Sarah Richardson Coaching

Sarah Richardson Coaching Certified Trauma Informed Life Coach. Supporting women to release the stories that hold them back.

Forgiveness it's a gift to yourself.
07/14/2025

Forgiveness it's a gift to yourself.

Actions have consequences.Just like objects in light cast shadows.While awareness illuminates, the edges of that awarene...
06/30/2025

Actions have consequences.
Just like objects in light cast shadows.

While awareness illuminates, the edges of that awareness also become visible.

We all live inside our own unique expression of light and shadow.
I’m reminded of the ancient Taoist symbol, Yin and Yang.
Light exists within all darkness, and darkness within all light.

Light and shadow invite reflection.
How are we living most fully in our light — our joy, values, and purpose?
Where are the edges?
Where is the pain, or the edge of pleasure?
What are the causes of our suffering?
What drains our power?
And what is for us to illuminate, to tend to, to heal?

This is where embodiment practice lives.
The ability to stay with ourselves.
To move between light and shadow as explorers of our own experience,
without abandoning ourselves along the way.

The body never lies.
This is why I offer Embodied Movement classes that use gentle, somatic practices to reconnect us to our bodies and our inner knowing.
It’s also why, in my coaching work, we lean on nervous system tools like breathwork, to stay present, steady, and capable of navigating hard things from a grounded place.

The deeper your connection to the real you, and the more honestly you express that outwardly, the more natural vulnerability becomes.
And vulnerability is where connection lives.
As Dr. Brené Brown reminds us, it is the foundation for true belonging.

And none of that works without boundaries.

Light knows its boundaries. There are lines it will not cross.
For us to stand in our light, and to protect it, we have to be willing to hold boundaries that honour us.

The best boundaries are made of love.
They are not about punishing or controlling others.
They are about guiding ourselves.
They are the promises we make to ourselves about how we will respond in situations that challenge our values or safety.

When boundaries are used to control or manipulate, that's not protection — that's coercion.
And when coercion becomes the pattern, it creates systems of control that rob everyone of choice.

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"Strong back, soft front."One of my favorite sayings by Tara Brach, buddist teacher, author of Radical Acceptance. It re...
05/19/2025

"Strong back, soft front."One of my favorite sayings by Tara Brach, buddist teacher, author of Radical Acceptance.

It reminds me that even when the world can be harsh, it is always possible to be open and soft. It acknowledges that boundaries are healthy and nessicary, in order to remain open but not open to those that do harm. That trust comes from my own strength and capacity. Every lesson is before anything an inside job.

This is centre. This is strength without martyrdom. Kindness without over giving. Listening without prejudice. It is Presence.

What does this mean to you? Do you suffer from being strong? Or overgiving? Having no boundries?

You are not alone.

Bless all those who think they know somone, who they are or how they think, without even asking their opinion or experie...
05/09/2025

Bless all those who think they know somone, who they are or how they think, without even asking their opinion or experience! The huberous!

Must be incredible to be so wise.

Here is the truth. You knowing someone in this way is laughable. For example: I lobe personal growth AND I am just getting to know myself. I am a constant student. Perspectives change the more questions you ask. The only certain person is the one who fails to ask more questions.

Here are some great ones:

"Is what I believe really true?:
"How can I know it to be true?:
^^ "Wait was the above fact based on an assumption? Start again!"
"WHAT IF what I believe a the moment to be untrue IS in fact true?
"Could both things be true?"
"How does that shift things?"

If you're not asking these questions, DAILY about your relationships, your career, your religion..... you're on autopilot of assumptions. You are stuck in your story that has no bearing on reality. Possibility shrinks rapidly.

Reality IS subjective. True. But by peeling back the onion layers, we can get clarity that is respectful of far more than our own selfish pride.

Credit to Dali for his epic artwork
"Galalete of the Spheres"

You don’t need to burn your life down to feel alive. But you do need to stop assuming you know how everything’s going to...
05/09/2025

You don’t need to burn your life down to feel alive. But you do need to stop assuming you know how everything’s going to go.

I used to think I had it all figured out:
Who I was, what I had to tolerate, what “normal” looked like.

Turns out, staying small felt safer giben my circumstances, but it was quietly killing my confidence. I didn’t know how it would turn out.
I still don’t.

But I do know this:
Each time I act in courage, I reclaim a little more of myself. Not because it's easy. Because it's true.

Here are 3 ways to break your routine this week, just to see what happens:

Say yes before you're ready. (Growth never feels convenient.)

Tell the truth, even if your voice shakes. (Clarity invites magic.)

Do the opposite of your first impulse. (Your nervous system will survive.)

Are you ready to change your relationship with courage. Reach out. Let's talk.

Ready for some new spring growth. Shake off the winter.Move past procrastination.Get some wins under your belt.Amp your ...
05/05/2025

Ready for some new spring growth.
Shake off the winter.
Move past procrastination.
Get some wins under your belt.
Amp your courage and confidence.

My current and past clients have had major shifts. Often, even after a single session.

Coaching is not therapy.
Coaching is result oriented. Forward facing, past informed. It will take you beyond your story and into the version of you that is calling to be LIVED today.

What do you have to lose?
You are not broken.
The answers are inside of you, I am simply the guide to what you already know.
The first step in reaching out.
Take your first action.

Email lifecoach@srichardson.ca
Txt 2502046116

No one really talks about the part of grief where you start to laugh again.Not the forced laugh. The real one.The one th...
05/04/2025

No one really talks about the part of grief where you start to laugh again.
Not the forced laugh. The real one.
The one that escapes through cracked ribs.
Warm. Startling. Honest.
Proof that you're not broken. You're becoming.

My divorce didn’t just burn down a life.
It revealed something deeper.
A kind of treasure no one can give you.

Not a new love.
Not a fresh start.
But this:
The ability to feel joy right in the middle of the mess.
To find light without waiting for the storm to pass.

Like the boy in The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho,
I searched the world for something I already carried.
And I still search — but now I know where to look.

In the ache.
In the rebuild.
In the absurd, holy comedy of being alive
and still choosing to love.

Joy isn’t the opposite of pain.
It’s what rises when you let the pain move through
and keep your heart open anyway.

That’s my gold.
That’s my map.

What treasure did you find when everything fell apart?

# # atomichabits

Power used to scare me.Mostly because I handed it away — to lovers, to roles, to fear.Then life cracked me open.Loss str...
05/02/2025

Power used to scare me.
Mostly because I handed it away — to lovers, to roles, to fear.
Then life cracked me open.
Loss stripped the surface.
And what I found underneath wasn’t weakness — it was truth.

I sat on those rocks, breath steady, spine tall.
The roar of the water didn’t just move around me — it moved through me.
Every drop a pulse. Every crash a reminder.
This isn’t just nature out there.
This is me.

The power in the river?
That relentless, unfiltered force?
It lives in my bones now.
In my voice.
In every no I’ve learned to say, and every yes that comes from my gut.

I don’t float above life anymore.
I flow with it.
And I trust myself — not because I have answers,
but because I’ve learned how to stay in the unknown and still breathe.

This is courage.
Not polished. Not pretty.
But wild, rooted, and real as f**k.

You stop fearing the dark when you light your own way.Everyone wants to be seen in their best light.But real strength?Th...
04/27/2025

You stop fearing the dark when you light your own way.

Everyone wants to be seen in their best light.
But real strength?
That’s forged in the dark.

It's the cracks, the scars, the shadows we try to hide — those are the spaces where our true brilliance breaks through.

No darkness, no contrast. No contrast, no f*cking radiance.
Own all of it. That's where your power lives.

FIND YOUR UNSHAKABLE VERSION OF SELFWords are cheap.Life doesn’t give a s**t what you call it.Sunrise, heartbreak, joy, ...
04/27/2025

FIND YOUR UNSHAKABLE VERSION OF SELF

Words are cheap.
Life doesn’t give a s**t what you call it.
Sunrise, heartbreak, joy, loss — it all rolls in with the same unstoppable force.
You can slap a label on it if you want. Good, bad, win, fail.
But underneath? It’s just raw, living energy, moving through you whether you’re ready or not.

The work?
Learn to stay.
Stay with the fire in your chest.
Stay with the flood in your gut.
Take the slow turn.
Face it. Feel it. Surf it.
This is how you stop running and start living.
This is how you become unshakable.



02/19/2025

✨Something special is HERE…✨

Imagine a weekend designed just for you—to reset, reconnect, and rise into the most aligned version of yourself. A time to step away from the noise and into a space of deep restoration, embodied growth, and true self-trust.

I’m beyond excited to announce the Spring Awakening Retreat—happening this April on the stunning shores of Quadra Island!

Spots are limited, and Early Bird pricing is LIVE. If you’ve been waiting for a sign to prioritize yourself—this is it.

Drop a 🌿 in the comments if you want more details, or head to https://www.srichardson.ca/SRC/springretreat2025
to claim your spot!

Ready is an action....Ready is the moment you step forward toward the version of you that you know is possible.Ready is ...
02/08/2025

Ready is an action....

Ready is the moment you step forward toward the version of you that you know is possible.

Ready is stepping forward even if fear, uncertainty, and doubt are present.

Ready is not about perfection. In reality, it is more likely to be messy.

AND you don't have to do it alone.

Coaching is that space to exore the edges of readiness. To have a sounding board, and valuable feedback.

What are you ready for. How can I support you?

Reach out today.

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