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Recorded on a walk before heading off on vacation, this episode is Sarah's continuation of last week's big reveal — The School of Mom is becoming The Home of Mothering Ourselves Mindfully, and Sarah is stepping fully into her own name, Sarah Lowell Harmon. Equal parts backstory and welcome mat, this episode traces the winding road that built her body of work — from a Psychology 101 class in Ohio to event management in New Zealand, from 3,300 supervised clinical hours to the 3am download that became The School of Mom — and lays out exactly how to step into the work now, whether you're brand new here or six years deep with her.
Key Points
- The quick-and-honest version of Sarah's story: Denison University, a few lost years in San Diego, a working holiday visa in New Zealand that turned into running a women's duathlon series with Ironman NZ, yoga teacher training in NYC, and a graduate certificate in clinical mental health counseling
- Why she's sharing her clinical hours and credentials — and her honest take on the difference between lived experience and formal training in a coaching-saturated industry
- The 3am lightning-bolt download that led to opening The School of Mom in May 2020, and the eventual closing of both her private practice and Parent Wellness Group
- The pivotal conversation with her business strategist — "what got you here won't get you there" — that set the rebrand in motion
- Why stepping out from "The School of Mom" is really about stepping out from behind the safety of a role (therapist, teacher) and into being fully, simply herself
- A full breakdown of the offer path: Mothering Ourselves Mindfully (the year-long foundational program, opening for enrollment September 2026, starting October), Radical Flourishing (eight-month intimate small-group program, October–May), one-on-one work, and Untethered (returning soon, for women — "the apples" — with a hard or nonexistent relationship with their mother)
- Why Mothering Ourselves Mindfully is intentionally a year-long container — spaciousness for real mom-life, and honesty about the fact that nervous system and lineage healing doesn't happen in four weeks
- The garden metaphor for this work: tending your own soil, roots, and weeds at a realistic, spare-time pace — weeds and all
- Sarah's own lived experience as an adult child of divorce and daughter of a mother with significant mental illness — including estrangement — as the root of why this work exists
Quotes
"I am just me. I am me. Yes, I am a teacher, and I am a therapist, and I am a wife, and I am a mother — but I am me."
"The home of Mothering Ourselves Mindfully is your body. It's our bodies, it's every body."
"It's actually a question of how could I not?"
"I bring the clinical background, the mindfulness and yoga background... and obviously the lived experience, which personally I think is equally if not more important."
Resources Mentioned
- Episode 94: Coming Out From Behind the Curtain: Reclaiming Sarah Lowell Harmon: SPOTIFY (https://open.spotify.com/episode/2jQIkIzYogjiUaRirVy5fu?si=5lvqSKUXRsab9WqulqyTbA) or APPLE (https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/94-coming-out-from-behind-the-curtain-reclaiming/id1771757923?i=1000778974511)
- Mothering Ourselves Mindfully waitlist - opens September 2026, program starts October 2026: https://theschoolofmom.com/waitlist
- The Self-Awareness Trap — free audio resource: https://theschoolofmom.com/trap
- Website: The Home of Mom : https://theschoolofmom.com/
- Send Sarah your voice note right HERE !: https://www.speakpipe.com/theschoolofmom
Thank you for tuning in to this episode of "Mothering Ourselves Mindfully." We look forward to sharing more insights and inspiration in the upcoming episodes!
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