In this episode I break down why there is no such thing as being an All-Or-Nothing Person. I share how this pattern had me gain 20kgs as a corporate lawyer… despite my first business being as a very successful fitness coach.

I had the knowledge.

I had the experience.

I had successful client results - and i still struggled to lose that weight.

Because knowledge is not the answer.  Nor is lack of willpower. 

So if you’ve ever struggled forming a habit consistently… or you’ve self-described as an “all or nothing person”  prepare to feel seeeeeen! 

This episode  is one of the four real reasons you struggle to create lasting health habits and we unpack the first one here – The-All-Or-Nothing patter. The other three are inside Before Health Can Hold which is 50% off until this Sunday  21 June using the code SAVE50 at checkout.

In it you’ll learn:

• The 4 Real Reasons Your Health Habits Don’t Last
• The Root of The Pattern 
• How These are Playing Out in Your Life 
• Why These Don’t Work 
• Tools to Start Shifting These 

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I didn’t want to wait until I was through it to record this episode for you and instead I’m sharing in live time how I cope, what tools I draw on, and how I navigate periods that feel like there’s so much to do and I don't have the time or capacity to handle it.

Because the inner work and nervous system work is easy when life feels good, you’re regulated and things are flowing… it’s what happens when life inevitably lifes that determines your experience of life.

In this episode I share:

• What I actually do (in real time) when overwhelm starts stacking up
• Why money scarcity in these moments creates more stress
• Slowing the pace even when everything in you wants to push through
• My list system that creates ease in the stress
• Why I refuse to accept the bare minimum in my own life even when I’m in the thick of it
• Why there’s no such thing as a wrong decision when you’re already at capacity
• The tools im using to move through this time and get back to baseline

Say Hi on Instagram - I love hearing from you @sarahscullyleaf

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Join me inside The Elevated Woman - a 1:1 mentorship for changing your life to being “okay” or “good enough”, to one you absolutely thrive in and are excited to wake up to each and every day.

This episode is inspired by what I’m living right now. It’s a practical conversation about what to do when you have the knowledge and tools but when life gets particularly full, stressful, or demanding, it's like that knowledge disappears. You find herself overwhelmed, reactive, exhausted, short-tempered, struggling to switch off, or feeling like you’re barely keeping up with everything on your plate.

This episode is an extremely practical how-to guide for creating groundedness in the midst of chaos, including the exact practices I'm using right now as I navigate the stress and unpredictability of moving house in Bali.

We'll explore what happens when life feels like it's coming at you from every direction, why it's often harder to access the tools you know work when you need them most, and the simple, effective practices that can help you feel more calm, clear, and grounded even when the chaos around you hasn't changed.

Links Mentions

• Health That Holds - how to build health habits for a lifetime - code PODCAST100 will give you $100 off.
• My 1:1 mentorship The Elevated Woman is designed to help you create a life you’re absolutely OBSESSED with waking up to. We do the internal work so the external reality matches what you want!

Today we’re joined by Gabrielle Martorana, serial entrepreneur (and one of my closest friends), who runs 4 businesses while working 4 hours a week, and travels the world with her fiance (and soon to be baby!). We cover:

• What manifestation is and what it’s not – including why your vision boards arent working
• The fundamental misconception about manifesting that will change everything for you
• How to know if its somethings falling away for you to receive your desires or if you’re just in a lower frequency
• How this plays out in your business and your love life
• The role of your subconscious and nervous system in creating the life you want (this is not a step you can skip!!)
• The difference between faith, receivership and passively waiting for something to arrive
• Why your subconscious beliefs will always prevail no matter what you want

Connect with Gabrielle

• Listen to the Expand with Gabrielle Podcast
• Break Your Income Class Ceiling (Free Workshop)
• Connect on Instagram 
• Cacao Wisdom (Sarah’s recommendation: Guatemala cacao - great for creativity and energy)

To work with Sarah: 

• For deep 1:1 transformation - The Elevated Woman
• For one-off sessions - email support@sarahscullyleaf.com
• To create health habits - Health That Holds
• First access to Sarah’s group breathwork events (limited spots) here

To connect with Sarah on instagram click here.

So in this episode I share - using my own current huge life change of leaving Canggu - of how to tap into your intuition and trust it. 

As someone who used to wait until the pain in my job, relationship or circumstance got SO great before i took action, making a huge life decision when im very happy where I am, is a huge leap of faith (and intuition). This is how i got there.

I share:

• Signs you’re disconnected from your intuition 
• When to rely on logic vs intuition 
• How to start tuning into and trusting your intuition 
• Why faith needs proof
• Why im leaving Canggu after four happy years here (& how i got to this decision!)
• Simple practices to start building your intuition

Mentioned in Episode -

Health That Holds - how to build health habits for a lifetime - code PODCAST100 will give you $100 off.

or

Say Hi on instagram - I love hearing from you @sarahscullyleaf

My 1:1 mentorship The Elevated Woman is designed to help you create a life you’re absolutely OBSESSED with waking up to. We do the internal work so the external reality matches what you want! 

Check the details here or book a free connection call to see if its a mutual aligned fit

I share what’s really going on in this in-between phase - why relationships fall away, why your preferences change, and why you start craving something different without fully knowing what it is yet. We get into the discomfort that comes with this space, how doubt creeps in, and why so many people either stall or try to go back to what’s familiar instead of moving forward.

We cover:

• Signs you’re “on the edge” of your next level (and why they’re often misinterpreted)
•  The identity shifts required to actually step into what’s next
• How subconscious reprogramming and your nervous system play a role in making this happen (or staying where you are).
• What im moving through right now exactly in relation to this
• Why things start to fall away without anything going “wrong”
• What to do with the discomfort and emotional turbulence in this stage
•  How to move through this without outsourcing your decisions or collapsing into doubt

Say Hi on instagram - I love hearing from you @sarahscullyleaf

My 1:1 mentorship The Elevated Woman is designed to help you create a life you’re absolutely OBSESSED with waking up to. We do the internal work so the external reality matches what you want! 

Check the details here or book a free connection call to see if its a mutual aligned fit

I share the greatest (and surprising) benefits of now being 3 years with no alcohol, and whether I think ill ever drink again.

I share

• My journey from party girl to completely sober
• Why I quit drinking - including the shame pit I went into after my last night drunk
• Why i went from no “no alcohol” to “sober”
• The surprising benefits of not drinking
• What it’s been like dating sober
• The most life-changing question you can ask yourself if you drink alcohol 

Say Hi on instagram - I love hearing from you @sarahscullyleaf

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Join me inside The Elevated Woman - a 1:1 mentorship for changing your life to being “okay” or “good enough”, to one you absolutely thrive in and are excited to wake up to each and every day.

Friendship is just one of the pillars we look at!

This episode is broken into two parts:

The first part is how to meet new, aligned people, based on exactly what I did moving overseas at 31 without knowing a single person, (to now having friendships of a depth and capacity i didnt even know was possible to have).

The second part is how to navigate the relationships already in your life - how to know when it’s time to walk away, when it simply needs a conversation with a boundary, and how to accept people who are now in a very different chapter of life to you.

Navigating changes in friendships as we grow is a challenge we all face, and this is a practical conversation designed for you to come back to over and over.

Say Hi on instagram - I love hearing from you @sarahscullyleaf

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Join me inside The Elevated Woman - a 1:1 mentorship for changing your life to being “okay” or “good enough”, to one you absolutely thrive in and are excited to wake up to each and every day.

Friendship is just one of the pillars we look at!

Jade shares very candidly her journey through stripping, fitness, plant medicine and becoming an author – and how what can look like ambition or success on the outside can often be a deeper search for safety, belonging or validation.

We talk about what actually means to build self-love, how to grow it more deeply within yourself, and why so many people are still chasing things outside of themselves even after years of personal growth.

We also unpack the duality of how to know when something is genuinely growth-oriented or from a wounded part still trying to prove something, be chosen, or feel enough. If you’ve ever struggled with not feeling enough or you know there’s a part of you that you need to love more deeply - this episode is for you.

Key Talking Points

• How to actively cultivate self-love in your life
• The role of chasing success, achievement and validation to try to create safety
• How to know when something is genuinely growth-oriented versus from a wounded part still trying to prove something, be chosen, or feel enough
• What it looks like to outgrow identities that once felt safe
• The role of body image and shame in your self-love journey
• The importance of forgiveness as an act of self-love
• How judging others mirrors the way we judge ourselves

Connect With Jade

• Pre-order her book Stripped to the Soul on Barnes & Noble or Amazon 
• Jade’s instagram

To work with Sarah: 

• For deep 1:1 transformation - The Elevated Woman
• For one-off sessions - email support@sarahscullyleaf.com
• To create health habits - Health That Holds
• First access to Sarah’s group breathwork events (limited spots) here

To connect with Sarah on instagram click here.

I share my story of being in unhealthy relationships - cheating, arguing - until i met my ex-boyfriend in what would become a physically abusive relationship. I go deeply into my journey afterwards of PTSD, trying to healing with talk therapy, and what it took to actually heal - not just cognitively process it. 

This is an episode about creating the life you want from a lived reality - where your level of knowledge and awareness matches your day-to-day behaviour and relationships in your life.

Key Talking Points:

• Why you keep looping in the same patterns and how to finally break them
• The trap and prison of self-awareness when you know better but can’t act differently
• How to know what’s yours to heal and what’s someone else’s responsibility
• Why “making the right choice” feels impossible in the moment
• My experience living with PTSD - the symptoms, behaviours and how I would act in ways I wasn’t proud of.
• What Western therapy gave me and where it left me stuck
• How somatic work and breathwork changed things that intellectually processing never could
• The difference between knowing what to do and actually becoming the person who does it

Links and Resources Mentioned

• For Breath Different, Feel Different  (POD10 for 10% off)

To work with Sarah: 

• For deep 1:1 transformation - The Elevated Woman
• For one-off sessions - email support@sarahscullyleaf.com
• To create health habits - Health That Holds
• First access to Sarah’s group breathwork events (limited spots) here

To connect with Sarah on instagram click here.

Its not - It’s a skill that can be developed and in today’s episode, I give you a step-by-step process to build it.

I approach this from a nervous-system level, so you’re not forcing yourself to change or trying to “act confident.” Instead, you’re building confidence in a way that actually feels good, strengthens self-trust, and creates something embodied and sustainable.

Key Talking Points 

• Why confidence isn’t something you do or don’t have, but a skill that can be developed
• The specific, tangible foundations confidence is actually built on
• How your relationship with your body directly impacts how confident you feel
• Why broken promises to yourself erode confidence
• The nervous-system piece most people miss when trying to “be more confident”
• The difference between forcing confidence and building real self-trust
• Why “imposter syndrome” isn’t real and what’s really underneath it
• The link between confidence, expression, and how you show up in work, dating and life

Links and Resources Mentioned

• Learn more about or apply for The Elevated Woman
• Book a free connection call with me

To work with Sarah: 

• For deep 1:1 transformation - The Elevated Woman
• For one-off sessions - email support@sarahscullyleaf.com
• To create health habits - Health That Holds
• First access to Sarah’s group breathwork events (limited spots) here

To connect with Sarah on instagram click here.

Through our work together inside The Elevated Woman, Bonnie moved from frenetic, urgent energy and daily reactivity to a home and business that feel more easeful, manageable and joyful. More recently, Bonnie found herself genuinely excited to have five weeks with no childcare – and in this episode we unpack exactly how she got here.

This conversation is honest, grounded and a powerful example of what changes when a mother learns to regulate herself.

Key Talking Points:

• How Bonnie went from intrusive thoughts about hurting her kids to feeling excited for five weeks with no childcare
• The shift from frenetic, burnt out urgency to a far more regulated and patient baseline in running a business and a home.
• Why you can’t regulate your kids, but regulating yourself changes everything. 
• The specific practice Bonnie still uses to help her in high-stress moments including supporting a child with autism, ADHD and ODD
• The single belief uncovered in hypnotherapy that changed the way she experiences motherhood and business
• Why The Elevated Woman has been one of the top 5 most influential experience of Bonnie’s life

Links & Resources Mentioned

• The Elevated Woman - details and application form
• Book a free connection call for The Elevated Woman to see if it’s an aligned fit (this call is with me)

Connect With Bonnie

• Instagram 
• Website
• Brand, Business & Becoming Podcast

To work with Sarah: 

• Book a free connection call with me for The Elevated Woman
• The Elevated Woman - details and application form
• To book in a hypnotherapy session - email support@sarahscullyleaf.com
• To create health habits - Health That Holds
• First access to Sarah’s group breathwork events (limited spots) here

To connect with Sarah on instagram click here.

This is not a “just follow your dreams” conversation. It is the actual three step process I use with clients to create change faster than I did on my own. We talk about getting clear on what you want, identifying what is between you and that life, and how to take action that your nervous system can actually sustain. I also share a personal update from a recent low period and how I moved through it without abandoning myself or blowing up my life and business.

If you are highly self aware, doing all the right things and still feel stuck in the same patterns, this episode will show you where change actually happens and how to start creating your version of success.

Key Talking Points:

• The honest backstory behind my move from law into business and life in Bali (and the exact process i used to build it)
• What i’d do differently if i was doing it all over again
• Why clarity does not come from waiting and how to actually get clear on what you wan
• What is actually between you and the life you want (not what you’ve convinced yourself)
• What aligned, inspired action really means and how to take action your nervous system can sustain
• Why doing this alone keeps you in trial and error and what changes when you have the right support
• The core wound I had to shift to create the life this beautiful life i have now

Links and Resources Mentioned

• The Elevated Woman - details and application form
• Book a free connection call for The Elevated Woman to see if it’s an aligned fit (this call is with Sarah)
• Replay for The Mission & Meaning Roadmap 

To work with Sarah: 

• For deep 1:1 transformation - The Elevated Woman
• For one-off sessions - email support@sarahscullyleaf.com
• To create health habits - Health That Holds
• First access to Sarah’s group breathwork events (limited spots) here

To connect with Sarah on instagram click here.

This episode is for the woman who can feel she's on the edge of her next level. A knowing that something deeper is meant for you but you’re struggling to create it.

You can feel that you’re not realising your potential or in work truly meant for you. And while your life might feel good for the most part, and your work gives you some flexibility… you don’t love it.

This episode is the number one block between you and creating the life that you want and why until you move through it, it’s almost impossible to create a life that is actually fulfilling your potential.

I share what my early days of business were actually life (including what my mum begged me to stop doing), and what was actually involved in creating a life I feel fulfilled and free in.

Key Talking Points

• Why you stay in a “good enough” lives for years, even when it’s not fulfilling, exciting and you know you’re meant for more
• How i romanticised being a business owner and what the early days of business were really like (including what my family said to me)
• The number one block why you don’t have the life you want yet
• The two things you need to wake up excited about your day and your head to hit the pillow at night content
• My journey from corporate law, burnout and PTSD to living my darma in Bali and spending my days however i choose to
• The role of your nervous system in what you move toward, what you avoid, and what you stay stuck in
• Why clarity doesn’t come from more thinking (and what it does come from)
• The trap of consuming personal development content instead of actually implementing

Links and Resources Mentioned

• >> FREE WORKSHOP: The Mission & Meaning Roadmap <<

To work with Sarah: 

• For deep 1:1 transformation - The Elevated Woman
• For one-off sessions - email support@sarahscullyleaf.com
• To create health habits - Health That Holds
• First access to Sarah’s group breathwork events (limited spots) here

To connect with Sarah on instagram click here.

This episode is a deep dive on both - the step-by-step inner work and the strategic work needed to create huge financial abundance in your life. We unpack how your nervous system and subconscious beliefs affect your ability to create wealth and why that alone isn’t enough, without structure to support it.

We also unpack the practical side of money that most people avoid or oversimplify - how you relate to budgeting, the way your accounts are set up, the order money leaves your life, and how and when to prioritise saving or investing to build long-term wealth.

Key Talking Points:

• Inner work vs strategic work and why financial abundance needs both
• The core money wound underneath your scarcity and why no amount of money ever feels enough
• Why making money is different to holding money (and what actually changes that)
• The “Person A to Person B” gap. Why self-sabotage kicks in right as things start improving.
• What to do when you feel wobbly around money - how to create safety without bypassing reality.
• What matters most between budgeting, saving and investing (and why “budgeting” can feel like punishment if you attach restriction to it).
• Both of our investments preferences - Stocks vs real estate vs crypto
• Both of our personal preferences what we invest in (stock vs real estate vs crypto)
• Kim’s personal numbers - property numbers, how much money she made last month, and even how much money she has in her bank account

Connect with Kim

• Website - www.kimkent.net
• Instagram - www.instagram.com/kimkent__/
• Free savings cheat sheet - www.kimkent.net/savingscheatsheet

To work with Sarah: 

• For deep 1:1 transformation - The Elevated Woman
• For one-off sessions - email support@sarahscullyleaf.com
• To create health habits - Health That Holds
• First access to Sarah’s group breathwork events (limited spots) here

To connect with Sarah on instagram click here.

I also share, very vulnerably and honestly, my biggest challenges in 2025 and what I would have done differently had I realised them sooner.

From there, I teach you how to set yourself up to reach your goals in 2026, in a way that works with your nervous system, so you don’t burn out or fall off by February.

Key Talking Points

• The exact prompts to extrapolate your biggest learnings and lessons from 2025
• My biggest challenges in 2025
• What to bring into 2026… and what needs to stay behind
• How to set goals for 2026 in a way that doesn’t lead to burnout or failure
• How many focus areas to have for your goals (& how many is too many)

Links and Resources Mentioned

>> To book a free, connection call with Sarah click here <<

Note: this is not a coaching call. This is to see if it’s a suitable fit to working together.

To work with Sarah: 

• For deep 1:1 transformation - The Elevated Woman
• To create health habits - Health That Holds
• First access to Sarah’s group breathwork events (limited spots) here

To connect with Sarah on instagram click here.

This episode is a very practical, step-by-step how-to process to help you find that passion again. I share very truthfully and vulnerably about my own current experience with fitness, so you can see exactly how to apply this process to your life.

Key Takeways

• The 5 Step Process to create more passion, joy and a ZING for what you’re doing
• How to use the past as clues for what you’re creating
• The role your self-talk in the experience you’re having and how to shift it
• Setting yourself up for enjoyment of something and common pitfalls to avoid.

Links Mentioned

HHW Episode on Force vs Discipline vs Devotion

To work with Sarah: 

• To create your own health habits for a lifetime - Health That Holds
• For deep 1:1 transformation - The Elevated Woman
• For one-off sessions - email support@sarahscullyleaf.com
• First access to Sarah’s group breathwork events (limited spots) here

To connect with Sarah on instagram click here.

These aren’t quick fixes or once-off practices, they're simple habits I’ve done consistently for years that have changed everything from my focus and energy to how calm and present I feel each day.

You’ll learn:

• The two daily habits that transformed my life (and how to build them into yours)
• What to do when resistance or “what ifs” come up
• How to start small and build new habits gradually
• How to start small and make it sustainable for your lifestyle

If you’ve been craving more peace, presence and energy in your everyday life, this episode will give you a practical place to start.

Resources 

To work with Sarah: 

• For deep 1:1 transformation - The Elevated Woman
• For one-off sessions - email support@sarahscullyleaf.com
• First access to Sarah’s group breathwork events (limited spots) here

This episode is a very practical “how-to”, where I break down:

• How to identity and know the difference between force, discipline, and devotion 
• How to create habits from devotion rather than force
• How to identify when a pattern needs shifting vs when it’s just an isolated off day
• Why pushing harder doesn’t create consistency
• How to stop trying to create change at the times you’re most depleted
• Creating a reward system that aligns with your identity
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Links and Resources Mentioned

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• Health That Holds
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Code BFS30 at checkout will give you 30% off any until 11:59pm AEDT 1 December.

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1:1 work with Sarah: 

• For deep 1:1 transformation - The Elevated Woman
• For one-off sessions - email support@sarahscullyleaf.com
• To connect with Sarah on instagram click here.

So many people are going through life doing what they “should” be doing. Ticking boxes. Working hard. Taking care of your health. But when was the last time life actually felt fun? Like you were genuinely enjoying the process of living and excited to wake up each day, not just trying to get through it?

This episode is an honest look at how the lack of fun is draining your energy and how bringing it back can really change how you feel in your body, relationships, and everyday life.

You’ll learn:

• How to bring fun back into your life (without finding “more” time for it)
• The difference between fun and joy (and why both matter)
• How to easefully integrate fun into your everyday life
• What fun looks like when you’re on a personal growth or healing journey (it’s not about forcing “high vibes”)
• Simple, practical ways to start bringing more fun into your week

If you’ve been feeling flat, uninspired, or like life’s become a list of things to get done, this episode will be really helpful for you.

Links and Resources Mentioned

Working with Sarah

• For deep 1:1 transformation - The Elevated Woman
• For one-off sessions - email support@sarahscullyleaf.com
• First access to Sarah’s group breathwork events (limited spots) here

To connect with Sarah on instagram click here.

This episode goes deeper than “fear of judgment.” Because what’s actually happening underneath isn’t about caring less, it’s about healing the root causes that make you care in the first place.

You’ll learn how to identify what’s really driving this pattern, how to stop avoiding the emotions that come with being judged and practical ways to feel more free being seen.

We cover:

• The two root causes of why you care what others think
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• How your nervous system links belonging to safety
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• Why it’s not fear of judgment
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• How to stop oversharing your decisions when you’re still finding clarity
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• The two questions I use when someone judges or comments on my life
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• Somatic and subconscious tools for real, lasting change

• What to do when you can’t control who you’re informing (like sharing online as part of your work)

Links and Resources Mentioned

• Breath Different, Feel Different here (POD10 for 10% off)
• For deep 1:1 transformation - The Elevated Woman
• For hypnotherapy session email support@sarahscullyleaf.com 

To work with Sarah: 

• For Breath Different, Feel Different (POD10 for 10% off)
• For deep 1:1 transformation - The Elevated Woman
• For one-off sessions - email support@sarahscullyleaf.com
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To connect with Sarah on instagram click here.

It’s not easy managing it all - work, family, friends, money, health, life admin… while trying to squeeze in fun and connection. In this episode, I unpack how rumination keeps you looping in overwhelm, why your body reacts before your mind and practical ways to create more ease and spaciousness so decisions get easier.

Key Talking Points or Themes (Bullet Points)

• What overwhelm actually is and what to do when you're feeling it
• The number one question i ask myself that reduces overwhelm
• Top down vs bottom up approaches to healing and why it matters
• Overthinking vs critical thinking
• Finding your body’s unique stress signature
• How transformational breathwork healed my overwhelm (& my PTSD)
• Creating systems in your life and work to take the load off

Links and Resources Mentioned

• Breath Different, Feel Different here (POD10 for 10% off)
• Let’s Get Spiritual podcast episode on the nervous system

To work with Sarah: 

• For Breath Different, Feel Different (POD10 for 10% off)
• For deep 1:1 transformation - The Elevated Woman
• For one-off sessions - email support@sarahscullyleaf.com
• To create health habits - Health That Holds
• First access to Sarah’s group breathwork events (limited spots) here

To connect with Sarah on instagram click here.

This episode starts with the decision to end Let’s Get Spiritual and move into solo podcasting, and then takes you on a vulnerable, honest journey of what it’s really taken to become the woman I am today.

I share

• What it was like growing up in the public eye and the fear of judgement and being torn apart online this created
• My first experiences with mental illness as a teenager.
• The cycle of chasing achievements and still never feeling enough
• Navigating burnout and PTSD while working as a corporate lawyer
• The “5 week trip” to Bali that turned into a new life
• Building a business from scratch and making my holiday my everyday life
• The role of somatic breathwork and hypnotherapy in becoming the women I am today
• How difficult my spiritual awakening was and the hard decisions it forced me to make.
• Where I am now, how I’m feeling, and what I’m currently navigating behind the scenes.

Links and Resources Mentioned

Working with Sarah

• For deep 1:1 transformation - The Elevated Woman
• For one-off sessions - email support@sarahscullyleaf.com
• First access to Sarah’s group breathwork events (limited spots) here

To connect with Sarah on instagram click here.