Hi, I’m Sarah Janzen
Hi, I’m Sarah Janzen
Sarah Janzen is the founder of Her Big Leap, a coaching company that helps corporate women leave their 9 to 5 and build values-aligned businesses. A former Fortune 500 Marketer of the Year, she became a Master Coach after her own corporate exit.
Marketer of the Year
at Fortune 500 Company
Certified Master Coach
10+ years of coaching
5.0 Trustpilot
(30+ reviews)
Hundreds of women
coached to freedom
A little background…
I spent over a decade climbing the corporate ladder, then left it all behind to build something that actually fit my life.
My first business failed one month before launch. That failure taught me the thing I now teach hundreds of women: even the best business strategy falls flat if you’re chasing ‘opportunities’ that don’t align with your expertise, experience or what lights you up.
You need both the business strategy and alignment.
My philosophy
Honest writing on leaving corporate and starting your own business
Questions to Ask Any Career or Business Coach
Before I hire any coach, I want to know six things. Not their story. Not their aesthetics. Six specific things that tell me whether this person has built anything real, whether the method actually exists, and whether I can trust the results they’re promising. I’ve written them down here because I think every woman considering coaching should have them.
Why I Built My Business Around My Family
I built a multiple six-figure business within a couple of years of starting Her Big Leap after leaving corporate. I did it while raising two young boys. And the version of my life I’m living now, being present for my kids, moving meetings when they’re sick, chaperoning field trips without asking permission, is the reason I built it, not the reward I’m waiting for.
Unlearning Corporate Habits
The habits that made you successful in corporate are the exact habits that
will stall you in business. Not because they were bad habits. They were the
right habits, for the corporate game. The problem is you’re playing a different game
now, and nobody told you the rules changed.
More posts being written and published weekly.
Sarah Janzen and the Her Big Leap program absolutely changed my life and what I see as possible for myself and my business.
— Jackie, former VP, now an independent consultant
Ready when you are
If you have real expertise and you're done waiting for the right time, let's talk about what your leap could look like.
Sarah Janzen
Helping women leaders and executives leave corporate and build businesses on their own terms.
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Founder of Her Big Leap ⋅ Master Coach


