Thrive By Design

Program Philosophy

Surviving Cancer Is Not the Same as Thriving After Cancer

This program is for women who want to do more than manage symptoms. It's for women ready to change the habits that shape their long-term health: to build a mind and body equipped to manage stress, strengthen immune function, reduce disease risk, and create an internal environment that protects.

Built on the premise that the right tools, guidance, and partnership can help you reclaim your health, your identity, and create lasting change.

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"I came in with a 'dive in or quit' mentality and a fear that slowing down meant losing ground. Working with Sara, I learned where that came from and what it was costing me. Learning to count what I had done instead of what I hadn't changed everything. I am less guilty, more relaxed, and more present than I have ever been."

– Jess G., San Francisco, CA

Your 12-Week Journey

Four Intentional Phases

Each phase builds on the last, moving from vision and physical foundation to emotional and spiritual flourishing, and finally to maintenance.

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Weeks 1-3

Vision & Foundation

Your Vision & Your New Body

Calming the Storm: Stress & Nervous System

Movement as Medicine

2

Weeks 4-6

Nourish & Connect

Feeding Your Future: Nutrition & Gut Health

Reclaiming Intimacy

Rest & Balance: Sleep & Hormonal Health

3

Weeks 7-9

Strengthen & Thrive

Strengthening Your Mind

Rising Strong: Emotional Resilience

Finding Your Why: Purpose & Joy

4

Weeks 10-12

Expand & Sustain

Your Healing Space: Home Environment

Your Choice: Financial or Career Wellness

Celebrate & Sustain

What's Included

Everything You Need to Thrive

A complete coaching experience designed around you: your goals, your pace, your priorities.

Pre-Program Onboarding

Comprehensive assessments: wellness wheel, strengths, health history, values, and menopause symptom charting to establish your personal baseline.

12 Coaching Sessions

Weekly 60-minute one-on-one sessions with a certified health coach trained in Motivational Interviewing and Appreciative Inquiry. Session 1 is extended to 90 minutes.

Curated Resources

Evidence-based handouts, guides, and tools for each domain delivered before sessions so your coaching time focuses entirely on you.

Personalized Experiments

Weekly practices designed with you, not assigned to you, so you're always working on what matters most.

Progress Tracking

Accountability tools of your choosing and assessment comparison to document and celebrate your growth across all domains.

Wellness Blueprint

A personalized maintenance plan co-created in your final session, designed to sustain your transformation long after the program ends.

Schedule an Introductory Call

Inside Every Session

Session Flow Overview

Every session follows a consistent structure that creates safety, predictability, and space for deep work: grounding, focus, goal-setting, and accountability are woven in every time.

5 min

Arrival & Check-In

What's new and good? How did last week's goals go?

2 min

Opening Ritual

Brief grounding: 4-7-8 breath, one-word check-in, or gratitude moment.

3 min

Focus Confirmation

Confirm today's topic and connect to the "Why is this important now?"

35-40 min

Core Coaching

Deep work using Motivational Interviewing or Appreciative Inquiry with open-ended questions and reflections.

5 min

Goal Setting

Co-create 1-2 SMART goals for the week ahead.

5-8 min

Wrap-Up & Close

Collecting summary, accountability check, lessons learned, next steps.

Within 24h

Post-Session

Coach sends the Follow-up Worksheet to the client.

Session 1 is extended to 90 minutes to allow time for assessment review, rapport building, and vision work.

What You Leave With

Lasting Transformation

This isn't a quick fix. It's the foundation for a new way of living.

Body Awareness

A deeper understanding of your own body: what it needs, what triggers it, and what protects it.

Confident Decisions

The confidence to make health decisions rooted in self-awareness and personal data.

Sustainable Habits

Habits built through real experimentation, not prescriptions, that actually fit your life.

Resilient Systems

Strategies to manage stress, strengthen immune function, and reduce disease risk.

Protective Environment

An internal environment actively working in your favor, one that pushes back against everyday toxins.

Self-Efficacy

The lasting belief in your ability to sustain change, long after the program ends.

Getting Started

Three Simple Steps

You've already shown incredible courage and resilience. This program is designed to honor that strength and help you channel it into a life that feels vibrant, meaningful, and truly yours.

1

Schedule a Discovery Call

A complimentary conversation to learn about your goals, answer your questions, and explore whether this program is the right fit.

2

Complete Your Onboarding

A set of thoughtful assessments that help us personalize the entire program to your unique needs and values.

3

Start Thriving

Begin your 12-week journey with an extended 90-minute session where we'll review your assessments, build your vision, and set the foundation.