I spend my time connecting the dots between health, culture and storytelling.

“All that you touch, you change. All that you change, changes you. The only lasting truth is change.”

— Octavia Butler

Throughout my career, I’ve moved fluidly across industries and spaces, guided by change as a constant, energizing principle.

From 2018 to 2024, I served as the co-founder and CEO of LOOM, a sexual and reproductive health information app for women. After its acquisition by Perelel Health in 2024, I joined their team as a strategic advisor and education advocate.

Before that, I spent a decade as a full-spectrum doula and health educator, dedicated to helping women thrive at every stage of life. In 2017, I published Nurture: A Modern Guide to Pregnancy, Birth, Early Motherhood-and Trusting Yourself and Your Body a trusted resource for expectant and new parents around the world.

From 2021 to 2023, I co-hosted The goop Podcast, leading conversations at the intersection of well-being and culture.

Today, through my creative studio ISE ISE, I split my time between consulting on innovation strategy for Nike and emerging startups, and developing television—including an original series currently in development with Onyx Collective, a Disney Entertainment brand on Hulu, in partnership with 20th Television.

When I'm not busy with work, l'm usually tending to my Substack—Soft Boundaries. 

Books

Representation: cindy.uh@caa.com

2017
Author

Nurture: A Modern Guide to Pregnancy, Birth, Early Motherhood—and Trusting Yourself and Your Body

2021
Interviewee

Every Body: An Honest and Open Look at Sex from Every Angle by Julia Rothman and Shaina Feinberg

2021
Preface Author

Designing Motherhood: Things That Make and Break Our Births by Amber Winick and Michelle Fisher

2024
Interviewee

Flamingo Estate: The Guide to Becoming Alive by Richard Christiansen

Podcasting

2021 - 2023
Co-host

Television

Please send all televison questions to olivia.blaustein@caa.com


Speaking

Please send speaking engagements requests to crista.spadafore@caa.com

Awards

Maternity Care Coalition
Strengthening Families Award
2021

Grants

Stanford University
Co-Investigator, The CARE (Centering Anti-Racist Education) Pregnancy Tool
2020-2023

Writing

New York Times
Protecting Your Birth: A Guide For Black Mothers
2020
Vogue
Finding Well-Being and Black Joy When the World Is on Fire
2020

Press

New York Times
The Wellness Entrepreneur Erica Chidi Shares Her Beauty Regimen
2024
Cultured
Learn About the App Gwyneth Paltrow, Hailey Bieber, and Tessa Thompson Are Turning to for Body Literacy
2023
Interview
Erica Chidi Is Bringing Sex Education Straight to Your iPhone
2023
Essence
Erica Chidi Is Bringing Sexual Reproductive Education To Your Fingertips
2024
Elle
Erica Chidi Cohen Wants to Solve the Millennial Sex Drought
2019
Bustle
The World's Most Coveted Sex Advice, At Your Fingertips
2021
Huffington Post
Erica Chidi Is Helping Black Women Understand Their Bodies In A Broken Health Care System
2020
Stanford University Press
Reversing Life-threatening Racism In Maternal Care
2021
Refinery 29
Erica Chidi Is Helping Black Women Reclaim Their Bodies
2020
Kinfolk
The Interview: Erica Chidi
2019
Cup of Jo
Ten Things I Always Tell Pregnant Women
2017
The Cut
In Her Shoes: Erica Chidi, CEO of Loom
2018
Fast Company
This doula raised $3 million to build a digital platform for reproductive education
2020
Into the Gloss
The Beauty Routine of Erica Chidi Cohen, LOOM CEO
2018

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