When I came to the Bloom Room, I don't know if I could have named what I was looking for but I see now that I was searching for ways to cope with white supremacy's impact on me. Sarah was so gentle with me as I worked my way towards figuring out what my deal was and provided tools that helped me to see connections clearly that I had never seen before. The tools Sarah provided helped me to develop a practice of seeing myself in the best light and to feel self-compassion in my moments of doubt. I love that Sarah's approach is thoughtful, builds community, and that she always brings joy to the space. The experience has been transformative and life-changing for me. I absolutely recommend Sarah's Mixed Adults Course for anyone who identifies as mixed.

I joined Sarah's Adult Mixed Bloom Room course after 3+ years of watching quietly from the sidelines. I was always unsure whether I would belong, be welcome, whether I was mixed enough to take up space there. Sarah kindly and firmly assured me that I was, and picked me up right where I was at. This course takes engagement, openness and honesty. If you provide that, Sarah and your cohort will provide the rest. I am deeply grateful to Sarah for her knowledge, kindness, empathy and passion. Will this course solve all of your problems around your mixed identity? No, nothing will. Will it give you tools, understanding, clarity, community, joy and hope? It absolutely will, and I recommend it to anyone who feels lost, anxious or 'not enough' around their mixedness. Thanks to this course, this group and Sarah, I've begun to let go of things I didn't think we're possible to work past, I feel empowered and excited for the future and my mixed identity feels like a real source of pride and joy, not just anxiety and uncertainty. So much love for this process, and everyone involved.

I can hardly explain the difference this course has made to my life in such a short space of time. It is well paced and well structured but it is also intense and will challenge you but that is what is needed otherwise how will you confront long held beliefs that are most likely holding you back. Sarah as a coach is a gift. Her understanding and lightness of being enable you to move through the difficulties with compassion. She has created something which is truly special. I now feel like where before there were many obstacles in my way to being my true self it’s like a gate has been opened and it is now for me to step through it and move forward into the life I want to have for myself.

I went into the Mixed Bloom Room unsure of what to expect, but with a feeling that it was the right course and the right time. My dad had recently died, completely unexpectedly, and losing someone so integral to who I am, and my Black parent, made me feel very vulnerable and uncertain about navigating my mixed-race identity. I also wanted to reduce the "mixed chatter" that often ran through my mind and find ways of taking the self-confidence and self-assurance that I felt internally and with trusted friends and family into the wider world.

Sarah is fun to work with. She's very easy to talk with and we laughed a lot together, despite working through heavy topics. She handled my deep grief gently and with compassion. Throughout the course, she offered me a wide range of tools and practices that helped me connect with parts of myself, my dad, and other members of my family that had sort of been hidden in plain sight. She was also attentive to my full self - recognizing the connections between racial identity and other aspects of wellbeing - and helped me make important narrative and energetic shifts towards the more assertive person I'm becoming.

I also enjoyed meeting an international group of mixed-race women, whom I could identify with in many ways. The group was extremely supportive and caring, and I looked forward to our Saturday sessions each week. As someone who has always identified as mixed-race and who grew up in a family that talked about race easily and frequently, I still benefitted a ton from the course; I feel confident about who I am and that others don't get to determine that for me and that my story is specific and important. It feels good. I would definitely recommend to anyone who's looking to heal any mixed-race wounds or uncertainty.

Before this course I had no idea how much unprocessed baggage I had around my mixed-ness. Sarah, her guest speakers, and the others in my cohort helped me to put words and concepts to my experience in ways I had never thought of before. These tools gave me a narrative that helped me feel understood, seen, and eventually very empowered.

A lot of healing happened for me and those in the course with me. Sarah is also a rare individual who walks the talk and simply being around someone who is so joyful and lovingly herself was a medicine I did not even know I needed. Thank you Sarah for everything, the healing and lessons from this course will stay with me deeply.

I began the Mixed Adults course with a backlog of issues and questions, thoughts and feelings that needed unraveling. Growing up, being ‘part black’ was rarely discussed. Therefore I had no language to articulate my experience, no community with whom to talk things over. I thought about signing up for the Mixed Bloom Room for a year before I finally decided to walk through the gate - I’m so glad I did!

I had already claimed the accurate, holistic term ‘mixed’ but Sarah’s course provided the safe space I needed to have honest conversations. She immediately established a sense of belonging, and made everyone feel accepted and fully supported. Her positive, creative vision, solid coaching experience, and her generosity are the foundation of the course. Working weekly with a bountiful range of tools and resources to cultivate my Mixed Bloom Room has led to healthier relationships with myself, my mixed-ness and with others. I am more aware of my positionality, and feel a greater sense of agency.

Sharing stories with other mixed people, internationally from many various backgrounds, has taught me the value of digging deeper and revealing vulnerabilities. That’s from where the growth comes. Our wonderful, synergistic conversations have alleviated my feelings of isolation, and helped me to articulate and release the issues circling around in my head. In short, the course has been transformative!

This course has absolutely changed my outlook on my mixed-ness, identity and person as a whole. It has been an essential step in getting comfortable and confident with who I am. Life-changing, and I would do it again and recommend to any mixed adult!

Before starting the course, I was uncomfortable using the word mixed and was struggling to define myself. My main goal with the course was to challenge that and to prepare being a mother, enabling my child to be confident in herself and identify too.

Through guided conversations, unpacking personal experiences, step by step weekly activities and group sessions, the course steadily allowed me to unpack my issues around my mixed-ness. I was able to develop tools and methods that I can integrate in my everyday to continue challenging difficult emotions.

Sarah has been an incredible coach, guide and facilitator. Her positive, caring, fun yet serious and in depth attitude made this 10-week course a joy to take part in. I learned so much about myself and about where I need to invest some more attention.

I can now say that I am proud of my mixed-ness which is wonderful. Many thanks Sarah for enabling this personal development.

Sarah has an incredible ability to connect so compassionately & authentically. Even though she is halfway around the world & we met virtually, I truly felt like we were connected, next to each other.

Her curriculum is so clear and meaningful, but it's her genuine kindness and loving approach that brings her passion into action. Sarah's expertise and knowledge as an equity and identity coach is so clear. She made challenging topics and conversations accessible with room for grace and accountability. I felt held by her; she knew intuitively when to push me, offer a different insight, or just let me process. I never felt any judgement. I also could tell week to week that I was growing and progressing through the course.

Sarah helped to develop long-term and weekly goals that surfaced my wins and opportunities. Sarah is also super skilled at group coaching. She fostered a collective relationship for our group that was nurtured expertly. She understands group dynamics and development, and navigated our dynamics in ways that felt personalized, responsive, and safe. Throughout coaching and groups, I also appreciated knowing that I was working towards a better understanding of my own identity but also working towards what my greater purpose and impact will be. This curriculum is so well done with love and purpose, especially all the tools.

I have a foundation of myself, skills, tools, and a mixed affinity group moving forward with me. Sarah is a gift. I can truly say she has changed my life, and I am forever grateful.

Before entering the Mixed Bloom Room, I doubted myself, prioritized how others defined me, and was fearful of being my true self. I felt shame and confused about my identity; I felt I was never enough, but I was always searching for a sense of belonging. I was stuck in my own head, unable to move forward. Now, I trust myself, I belong to myself first, just as I am, with all my complexities. I don't need to make sense or prove who I am to anyone. I claim my fully mixed identity with joy & strength.

Sarah guided and supported me in embracing my whole self fully, with joy, grace, compassion & accountability. In 1:1 coaching and group sessions, I was able to process my emotions and confusion in a safe, brave space with others who knew how I was feeling. I was able to explore and ask questions that helped me reclaim parts of my identity I had lost. I felt safe, supported and held in examining my limiting beliefs and anti-blackness within myself and my communities which helped me to acknowledge and heal. Sarah is so intentional with the curriculum, the pacing, the group, and who enters the space. She is the most joyful, compassionate, loving gardener, helping us to bloom as individuals and as a collective. Because of this experience, I have healed many old hurts and feel like I can support my family and communities in continuing our healing together. My general anxiety has drastically decreased; I live my authentic truth through my empowering beliefs and values. I have the tools and a clear path to continue using my voice and privilege to challenge colorism, decolonize myself and my communities, and amplify voices that often go unheard.

I better understand my privilege and positionality which gives me confidence and power to confront and challenge WSC & colorism in my personal and professional life.

I feel grounded, centered & confident in who I am and who I want to be. I am my future self. I have the strength, knowledge and tools to continue growing & making an impact within my family and communities. I joined this course to heal myself, but to also heal for past and future generations of my family, and I feel that I have. I know I have a community of mixed family that I can lean on for life.

As a whole, this experiences has transformed who I am, how I think, my ability to be present & experience joy, and will continue to transform my family in years to come. I am forever grateful and sincerely cannot fully express how much this experience has meant to me.

I came to Sarah ready to do the work: I wanted to deep dive in to the big questions: Do I belong? Where do I fit as a white assumed mixed person? How can I be proud of my mixed identity without it becoming an all consuming part of my identity? And I resolved these and more. I have come away integrated: I understand where I was leaking all this stuff and not being a good ally. I have also been held to heal some of my very real and very painful experiences growing up as a mixed person and I have gained clarity on my position and how I can exist proud of my mixed identity and honouring my whole self. Thank you Sarah! The Mixed Bloom Room has been life changing and powerful for my friendships, my relationships, for my identity and for me as a human! I am forever greatful for your creation!

I didn’t really know what to expect with the Mixed Bloom Room course. I’ve never done any kind of online guided self-led course of any kind. I wasn’t sure it was for ‘me’. I remember asking Sarah in our exploratory chat ‘if it worked for everyone?’ Haha what do you say to that?! …Well anyway it certainly worked for me! The MBR space is such a sacred place to be unapologetically be your whole mixed self; to explore all the unique pluses and minuses of being mixed in a majority monoracial world. There were so many shared experiences amongst our group even though our ages, mixes, life experience and geographical location were all completely different. I’ve never felt so seen. I’ve never felt so at peace in my own identity. And the joy that has produced continues to radiate through every area of my life. The course has empowered me to take ownership over my identity and taught me I have every right to own my identity. As a result I have found an amazing community of mixed and monoracial south Asian creatives doing all kinds of wonderful things in the arts in the UK and thanks to the work we have done on the course I am no longer acting as my own cultural gatekeeper, and instead allowing myself to dive right in. My heart is full. Most importantly of all I know how to instigate and navigate all the important conversations around racism, colorism and mixed identity with my own mixed children. And that really is the most priceless blessing. Thank you so much Sarah.

If you’re weighing up this course, just do it. Sarah will meet you wherever you are in your turmoil and help you elevate yourself to peace.

As a white-facing, very pale skinned Latinx/White woman, I struggled with multiple layers of confusion; my Latinx culture maintains a strong "Spanish" identity, effectively white-washing our indigenous Mexican heritage, my skin color afforded acute privilege and also meant acute exclusion from traditional Latinx culture, and my family did not address issues of mixedness as we were growing up. The Mixed Bloom Room is an entirely safe space to explore mixed identity, no matter your culture, history, family, how you present, or any other complicating factor you might be experiencing in relation to mixedness. There is no need to justify mixed identity and that we all belong. Sarah Lotus cultivates the "blooming" with a sense of joy and ease- a much needed approach to this deep work. I was nervous about working as a group, but it ended up being the best part of the garden as I was able to understand that so many of my struggles as a mixed person are shared by mixed people all over the world and it meant the world to know that I am not a lone flower, but standing in a colorful field of blooms!