We were lucky to catch up with SARAH ESPAILLAT recently and have shared our conversation below.

SARAH, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

My name is Sarah Espaillat, and I’m an Emotional Coach, Master Practitioner in NLP, Clinical Hypnosis, and Neurocoaching. I specialize in helping women—especially Latina professionals and migrant mothers—heal deep emotional wounds, transform unhealthy relational patterns, and reclaim their voice, confidence, and sense of worth.

My journey into this field began not from theory, but from personal survival and transformation. Years ago, I was a young mother navigating infidelity, emotional instability, and the overwhelming responsibilities of marriage, motherhood, and migration. My daughter’s diagnosis of cystic fibrosis was a pivotal moment—it forced me to grow, shift careers, and become the emotional pillar my family needed. But the true shift came years later, when my daughter decided to return to the Dominican Republic, and I found myself at a crossroads. That’s when I began a personal 40-day journey of forgiveness—of her, of myself, and of all the parts of me I had silenced to meet everyone else’s needs. It was during that season that I found my voice, my power, and ultimately, my purpose.

Today, I offer a high-touch emotional transformation program called “Desnuda tu Esencia” (Uncover Your Essence), where I guide women through a 90-day journey using tools like NLP, hypnosis, energy healing (Hebrew Pendulum and Radionic Codes), and intentional coaching. My approach is deep, tender, and science-informed—but always from a place of compassion and lived truth.

I also offer digital resources, guided meditations, immersive workshops, and community experiences that support emotional healing and relational empowerment. Whether someone is trying to break toxic cycles, reconnect with their children, find peace after divorce, or simply remember who they are—I help them build that bridge back to themselves.

What sets me apart? I’ve lived every layer of what I now teach. I understand the guilt, silence, and self-sacrifice that so many women carry, because I carried it too. My clients don’t just get techniques—they get a guide who has walked the fire and knows how to walk others through it.

What I’m most proud of is seeing my clients wake up to their own power. When a woman who thought she was “too broken” begins to set boundaries, speak with clarity, and feel joy again—that is everything to me.

If there’s one thing I want people to know about my work, it’s this: you are not too late, too old, or too far gone to rewrite your story. Healing is possible. And you don’t have to do it alone.

What’s a lesson you had to unlearn and what’s the backstory?

One of the hardest lessons I had to unlearn was: “To be loved, I have to sacrifice myself.”

Like many Latina women, I grew up with the belief that being a “good woman” meant being silent, strong, and selfless—especially in relationships. I thought love meant staying, enduring, fixing. I believed that if I gave more, tolerated more, adjusted more… maybe things would finally work.

But that belief cost me my voice, my joy, and my sense of self.

I remember a specific moment that changed everything. My daughter—who had seen me sacrifice and shrink for years—looked at me one day and said:
“Mami, you have to live… because like this, you’re unbearable.”

Her words hit me like lightning. Not because she said it with cruelty, but because she said it with love. She was holding up a mirror, and I couldn’t unsee the reflection.

That moment led me to question everything: my relationships, my beliefs, and the way I was raising my daughters. I realized I was teaching them—through example—that love required self-abandonment.

So I began to unlearn.
I unlearned guilt. I unlearned over-responsibility.
I unlearned that being a mother or a partner meant disappearing.

And instead, I learned that love—real, conscious, nourishing love—starts with choosing yourself. With respecting your own truth, even when it’s uncomfortable. With building relationships from wholeness, not from need or fear.

That shift didn’t just heal me—it healed my daughters, my relationships, and ultimately, my purpose. It’s now the foundation of everything I teach.

Are there any books, videos, essays or other resources that have significantly impacted your management and entrepreneurial thinking and philosophy?

Absolutely. One book that radically shifted both my personal and entrepreneurial philosophy is “Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself” by Dr. Joe Dispenza.

This book helped me understand—on a scientific and energetic level—how our thoughts, emotions, and subconscious patterns shape our reality. It was the bridge I needed between spirituality and neuroscience. As someone who guides women through deep emotional transformation, the idea that you can’t create a new life with the same identity that created your pain struck me at my core.

It changed how I manage my time, how I lead my clients, and how I make decisions in my business. I stopped operating from urgency, self-sacrifice, and fear… and started creating from vision, coherence, and alignment.

This book validated what I had already lived: that healing and success are not just about what you do—but who you’re being while you do it. And that’s a core principle in my work today.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.sarahespaillatcoach.com/aboutme
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahespaillat_coach/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sarah.espaillat.2025

Image Credits
Sarah Espaillat
Reni Wu