Singles Meet Market is a program from The Love Relationshop, LLC
MEET ERICA SANDQUIST
Tampa Love Muse
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leader, educator, coach, & relationship nerd!
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You can feel confident that you have a real educator* leading the events who is absolutely passionate about LOVE, self growth, education, authenticity,...and playful FUN!
*real educator = many years of education
[including a Master's Degree in Teaching & Learning]
+ decades of teaching experience
MY ❤ MISSSION:
Through high quality education & coaching,
I support conscious quality people
in defining, co-creating, & then maintaining their
"happily ever after" plan..
By learning to articulate desires
& take radical responsibility for reactions & responses,
we can create happier, healthier relationships
filled with MORE play, love, & intimacy!
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Tampa Love Muse
❤ Dating & Relationship Life Coach
❤ Emotional Intelligence Life Coach
❤ Law of Attraction Coach
❤ Creator and Hostess for Sex Trivia Tampa
❤ Hostess for Single Mingles & Events
❤ Hostess for Couples "Date Your Mate" Events
❤ Hostess, Class Creator, & Educator for Educational Workshops/Classes
❤ Entrepreneur Rookie/Wannabe
Hi! My name is Erica and I am the self- proclaimed "Tampa Love Muse"! Why do I call myself that? A "muse" is [usually] a woman who INSPIRES others to be more creative , playful, loving, expressive [w/o inhibitions], and knowledgeable . . . usually in education and the ARTS. So it makes perfect sense that I am a LOVE MUSE as I inspire others to increase the love in their lives. Love affects every part of our lives...and relationships are complicated and take WORK! I believe that we can make "doing the work" FUN!
I take my title of LOVE MUSE very seriously. ;) I've literally spent almost TWO DECADES studying, tens of thousands of dollars, PLUS thousands of hours on my education, training, books, workshops, classes, therapy, and coaching. Now I'm here to share with you what I've learned about LOVE, relationships, and communication so you can learn to be able to CREATE the [love] life we want. By using the Law of Attraction and the Law of Creation you can get what you truly desire . . . starting with being present, positive, and intentional.
I absolutely love to come up with events that combine my 4 passions [EDUCATION, SELF-DEVELOPMENT, LOVE, and FUN] to help you UPLEVEL YOUR LOVE life! HOW? We delve into what an emotionally healthy relationship looks like, sounds like, and FEELS like through events, workshops, classes, mini-lessons, and book shares.
I L❤VE hosting Speed Dating events, singles events, couples events, in addition to leading communication & relationship classes. I've hosted over 100 classes & events in Seattle, Spokane [Washington state], Minnesota, AND Florida -- mostly through Meetup groups.
I started teaching classes on relationships and communication so singles could navigate the DATING, MATING, & RELATING JOURNEY with joy instead of dread.. It was well-received in the community as people are hungry for healthy relationships and just not sure how to get there. They also need FUN ways of meeting other QUALITY singles.
After meeting thousands of heartbroken singles over the past decade, I started hosting events for couples as well in 2021. Keeping couples together in healthy relationships is so very important! and gets to the ROOT of the problem! Let's fix what's broken/not working and save the heartache, trauma, stress and years of rebuilding finances after divorce.
EXPERIENCE
✔ Completed 4th Coaching Certification
Emotional Intelligence Coach [EQ Coach]
September 2024 ---> Florida
✔ Creator of The Love Relationshop, LLC
Since March 2022 ---> Florida
Created & Hosted Sex Trivia Tampa
✔ Hostess for Couples Events
since 2021 --> Florida
✔ Hostess for Singles Events
since 2013 --> Seattle, Spokane, Florida
✔ Class Creator & Presenter
since 2013 --> Seattle, Minnesota, Spokane, Florida
✔ Communication & Business Coach
training + internship
2012-4, Seattle
2015-7 Minnesota
✔ Yakov Smirnoff's Assistant & Mentee
PBS Taping of "Happliy Ever Laughter"
2016-17 --> Minnesota, California
[see photo & stories below]
✔ Trained to be Law of Attraction Coach
2014
✔ Life Coach Training/Education
specializing in relationships
training + internship
2012-14, Seattle
✔ Started Researching Relationships & Communication
since 2005 -->Seattle, Minnesota, Spokane, & Florida
✔ Educator/trainer for 25+ years
Minnesota, Seattle, Spokane, Florida
✔ Master's Degree in Learning & Teaching 2000
Saint Mary's University, Minnesota
4.0 GPA
---> Thesis: Using Brain Theory, Learning Styles,
Multiple Intelligences, & Cooperative Learning
in the your Classroom Daily
✔ Teacher's Degree in Elementary Education 1996
Bemidji State University, Minnesota
3.75 GPA
BACKGROUND
& EDUCATION
I've been leading events since I was a teenager in 4-H running TWO dog training courses a week, camp counselor for many years, and getting trips for my achievements. As a young mother, despite being both Dyslexic and Autistic/"Aspie" [Aspergers], I earned two college degrees in 6 years including a Master's in "Teaching & Learning". I then spent 16+ years total as a teacher in St. Paul [MN] & then Seattle [WA]. I left teaching in 2012 to pursue personal TIME freedom through being a life and business coach. Since then I've been leading classes and events to help others.
Growing up in a very dysfunctional family [of emotional blackmail, manipulation, verbal & psychological abuse] and then not knowing how to get my needs met in my 16-year marriage to a good man and friend, I turned to the experts [counselors, therapists, life coaches, AND personal trainers] to help navigate the confusion & heartache. Over the last 20 years, I've spent TENS of thousands of dollars and countless hours learning, discussing, reading books, watching videos, and listening to audiobooks on relationships & communication.
I took my education, teaching experience, life coach skills, and counseling when I returned to my home state [for 5 years] to help take care of my parents through their medical emergencies. By being both their caregiver AND still an "adult child" in their homes again, I was able to identify the abuse, work through the triggers and depression, understand how the abuse was FOUNDATIONAL [since it was there before I even had language], and how to reframe it to help me land in a healthier emotional place.
[I believe that we're never "done" doing the work and each relationship "triggers" both good and bad feelings we need to learn to work through. However, we CAN get to a great emotional place where it is safe to explore these triggers and doesn't set you back anymore.]
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" To do this 'work' we must first look at ourselves, get brutally honest with our past, and then take radical responsibility for our reactions & responses! Until we know HOW work through our own triggers, we can never fully feel at peace with another person. It's imperative to not only learn new skills but to practice them regularly in a safe space...so that you're ready for LOVE when you MEET that someone who totally rocks your world!"
~Erica Sandquist,
Tampa Love Muse
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"Getting crystal clear on what you yearn for,
acknowledging past traumas,
taking radical responsibility to your reactions/responses to triggers,
and then communicating in a loving way,
increases your likelihood of co-creating the LOVE in life you've always wanted.
[whether or not you're currently in a relationship]
This is called 'doing the work' and I believe that the work is
incredibly SATISFYING...and can be FUN too!"
~Erica Sandquist,
Tampa Love Muse
What is a Muse?
A muse is someone (or something) that sparks inspiration, pushing a person to create beyond what they could on their own—ultimately shaping a work of art. Traditionally, muses have been deeply knowledgeable in literature, the arts, and sciences. In ancient times, poets and artists would call upon a muse to guide them through creative blocks, help them access deeper emotions, and transform frustration into something truly exceptional.
A muse can take many forms—a stranger the artist never speaks to, a friend, a teacher, a fleeting infatuation, or even a lover. While people often assume a muse must be a romantic partner, that’s not usually the case. In fact, many of the most powerful muses never become romantic relationships at all.
As mentioned earlier, muses are well-versed in literature, the arts, and the sciences. And what topic is more deeply woven into all three of those disciplines than love and relationships? Love has been studied and written about extensively in psychology, physiology, biology, sociology, theology, poetry, music, and art—the list goes on! And now, science has given us something incredible called HeartMath—further proof that love isn't just a feeling, but a phenomenon that spans both the heart and the mind.
The Role of a Love Muse
Just as artists call upon muses to elevate their craft, a Love Muse inspires others to elevate their relationships. That’s exactly what I do as the Tampa Love Muse—guiding people to co-create relationships (or as I like to call them, co-creationships) that are rooted in emotional intelligence, deeper connection, and mutual growth. Through my coaching, teachings, and programs, I help people break through relationship roadblocks, gain new perspectives, and build happier, healthier connections—not just with romantic partners, but with friends, family, and themselves.
Because at the end of the day, love is an art, a science, and a practice. And just like a great artist, the best relationships aren’t left to chance—they’re co-created with intention, insight, and a little inspiration from the right muse. 💖
