The Sage Practice:
Mindbody Empowerment Coaching
Reclaim Your Life from Persistent Pain

The Sage Practice teaches people with complex persistent pain the mindbody empowerment skills they need to thrive again.

Clients say, “I got my life back, only better.”

You can too. Lara can help.

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Now Available:

  • Lara now has recordings available for purchase on specialized topics (e.g., developing self trust, inner safety, agency, etc.)

  • Coming Soon: Collections of 4 recordings each for purchase (e.g., for persistent, structural symptoms; flares & setbacks; self compassion & kindness, etc.)

Upcoming Events:

  • Live Q & A, “Calm for When ‘Safety’ Feels Too Hard” on the Curable app (Oct. 6)

  • Lara’s story on the Like Mind Like Body podcast (mid-Oct.)

  • Live Talk, Redefining Healing, on the Curable app (Nov. 5)

Lara Birk, PhD, Founder, The Sage Practice, LLC

Empowerment is Healing.

After 17 surgeries left me with lasting structural challenges and decades of pain, I discovered the science of brain-based pain through Curable. Inspired by its transformative power, I left a career I loved to help others on similar journeys.

At The Sage Practice, I teach clients how to create self trust, agency, growth, and engagement, empowering them to make the most of their one wild and precious life.

Even pain can be an invitation to come more fully alive.

The SAGE Practice:
A Framework for Healing

  • Self Trust: Cultivating inner safety

  • Agency: Empowering intentional choices

  • Growth: Embracing transformation

  • Engagement: Reconnecting with life’s joys

“It feels like Lara is a mirror to my highest self that even I hadn’t seen. She is truly gifted." — Rebecca Bauder

“Lara is among the very best teachers I have ever seen.” — David Karp, PhD

“I am not afraid of storms for I am learning to sail my ship.” — Louisa May Alcott