In this episode of Cool People Doing Cool Things, Sarah sits down with her first podcast guest, Dr. Erica Shick — therapist, dating and relationship coach, and all-around cool human — for a heartfelt conversation about healing, reinvention, grief, identity, and what it really means to come home to yourself.

Sarah and Erica talk about how they first met through a Facebook group for therapists, how Erica made the bold move from the Chicagoland area to St. Louis, and how starting over in a new city as an adult can become an unexpected path back to yourself.

Together, they explore Erica’s journey from landscape design to therapy, her passion for helping women heal from trauma, and the difference between counseling and coaching. They also dive into the art and science of therapy, how trauma can disconnect us from ourselves, why healing is about more than just intellectual insight, and how approaches like EMDR can help people reconnect with safety, capacity, and the life they actually want.

This episode also opens up a deeper conversation around spirituality, grief, and personal transformation. Erica shares how losing her husband changed her perspective on life, purpose, and self-connection, and why she now feels more committed than ever to helping women put themselves back on their own priority list.

This is a conversation about:

• healing from trauma and reconnecting with yourself

• starting over in a new city and creating a new chapter

• the overlap between therapy, coaching, and personal growth

• EMDR, nervous system healing, and why mind-body work matters

• spirituality, intuition, and honoring your own path

• grief, loss, and rebuilding life with intention

• why women need to love themselves more than they’ve been taught to

If you’ve ever found yourself asking who you are now, what healing really looks like, or how to build a life that feels more like you, this episode is for you.

Learn more about Dr. Erica Shick here:
https://www.mybetterwellnesscounseling.com/about-erica-shick-phd-lcpc

Follow Dr. Erica on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/better_wellnesswithdr.erica?igsh=YmV2NDlzMzJ5bmpp

Connect with her on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61564889484696