Influential Woman · Life Coaching
Erika Burnham
Life Coach, Founder, Evolve 4 You LLC
Spring Valley, CA 91977
Her Story
About Erika
Erika Burnham is a life coach, confidence strategist, speaker, and former healthcare leader with over two decades of experience guiding individuals and organizations through transformation, resilience, and change. Her professional background spans hospice and palliative care, quality leadership, and nursing administration, where she supported patients, families, and interdisciplinary teams during some of life’s most critical and emotional moments. With advanced academic credentials including a PhD, EdD, MBA, and BSN, she brings a multidisciplinary foundation that integrates healthcare expertise, leadership development, and human-centered insight.
Throughout her healthcare leadership career, Erika was recognized for her ability to bring clarity to complex situations, lead with emotional intelligence, and foster collaboration across diverse teams. She managed system-wide initiatives, supported quality improvement efforts, and guided organizations through high-stakes decision-making while maintaining a strong focus on compassionate, ethical, and patient-centered care. Her experience in hospice and end-of-life care deepened her understanding of human resilience, identity, and the transformative nature of life transitions, shaping her approach to leadership and personal development.
Today, Erika is the founder of E.V.O.L.V.E. 4 You LLC, where she serves clients as a professional life coach specializing in confidence development, mindset transformation, and intentional living. Her coaching practice supports individuals navigating career transitions, leadership evolution, burnout recovery, and personal reinvention. Drawing on her extensive healthcare leadership experience, she provides evidence-informed, non-clinical coaching focused on emotional intelligence, self-awareness, and actionable growth strategies. Through her work, Erika empowers clients to move beyond survival mode and into alignment, self-trust, and purposeful living.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Erika
01What do you attribute your success to?
Just feeling motivated to do something outside of the normal. You know, because we get in the rat race and we just kind of forget ourselves. And I've always wanted to live my life very unapologetically, and I've always lived my life like that. Like, I'm... I'm the... I don't want to say the rule breaker, but considering, like, traditional, I'm probably the rule breaker. I'm the person who, I want to travel the world, and I have. I've gone to six or seven continents. I want to be able to get my computer, I'm at the beach, I'm looking at the water, I'm taking care of my clients. I'm taking care of myself.
02What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
Keep going. Coming from a Black household, we were told education opens doors. I've not always felt like education opened doors. But clearly, being on LinkedIn and working in a different capacity, people for some reason are seeing me. And I think part of that is because I've allowed myself to kind of dream bigger. I wasn't allowing myself to dream bigger. It kind of is one of those things - the energy that you put out definitely is returned to you. I've been told I'm very energetic, people like to be around me, and so it's really good. It's a good space to be in.
03What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
I would say follow your heart and your vision, and let God just lead.
04What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
Well, for me, I would say just the clients that are willing to bet on themselves to do this. Because a lot of times people think that I'm a therapist, and I have to make the distinction - I'm not a therapist, I'm a life coach. I have to make that distinction, and with the economy, to be honest with you, it's the finances. Because people want me to kind of dumb down what I'm charging. You know, I'm not a young one, but that's the goal one day to get there, right? And people want you to discount, you know, your knowledge, and I shouldn't have to do that, because I wouldn't ask somebody else to do that. And then, I think those are the biggest barriers. I'm so new, so I'm still learning. I just think people... I think what coaching needs is more exposure. People are not - that's probably huge as well. There's so many different avenues for coaching.
05What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
All honesty, standing for having a good moral character. We've lost that as a society. And going back to community, it's really, really important. We know about that, but not everybody knows about that, so community. And I would say, you know, being a leader within your community, whatever that looks like for you.
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