Helping you Build Resilience in Work & Life

After more than a decade working in project management, I experienced firsthand how chronic stress and burnout impact our health, our work, and our relationships. That experience led me to study functional nutrition, nervous system regulation, and behavior change so I could better understand how the body responds to stress and how we can support it.

Today I help individuals and organizations reduce stress, prevent burnout, and build sustainable resilience through coaching, education and community initiatives. My approach looks at the whole picture. Nervous system health, lifestyle habits, emotional wellbeing, relationships, and the daily patterns that shape how we feel and perform.

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Build the Skills that Support Long-Term Resilience

  • Regulate Stress with EFT Tapping Knoxville TN Sarah Avilla

    Regulate your Stress Response

    Learn practical tools that help your nervous system shift out of chronic stress and return to a more regulated state.

  • supplements and education to help you better understand your body and what it needs

    Understand your Body

    Discover how sleep, nutrition, blood sugar balance, and lifestyle habits influence energy, mood, and resilience.

  • Coaching and Stress Regulation with Clients

    Change the Patterns That Keep You Stuck

    Through coaching and evidence-based practices like EFT tapping, we work to shift the beliefs and behaviors that contribute to stress and burnout.

  • Cooking in the kitchen

    Create Sustainable Habits

    Develop routines and systems that support your energy, focus, and wellbeing over the long term.

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Functional Health Education Programs

Workshops and courses that teach how the body responds to stress and how lifestyle factors like nutrition, sleep, and nervous system regulation influence mental and emotional health.

Stress Resilience Coaching

Private coaching designed to help you regulate stress, shift behavior patterns, and build sustainable habits that support your energy and wellbeing.

Workplace Resilience Consulting

Support for organizations that want to reduce burnout, improve employee wellbeing, and create healthier work environments through workshops, team challenges, and leadership coaching programs.

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Client Reviews

“Working with Sarah has been nothing short of transformational. I was mentally aware of my patterns and limiting beliefs but couldn't move past them. Through tapping, Sarah has helped me release these emotional blocks, increase my awareness even further, and integrate things to a new level. In just a few sessions, we've dismantled deep-seated limiting beliefs that have hindered my growth for years, and I have finally started to take steps toward the career I've always wanted. Sarah's skillful guidance and compassionate presence have been instrumental in this journey. She is fantastic at holding space and guiding the whole process.”

Karina / Nutrition Coach

“I work in a high pressure, very visible role within the higher education industry. I am responsible for a large team, lead both strategic and operational efforts, and advise one of the senior-most leaders at the institution. The work is stressful, requires long hours, and there is a lot of anxiety and pressure. The EFT Tapping work that I’ve done with Sarah has supported me mentally, physically, at home, in all of my relationships, and of course at work. Despite it being demanding, I love my career, and EFT has become an important tool that helps me to show up for myself and my team in pursuit of our shared goals and mission.”

Kim / Chief of Staff

“This process truly works. I used what I learned in the session earlier this week when I felt super anxious for no known reason (just woke up like that), and was able to self-regulate. Sarah is a truly gifted coach!”

Emily / Principal Interior Designer

“Before working with Sarah, I was in the darkest place I had ever been. I felt hopeless, broken, and unsure of where to turn. I was drained before my day even started. My body felt off balance—I couldn't sleep well, my digestion was all over the place, and my stress levels were sky-high. Now, I feel more grounded and resilient than I've ever been before. Sarah helped me get on an even playing field so I could make progress. My self-worth has improved—I trust myself more, and I know I can handle whatever comes up.”

Kelsey / Yoga Teacher + Business Owner

Hi, I’m Sarah!

I spent a decade working as an Implementation Project Manager in tech, navigating high-pressure environments. I know what it feels like to burn out, navigate anxiety, feel disconnected, and sense that something needs to change. That experience is what led me into this work.

Today I work as a Resilience Coach, utilizing what I’ve experienced as well as what I’ve learned, to help individuals reduce stress, shift behavior patterns, and build sustainable resilience. My approach integrates nervous system regulation, subconscious pattern work, and practical lifestyle strategies that support energy, emotional wellbeing, and long-term health.

Through coaching and education, I help clients release old patterns, strengthen their internal stability, and move out of survival mode so they can show up with more clarity, capacity, and confidence in both work and life.

Outside of this work, you can usually find me enjoying East Tennessee with my husband and son, prioritizing my own self-care, sharing good meals with friends, and planning our next adventure.

My training & credentials include:

  • Trauma informed Certified EFT Tapping Practitioner: Levels 1, 2, and Master Level 3

  • Certified Functional Nutrition Counselor

  • Certified Integrative Health Coach

  • Bachelor of Science in Psychology

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