Sarah Hays Coomer

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Sarah Hays Coomer is a Mayo Clinic- and National Board-Certified Wellness Coach, Forbes Health columnist, speaker, author, and Certified Personal Trainer with the National Strength and Conditioning Association. She is the author of three books: The Habit Trip, Physical Disobedience, and Lightness of Body and Mind. Her work has been featured in Shape, MSN, Thrive Global, The Wall Street Journal, Utne Reader, New York Daily News, Huffington Post, Bustle, and The Tennessean, among others. She has spoken at organizations and universities nationwide including Google, Vanderbilt University, the Nashville Women's March, The University of the South, the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition, Confluence, and the Girls to the Moon Conferen ...more

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Sarah Hays Coomer In my experience, the best thing to do for writers block is step away from the page completely. Hiking, or even just taking a walk almost always bring…moreIn my experience, the best thing to do for writers block is step away from the page completely. Hiking, or even just taking a walk almost always brings me some kind of inspiration. If you can get away from home for a few days, that's great as well. If I try to push through, it never works. When I start to feel my eyes crossing, staring at the screen, I shut it down and get outside if possible!(less)
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This is your brain on protest songs

From heartbeats to brainwaves, my new piece for Psychology Today details how singing and dancing together strengthen bodies, brains, and socials bonds—ancient tools for solidarity in turbulent times.
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Sarah Coomer Sarah Coomer said: " Fierce Kindness is an accessible, straightforward love letter to gratitude. Melanie Salvatore-August reinforces the universal truth that gratitude heals. She outlines a long list of useful tools, including an extensive exploration of the “power of th ...more "

 

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“Microdoses of nourishing, pleasurable habits spread through the other areas of your life like rainbows at a Dolly Parton concert.”
Sarah Hays Coomer, The Habit Trip: A Fill-in-the-Blank Journey to a Life on Purpose

“We can turn off the twenty-four-hour coverage and take a walk and a deep breath and return home to wrap our arms around our kids, pets, lovers, or friends.”
Sarah Hays Coomer, Physical Disobedience: An Unruly Guide to Health and Stamina for the Modern Feminist

“There’s a way out of this mess, and it requires each of us to begin with our own body. You and your body are important parts of the solution. You will not just read this book; you will experience it in your body. Your body—all of our bodies—are where changing the status quo must begin.”
Resmaa Menakem, My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts

“Recent studies and discoveries increasingly point out that we heal primarily in and through the body, not just through the rational brain. We can all create more room, and more opportunities for growth, in our nervous systems. But we do this primarily through what our bodies experience and do—not through what we think or realize or cognitively figure out.”
Resmaa Menakem, My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts

“You can't get a body you love by doing things that you hate.”
Sarah Hays Coomer, The Habit Trip: A Fill-in-the-Blank Journey to a Life on Purpose

“Microdoses of well-being are accessible to every one of us—no matter how we got here or how off track we might be.”
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