Bio

→  Meet Your Coach:  Sara Kuz  ←

Hi! 

I'm a student of life, here to take in my own unique perspective and bring it to you!

My energy is here to empower others into their own individual way of being, by seeing what they want and giving them what they need. I love being able to open minds, disrupt and dispel limiting beliefs, and compassionately hold space for others to wrestle with what this kind of transformation can bring. I confront what is needed in order for my clients to blossom further into one's unique & healthy self. 

I also like to share through storytelling, so here's a little (not-so-short) story about me:

I grew up in small-town Manitoba, and when I was ready to move out I thought I had life all figured out, and I was ready to fight my way to success. That sentence alone might give you some insight into my persistence and determination to reach a goal. It's a bit cliché, but... boy, I was in for a shock!

Within a year, I had up and moved my life here to Southern Ontario, beginning in Toronto. I cut myself loose from the natural structure of my previous life, and got to start anew. I had the same fighting spirit, however, I had no idea what an uphill climb it was going to be. My relationship ended, I moved out on my own, got a cat, and proceeded to hermit for the first time in my life. 

While I started with an office job, the market crash of 2008 took me into the world of hospitality. It was a sharp learning curve, my first two major positions giving me excellent examples of what hospitality is, and what it isn't. I got to witness so many people, who they are, how they behave, who am I within it all. I was humbled by my lack of awareness about the world, and by the gift of being able to learn so directly from it. 

As I developed, I started seeing a deeper layer of life within my colleagues, and it related to personal philosophy. I got to see the stereotypical opinions, prejudices and behaviors that existed within the service industry. I got to hold them, and decide whether or not I wanted to be influenced by such beliefs and become the kind of person who keeps them. Whenever I found one I was not ok with, I acknowledged I did not want to keep it but I didn't know what to replace it with. All it took was some patience -- after time, the replacement belief would show up as an insight, and because I could see it would keep me in a state of growth and development, I could instantly adopt it. 

In between work, I explored different possibilities of what my next path would be. I got accepted to Teacher's College, but didn't go. I got accepted into the College of Naturopathic Medicine, but didn't go. I developed my education in food & wine, I traveled, I tried starting the same sales business numerous times. It felt like the brick walls I kept reaching were so numerous, they starting closing me in.

A few years later, my body started breaking down. I knew my time working in restaurants was winding down, but I was in denial because I loved my work. I loved providing the high level of service and giving patrons unique food & drink experiences.  I ended up developing an intolerance to gluten, which would cause auric migraines. Within minutes, my vision would become blurry and white, and an excruciating pain would grow in my head. I ate a gluten-free diet for almost 5 years. It extended to alcohol, where my tolerance shrunk and my body simply wouldn't accept it, to the point that the extreme hangovers weren't worth it. 

Then the Universe stepped in.

I was given a job offer outside of hospitality for the first time in a decade. It was the beginning of a career path in tech, however this work "affair" was intense and brief. A few months later, they cut me loose. I was so lost. It felt like everything I tried to do next, I didn't even exist in the world because I received no response. None. tried to re-enter hospitality, but again, my body wouldn't allow it. That tech job was an interlude to the next, because it provided a connection that brought me to the next stage of my life. I was introduced to a naturopath who needed an office manager. 

Here's where it all changed.

I was ushered into a world I wanted to be in, where the foundational knowledge of the body through different "alternative" modalities actually supported health and healing. I was able to go to educational functions and apply my knowledge by supporting the doctor I worked for. I was able to receive support for my own issues. I was introduced to modalities I hadn't heard of before, specifically Psychosomatic Energy Therapy. Through this modality, I worked to heal an emotional conflict that existed within my energy field, and from healing this conflict, I was able to eat gluten again without the migraines! I was shocked. I thought this was something one never recovers from and has to adapt for the rest of their life. I was absolutely miserable not being able to eat the things I loved, and had such a hard time feeling full... and now I was able to again!

This inspired me to learn the modality itself, because I thought I could at minimum help others understand the modality better, and at most, help the doctor manage his time better by being able to assist with this kind of testing. My view was quite limited, because within the year, circumstances kept aligning in such a way that I was able to jump into starting my own practice!

It was also the year I learned about Human Design, and I haven't looked back.