Sarah Hackwith, EPC, Dallas, TX (2026)

09/06/2022

yep, IN-N-OUT. for lunch. on a Tuesday 😉

if you had told me 10, 15, hell - even 3 - years ago that my relationship to food would feel so free, so fluid, so relaxed, i’m not sure i COULD have believed you (even if i tried!).

food for me was:
- anxiety
- a control mechanism
- something i thought about every minute of every day
- a reflection of my morality (good or bad)
- the thing that set me apart from others
- something to fear
- representative of so, so much more than it is

last night, i ate the largest, most nutritionally dense salad ever. 🥗 today, i had a burger and fries for lunch. 🍔🍟 later, i’ll probably have more veggies and something chocolate, because i love both veggies and chocolate and think both belong in every day 🫑🍫🤟🏻

food obsession is not new - in fact, often, it’s a behavior we learn from people we look up to when we’re younger. disordered eating behaviors ARE really able to derail a person from living the life they’re meant to live. it stops us from stepping into our power entirely. inanimate objects have that much of a hold over us when we struggle with this issue - isn’t that wild?

i wish i could describe accurately how food freedom feels. i wish i could show you the difference between my brain then and my brain now! but you’ll have to just trust me that THIS side of an ED made the entire journey to get here worth it. every last bit of it has been WORTH IT.

i’ll continue sharing some words from my recent clients this week, but until then: i have availability to take on ONE client for food/life coaching this month! 📣📣📣

i have had a full roster these past few months, but finally have some space to help someone new learn how to step out of the grip of food and into their own personal power. the transformation of my recent clients has literally brought me to tears because it’s so incredible watching their growth - and i want that for you, too, friend 💛

DM me if this spot has your name on it! xo

06/01/2022

this week, i found myself…thanking myself.

thank you, self, for deciding to be stronger than the messages the world whispered in your ear on your hardest days.

thank you, self, for taking back the reins of your life, for having the courage to start the healing process, for knowing that you were made for more.

thank you, self, for seeing food for what it truly was, and eventually putting it in its rightful place (far below most other important things).

thank you, self, for not giving up just because the road to recovery was hard.

because of you, i get to enjoy burgers and fries with my dad in the middle of a tuesday when he visits me for 48 hours - with no self-punishing thoughts, actions, comments, or workouts needed.

because of you, i get to participate fully in conversations - my mind isn’t busy calculating calories or analyzing what angle to stand at so i look thinnest.

because of you, i can allow myself to be fully seen for all that i am. my standards are higher for those whom i allow into my life, and i know my worth and value so deeply today.

i. am. worthy. just. as. i. am.

what incredible gifts i received after walking through the fire, y’all. i am deeply grateful for my journey! if you’ve ever considered recovery but felt intimidated to do so -

i get you.
i was you.
i promise, life on the other side is so, so, SO much better.
cheering you on always.

thank you, self. love you, mean it 💛

04/21/2022

Two posts in one day, who is she?!

Y’all I’m SO excited to partner with and host this FREE workshop next month!

This particular event is geared toward fitness professionals, instructors, trainers, and coaches, and WILL help you level up your offerings, regardless of what you teach! 💪🏻

Topics we’ll be touching on include:
⚡️ how to confidently coach to a wide variety of levels in the same room
⚡️ outdated phrases in fitness coaching, AND what else to coach/correct with instead
⚡️modifications! (not specifics, but the why and how of providing them)
⚡️generally LEVELING UP your coaching and teaching, so everyone (including you!) has a positive experience, time and time again

There is going to be so much GOLD in this workshop, y’all - and attendees will even get a discount on a future offering in this same vein that I’m launching shortly after the workshop! You won’t want to miss this - promise.

Share with your fit pro friends, and see you at 2 PM CST on Thursday, May 12th! Link is in bio OR DM me and I’ll send it to you 😘

02/08/2022

got ‘em 😜

no, but seriously - this is something i chat with clients about all the time! getting from where you are to where you want to be takes practice and time - so give yourself grace and make the journey freaking manageable!

just been on my heart and mind lately and felt like someone needed the reminder✨

01/14/2022

plz ignore the fingerprints - this mirror is a BIG DEAL 👇🏻

for 7 years, i have not had a full length mirror in my apartment.

for 7 years, i decided that it was more important for me to fall in love with how i felt, than to obsess over how i looked.

for 7 years, i worked to remove a trigger from my environment that was holding me back.

and even though the mirror and i still don’t have a perfect relationship…i was ready. i knew that my growth had taken me on a journey to an entirely different headspace than where i was 7 years ago.

i share this with you so that you understand that:

A) doing things that others could find “weird” that are supportive of your mental health are absolutely 100% very much ok, and

B) the journey doesn’t end just because you worked with a coach once for 3 months. or because you *want* it to be over. healing your relationship to your body and food takes T I M E and learning to enjoy the journey and giving yourself permission to take up space and change your mind and evolve and heal.

i know it’s not always easy to do things differently from the world, but WOW can it be fulfilling. you can rewrite your story, the one you have in your head, and i feel like walking proof of that.

i am so proud of this girl in the mirror, because she knows that her reflection no longer holds her worth. she knows that she is more than her outward appearance, and that she was created to do more than stare at herself in the mirror picking apart her self-perceived flaws.

cheers to more mirror selfies in 2022, y’all. cheers to shedding layers and remembering our power, too ☺️

01/05/2022

i need to confess something, y’all.

one of my goals for 2022 was to lose weight…

THE WEIGHT OF OTHER PEOPLE’S OPINIONS AYYYYYY

hbu?

(also 10/10 recommend starting your morning with an dance party. can’t wait to see him for my birthday later this month ⚡️)

12/30/2021

I’m not a resolutions hater, I just hate how most people make resolutions 🤪

This year MY resolution is… *drumroll please*

TO LEARN HOW TO DJ 💥

If you know me at all, you know this is a long time coming. I’m so excited!! I need a hobby that isn’t scrolling IG, ya feel?

What about you? What are you gonna do in 2022?!

12/26/2021

it seems the day AFTER holidays can be the most challenging - because now the magic feels gone, and we’re left in our bodies with our decisions, right? nothing to distract us. little to look forward to 🙁

on this day, you get the chance and choice now to either:

a) succumb to your thoughts the way you always have. choose things that don’t add to the version of you that you hope to become in the future…

or b) decide to choose love, to respond the way future self would.

so, with that in mind:

✨ do you really need to fast today, or are you trying to ignore the expansion your soul is calling you to?

✨ do you really need to work out for 2 hours today, or are you just trying to escape the reality of your emotions?

✨ are you really craving a salad, or are you craving feeling at home in your body?

none of the above behaviors are bad in and of themselves, but they ARE bad if you use them as coping strategies instead of sitting in your space and thoughts and body and dealing with what comes up for you. ☝🏻

if you want to heal or change ANYTHING in your life, you have to get uncomfortable. you have to do something different than you’ve always done if you want a different result. (you know this!!)

so, maybe this year…is the year that’s different for you.
maybe this year’s the year you’ve been waiting for.
maybe YOU are who you’ve been waiting for. 💛

12/23/2021

THE ONE WHERE I COMPARE YOU TO A COOKIE (it’s a compliment, ok?!) 🍪

Yesterday, a client and I were talking about what makes her *her* aside from her physical body, and she was having a tough time coming up with answers. (This is really common, FYI!) 🤔

One of the things she noted as she made her list was that she felt she couldn’t say she was “________” because there were other people she knew who she thought embodied that trait MORE than her.

To which I replied…

There will always be someone kinder/smarter/funnier/more athletic than us, but it doesn’t mean we aren’t ALSO those things?!

The secret sauce, the magic of who you are is in the recipe that makes you *you.* I know that person’s recipe might look incredible, but there are LOTS of recipes in this world for LOTS of cookies that all taste amazing, and yet are very different in terms of preparation and ingredients.

I know you know this, but please remember it today:

Nobody else has what you have. A pinch of this, a dash of that, this conditioning or that experience…all of it making up someone who is so incredibly, divinely unique.✨

I wholeheartedly believe there is something you were designed to do that no one else can do on this earth because of the exact proportions and measurements that YOU possess.

You are not an accident. You are very much, 100%, without a doubt, on purpose. Every little tiny thing about you.

Love that for you, cookie friend 🍪

p.s. if you aren’t about that life yet, what are you even doinggg?! not sponsored just like, they’re the best 🏆

12/20/2021

This has been on my heart lately, and I wanted to share!

The journey to healing our relationship to food/body typically has a lot less clapping and celebration than a weight loss journey. It can feel discouraging and like no one is fighting for you to win…

But I am.

I’m fighting for you! Because I know you’re fighting for yourSELF. For freedom. For personal power. For your peace. 👊🏻

If you’re in the weeds and it feels like it won’t end, take a moment and reflect on where you were 2-3 years ago…and start to relish in your growth.

Damn. You amazing human, you.✨

12/09/2021

this weekend, i saw some pictures of myself. they were recent, and they surprised me.

i sat, looking at a woman in a body that was both familiar & unrecognizable at the same time. who is she?

i coach people in this space all the time. i help others navigate changing bodies & leaving social norms behind for fuller, more vibrant lives in many forms...and yet, it seems the work is never truly over for me, either.

i have been quiet lately.
i have been sitting.
i have been in mourning, in some ways. (tears stream down my face as i type this.)

yes, my body is different now. (thank you to the several people who have commented on that lately.)

i owe no one an explanation on WHY my body is different (AND NEITHER DO YOU), but i think it’s helpful for some of you to understand this:

the body is not just for show. sometimes it doesn’t matter how well you eat or how much you run...the body holds records. keeps score. it is a physical manifestation of our lives. and sometimes, life changes us.

in the past year and a half, i went from teaching 18-24 fitness classes/week & planning a wedding, to teaching 6 fitness classes/week & working for myself. alone. at home. i had my heart broken not once, but three times. i made the most money i’ve ever made, and i also lived paycheck to paycheck. i healed my relationship to food, and feel like an entirely new human mentally (thank God). i entered a new decade. i came home to myself.

so, yes. i should hope i am different. i never promised i’d stay the same. 👈🏻

through it all, my body, in its infinite wisdom, protected me! it shielded & supported me as my entire existence shifted. amidst all this change, the ONE thing that stayed constant...was this body.

maybe if you stop to think about it - you can relate?

as the world re-emerges, it’s going to be tempting to try to go back to the way things used to be - in all ways, including physically. but friend, i need you to know that our bodies will never be the same after the last year+. and that’s FINE.

with a hand on my heart and a deep breath, i whisper to myself: “i don’t know if i want to go back that badly, anyways. after all, look at what i gained”✨

12/01/2021

The Dressing Room Manifesto (repeat after me):

✨ My clothes are supposed to fit me, not the other way around.

✨ My body is a good body, every day.

✨ Sizes are arbitrary. They are just a number. (Refer to point #1 in this manifesto.)

✨ I am not a failure because an article of clothing doesn’t fit me.

✨ Weight fluctuations are natural. Never ever changing sizes is not realistic.

Deep breath as you’re preparing for your first holidays in two years, friends. Nothing is wrong with you. No need to hide yourself 💛

Love you, mean it.

Sarah Hackwith, EPC

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