Erin Brennan, Author at Tiny Buddha

Posts by Erin Brennan

Erin Brennan is a storyteller and filmmaker who believes the best way through life's messiest moments is to invite fear in for a glass of wine. Erin’s work challenges you to swap certainty for curiosity. With a subtle shift in perspective, she invites you to find possibility in the unknown, if you're brave enough to show up and say yes. Erin is currently working on her first documentary, asking: What if chasing your wildest dreams meant staring down your biggest fears? Her writing delivers tough love and unfiltered honest insights to help people get out of their own way to live life on their own terms.

Could Curiosity Be the Best Medicine for Chronic Illness?

By Erin Brennan

“Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t, you’re right.” ~Henry Ford

We’ve all been there: happily ticking off life’s checkboxes, certain we’ve cracked the code, until—bam!—life decides otherwise. Divorce papers, layoffs, grief, or unexpected illness—life’s curveballs don’t discriminate.

For me, it was a sudden mystery illness at sixteen. What should have been a simple infection changed the trajectory of my entire life. Doctors were at a loss, tests offered no answers, and I was left navigating an uncertain reality, desperately clinging to control as my lifeline.

One day I’m cheering at the Friday night football …