For the past 25 years, I’ve been helping women heal, transform, and uplift their lives and careers. As a teacher and mentor of women's spirituality, business, and empowerment, I offer smart, attuned guidance on sharing your soul's gifts, serving the world, and fulfilling your highest potential.
I’m Sara Avant Stover.
meet sara
Fun facts!
I started my first business in grade school– selling homemade chocolates.
I lived in Chiang Mai, Thailand for 9 years in my twenties. My time there changed my life and gave birth to the work I do today.
I took my first yoga class in 1996 while living in Vail, Colorado for the summer after my freshman year in college. A voice inside told me then that I was going to become a yoga teacher.
A former ballerina, I still love to dance
If I needed to pick one food to eat for the rest of my life, it would probably be Indian (dal, especially!)
I’ve traveled to 45 countries (many of them visited solo)
This voice is what I have come to know as my Self. And every woman has access to this.
Turns out, the very achievement-driven perfectionism that had defined me for years had also muffled the voice of inner wisdom I most needed to guide me through my most difficult challenges (and biggest opportunities for growth).
IN FACT, AS MY QUEST FOR EXTERNAL SUCCESS LED ME TO DEEPER WISDOM AND HEALING, I REALIZED I WAS AT WAR WITH MYSELF.
As a recovering overachiever, I learned the hard way that all the productivity systems and perfectionism that seemed to serve me so well in my early years, as I “people-pleased” my way through elite schooling, weren’t the skills I needed to move through my biggest growth periods later in life.
My work lands at the intersection between spirituality, business, entrepreneurship, and feminism. I help women fulfill their potential, so they can become who they truly are– in business and in life.
I draw from more than 20 years of practical experience as a devoted psycho-spiritual practitioner and business owner myself, while also guiding women back to their inner wisdom through feminine spiritual practices, Internal Family Systems, and a whole lot of love (and guts).
I help women create businesses and lives that reflect their true Selves.
Hello! I’m Sara.
Because we need each other. And we can’t do this alone.
To do this, I offer you the intimate details of my own path — the triumphant, the not-so-pretty moments, and everything in between — to inspire and invoke your own truth.
ABOVE ALL, I’VE DEVOTED MY LIFE TO GUIDING WOMEN BACK TO THE PROFOUND WISDOM WITHIN, IN BOTH THEIR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LIVES.
After graduating Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude from Columbia University's all-women's Barnard College, I had a health scare in my early twenties. Upon my diagnosis, I let everything go to heal and find myself. I moved to Thailand (turns out: my soul’s home) and spent ten years there, on a healing and spiritual odyssey throughout Asia. I returned convinced that each woman has, within her, the wisdom that will save her.
Over the past 25 years, I’ve used the very method I teach to heal from a whole host of traumas and challenges, which I write about in-depth in my books.
I'm grateful that my business and I live and work on the unceded traditional territory of the Arapahoe, Cheyenne, and Mountain Ute.
I weave the evidence-based, psychotherapeutic healing model, Internal Family Systems, into everything I offer. It’s changed everything for me, and I’ve witnessed the deep transformation it’s created for my clients, too.
Level 3 Certified
IFS Practitioner
I've written three books about feminine spirituality (the third one comes out in May 2024). I'm also a multi-certified yoga & meditation teacher and have had a daily practice of both for the past 25 years. During that time, my work has been uplifting the lives of tens of thousands of women worldwide.
Author & Teacher
of Women’s Spirituality
I’ve grown a successful business from the ground up (twice), while facing and overcoming challenges that seemed devastating at the time– but that grew me in unimaginable ways. I take a stand for helping clients navigate the challenges of entrepreneurship to create a business and life that’s deeply aligned with their values, kind to their nervous systems, and expressions of their spiritual practice.
Women's Business Mentor
Qualifications
Explore my books to help you live in harmony with your feminine rhythms, trust your inner guidance, and navigate challenging life and business transitions with more grace and wisdom.
Books
Join me in one of my online programs, group mentoring, or in-person retreats or events– for both personal and professional guidance. Become the woman you truly are – in business and in life, within a supportive women's community.
Programs & Retreats
Weaving together Internal Family Systems, practical business strategy, and feminine spirituality, I offer business consulting for women who want to take their businesses to the next level, while honoring their values, health, and spirituality.
Private Mentoring
Ready to go deeper?
— Jennifer Louden
“What I appreciate about Sara is how giving and erudite she is. She is a generous, smart thinker and writer about women's health and I love giving her books to women of all ages.”
Welcome to my home on the web. May every moment spent here bring you a little closer to your true Self.
WE’LL ALIGN YOUR BUSINESS WITH YOUR VALUES — AND SET YOU UP FOR SUSTAINABLE GROWTH, FROM THE INSIDE OUT
And if you’re longing to create offerings that feel like deep expressions of your highest Self…
WE’LL CRAFT YOUR VISION OF SUCCESS — ONE THAT INCLUDES BOTH OUTER RESULTS & INNER FULFILLMENT
If you struggle to find ways to grow your business without over-working, over-perfecting, and
over-achieving…
YOU’LL GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY TO DO THE WORK THAT IS TRULY YOURS TO DO
If you’re struggling with imposter syndrome, inner criticism, fear of failure or visibility, and
delaying action due to self-doubt…
How to use the psychotherapeutic model, Internal Family Systems (IFS), to get out of your own way and rise to new levels of succes
When supporting women entrepreneurs, I often find that it's not their talent or strategy that holds them back, but unresolved emotional wounds. This free guide will help you identify the warning signs in yourself and show you how to use Internal Family Systems (IFS) to transform the painful patterns that keep you stuck.
If you’re not getting the result you want in your business, despite all of your best efforts, this is likely the missing piece.
7 Signs Your Unresolved Wounds Are Holding You Back in Your Business
FREE GUIDE
— Kate Northrup, Author & Entrepreneur
“Sara has managed to strike the perfect balance between hip, modern practicality, and ancient, wise woman wisdom.”
