Sarah Hays Coomer

Podcast

October 17, 2016

We're back with episode 15 of the Progress over Perfection Podcast. In today's episode, I interview Sarah Hays Coomer, the author Lightness of Body and Mind: A Radical Approach To Weight and Wellness. Sarah founded Strength Outside In, which is an uprising, a rejection of the idea that we need to control and overpower our bodies in order to make them better, stronger, and healthier. It's a movement toward authentic wellbeing in which we wiggle, wriggle, bounce, roll or otherwise crawl our way toward better health in whatever way we can manage. Sarah is a personal trainer and #DietAbolisionist. You will never find Sarah at a bootcamp. Instead, you will find her wandering the hills of Tennessee, California, and anywhere else with sunshine, air, and a mountain to climb- stopping whenever she feels like it to lay flat on her back with a bottle of water in one hand and a cookie in the other.

Show Notes:

Her start in the wellness and fitness industry
Why she felt called to write her book
Her radical approach, and why she's knocking peoplep's socks off (in the best possible way)
Her client's success stories, and why they're able to maintain lasting results
Her approach on exercise, and why you can't get a body you love by doing things you hate
Why we need to move away from trying to control our bodies
Her strong emphasis on strength, power, adventure and vitality over appearance
How she chooses progress over perfection in her daily life