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Erin Patrice is the heart and creator behind The Breaking Bread Village, a space intentionally created for people to come together and have transparent conversations with no judgment so ideas and perspectives may be heard respectfully.
Erin is a conversationalist and a Midland, MI, resident and native to Cincinnati, Ohio. She is a mother and wife and has been a community advocate for twenty years.
Erin has an incredible gift of storytelling and connecting with others of all ages. She shares her story in a way that draws people closer rather than apart. She has a unique teaching style that resonates with all who experience it. Erin has years of life experience, training, and facilitating conversations through empathy, strategy, and storytelling.
Erin is dedicated to being a voice for those with no voice and helping the unseen to be seen.
She believes that everything we do within our small communities changes the world because every good deed causes a ripple effect that will eventually impact the world.
Erin shares her teachings as a community engagement ambassador by facilitating workshops, keynote speaking, panels, and conversations nationwide.
Erin is a Certified Life Coach and a trained Behavior Room Coach dealing with severe behavioral, social, unique, cognitive, and impaired needs.
She’s worked with various families in different capacities, for example, as a visitation supervisor by mediating family structures and as a life coach at an alternative education facility and a juvenile detention center.
She has worked with leadership groups at high schools, businesses, and organizations locally and nationwide.
She facilitates conversations with panelists at the TBBV Live Shows and connects with the community through the Serving Hope and Breaking Bread programs.
She won the MLK Drum Major award based on her work in the community. She also was nominated Midland Daily News' 2023 CITIZEN OF THE YEAR for her work and footprint she's leaving.
" '𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙞𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚,” 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙠𝙞𝙣 𝙃𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙚. I𝙩’𝙨 𝙖 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚.' — 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙑𝙚𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙍𝙖𝙗𝙗𝙞𝙩
If you’ve met Erin Patrice, the Creator & Founder of 4steps2theSun and The Breaking Bread Village, you know what I mean when I say that her light is contagious. In her presence, you feel seen, understood, and reminded of your own powerful ability to overcome, heal and rise above.
Her compassionate nature has grown from her unique life experience and extended into her community through projects that uplift and inspire such as 2012’s “Love Sessions” for Women’s Empowerment and her 2014 film “Light Up The Darkness.” Over the years I have witnessed her service evolve into community outreach for At-Risk + Juvenile Youth Mentorship. There's no doubt that her authenticity and deep empathy- can reach the kids- who need it most.
Erin keeps her life lessons close — and teaches in a way that touches the core of our humanness. She is living proof of our ability to choose love over hate, faith over fear, and to rise above the most challenging of circumstances."
- Alana Everett, Hartman Founder of Aura Organic Beauty Studio and a Healing Chronic Illness Coach
"Erin is a conversationalist, blogger, reporter, teacher, speaker, and creative. She is the founder and creator of The Breaking Bread Village. She is a wildflower and continually learns from life experiences. She'd rather sit with Buddhists than read about them."
- Anonymous
"Erin is compassionate and patient. The mission she is accomplishing with this page and these conversations is nothing short of revolutionary. At a time where people are struggling to really listen and hear one another, where progress is so hard to make, where opinions are held strongly to the point of such ugliness- Erin wants to hear all sides, give everyone a voice, and share inspiring stories. I felt so grateful and humbled to be interviewed by her myself, and every time I've heard her speak, I've learned something and been what I can only describe as-"moved". She speaks the truth in love."
- Christine Perry
Conversation has always been meaningful to Erin due- in part- to her experiences of being told not to share, feel, or speak as a child and young adult. This instilled in her a desire to advocate for voices to be heard and for safe spaces to exist where people feel comfortable simply being themselves. As a life coach working with students in the school system, Erin witnessed firsthand the need to foster healthy dialogue and create safe spaces. By engaging in conversation, Erin was able to help students feel seen and heard, which allowed them to trust her and be vulnerable enough to receive the support they needed to excel.
In 2020, during the height of the pandemic, The Breaking Bread Village was born out of the need for empathetic and transparent conversations about complex topics. With people’s shared experiences at the table, Erin aims to create psychological safety, connection, engagement, and a sense of community. The goal is to encourage reflection, inner self-work, and humane practices. Erin wants participants to leave her sessions with a better understanding of themselves and others, recognizing that everyone has a story and a mirror.
Invite Erin to your school, organization, or community as a keynote speaker, facilitator, or conversationalist. You won't regret it! Erin's energy will leave you feeling warm, loved, seen, and energized to change the world- one conversation at a time!
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