Today we’d like to introduce you to Sarah Goodson .
So, before we jump into specific questions about the business, why don’t you give us some details about you and your story.
I’ve always been a natural coach for people, even starting when I was young and I wrote, directed and produced my three younger sisters in our own home-performed plays as a kid. I was the social planner for our neighborhood kids and would coordinate playdates and street soccer games. In my later teens I was also often the person people would go to when they were challenged with something. Coaching has really been in my blood for forever.
In 2007, I got my Masters in Organizational Leadership and went through Gallup’s StrengthsFinder certification to coach individuals and teams. At that point, I was officially a certified coach but I didn’t have any interest in starting my own practice and building my own business. That seemed too hard and difficult at the time. So I spent the following 11 years climbing up the corporate ladder while maintaining my coaching practice on the side.
In that time I worked as a producer in live entertainment, a professor and director in Student Affairs at Pepperdine University, and as an executive in healthcare.
By the time I was 34 years old, I had achieved what I thought big success looked like. I flew for work constantly, I had a luxury apartment in Las Vegas where I lived a quarter of the time, and my company gave me an Audi and paid me well. After growing up in a poor family, I was living a lifestyle that my younger self could hardly imagine. But it wasn’t all pretty…
Overall, has it been relatively smooth? If not, what were some of the struggles along the way?
My husband, Zachary, and I wanted to expand our family and we started trying to get pregnant in 2015. We did conceive but I lost the pregnancy at the end of the first trimester. What followed was two years of testing, integrative fertility treatment, and months of disappointing results. Fertility turned into a full time job – managing the vitamins and supplements, Chinese teas, acupuncture appointments, moxibustion treatments, hormones, and strict “Qi-enriching” diet.
Meanwhile it felt like everyone online was getting pregnant. It was one of the hardest seasons of my life. But it did happen for us. On August 30, 2017, we welcomed our daughter, Hyland Celeste, to the world. My new role as a mother changed me. I saw my values shift away from my work and I made deep commitments and boundaries with my work in order to spend as much time with her as possible. Suddenly, I cared less about my fancy car and my formerly exciting travels.
Then, on March 9, 2018, life changed again. One of my best friends, Jenn, was killed in a hostage shooting in Napa Valley. Her death was calculated and intentional – she was a clinical therapist and she was killed by one of her disturb patients.
Jenn was only 42 years old. She was the mother to an 8-year old daughter and she was married to her high school sweetheart. Knowing her the way I did, I knew about the business she never launched… the vacations she never took… the bucket list items she never checked off. Jenn’s death is really what changed everything for me. I had the opportunity to ask myself, “If today were my last day, would I be okay with how my life looks?” The answer was no.
I set out to mend my broken relationships, put an action plan on my bucket list, and live the kind of life I really wanted to live. So, in spring of last year I quit my executive job and committed myself fully into my coaching and consulting practice. It’s for Jenn, it’s for my daughter… it’s for every client I’ve worked with or that I haven’t met yet. My life is committed to serving others in creating the life they really want!
Three Beats Consulting – what should we know? What do you guys do best? What sets you apart from the competition?
Simply put: I help people feel like every day is a weekend. My company, Three Beats Consulting, exists to help people see what’s possible in their lives and businesses.
As a professional coach and consultant, I serve people/businesses in creating more intentional and joyful existences. I see myself as a partner with people as they create lives of deeper fulfillment, love, success, money, and anything else they want!
One client went from making $3k/month in her business to making $17k in January alone. One client had the dream to quit her job and move to Germany. She just found out she got into graduate school in Germany and is moving this fall.
One client made her hobby of 15 years into her own company as an expert in home design/renovation. Within the first four months of business she had made over $10k and had a growing client list.
Human potential is amazing. I support people in seeing how exceptional they are and help shape their actions to move them into more of what they want.
What is “success” or “successful” for you?
I define success by the feeling of inner peace. To me, that means that I am not making any decisions out of people-pleasing, that I’m taking care of my body/heart/mind/spirit, and I feel alignment and integrity in my work and the rest of my life.
One of my favorite transformational speakers, Kyle Cease, asks a great question in line with this: “What feels heavy and what feels light? Do more of what feels light.”
My goal is for all of my life to feel light. That is the ultimate success to me.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.threebeatsconsulting.com
- Phone: 949-829-1612
- Email: [email protected]
- Instagram: @sarah_goodson
Image Credit:
Angelica Marie Photography
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