ABOUT
Erin Mahollitz
is a Spiritual mentor, Tarot reader, School Teacher, Cottage Witch, Artist, Ritualist, and Twin Mama, Erin Mahollitz is a spiritual doula. She is a bridgewalker, guiding people along the threshold between practical and spiritual. She is committed to helping empathetic creatives clarify their purpose, prioritize their joy, and step into their power. Erin has been reading Tarot for 20 years and teaching for 15. She has facilitated dozens of workshops, classes, and events and sold hundreds of guidebooks, workbooks, planners, and journals that deepen relationship with Spirit through sacred practices. Erin lives in the Hudson Valley, 2 hours north of New York City on land once stewarded by the Munsee Lenape. She lives with her husband, Eric, their twin boys, Liam & August, and her parents, Don & Maureen, on their multi-generational Grand Family Homestead. They are honored to be the current stewards of 20 acres of wooded land, surrounded by maple trees, oaks, hawks, coyotes, and rock walls. Erin looks forward to the day when she can host retreats, once they fix up the barn.
Welcome dear one, My name is Erin
I grew up on a small island near Seattle where my childhood was filled with nature, homemade meals, and open-ended play. It was a place and time where I was allowed to be my whole self: creative, quirky, dirty, and playful.
A bullying experience in fifth grade woke me up to the pain and sorrow of the world. I learned to distrust girls. I learned to doubt myself, hate myself, make myself small. I no longer felt ‘at home’ in my community.
After High School my family moved to Ukraine for a year. I came back to start undergraduate school, but I spent my Junior year in Germany and Austria. I began to define myself as a citizen of the world, distancing myself from ‘home.’
My longing for a cozy, connected place became an endless suffering, an epic chase.
This is when I discovered mindfulness.
Even while traveling in beautiful places, my journals were filled with longing , “I want…,” “I need…,” “I wish…” In a moment of awareness I told myself to stop wanting, and start loving what is. I forced myself to write down what I was grateful for. Comfortable in my depression, I resisted the practice and reluctantly started listing mundane things around me: “table, tree, coffee.” I forced myself to do this for days until I finally felt light coming back into my life. This was the tiniest beginning of what would become a much richer practice. I turn to this exercise when the darkness returns.
In my twenties I met my husband, got my Masters in Teaching, and moved 10 times in 10 years.
I became a master at crafting homey spaces in new places. I discovered Feng Shui, built a Tarot practice, and studied Insight Meditation.
Yet, I could not shake the call to “go home”.
As I began to build my own family and dream of having children, I longed even more for a place that would hold me, connect me, and make me feel at peace.
I was chasing home, always seeking, never finding.
And then, I became a mom to twin boys.
I quickly learned to surrender to their needs, putting aside my agenda to feed, change, rock, and play with them.
I also learned to stand up for my needs: an unhappy mama is a shitty mama. For the first time, I became vigilant about asking for help in making time for me. I developed routines that nourished me and the children. And, I loved it.
There was nowhere else to be but the present moment. Motherhood was a constant act of listening to the rhythm of life.
The most potent moment was when I found myself ‘trapped’ in the nursery with a crying baby, and I didn’t have my phone! With no Facebook, no eBook, no distraction I was forced to simply breathe.
In that moment Magical Homemaking was born. I noticed the things in the room, I breathed, I listened to the babies, I breathed, I heard the birds, and I breathed.
It was a holy moment, sacred in its completeness. I didn’t want for anything. I was home. For the first time.
Eight years later, I am still crafting this magical homemaking life. It is a constant practice.
I tried going back to work full time, and hated it. We were all rushed, barely enjoying each other’s company, eating like crap, acting from a place of exhaustion, and never feeling at home.
So we chose a simple / frugal life, barely making it on one salary. We haven’t had much money, but always appreciated the abundance of time, good food, stories, ritual, love and laughter.
It’s also hard to be a stay-at-home mom. It’s the mundane work of picking up all the food on the fucking floor, the laundry, the sibling bickering, the cooking, the diapers, and the cleaning. It is also the fear! The fear of being worthless in a society that values work.
Magical Homemaking is my medicine.
It is an act of transcending the stupid narrative that defines success by the amount of money you have, the size of your house, the amount of words your kids can spell. Even if you are a working mama, you suffer from similar fears. We are constantly suffering within a society that says we are not enough.
Magical Homemaking is my practice of being ok with the as-is-ness of life, breaking out of dominant culture in order to be awesome in this moment.
This is what I am doing to find peace, and more. We are more than enough! I am establishing my own standard of success. I am defining my own dreams, cultivating a life that brings me deep joy. I am sparkling, radiant with a connection to Spirit, nature, and family. I am a magical being. You are too.
Making a home, magically, is where I am supposed to be. Ok, I don’t feel divinely perfect all the time, but I know how to get there. I have good road maps; this is what I am here to share - road maps to a time and space where you feel your most authentic, guided, and magical self.
Life is chaotic, unpredictable, emotional, and messy. The challenge is in surrendering to our wisest selves, and aligning with the rhythm of this life (not someone else's on Instagram).
The mission is to accept that in order to save our planet, our families, and ourselves - we must step into our divine perfection, and shine. It is your right to live a life filled with joy, purpose, and power.
With love and magic,
Erin
CONTACT INFO
You can reach Erin by email at magicalhomemaker@gmail.com or DM Erin on Instagram