My Self Worth Journey From Survival to Self Trust
Meet Sarah Jayne...
Founder and Self Worth Coach at 'The Self Worth Secret'
My Core Values are derived from wanting to EMPOWER, ENHANCE and EVOLVE the lives of women across the world with the mission of revolutionising SELF WORTH!
Read My Journey to Self Worth Below
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Struggles I Faced Regarding Self Worth
For much of my life, I carried a deep sense of unworthiness and a persistent belief that I was never truly chosen. This core wound shaped how I saw myself, how I moved through the world, and how I showed up in relationships, work, and life.
Like many women who struggle with low self-worth, I learned early on how to survive but not how to feel safe, grounded, or worthy.
Navigating Education Through Inner Turmoil
University, Instability, and Perseverance
During university, my internal struggles intensified. My attendance was so poor at one point that I was told I could be “put out.” I can only describe this period as navigating life through a dark fog.
I moved between homes, tried renting on my own, shared accommodation, and stayed with kind people and family members who opened their doors and supported me when I needed it most. Despite the instability and emotional weight, I graduated with a 2:1 in Nursing Sciences, something I remain deeply grateful for.
This experience taught me that resilience often coexists with pain and that success does not always mean safety or self worth.
High Achievement, Low Self Worth
Overgiving, Burnout, and Perfectionism
Much of the pain I carried became fuel. I channelled it into ambition, quickly climbing the career ladder after graduation. On the outside, I appeared capable, driven, and successful.
On the inside, I struggled with:
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Overgiving and people-pleasing
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Poor boundaries
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Perfectionism
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Chronic burnout
I found it difficult to trust others, but the deeper truth was that I didn’t trust myself. Hustle energy helped me survive but it couldn’t help me heal. I eventually realised that the woman I became to survive the war was not the woman I needed to become to move forward.
Abandonment Wounds and Inner Child Healing
How Childhood Trauma Shaped My Self Worth
I carried deep abandonment wounds from childhood, alongside experiences of abuse that altered my nervous system, attachment style, and relationship with myself in particular in my teenage years.
My inner child relationship was fractured, keeping me trapped in cycles of fear, emotional looping, and self-doubt. This directly impacted my relationships and led me to accept less than I deserved because I didn’t yet believe I was worthy of more.
These patterns are common for women with unresolved trauma and low self worth, and they often show up as anxious attachment, fear of rejection, and self abandonment.
The Moment Everything Changed
Choosing Peace, Safety, and Self Love
After many negative and toxic cycles in love and life, something cracked open inside of me at the age of 29.
I made a clear decision: No more.
I no longer wanted to live in survival mode. All I wanted was peace, safety, love, and joy and I realised the only way to experience those things was to learn how to give them to myself first.
That decision marked the beginning of my self worth healing journey.
Why The Self Worth Secret Exists
Turning Pain Into Purpose
Six years later, The Self Worth Secret was born.
This work exists as a catalyst for women who feel unworthy, unseen, or stuck in cycles of self abandonment. It is for women who are ready to take their power back, heal their relationship with themselves, and build a life rooted in self trust, boundaries, and emotional safety.
Your past does not disqualify you.
Your pain does not define you.
And your worth was never missing it was just buried beneath survival.
A Self Worth Journey Rooted in Lived Experience
This transformational self worth course was created from my own personal healing journey not theory, but lived experience.
After years of struggling with low self worth, abandonment wounds, people-pleasing, burnout, and survival mode living, I learned that true transformation doesn’t come from doing more or becoming more. It comes from healing your relationship with yourself and learning to choose yourself without guilt.
This course is designed to help women accelerate their self worth healing, rebuild self trust, and break free from the patterns that keep them stuck including over giving, poor boundaries, perfectionism, and emotional exhaustion.
Through guided lessons, reflection, and nervous system aware practices, you’ll learn how to stop self abandoning, strengthen your inner foundation, and create lasting change in your relationships, career, and life.
What does 'The Self Worth Secret' symbolise?
The Self Worth Secret isn't just part of me. It is me. As I grow and evolve. It does too. It embodies all the versions of me in the hope of inspiring you to embody all the versions of yourself too! This Logo REPRESENTS something Powerful in very subtle ways....
My Personal Self Worth Transformation that can be yours's too
-Inner Journey: Strengthening my self worth led me on a deep internal journey where I learned to love, trust, and understand myself.
-Self Worth First: Self worth was the final piece of my journey but I want it to be your first.
-Healing My Inner Child: I reconnected with and reparented my inner child, creating positive changes in all areas of my life. Furthermore I healed deep wounding from care givers that was keeping me stuck in life.
-Rewiring Beliefs: I rewired limiting beliefs and negative thought patterns, realizing that true validation comes from within not from external sources.
-Healthier Relationships: I strengthened my relationship with myself and built healthier, more empowered connections with others.
-Confidence & Career: I gained confidence in my career and reduced burnout by prioritizing myself without over explaining or over giving.
-Empowering Boundaries: I now set boundaries that support me and my growth.
-Embracing Spirituality: I embrace my spirituality freely, without fear of judgment or shame.
-Self-Awareness & Compassion: I embody all versions of myself with kindness, compassion, and authenticity.
-Empowering Business: A strong foundation of self-worth has allowed me to create an empowering business and guide other women to step fully into their value and confidence.
-Internal Shift: I have had a deep internal shift where I know I am Worthy of all the love, my dreams and goals that the world has to offer. I know I am the creator, director and driver of my life. I am the Main Character of my own story.
-Reset Ability: I have learnt the ability to reset, to self observe and to be kind to myself in all my decision making. I use discernment 'I did the best I could, with what I had and what I knew at the time'.
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