales of resilience and redemption, inviting others to embrace their own journey of self-discovery and healing. Through the power of self-forgiveness and self-love, we unlock the doors to our limitless potential. With intuition and empathy, I guide others toward lives of meaning and purpose, honoring the divine spark that resides within us all.