About Sarah Woodard

Interfaith scholar, organizer, and guide helping people create order and care for all beings.

Sarah Woodard Interfaith scholar, organizer, and guide helping people create order and care for all beings.

My Story

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I've been caring for living things my whole life - through organizing spaces that work with how people actually function, tending plants and creating wildlife habitats, making digital spaces accessible to all, and living vegan for over a decade.

My deepest work has been as an interfaith scholar who has mapped over 40 spiritual and religious traditions to the Kabbalah Tree of Life framework. This unprecedented scholarship revealed something amazing: all authentic spiritual traditions describe the same developmental process for souls navigating human existence. Different cultural languages, same universal patterns.

That discovery became the foundation for everything I do - whether I'm helping someone organize their ADHD-overwhelmed home, guiding a family through interfaith dynamics, supporting someone's transition to veganism, or designing a native plant landscape. It's all the same underlying mission:

Creating unity and caring for all beings.

Driven By Passion & Experience

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I'm Jewish. I'm queer. I live with fibromyalgia. I'm an otrovert (I thrive in deep one-on-one connections while finding group dynamics draining).

These are more than identity markers - they're the experiences that taught me what real inclusion looks like versus performative diversity.

I coined the term inclusion varnishing to describe when dominant cultures make surface-level gestures toward inclusivity while keeping all the actual power, imagery, and cultural space for themselves. It's a thin coat of "diversity" paint over unchanged dominance.

I help people move beyond inclusion varnishing to create genuine belonging - whether that's in families navigating religious differences, in spaces organized for neurodiverse brains, at tables where everyone can actually eat, or in yards that support all species - not just humans.

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My Approach

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I don't teach perfection. I teach systems that work for real life, with real limitations, in real circumstances.

I practice what I guide:

  • I've organized spaces while managing ADHD challenges

  • I've been vegan for over a decade without elaborate meal prep

  • I've navigated Christian-dominant culture as a Jewish person my entire life

  • I've personally created certified wildlife habitat yards

I meet you where you are:

  • No shame, no judgment, no pressure

  • Practical strategies over theoretical ideals

  • Systems designed for sustainability, not Instagram aesthetics

I honor your reality:

  • Work within your budget

  • Respect your time and energy limitations

  • Build on your strengths instead of forcing you into someone else's mold

My Qualifications

Interfaith Scholar:

  • Mapped 40+ spiritual traditions to the Tree of Life framework

  • 179-page book manuscript documenting this work

  • Coined inclusion varnishing as cultural vocabulary

Lived Experience:

  • Jewish person navigating Christian-dominant culture

  • Raised in an interfaith home

  • Vegan for 10+ years (real life, not idealized meal prep)

  • Created certified wildlife habitat yards (New England)

Ongoing Education:

  • Currently pursuing IAAP accessibility certifications (CPACC, WAS, DAS)

  • Illinois native plant education through Morton Arboretum

  • Continuous learning in interfaith dynamics and practical organizing systems

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Beyond the Work

Sarah's 3 cats helping her consult

I live in Downers Grove, Illinois with three cats (Sunny, Monkey, and Toby) and 70+ named plushies who are authentic parts of my brand and life. I'm a Nature photographer who believes that Nature is our first teacher and the Tree of Life is the map.

When I'm not consulting, you'll find me:

  • Taking macro photography classes

  • Walking nature preserves

  • Reading in my book group

  • Advocating for accessibility and inclusion

  • Learning about Illinois native plants at the Morton Arboretum

My Mission

Unity is the foundation of everything I do.

Whether I'm helping you organize your home, transition to veganism, navigate interfaith family dynamics, or create a native plant landscape - it's all about the same thing:

Creating systems where all beings can thrive.

Not through forced conformity or surface-level inclusion - through genuine respect for difference, practical support for real needs, and structures that honor both your values and your reality.

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Ready to create order and care for all beings in your own life?

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