The Process
I offer private online coaching sessions that weave together:
Chronic Pain Recovery Practices
Neuroscience-based strategies to disrupt and rewire stuck patterns in the brain and nervous system.
Mind-Body Coaching
An integrative, intentional, and personalized process that facilitates meaningful, lasting change.
iRest Yoga Nidra Meditation
A trauma-informed somatic mindfulness practice that invites deep rest, regulation, insight and inner connection.
The work we do together is designed to be:
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Restorative — cultivating presence, balance, emotional resilience, and embodied peace.
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Empowering — supporting you to recognize, trust, and act on your own wisdom, strengths, and values.
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Holistic — Engaging the physical, emotional, cognitive, social, and spiritual dimensions of being human.
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Practical — Grounded in evidence-based tools and personalized strategies that work best for you.
Because this process isn’t just about relieving pain. It’s about living in deeper connection with yourself and your life.
Hi, I'm Sara
Chronic Pain Recovery Coach | Certified iRest Teacher
Like many who do this work, I came to it through lived experience. For years, I felt disconnected from my body, from my life, and from a sense of purpose and belonging.
When chronic symptoms began to build alongside everything else, I knew I needed to dig deeper. While it took time to untangle the patterns underneath, it taught me how to listen inward, how to come home to myself, and how to trust the deeper intelligence of the body, emotions, and nervous system.
Along the way, I earned a Master’s degree in Integrative Health Studies, became a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC), and completed the Freedom From Chronic Pain practitioner training as well as advanced certification as an iRest Yoga Nidra meditation teacher.
Today, I support others through their pain and symptom recovery process and the self-discovery that unfolds along the way.
Your pain is real.
So is your capacity to heal.
Chronic pain can drain not only your energy, but your hope. Too often, real solutions remain elusive, no matter how many practitioners you’ve seen or treatments you’ve tried. But research is now revealing that a common cause has been consistently overlooked.
The latest neuroscience shows that many forms of chronic pain and symptoms come from overprotective and maladapted patterns in the brain and nervous system. And the good news is that these patterns can be changed.
These types of symptoms can be referred to as neuroplastic or neural circuit pain and symptoms, primary pain, TMS, and mind-body conditions, among others. All point to the same root cause in the brain and nervous system. By using noninvasive, accessible methods to retrain pain signaling and pathways, more and more people are experiencing profound reductions in pain and symptoms, and in many cases, full recovery.
So let’s be clear: even though the brain is involved, it’s not “all in your head,” and it never was. But what is true is that you hold the natural ability to unwind and rewire these internal pathways. We all do. This goes beyond pain management, tapping into the very system that went awry and redirecting it toward lasting recovery.
What if your symptoms weren't an obstacle ...
... but an invitation?
To learn how to establish greater balance, or to cultivate a sense of safety within yourself. Or maybe to deepen your relationship with rest, boundaries, emotions, uncertainty, or self-compassion.
Whatever it may be, together we explore what uniquely supports you to naturally rewire your way to well-being and freedom from chronic pain and symptoms. After all, like learning anything new, change becomes easier and more effective with compassionate support and a clear map.
“Pain is like a conversation between your body and your brain. But as in any conversation, sometimes there are misunderstandings.”
— Alan Gordon, LCSW, with Alon Ziv, The Way Out
Is this for you?
This process may be a good fit if:
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You’ve tried just about everything and nothing has worked, at least not for long, or as much as you hoped.
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Your symptoms seem to flare with stress, emotion, certain situations or times of day, or they may seem to have little rhyme or reason.
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You have or have had more than one persistent symptom, such as back or neck pain, migraines, IBS, pelvic pain, interstitial cystitis, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, CRPS, or other symptoms that last longer than expected, whether or not the initial cause is clear.
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You’ve had thorough medical evaluations, yet your symptoms persist in ways that don’t quite add up.
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You’re open to exploring how emotions, thoughts, and behavior patterns can contribute to the expression of pain in the body.
