Meet the Founder

Sarah Ratermann Beahan

writer | story midwife | rabble-rouser | facilitator

Our Stories Will Save Us

Creating is an innately human act. I believe that by nourishing and nurturing our relationship to creating we can be better humans. When we are better humans, the whole world benefits. I help people make space for creativity and thereby experience their own version of personal growth. ​

In addition to my work with Bewonderment, I also am a writer and editor. I’ve served two terms as Writer-in-Residence at Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts and am on the Board of Directors for the East Central Regional Arts Council. I am the recipient of a 2020 Creative Support For Individuals Minnesota State Arts Board grant to support my research and writing on the topic of creativity and wellness, as well as a 2021 grantee from the East Central Regional Arts Council.

  • MFA in fiction writing from Goddard College

  • MS in rural sociology from the University of Missouri-Columbia

  • Graduate Certificate in organizational change from the Truman School for Public Affairs, UMC

  • BA in english from Webster University

I help people share their story in the most evocative way possible.

The process of writing is as important as the product. 

Learn a little more about me

The Sacred Practice of Creative Mystics on The Wisdom of Wandering and Wondering Podcast

Read the weekly Bewonderment newsletter

Check out SRB reading her work on creativity, wellness, wonder and grief

Work with me

  • Writing Coaching, Editing, Mentorship

    Private writing + healing coaching.

    These dynamic sessions allow you and I to work on a particular project or process with intimate, intentional connection.

    Perhaps you have a story you’d like to share., but don’t know where to begin.

    Maybe you are working through a recent loss and would like to use a writing process to honor it.

    Offered at $150 per session

    Schedule a consultation below or reach out here for more information.

  • This offering is designed to coach you through the process of writing your memoir.

    I will support you through the process of both telling your story, building your writing skills and deeply learning about yourself in the process.

    The outcome is a draft of a full length manuscript that you can share in a variety of ways: with your immediate loves or a wider audience.

    This offering includes up to fifteen 1:1 sessions to assist you with the ideation and strategy, writing practice cultivation, development of your writing craft and feedback for your full first draft.

    Starting at $2000

    Payment plans available

    Reach out to Sarah here

  • Group Facilitation, Speaking or Bespoke Creativity + Writing and Healing Groups

    Do you have an idea of how to use this work in a different way? Perhaps you have a private group you’d like to share this work with. Let’s put our heads together and make some magic happen.

    Schedule a consultation below or email Sarah here.