Sara Skillen, PCC, COLC, CNC, CPO, Sara Skillen is the founder of SkillSet Coaching in Nashville, TN, and the owner and Director of Education for Coach Approach Training Institute. With a varied background in music, education, and the legal world, Sara has always been intrigued by how environments (both exterior and interior) affect work, productivity, and life. As a result, she was inspired to start her first company in 2012, helping creative and neurodiverse people from all walks of life manage their stuff, time, and tasks - first through organizing, and gradually transitioning to coaching. She now seeks to have a larger impact in the worlds of organization, neurodiversity, and coaching through her work and leadership with CAT Institute.

In addition, Sara is a certified Interfaith Spiritual Director, a member of the holistic health practice The Lotus Center in Nashville, and has been assisting with training student coaches through CAT Institute since 2019. Sara is a member of NAPO and has served in a variety of leadership positions in that organization, including president of the Nashville chapter. In July of 2023, she joined the board of directors of the Institute for Challenging Disorganization as Director of Subscriber Relations.

Sara’s writing has appeared in numerous publications including Unconditionally Her magazine, the ”Human Amplified” blog, and her own blog, “The Stuff Behind the Stuff™.” She published her first book, Organizing and Big Scary Goals in December of 2019. In addition to her client work, teaching, writing, and speaking, Sara continually studies the impact of awareness, observation, and inner work on creating holistic, real-life order. She lives in Franklin, TN with her husband and her extremely focused and productive Labrador Retriever, Sunshine.