Worthy Convos: Sara Southerland on Overcoming Fear and Finding Possibilities

Sara Southerland describes herself as a multipassionate woman. A holistic coach, sound healing practitioner, soulful business mentor and entrepreneur, “multipassionate” is spot on. As the founder of Future Self Health, Southerland centers her entire practice around empowering women and femmes to step into their purpose. Essentially, her calling is helping you answer yours.

In your own journey, you talk about coming home to yourself. What do you mean by that?

So much of our lives is about doing, checking off the list and making sure the details of life are attended to. We are experts are taking care of everything… except often ourselves. And even when we do pay attention to ourselves, there’s so many messages out there about “eat this way, move this way, work this way, speak this way” that it can feel overwhelming trying to “get it right.”

In my work, I help my clients come back home to themselves, to connect with their body, mind and spirit as a revolutionary act; to tap into their intuition, inner knowing and truth in a deeper way, so they can find more alignment, authenticity and abundance in their lives, health and businesses.

Where do you typically start with a client?

I love getting to set intentions for the work we’re setting out to do together. In my relationship with a client, I am holding space for shifts and healing to happen, and they are showing up and committing to themselves and the process. We’ll usually start with a process of visioning and what I call “creating goals with soul” together, to identify how they can begin to embody the person they are becoming, starting even now.

Why does it feel so daunting and difficult to find one’s purpose?

At times finding our purpose means going against the grain, and that might mean being vulnerable, or disappointing the ones we love most if they don’t understand our path. It’s also a journey into the unknown. We’re so taught to find a linear path, to know the start and end points but often in a purpose journey, the road is windy and unfolds as we walk it. To find our purpose, we have to be willing to take that step into the unknown, trust the process, and know that on the other side of discomfort is where the magic often lives.

Talk about your programs and retreats.

High Vibe is my Holistic Wellness Coaching program, which is a 16-week program to heal your relationship with food and body from the inside out using a sustainable, non-diet, intuitive approach. I struggled for much of my life with weight and body image and overcame an ED [eating disorder] in my 20s. Now I get to help others in this unique holistic approach.

Ignite is my Spiritual & Life Coaching program, a 16-week program to support in navigating life transitions and spiritual awakening with ease, reduce stress and overwhelm, and come back home to yourself. This unique program includes a mix of intuitive coaching and sound healing, as well as working through the Chakra Energy System to restore balance in the body.

The Queen’s Circle is a mastermind for spiritual women stepping into their purpose work and business with clarity, confidence and authenticity. Move over hustle culture, it’s time to do our businesses from a place of alignment with our Divine Feminine selves. This 6-month program is a powerful pathway to support your spiritual and business development.

Monthly New Moon Circles I host monthly in-person New Moon Women’s Circles in Fort Worth. These are a lovely place to come connect with other women interested in personal and spiritual growth and connect with yourself and your intentions each month.

Elemental Healing Retreat is coming up October 6-9 in the Texas Hill Country. Join an amazing group of women for a nourishing and magical weekend to recharge, connect with like-minded women, and learn how to tap into the healing elements all around us.

In your practice, what is the most common obstacle clients must overcome?

I would say fear and the limits we put on ourselves is the most common obstacle clients have to overcome. We’ve been conditioned to what I call “one-way-ism”. One way of making a living, one way of how we express ourselves, one way of a relationship, living situation, to dress, to look, etc. These roots run deep, and it can take some deep shadow work to go within, explore the depths of these old beliefs and fears and begin to invite in shifts. From that journey we can find a place of peace, healing, and possibility that we didn’t see or have available to us before. It can be hard work, but it’s from the darkest places that new things are born.

What makes you proud to be a woman?

Women are so strong! We are creators in so many senses of the word. We have so much power. And not the power we often see in the world, but the power of connection deeply woven in our beings. I think that women will save the world.