Sarah KENNY
MENTAL WELLNESS EXPERT
about SARAH
Sarah Kenny is a mission-driven speaker, author, and mental health expert who ignites the power and potential in young women. A certified Somatic Coach and Mindfulness Facilitator with an MA in Gender Studies, Sarah has spent the past 20 years developing female leaders — first through leadership training and now through the lens of mental wellness. She is the author of the #1 Amazon bestseller Lead Like a Queen: A Young Woman's Guide to Audacious Living, and the founder of The Anxiety Club, an online support space for college girls.
Through transformational keynotes and workshops, Sarah brings a rare combination of neuroscience and lived experience, speaking candidly about her own mental health struggles to help audiences feel seen, understood, and empowered. Colleges, sororities, and conferences bring her in to give students practical, research-backed tools for managing anxiety and building resilience, delivered with the warmth of an older sister who's walked the path herself.
Her mission: helping young women feel happier, more fulfilled, and authentically themselves, just much earlier in life than she did.
CREDENTIALS
Whole Person Somatic Coach & Mindfulness Facilitator
Coach Training World
Professional Certified Coach
International Coaching Federation; iPEC
Certified Teen
Girl Life Coach
Teen Wisdom Inc.
MA in Gender Studies (Universiteit Utrecht)
BA in Anthropology (Washington University in St. Louis)
Energy Leadership™ Index Master Practitioner (iPEC)
Countless hours of research, self-study, and professional development
PUBLICATIONS & Press
SARAH'S #1-AMAZON BESTSELLING BOOK
Lead Like a Queen: A Young Woman's Guide to Audacious Living
Lead Like a Queen is an inspirational self-help guide for any young woman who is sick of suffering from anxiety, overwhelm, and doubt, and eager to find more happiness, purpose, and fulfillment much earlier in life. Sharing heartfelt (and hard-earned) advice, practical strategies, and expertise gained from the author’s own healing journey, this book teaches readers how to break through the fear and angst that is holding them back from reaching their full potential and unleashing their power. Most importantly, it inspires young women to become autonomous, audacious Queens: the bold leaders and change agents our world desperately needs.
Articles, Podcasts & Press
- The Downside of Empathy: Protecting Your Daughter’s Mental Health (Your Teen Magazine)
- How to Close the Women’s Leadership Gap by Raising Confident Girls (Thrive Global)
- 3 Lessons From "Untamed" All Girls Need to Know (Scary Mommy)
- It’s Time to Be a Wolf (Thrive Global)
- What I Wished I’d Known as a Teen About Handling Mean Girls (Scary Mommy)
- The Better Life Show (TV interview)
- How to Lead Like a Queen (No Cape Required)
- What It Means To Lead Like a Queen (Founding Fearless)
- Audacious Living (The Confident Podcast with Sheri & Olivia West)
- Raising RAD Girls (No Woman Left Behind)
- Self Leadership for Young Women (STaR Coaches)
- Developing Better Digital Hygiene & Social Media Habits (Parenting in the Digital Age)