Find relief from your chronic pain, symptoms or conditions
Do you live with chronic pain or symptoms that don’t have a clear treatment or solution?
I have been there, and I understand how debilitating, confusing, hopeless, and all-consuming it can be.
What if you didn’t have to plan your life around your pain or symptoms?
What if all this time and energy you spend on managing your symptoms can be put toward what you love doing?
What if you learned to go easy on yourself?
What if you learned to trust yourself again?
All of this (and more) is possible, and I want to help you do it.
As a mind-body coach specializing in chronic pain recovery, I will help support you in your recovery journey using the latest evidenced-based tools and techniques, with a big dose of compassion.
Two options for working with me:
As of July 2025, I am serving as a Pain Recovery Coach at Lin Health, which takes many forms of insurance (yay!). Feel free to reach out to Lin Health via their website to see if they take your insurance, and you can request me as a coach! This takes a few more steps to get started, including seeing one of their doctors, but it can be a more affordable option, depending on your health insurance plan.
If you’d like to get started right away and are able to pay out-of-pocket, you can skip the insurance and medical hoops and work directly with me! Bonus — you get longer sessions and more support from me between sessions! Continue below to schedule through my website or send me an email.
The Science
We are in the midst of a huge paradigm shift in how science understands and treats chronic pain and other conditions like fibromyalgia, chronic Lyme, IBS, chronic migraines, and more.
Doctors and other medical professionals used to see pain and other physical symptoms as an indication that something was wrong with the body, but now science is showing that the driver for a large portion of chronic pain and symptoms is actually the brain and nervous system misreading neutral signals as threats.
The good news is – we can retrain the brain and nervous system to alter our experience of pain and other symptoms, and in many instances even eliminate them entirely, by taking a brain-based approach that focuses on cognitive, emotional and behavioral patterns.
Experts estimate that about 80% of chronic pain originates in the brain and nervous system – also known as primary pain, neuro-plastic pain, mind-body pain, or tension myositis syndrome (TMS). Even pain and symptoms that have a physical cause can be exacerbated by misfiring neural pathways related to our conscious thoughts, subconscious expectations, and emotions, so I believe that everyone with chronic pain or symptoms can benefit from this work.
Disclaimer: I am not a medical provider or a licensed mental health provider. I do not diagnose or treat any medical or mental health conditions. Any information provided here on my website is meant to serve as tools for self-help for personal use at your own discretion in conjunction with therapists, medical professionals, or other licensed professionals that meet your needs.
My Coaching Process
I will spend some time getting to know your unique story (symptoms, patterns, what helps, what doesn’t, etc.) so I can meet you where you are. (This is not a cookie-cutter one-size-fits-all program!) The process will look a little different for everyone but will include:
Live 1:1 coaching sessions that include both conversations and real-time pain recovery tools.
Personal support in between live sessions via email or Whatsapp for resources, reminders, questions, gentle accountability, troubleshooting, celebrating, and more.
Individualized education on mind-body science and tools via live sessions, messaging, and sharing of targeted resources.
Coaching Outcomes
Together, we will help you:
Build belief that you can recover.
Reduce fear, frustration, and fixation around your pain and symptoms.
Practice mindful, kind awareness of your symptoms and in your life.
Build awareness of non-physical contributors to symptoms like stress, emotions, thoughts, and beliefs.
Get more comfortable identifying and experiencing emotions in the present moment. (We acknowledge the past, but we don’t process past emotions or trauma; that’s more appropriate to do with a licensed therapist.)
Build your confidence and capacity to handle the range of your human experience.
Embrace feeling GOOD and bringing more joy into your life.
Build a relationship with your bodily sensations based on gentle curiosity, trust, and kindness instead of fear, judgement, or suppression.
Realign your life with your values.
Treat yourself (and all parts of yourself) with kindness and compassion.
Timeline & Packages:
Everyone is different and at different points in their journeys; I like to work with you in a way that suits YOU.
My recommended package is 12 sessions, scheduled every 1 to 2 weeks, with the option to space them further apart after you build some momentum. To be used within 1 year of purchase.
If you’re not ready to commit to 12 sessions, 6 sessions will provide a solid introduction to the approach, tools and practices and give you some time to start incorporating new ways of being in your life. Some people experience a real transformation in 6 sessions.
You’re also welcome to purchase each session individually if you’re not ready to commit, or if you want to pay session by session.
Prices:
1-hour session: $90
6-session package: $500
12-session package: $900
I accept payment at time of scheduling via Zelle or Venmo. Prices subject to change.
FAQs
Will this work for me?
Experts estimate that about 80% of chronic pain originates in the brain and nervous system – also known as primary pain, neuroplastic pain, mind-body pain, or tension myositis syndrome (TMS). Even pain and symptoms that have a physical cause can be exacerbated by misfiring neural pathways related to our conscious thoughts, subconscious expectations, and emotions, so I believe that everyone with chronic pain or symptoms can benefit from this work.
What symptoms or conditions are commonly neuro-plastic or affected by a mind-body approach?
Here are just some examples: fibromyalgia, dizziness, POTS, anxiety, multiple chemical sensitivities, tension headaches, chronic fatigue, paresthesias (numbness, tingling, burning), tinnitus, migraine headaches, back pain, neck pain, TMJ, sciatica, IBS, and more. Message me if you have questions about yours!
Are you a licensed therapist?
No. I am a coach/guide/mentor/educator. See my qualifications here. If I think you would benefit from a licensed therapist, I will recommend that. My approach as a coach and guide is less about digging into the past, and more present-moment and future-oriented. (I love therapy, and highly recommend it, but this is a separate process that can be more accessible for different people at different points in their lives.
Testimonials
“I think about what transformation I've made just since I started. I wish everyone suffering had the same access to the concepts I've absorbed. Thank you. Know you have made an incredible difference in my life.”
message from a clientI have discovered so much more than pain management with Sarah. She has been the most authentic, joyful, and helpful [helping professional] I’ve ever experienced. I’m noticing a calm voice emerging from a new place of safety I’ve discovered or created from within. I’m able to create a space to observe objectively and witness my pain with curiosity and acceptance rather than panic.
What I have discovered reaches far beyond helping control my physical pain. Perhaps the best description would be that I can control my thoughts and become the observer, which is far from having my emotions follow my random thoughts and fears. I see now how I have everything inside of me that I need to feel without negative narration that has plagued me in the past.
I have been able to manage my pain before I need to go to the ER. I have made the correlation between physical and emotional pain. In a time of heavy struggle and drama at home and with extended family, I have managed to heal myself. Thank you, Sarah.
client testimonialSarah is a fantastic match for a coach! I cannot sing her praises more highly. I trust her very much. Her insights are numerous and very relevant to me; her follow through is impeccable. She is such a compassionate person; emphasizes humor when appropriate and that is perfect for me. I feel like I really lucked out in terms of Sarah as my coach.
I have made tremendous progress. Much better attitude and approach to my symptoms and a deeper understanding of managing my symptoms. I have learned so much. Symptoms have not gone away but they are milder than they were. On bad days I have a strategy and I am not having as many bad days. The most important change is my own attitude toward the long COVID. I don’t despair anymore.
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"The coaching experience with Sarah was wonderful. I felt expertly guided, informed and encouraged. It helped me immensely, both in changing my relationship with my physical pain and in giving me a more positive outlook on life in general."
"Sarah is so wonderful, natural and effective at coaching. I will be highly recommending her to others who face mind-body challenges. She has started me on a life-changing journey!"