Wisconsin Wellness

About Wisconsin Wellness

Therapy-informed conversations for real life — hosted by Laurie Groh, MS, LPC, SAS, owner of Shoreside Therapies. Without the Couch is a therapy-informed podcast for real life — the messy, human, in-between stuff we're all navigating. Hosted by Laurie Groh, MS, LPC, SAS, owner of Shoreside Therapies, each episode brings warm, honest conversations with therapists and experts on the things that actually shape us: motherhood and matrescence, anxiety and burnout, relationships, neurodiversity, trauma and healing, identity, and change. No jargon, no pretending we have it all figured out — just grounded insight, the occasional reframe that sticks, and tools you can actually use. Whether you're in therapy, thinking about it, or just trying to understand yourself a little better, pull up a seat. You don't need a couch to do this work. New episodes regularly. Learn more at withoutthecouch.com.

Publisher

Laurie Groh MS LPC SAS

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

17 Jan 2024

Latest episode

19 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

62 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   19 Sept 2026

   The 7 Stages of a Relationship (and Why Yours Probably Isn't Broken)

   When a relationship changes, most of us assume something went wrong. We used to have fun, and now we're arguing about dishes, money, or whose family gets the holidays. Sometimes that points to a real problem. More often, it means the relationship is developing. In this solo episode, Laurie Groh, MS, LPC, SAS, walks through the seven stages long-term relationships move through: passion and infatuation, discovery and disillusionment, commitment and choice, power struggles and boundaries, stability and teamwork, deepening intimacy, and crisis and repair. You'll hear why the fight you keep having is rarely about the topic, the three questions that usually sit underneath it (Do I matter to you? Can I depend on you? Do you respect me?), and what repair actually looks like between two imperfect people. Try this with your partner. Separately, answer four questions, then compare: Which stage do you think we're in? What feels hardest about this stage? What do I need more of from you? What am I willing to offer? Read the full write-up: 7 Stages blog post: https://go.shoresidetherapies.com/wtc7stages Podcast website: https://go.shoresidetherapies.com/wtcpodcast Shoreside website: https://go.shoresidetherapies.com/wtcpod If you and your partner keep having the same conflict, or feel disconnected and aren't sure how to move forward, the couples therapists at Shoreside Therapies can help — in person in Milwaukee, Glendale, and Whitefish Bay, and online across Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, and Colorado. Schedule a free 15-minute consultation at shoresidetherapies.com. Our intake coordinator Caitie will help you find the right fit, even if that's not us. Without the Couch is hosted by Laurie Groh, owner of Shoreside Therapies. This podcast is for education only and is not therapy. Timestamps (raw — re-verify against the final cut): 00:00 Why a changing relationship isn't a failing one 01:45 Stage 1: Passion and infatuation 06:20 Stage 2: Discovery and disillusionment 09:40 Stage 3: Commitment and choice 12:00 Stage 4: Power struggles and boundaries 14:10 The dishes fight: Do I matter? Can I depend on you? Do you respect me? 19:20 Stage 5: Stability and teamwork 21:20 Stage 6: Deepening connection and intimacy 24:20 Stage 7: Crisis and repair 27:00 A quick repair: the dinner-date story 30:25 The stages aren't a ladder 33:00 Exercise: four questions to ask each other 34:00 When couples therapy helps Tags: relationships, couples therapy, marriage, conflict, communication, intimacy, repair, Milwaukee couples therapist.

2. 

   2 Sept 2026

   EMDR Intensives: Why Busy Women Are Skipping the Weekly Hour

   You know the feeling. You finally get to the thing — the real thing — and you look at the clock and there are four minutes left. So you put a pin in it. And by next week, or two weeks from now, you're not quite back there anymore.This week I'm joined by Kristen Holmes, LPC, who has been part of the Shoreside Therapies team for several years and is one of the people I refer to when a client is genuinely stuck. We talk about EMDR — what it actually is, past the acronym — and about EMDR intensives, a format where instead of an hour a week you do focused, deep work in a single block of hours or across a few days.Kristen explains why stuckness usually isn't stubbornness. It's a moment in your life where you didn't get something you needed, and a part of you is still there, trying to get that need met over and over. She also names something a lot of people need to hear: many of the clients who come to her for EMDR don't arrive with what they'd call trauma. They arrive with anxiety, burnout, and relationships where they feel unseen — and they're often the ones who look like they have it all together.In this episode:What EMDR actually is, and the movie-theater metaphor that makes it clickThe difference between the internet's version of "triggered" and what a real activator isWhy your nervous system reacts before your thinking brain gets a voteWhat keeps people stuck after years of good therapyWhat an EMDR intensive looks like — the pre-session, the block, and the follow-upWhy intensives fit business owners, career women, moms, teachers, and medical professionalsHow intensives work alongside your current therapist, not instead of themWhat Laurie sees in clients when they come back

3. 

   18 Aug 2026

   Becoming a New Woman: Matrescence & Healing After Birth

   If you've ever felt pressure to "get back to who you were" after having a baby — this one's for you. Laurie sits down with Dr. Katarina Meister, a functional medicine doctor who helps women prepare for pregnancy and postpartum (and a twin mom nine months in), and Shoreside perinatal therapist Katie Fortune, LPC. Together they get honest about matrescence — the identity shift no one warns you about — Katarina's preterm twin birth and NICU stay, the grief that can come even when everyone is "healthy," how to advocate with your care team, and the hormone-and-nutrient cliff that follows birth. You'll leave with language for what you're feeling and permission to heal instead of bounce back.Work with Katie: https://go.shoresidetherapies.com/KF · Dr. Katarina's free lab guide: https://drkatarinameister.com/guide (@dr.katarina.meister) · Newsletter: https://bit.ly/wtcnewsThis episode is educational, not medical or mental-health advice. If you're struggling, reach out to a licensed provider; in crisis, call or text 988.

Who has been a guest on Wisconsin Wellness

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• Katarina Meister
• Elizabeth Grojean
• Bradley Brown
• Victoria Hagan
• Julianne Manske Rollefson

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YouTube views

13,925

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Podcast Authority Score: 46 / 100

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58

Social presence

0

YouTube

85

Engagement

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