The Fearless Happyness Podcast Episode 38 with Sarah Jo Vincent

Sarah Jo Vincent has been in the addictions and recovery field in various capacities for over 29 years. She works with at-risk youth and families as a Recovery Mentor, Drug and Alcohol Counselor, Financial Education Strategist, and Parent Advocate.

She is the Senior Sober Coach for the Beyond Sober program and she is passionate about meeting the needs of her clients. She has recently launched Recovery Revolution,with a friend, to help establish a  forward facing recovery community focused on creating new healthy mindset and fitness habits.

She runs a nonprofit, Soul Purpose, and  works with at-risk youth with her mobile fitness unit that she takes to various treatment facilities, schools, and the juvenile department, and focuses on holistic fitness, and life skills, in her programming.

She focuses on health and fitness as way to create and sustain healthy habits and ways to cope with struggles and adversity.She connects with youth and their families and is uniquely able to meet people where they are, especially in the struggle. She has also developed the Alliance Program that is a youth/ guardian conflict resolution blueprint.Her passion is public speaking and helping  develop  a recovery community to help deal with generational addiction and poverty.

 As an ex cocaine addict that has overcome trauma from childhood abuse, an eating disorder, obesity, cocaine addiction, and other self-destructive behaviors, she knows what it’s like to feel lost.  She understands the struggle to overcome adversity and helps others move from questioning life to finding purpose. Sarah understands that overcoming adversity is a multifaceted journey that involves faith,family,finances, fitness, and community .

She knows the power of focusing on mindset to discover your worth, grow your self-esteem, and feel empowered to reach your goals. Through fitness and self-exploration she has been able to step out of old identities that she allowed others to place on her, and step into her purpose and passion. Sarah’s purpose is to educate, empower and elevate clients beyond their current circumstances. She is mission-driven to help others see that their past is not their potential.