Specialties
Inspire Balance was founded by Erica Rood to help parents, teens, and preteens create a positive change through personalized, practical coaching.
Erica provides parents with support and valuable information related to raising teens. She teaches parents techniques that lead to fewer battles, less frustration, better communication, greater respect, and more ease in parenting.
Erica coaches preteen and teen girls through the indecision and turmoil of adolescence. She provides objective support, realistic tools for handling challenges, and processes that help girls identify their strengths, values, and goals so they can live intentionally and move forward confidently.
Erica is also a certified yoga instructor. She designs and teaches yoga for teens and creative mother-daughter yoga classes that promote connection, self-awareness, and healthy living.
History
Established in 2013.
Erica has been coaching parents, teens, and preteens since 2013. Prior to becoming a coach, she served as a teacher and worked with both elementary and middle school aged students. Erica's coaching is a unique blend of teaching and coaching. Her engaging and effective programs have promoted positive changes for hundreds of families throughout San Diego.
Meet the Business Owner: Erica R.
Erica Rood, M.A. Ed. is a teacher, author, speaker, and certified family, parent, and teen life coach. Erica has over 15 years of coaching and teaching experience. She is
certified through the Academy for Family Coach Training and Teen Wisdom Inc. She holds a Master's in Education, with special focus on Teaching, Learning, and Leadership. In addition to her coaching certifications, Erica is also a credentialed teacher, with over ten years of teaching experience. She has been featured on San Diego Channel 6, KPBS San Diego, Balanced Mom Magazine, and the Kids Helping Kids book series.
Clients describe Erica as:
-A coach with an uplifting, positive attitude who can make every girl feel special.
-Someone with a warm and inviting energy that kids really connect to.
-Very calming and sweet, and very knowledgeable.
-A wonderful teacher who understand girls and how to relate to them.