S5 Episode 17: You Make Sense with Sarah Baldwin, Trauma Specialist

Sarah Baldwin is a somatic experiencing practitioner, trauma-trained coach, nervous system expert, and the creator of a deeply impactful body of work that helps people heal at the level of the nervous system. She is extensively trained in Polyvagal Theory, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Attachment Theory, and other trauma-informed modalities, all of which shape her integrative, science backed, and deeply human approach to healing. Sarah’s work is rooted in one powerful truth: we can’t think our way to safety, we have to feel it. Through private coaching, her signature courses You Make Sense and Navigating Your Nervous System, and a dynamic social media presence, Sarah helps individuals begin building true internal safety, not just in theory, but in the body, where trauma lives. Her approach is both compassionate and practical, demystifying complex neuroscience and translating it into tools that help people move from anxiety, shutdown, and overwhelm into groundedness, connection, and resilience. Sarah teaches that our survival responses aren’t flaws, they’re protective strategies we once needed, and healing begins not by overriding them, but by understanding them. Most importantly, Sarah’s work isn’t just about regulation, it’s about liberation and she helps people reconnect with the parts of themselves they’ve had to abandon just to survive. Whether someone is stuck in a freeze response, constantly over-functioning, or simply feels exhausted by the weight of unprocessed pain, Sarah offers a map home, to safety, to wholeness, and to the self and her work has resonated with thousands around the world who felt broken or beyond help, until they discovered they were never broken at all, just dysregulated, just in survival, and simply waiting for a way back to themselves.

Connect with Sarah:

Instagram - @sarahbcoaching

Website - www.sarahbaldwincoaching.com

Linktree - linktr.ee/sarahbaldwincoaching

YouTube - @youmakesense

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