Sarah Hays Coomer

Sarah Hays Coomer is an author, Forbes Health columnist, Mayo Clinic- and National Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach, and Certified Personal Trainer with the National Strength and Conditioning Association.

As a freelance science journalist, Coomer is focused on health equity, entrepreneurship, and innovations in healthcare and she reports on the research, people, and organizations creating breakthrough solutions for entrenched challenges in health and healthcare. Via her health coaching practice in private, group, and organizational settings, she provides concrete, evidence-based tools for healing, rooted in kindness, creativity, and environmental and community reinforcements.

Coomer's books include: "The Habit Trip: A Fill-in-the-Blank Journey to a Life on Purpose," "Physical Disobedience: An Unruly Guide to Health and Stamina for the Modern Feminist" and "Lightness of Body and Mind: A Radical Approach to Weight and Wellness." Her work has been featured in Forbes, Thrive Global, The Wall Street Journal, HuffPost, Triathlete, and The Tennessean, among others. She has spoken at organizations and universities nationwide including Google, Vanderbilt University, the Nashville Women's March, The University of the South, the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition, Confluence, and the Girls to the Moon Conference.