About Sarah Plummer Taylor

Sarah Plummer Taylor is an established leader in the field of resilience building and holistic wellness. She teaches veterans, busy professionals, students, and entrepreneurs how to find clarity and build stronger, healthier lives. A U.S. Marine veteran who deployed twice to Iraq, Sarah is the author of Just Roll With It: 7 Battle Tested Truths for Creating a Resilient Life. She is also the founder of SEMPER Sarah®, a national wellness practice. Sarah holds a Master’s in Social Work with a Mental Health concentration from the University of Denver and a Bachelor’s in Sociology from the University of Virginia. She was an adjunct professor in the Department of Health Education and Promotion at Charleston Southern University until 2019. Sarah is also a registered yoga teacher ERYT200/RYT500, who teaches vinyasa, yin, restorative, and trauma-informed adaptive yoga classes in addition to retreats and workshops. Her work has been featured on Capitol Hill and in noteworthy news and entertainment outlets like the Katie Couric Show, NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, MSNBC, and others. In addition to speaking, leading workshops, and providing individual and couple’s counseling and coaching through SEMPER Sarah®, Sarah gives back to organizations like Veterans of Foreign Wars, Team Red White & Blue, The Give Back Yoga Foundation, Comeback Yoga, and the Women Marines Association. Sarah lives in North Carolina with her husband, their two daughters, and dog.

Maureen Dowd quotes Sarah in The NYTimes Opinion Section

An excerpt from Maureen Dowd's article titled "Cut the Strings to George III:" The brass agreed there was a “cancer” in the military, but their rigid, nonsensical response boiled down to: Trust us. We’ll fix the system, even though we don’t really believe it’s broken. They were unanimously resistant to the shift that several of [...]

ABC News with Diane Sawyer: Military Sexual Assault “Like Cancer”

  Transcript for Sexual Assaults in Military 'Like a Cancer' It's a showdown in Washington. Senators outraged by all those reports of sexual abuse in the military and saying one measure of a problem is in this picture. Virtually every person testifying for the military today was male. Abc's chief global affairs correspondent, martha raddatz, [...]

Origin Magazine – May 2013 – Sarah Featured as a Yogic Leader

SERVE: Service is love, purpose, and healing in action.  Serve faithfully, authentically, energetically, and persistently.  We are all here to serve and love ourselves and others.  You have to - there's just no other way.  It's how God lives in all of us.  Love each other, love yourself, love your god, love your work, your [...]

The Geography of Bliss – Part 2: GDP and Calories

“Quick quiz.  What do the following events have in common?  The war in Iraq.  The Exxon Valdez oil spill. The rise in America’s prison population.  The answer: They all contribute to our nation’s gross national domestic product, or what’s now referred to as gross domestic product, or GDP, and therefor all are considered “good,” at [...]

The Geography of Bliss – Part 1: More Nature = Less Pain

This week I’m in Scotland and England for work.  I’m spending a few days with a friend in Glasgow, then heading south to Birmingham to speak at Jon LeToc’s Fitness Entrepreneur Bootcamp.  I’m excited on all levels to be here.  Plus, I’ve had a book on my shelves for months and decided now would be [...]

HuffPoLive – Web Series Exposes Military Rape

First and foremost, thank you to Anu Bhagwati and all of the staff at Service Women's Action Network who afforded me the opportunity to speak out.  Also, thank you to Nancy Redd for running a compassionate interview and Troian Bellisario for her questions and sincere care to learn more about the realities of this crime. [...]

Sarah Plummer on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams

Ever wonder why I'm so motivated to do what I do? Well, I'll give you a short answer for now. I care so deeply about helping people heal from physical, mental, and spiritual stress and trauma because I know how crippling it can be to suffer. It's not about me anymore, though. It's about YOU. [...]

Get Connected – It Could Save Your Life

Simply put, meaningful connections are invaluable. I’m not a licensed psychotherapist, but in the work I’ve done with suicide prevention, one of the most common threads among those who take their lives or have felt the pull of that fine line, is a feeling of separation...of disconnectedness.  In a yogic sense, we talk about this [...]

3 Possibly Strange — Yet Powerful & Simple — Self-Care Tactics That Really Work

Have you heard that...???? Your washcloth could change your life! About an old-fashioned sleep aid that still works wonders! or… To stick out your tongue and say “ahhhhh”?   Whulp, here are the details on what that all means. 1.  Hot Towel Scrub: Take a washcloth, wet it with hot water, wring it out, and [...]

From Wine Country to Washington DC – Practical Tips for Traveling Well in Any Situation

Just a little update for you on what I’ve been getting into lately and how it’s made me think of things that might also help you as you travel and/or face knowingly stressful situations.   This past weekend I ventured to lovely CA wine country for one of my very best friend’s – and also [...]

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