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Welcome to
Ground & Grow Coaching

Understand your passions to better align to your purpose!

Hi! I'm Sarah, a Master Certified Life Purpose, Happiness, and Goal Setting Coach, and self-described tree hugger. Before becoming a coach, I spent over 16 years letting my corporate identity dictate the way I existed in the world. That existence began to suck so much of my energy from me that I was becoming unfamiliar to myself. I was screaming into an empty void. But I was both the screamer AND the void. I was also starting to become exhausted and sick; as in, multiple-visits-to-different-doctors kinda sick.​

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There were so many things I wanted to have done by now: new experiences, better friendships, new hobbies. If you let yourself think like that for too long, your entire vibrational frequency starts to shift. Misery loves company, right? Well what happens when you ARE your own company? It feels like a sinkhole that just keeps getting deeper. It was like I could see a happier, more fulfilled life, but it was just beyond a curtain that I was too exhausted to open.

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But one day, the culmination of everything I'd done to that point came to a head. It was SO obvious that for a moment, I was actually embarrassed for myself. This thought was so clear, it was as though my ancestors and spiritual team were yelling at me all at once: "You've been guiding family and friends through intense seasons of their lives for 20 years. You need to COACH, woman!" Finally! I knew what I needed to do.

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Throughout my training I finally learned about how I could turn those skills into a practice that I could use not only to help myself, but to help others. Now, I no longer get the "Sunday Scaries," my health is improving, and my body has completely changed the way it handles stress. I am so incredibly fortunate to have learned how to turn my life around; I want to help you do the same!

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TL/DR: Here's what I believe in: 

  • I believe there is so much more to life than the "rat race" we all exist in, and that we can change our circumstances to be our happiest selves. 

  • I believe we are spiritual beings having a human experience, and whether we have one life or many lives, we deserve to have the most loving, most fulfilling experiences right now

  • I believe energy can be neither created nor destroyed. Since energy is vibration, and our bodies are energy, we can learn to elevate ourselves and positively influence all others around us.

  • I believe helping people stay accountable to their own growth in creating their most fulfilling lives will contribute to a chain reaction of positive vibrations all around us.

  • I believe that whether or not you believe in a higher power, you are always supported - whether you call it the Universe, God, Source, your Higher Self, The Great Spaghetti Monster, or any other name - you are supported in every way.

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Other things to know about me...

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  • We're a big-dog family (Great Danes, Cane Corsos, etc.), although I also hope to bring a Main Coon to our home someday.

  • In my next life, I fully intend on becoming a master genealogist-for-hire who gets to solve long-standing family mysteries. 

  • I use my grounding mat every day, and I SWEAR it makes such a difference.

  • The three BEST national parks in the U.S. include Big Bend, Grand Tetons, and Glacier. You won't convince me otherwise - though in full transparency, we haven't visited every park yet.

  • When I take walks outside, I'll collect rocks, sticks, pine cones, or whatever else makes me happy in that moment (and yes, I also have a healthy collection of crystals).

  • I have a huge Italian family, but have never visited Italy. I know, I KNOW... embarrassing. 

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 Visit to Louisiana in 2023: Absolutely stunning oaks everywhere!

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