Sara Jodoin seated by a garden window

Women’s Healing Coach · Speaker · Author of Journey Back to Self

Who did you become to survive?

The woman you became
is not the whole woman you are.

Sara Jodoin helps women recognise the survival patterns they mistook for personality, rebuild self-trust, and return to who they were beneath the armour.

Private coaching, writing, and speaking for women ready to stop abandoning themselves to be accepted, chosen, or loved.

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The idea behind The Return to Self Method

Who did you become
to survive?

You may know yourself as the strong one, the dependable one, or the woman who never asks for help. But what if those roles tell only part of your story?

Some patterns may have helped you feel accepted or protected. Today, they may show up as an automatic yes, a need to prove yourself, or uncertainty about what you want.

What protected you then does not have to choose for you now.

The Return to Self Method invites you to recognise what repeats, reconnect with your needs, and practise choices that reflect who you want to be.

You are not broken. You are becoming.

Meet Sara

Meet the person beside you in this work.

I’m Sara Jodoin, coach, speaker, author of Journey Back to Self, and creator of The Return to Self Method. Rebuilding my life after a near-death accident led me to question who I was beyond the roles I had learned to play.

That question is at the heart of my work with women who want to understand their patterns, rebuild self-trust, and bring their own needs back into the conversation.

Read My Story

Private coaching with Sara

Turn reflection into choices that honour you.

Bring a real situation: the yes you want to take back, the boundary you find difficult to express, or the decision you keep asking others to make. Together, we explore what repeats and practise a different response.

See

Understand the survival patterns quietly running your life.

Choose

Say what you need. Practise a boundary. Ask for support.

Return

Bring your own values into your everyday decisions.

I don’t want you to need me forever. I want you to trust yourself again.

The next step

Apply for a private clarity conversation.

Share what feels heavy, what keeps repeating, and what you want to understand or change. We can explore the structure, support, and private proposal that would fit your needs.

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A memoir

Journey Back to Self

Reclaiming the Woman Within

A deeply personal memoir about healing, resilience, and the courageous journey back to yourself. Through raw honesty and gentle wisdom, Sara shares the path from pain to power - and invites you to walk your own.

Heal. Return. Rise.

Available now on Amazon. Opens in a new tab.

Journey Back to Self book displayed with roses, coffee, and candlelight

A memoir

Journey Back to Self

Reclaiming the Woman Within

A deeply personal memoir about healing, resilience, and the courageous journey back to yourself. Through raw honesty and gentle wisdom, Sara shares the path from pain to power - and invites you to walk your own.

Heal. Return. Rise.

Available now on Amazon. Opens in a new tab.

Journey Back to Self book displayed with roses, coffee, and candlelight

A memoir

Journey Back to Self

Reclaiming the Woman Within

A deeply personal memoir about healing, resilience, and the courageous journey back to yourself. Through raw honesty and gentle wisdom, Sara shares the path from pain to power - and invites you to walk your own.

Heal. Return. Rise.

Available now on Amazon. Opens in a new tab.

Journey Back to Self book displayed with roses, coffee, and candlelight

A memoir

Journey Back to Self

Reclaiming the Woman Within

A deeply personal memoir about healing, resilience, and the courageous journey back to yourself. Through raw honesty and gentle wisdom, Sara shares the path from pain to power - and invites you to walk your own.

Heal. Return. Rise.

Available now on Amazon. Opens in a new tab.

Kind Words

In Their Own Words

★★★★★

Private Coaching Client

“I have known Sara for a lot now and I saw her struggle with life like I did in my side for too many years destroying myself trying to live for others, accepting the unacceptable and forgetting myself,… ”

Dominique Dupuis

Thetford Mines, Quebec

★★★★★

Retreat Participant

“During a pilgrimage to Egypt, where mystical things are the norm, I experienced a very public kundalini awakening. I am a yogini and shamanic practitioner and highly experienced in altered states of consciousness…”

Ashlee Benis

Switzerland

★★★★★

Private Coaching Client

“Sara is a person with exceptional listening skills and great compassion. She knows how to create a climate of trust where you quickly feel comfortable and understood. Through her guidance, she gave me…”

Joëlle Malet

Cowansville, Quebec

★★★★★

Reader - Journey Back to Self

“Sara's words speak miles and determination with strength will encourage women to remember their own personal strength… you change around if you want to.”

Anouschka H.

Washington, USA

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Return to Self Letter

Let the article become a practice.

Begin with the free workbook and receive future reflections, webinar invitations, and learning experiences through Sara's Return to Self path.

RETREATS WITH SARA

Step away. Make space to return to what matters.

Explore upcoming retreat journeys in Sedona and Bali. Each has its own place, pace, and focus.
Wide view across Sedona’s red-rock mountains and desert valley

SEDONA, ARIZONA · JANUARY 7–10, 2027

Sedona Retreat

Four days to pause, reconnect, and hear yourself among the red rocks.

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BALI · MARCH 4–13, 2027

Legacy Rising Bali

A 10-day Visibility to Legacy retreat co-hosted by Sara Jodoin and Getrude Matshe.

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Retreats and in-person gatherings

Bring a conversation about self-trust to your retreat.

For retreat hosts and event organisers creating space for women to pause and reconnect, Sara brings a thoughtful conversation about survival patterns, self-trust, and finding your way back to your own voice.

A talk or reflective conversation can be shaped around your gathering, audience, and the experience you want to create.

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Your Next Step

You Do Not Have to
Do This Alone.

Tell me what you would like to change and the support you are looking for. We can explore whether coaching fits your needs and what working together would involve.

No pressure. No fixing. Just a safe first step.