Hello friend, my name is Sarah
Call it what you want. The soul’s calling. My life’s purpose. As of this moment I understand that to look like being a catalyst for radical transformation. Helping to bring light and humor to what is dark and heavy. Transforming pain into power. Calling forth the most audacious visions for our world. Recognizing brilliance. Provoking the spirit awake. Empowering emerging leaders to own their role. Nourishing and nurturing community. Protecting Life and those who are tending to it. Calling out the lies. Celebrating Truth. Being a bridge between people and worlds. Revolutionizing the way we relate to and exchange resources. Indulging in the sensational experience of being alive. Committing totally to Life in the present moment. And drinking tea, of course.
I walk the path of the warrior.
Professional Background
Lived, studied, and worked in Washington, DC for 8 years. My thesis centered around women, peace, and security and examined the roles women play in resolving conflict. Most of my research centered around women’s role in peacebuilding efforts on the African continent.
Started my career at an international development non-profit overseeing programs focused on strengthening civil society, increasing access to education and information, combatting human trafficking and gender-based violence, and facilitating self-care and wellness retreats for frontline human rights defenders.
Designed and facilitated trainings and workshops in seven countries around the world on a variety of topics, including diversity, equity, and inclusion, human trafficking, leadership development/executive coaching, and self-care and wellbeing on the frontlines and in the workplace.
Took a hard pivot into the corporate world working at one of the top management consulting firms in the world. My work focused on purpose, social impact, and corporate sustainability / ESG.
While I was in corporate, I started offering human design readings for friends and family. A year later, amidst my divorce, I took the leap of faith, quit my corporate job, liquidated my 401k, and have since devoted myself to building businesses that enable me to live my purpose and offer my gifts in service to the world.
My Story
Death and I are old friends.
My first experience with death came when my mother died at age 12. I not only experienced the death of my caregiver, but my first ego death and rebirth as well. While there was pain, confusion, and numbness, there was also excitement and wonder. See, endings are complex. In my experience, it felt as though a weight was lifted and I was handed a blank page. For the first time in my life, I had the space to ask myself “who am I, really? What is my purpose here on this Earth? ” Death gifted me the opportunity to ask these questions and begin to write a new story about my life.
Yet, I felt guilty about the excitement I was feeling and as a result didn’t give myself the space to grieve. I pretended to be sad when people would ask me, but inside I thought I was a horrible person, because I felt feelings of relief. I judged my thoughts rather than just simply feeling whatever was coming up in the moment. With a deep desire to move past the pain and suffering that characterized my early life, I cast my childhood experiences into the shadows, creating a fracturing in my psyche. But, we need to hold space for the spectrum of emotions that arise when we experience death and loss or they will fester in the shadows of the subconscious.
Twenty years later, life threw me into the fire. I experienced initiation after initiation until I got to the root of my suffering. Dark night of the soul. Spiritual awakening. Receiving the vision of my life’s purpose. Infidelity. Divorce. Leaving my soul sucking corporate job. Falling in love. Unexpectedly getting pregnant. Ending the first human life I ever created. Unraveling lifelong patterns of enmeshment and codependency.
The initiations didn’t stop until I faced every lie I was living.
Until I integrated all of the parts of my life and my Self I cast into the shadows and devoured the lessons brought by my suffering.
I know what it’s like to feel trapped by your life circumstances. I know what it’s like to feel like there’s no way out. The good news and the bad news is all of the challenges and suffering you’re experience are coming from you, not at you. You are the only one who can liberate yourself from your suffering.
The darkness is where we go to face the Truth. The darkness is where we go to reclaim our power. The darkness is where we go to ignite our purpose.
I will guide you through your descent into the darkness and watch as you stand in the fire, allowing all that is not you to burn away. In this space, I will help you see who you are and what you are not. Our light shines brightest in the dark. I will support you in remembering why you are here. I will stand by and witness your radical transformation into the Truth of who you are. And I will guide you through the ascent, back into the light as you are born anew.
Testimonials
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“There’s a difference between being in your darkest hour and being held while in it. The former had me drowning, the latter allowed me to breath again. The depth of grief that is able to come to the surface when witnessed by Sarah’s mere presence, unlocked a part of me that I once believed would forever remain disconnected. With her as witness, I lowered the casket on past conditions and limiting beliefs that I believed to were scars, but in truth were still wounds that had been festering for 10 years. From there giggles burst forward, and a celebration for life ensued.”
-SARAH V.
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“From our first session, Sarah saw me for who I really am before I had the ability to see myself. She saw my potential, empowered me, and has been by my side and facilitated my death and rebirth many times. When I leave a session with Sarah, I am reminded that there is nothing wrong with me. I feel powerful and unstoppable because she reflects to me what she sees in me - my Truth and my power.”
-HELENA H.
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“Sarah is someone who will walk with you into the depths of your experience. She calls forth the stories and beliefs that are ready to be laid to rest so that new ones can emerge. When I was in some of my lowest moments, Sarah witnessed and encouraged me to find myself in the dark. Someone who walks the path of death, rebirth, and transformation, Sarah will cultivated a potent space for this to take place in me. This path is no easy task, and it is such a gift to have Sarah to support/guide the journey.”
-ELLEN K.
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"I hope you have people in your life that show you how to live, fully. To weep, fully. Laugh, fully. People who feel it all and welcome you with open arms. That throw their head back and laugh in the depths of despair. That make the long winter's night a decadent soft landing place of rest. They took the flame of a hot summer's bonfire and place it in their hearth, warming, tending, and making ready for you all this time, even at midnight. This is Sarah. This is her sacred role."
-KODIE S.
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"The shaman throws you in the fire, but they’ve created the container to catch you. They don’t shy away from initiating you. But they can do so because they know they can hold you. They won’t put you in a place that you’re not prepared to go. This is how Sarah holds you in your process of death, rebirth, and transformation."
-LUNA V.
“There is a deep sense of thrill that comes as you progressively face your inner demons. Your demons are really your angels in disguise. Every situation in your life is devised as a form of initiation that allows you to either remain as you are or to evolve.”
— Richard Rudd, Gene Key 28
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I can walk you to the edge, but it’s up to you to take the leap of faith. I will be waiting for you on the other side. I will watch you stand in the fire until everything that is not you melts away. I will not tell your ego what it wants to hear. I’ll tell you the truth. I will speak to your soul. I will reflect the Truth of who you are back to you and help you release what you're not. I will hold the vision of your dream life with you. I will have faith when things appear impossible. I will help you see you created it all, so you can own it and transform it. I cannot heal or save you. I can hold space for you to liberate yourself. I can offer wisdom and guidance to support you in curating a life that reflects your Truth and values.
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My childhood hero was Emeril Lagasse and my dream job was/is to have a cooking and travel show. Hosting and nourishing my community is my passions in life. I dream of co-creating teahouses, regenerative communities, and retreat spaces around the world with Terra Nova. I am absolutely obsessed with Chinese tea and gong fu cha. My life revolves around my daily tea ceremony, where I sit with the tea, meditate, pull oracle cards (shoutout to Motherpeace and the Wild Unknown decks), and journal. I love making sourdough. I love farmer’s markets and supporting small businesses. I love buying artisanal, handmade products.
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Astrology:
Scorpio sun, moon, mercury, and pluto
Libra rising with jupiter on my ascendent
Venus conjunct my North Node in Sagittarius
Mars in Cancer on my Midheaven
Human Design:
2/4 splenic projector
Cross of the Unexpected (28/27 31/41)
Channels: alpha, awakening, struggle, surrender
Desire motivation
Markets environment
Personal view
Taste cognition
Calm determination
Meditation sense
My Lineage
human design
Living Your Design, Rave ABCs, Rave Cartography with Barbara Ditlow
Jedi training and mentorship with John Martin
Countless hours of lectures and source material from the founder of human design, Ra Uru Hu
gong fu cha
I first learned about gong fu cha at West China Tea in Austin, Texas. Since that first fateful day at the teahouse, I have spent countless hours observing others serve tea. Grateful to my friend Iman, with whom I spent many hours receiving this transmission of tea.
I have sat with David of Hidden Peak Teahouse
I had sat with Po of Heavens Tea
My main teacher has been the tea itself, and I look forward to traveling to China someday soon in search of a lineage I can connect with on a deeper level.
martial arts
I practice Qi Gong and martial arts in the YINDOJO with Jaye Marolla