Mess to Millions
What if your rock bottom was actually the foundation for your empire?
Welcome to Mess to Millions, the unfiltered podcast where trauma becomes triumph, breakdowns turn into breakthroughs, and pain fuels serious profit. Hosted by Erica Carrico, cancer survivor, single mom, recovering perfectionist, and proof that sometimes you have to fall apart to finally fall into place.
Eight years ago, cancer gave Erica an ultimatum: change or die. What followed was her “life explosion era”: divorce, job loss, and starting over from scratch. The twist? Losing everything became the catalyst for building a multimillion-dollar purpose-driven business and helping over a million people discover that their hardest chapters can unlock their greatest comebacks.
This show is for women who have survived what should have broken them, who are done with toxic positivity, and who are ready to believe their mess can become their million-dollar message.
Each week, Erica goes deep into the stories we usually whisper about: childhood trauma, burnout, divorce, toxic relationships, business failures, and how to alchemize all of it into abundance. Expect raw conversations, healing strategies, business wisdom, and yes, a few tears (the good kind). Because transformation isn’t always pretty… but it is powerful.
Your biggest disasters might be your most valuable education. Your deepest wounds might hold your greatest wisdom. And your story? It’s not just your superpower, it could be someone else’s survival guide.
Subscribe now to Mess to Millions and join us in rewriting what success really looks like.
Because your breakdown might just be your breakthrough.
Mess to Millions
EP 09 - When Staying Is the Wrong Kind of Brave (a follow up to "My Marriage Was Killing Me")
"When Staying Is the Wrong Kind of Brave" - A Follow-Up to The Marriage That Was Killing Me
After Episode 6 aired, my inbox exploded. Hundreds of messages from women saying, "It's like you were describing my life."
So this episode is for you. The one who's dying inside while everyone thinks you're fine. The one who stopped caring because caring hurts too much. The one who's staying out of fear, not love.
In this episode, I answer the questions you've been afraid to ask:
💜 How do you know if it's really over or just a rough patch?
💜 What about the kids? Won't divorce traumatize them?
💜 Why does he say he's "blindsided" when I've been unhappy for years?
💜 How did I find the courage to actually leave?
💜 What questions helped me get clarity?
I share the moment my son asked why married people sleep in the same bed—because we'd been in separate rooms so long he thought it was normal.
The relationship coach who told me I was "like Schwarzenegger with tits." The vision that kept me going when everything fell apart.
This isn't me telling you to leave. Only you know what's true for you.
But if you've stopped caring... if staying feels like dying... if you can't remember who you were before this relationship...
You already know. Deep down, you already know.
My book Awaken Your Purpose is the 28-day framework that helped me rebuild after leaving. Get your copy: https://ericacarrico.com/books
You deserve to be fully alive. 💜
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