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Explore to Transform
Coaching Services

​​​​​Coaching for career and life changes—so what’s next reflects the real you.

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Life Design

Create a life you don't need a vacation from! Through small, values-aligned shifts, this coaching helps you build an energizing and  intentional daily experience—one that feels authentic, sustainable, and deeply fulfilling.

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Purposeful Retirement

Explore to transform your next chapter! Retirement is about more than finances—it’s a shift in identity, relationships, and purpose. This coaching helps you navigate the transition with intention, designing a life filled with meaning, enjoyment, and connection.

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Career Shift

Considering a career change? This coaching helps you uncover your ikigai— your purpose found at the intersection of what you’re good at, what you love, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for. Together, we’ll explore your unique path to a  purposeful, fulfilling career.

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Midlife Transitions

Midlife feeling a little messy?

Empty nests, career pivots & next chapters can leave you wondering what's next. Sara helps you clarify your values, connect with your authentic self, & design a life that's aligned, purposeful, intentional & uniquely yours. 

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Team Effectiveness Coaching

​Sara walks alongside your team as a trusted partner — especially during times of transition or early formation — helping you uncover what’s needed most, whether it’s strategy & planning, culture, infrastructure or execution. Together, you’ll build a cohesive & effective team.

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Executive Coaching 

Leadership starts within.

Whether you're stepping into leadership or refining your executive edge, coaching helps you deepen self-awareness & align your leadership with who you truly are. No formulas. Just authentic leadership, intentionally designed around you.

Client Testimonials

Working with Sara has been transformational. Pondering what I want to do next, she's helped me navigate the pivotal questions of mid-life with clarity and courage. I'd recommend her to anyone ready to step into the best chapter of their life.

Sarah K., WI

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About Sara

Sara believes transformation happens when we explore what truly matters and create lives that reflect our deepest values—just as she has done.

An ICF-trained coach, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator practitioner, and seasoned professional with over 35 years of experience, Sara holds a Master’s in Management and a Master’s Certificate in Dispute Resolution. Her unique blend of professional expertise and educational depth equips her to walk beside clients with insight, empathy, and purpose. ​​​ In 2023, Sara courageously stepped away from her career and redirected her ambition in pursuit of ikigai, or her true reason for being. The leap of faith became the foundation for a self-actualization project she called the 52 Pick-Up Project, a year-long exploration of values, passions and possibilities. ​​​​ The 52 Pick-Up Project wasn’t just a career shift, it was a calling. ​ It led Sara to the world of coaching, where she found deep alignment between her experience, passion, and purpose. Today a professional coach specializing in career and life changes, she draws from a rich background in business services, organizational development, entrepreneurship and personal discovery to empower others to do the same: to navigate change, realize their potential, and intentionally design lives that reflect their authentic selves. ​​​​ She facilitates discovery and intentional life design using tools, practices, and profound coaching conversations to reveal clarity, purpose, and direction. Sara's approachable and unassuming nature creates a space of comfort and safety for clients where they feel seen and heard without judgment, and where exploration is guided by genuine curiosity and openness.

Origin Story: 52 Pick-Up Project
From Exploration Project to Professional Coaching Practice

Beginning as a self-actualization project, the '52 Pick-Up Project' has evolved into Explore to Transform Coaching Services, a coaching practice that invites others to begin their own journey of exploration and growth.

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52 Postcards.
52 Weeks.

52 Adventures.
One unforgettable year.

A life transformed.

My year-long self-transformation project began by mailing postcards to 52 friends and family, asking each to send me on an adventure. One by one, they returned with a new path to explore. ​ The goal was to be led to places I’d never been, doing things I never imagined. Some stretched me beyond what I believed I was capable of, like writing and recording a song for week 52 that captured the transformational experience, or joining a continuing education writing class. ​ Others cracked me wide open, like visiting my late mom’s hometown, or building a gingerbread house inspired by my aunt’s adventure idea. She had suggested we do it together, but passed away just weeks before. ​ And most? Just pure joy! Learning a magic trick. Experiencing Sedona. Flying a kite. Hiking new trails. Exploring new neighborhoods. Spending a day in the life of an Italian. Disc golf. Batting cages. Backyard camping. An escape room. A concert by candlelight. Outdoor theater. Snowshoeing. And the list goes on. Every adventure was a gift. Every moment, a reminder of how connection, curiosity, and courage can shape a life.

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sarapforr@52pickupproject.com

414.940.7356

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Ask me anything!

Thank you for your interest in Explore to Transform Coaching Services. I'm looking forward to connecting!​

Sara Pforr

414.940.7356

sarapforr@52PickUpProject.com

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