Welcome to Meg Pearson Writes - a space where I hope you get to see yourself reflected in each passage, each story, each failure, success, and celebration - because let’s face it: while our lives’s details differ, the lessons we learn are all the same. And the thing we are all striving for is equal - to be enough as we are and live our authentic lives.
I’ve overcome a 20 year battle with bulimia and alcohol addiction; both habits formed after years of sexual trauma. I was bankrupt at 29, fell into and escaped toxic relationship after toxic relationship, watched my father die from ALS and frontotemporal dementia when I was 30, and I nearly died that same year from suffocation after swallowing a spatula trying to make myself throw up.
After ditching my career as a successful television director around that same time to sell everything I owned to move to Costa Rica with a backpack and dream, I became a serial entrepreneur without even knowing it. I worked full time in the wellness industry and spiritual space for a decade, supported by juice cleanses and ayahuasca before moving back to Canada and found my footing here; back home in my country and in my heart.
I’ve seen some shit. And I know you have too. My mission with this platform (and all the work I do) is simple: to help others feel seen and to permission them to own their story, their mess, and choose truth over anything else.
This space is going to introduce you to my philosophy and stories so you can adopt what feels good, leave behind what doesn’t and hopefully finish each post feeling more excited to be YOU. My main areas of focus will be as follows:
The Brand that Breathes: this is my core body of work consisting of a book under the same name, my latest iteration of my podcast, signature web design and branding package, and upcoming group coaching program.
Memoir in Motion: Stories from the front lines aka the dumpster fire that has been my life. Excerpts from my upcoming memoir and reflections on recovery, grief, motherhood, entrepreneurship, sobriety, relationships, spirituality, and the beautiful chaos of being human.
Breathwork & Becoming: Practical tools and reflections on nervous system regulation, emotional healing, Breathwork, embodiment, and learning to trust yourself again. Less “fixing yourself.” More remembering who you already are.
Women Who Went First: Interviews and conversations with women who have chosen the unconventional path. Entrepreneurs, creators, leaders, mothers, artists, and everyday rebels who are building lives aligned with their values instead of other people’s expectations.
The Messy Middle: For anyone standing at a crossroads. Honest writing about pivots, uncertainty, identity shifts, starting over, letting go, and what happens between who you’ve been and who you’re becoming.
A Bit of Me: A girl called Bubbles
Growing up, I suppose you would have called me a happy kid. I grew up on a hobby farm, rode my bike, entered countless crafts into the fall fair exhibition, played sports, enjoyed the odd McDonald’s meal and drive-in movie with my family. I went to Disney World, camped every summer and loved my dog.
When I was 22, my nickname at work was “Bubbles”; a name given to me by a middle-aged man on my TV crew. I was working at MuchMusic (the once upon a time Canadian MTV) and from the outside my life looked peachy keen. My childhood dream had been to get the f*ck out my small rural town and live in Toronto where I could ride the subway to work after all - and I was doing it! Surrounded by cool kids and celebs no less. When I showed up to work - I was a joy. I was so thrilled to be where I was, doing what I was doing and so I was cheerful and bright and damn good at my job.
Little did the world know that I was struggling with bulimia and alcohol addiction and had been battling my own self hatred for years.
But that’s the thing about life and other people’s perspectives. Even when things look great on the outside, they often are vastly different on the inside. That’s a lot of what we’re going to chat about here on this page and in my two upcoming books:
What it means to choose to make change and pivot, even when no one else understands it.
How it feels to ditch patterns, circumstances, relationships, and roles when things look perfect from the outside.
How to follow your heart and integrity; especially when the pivot that you’re choosing looks crazy or wrong to everybody else.
What’s coming:
Course: The Brand That Breathes: A Four-Step Process for Reconnecting to Who You’re Becoming.
Breath + Becoming: A virtual breathwork program for women, by women. Tiered options for those who want to simply breathe live with me every week, and the option to join the immersion program that will include monthly masterminds, coaching and workshops.
My memoir, Dark is the New Light
International retreats, events and more!
Who This Platform Is For
This space is for women who know there has to be more than simply checking boxes and performing their way through life.
It’s for the woman who has built a successful life on paper but feels disconnected from herself somewhere along the way.
It’s for the woman standing in the messy middle of a pivot; whether that’s a career change, divorce, sobriety journey, spiritual awakening, business reinvention, empty nest, grief, or simply the realization that the life she’s built no longer fits.
It’s for entrepreneurs, creators, healers, leaders, and women who want to build meaningful work without selling their souls in the process.
It’s for the woman who is tired of self-help perfectionism, exhausted by performative personal development, and more interested in truth than appearances.
It’s for those who are curious about spirituality but grounded in reality. Women who value intuition and personal responsibility. Women who want to trust themselves more than the latest guru, trend, or blueprint.
Most of all, it’s for women who are ready to stop becoming who they think they should be and start becoming who they already are.
This space is for YOU.
