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Sarah Talley
Author, Founder of Next Step Connect LLC, Leader with Round Rock National Spouse Conference
Author Bio
Sarah Talley is the Founder of Next Step Connect LLC, which specializes in mindset, financial wellness, and lifestyle transformation for individuals and families in the first responder community. With over fifteen years as an advisor and more than twenty years immersed in the fire service as a first responder spouse, she combines wellness, leadership, and personal development into practical strategies that create lasting change.
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Sarah also helps lead the Round Rock National Spouse Conference, advocating for stronger support systems for firefighters and their families. Alongside her husband, she champions conversations around identity, mental health, transition, and the long-term impact of the job on family life, helping departments take a more whole-family approach to wellness and leadership.
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Passionate about empowering women and fire families, Sarah speaks on growth, connection, resilience, and living with purpose both personally and professionally.
Sarah's Book
Luminaries
Luminaries: Women Leaders Who Light the Way is a powerful collection of hard-earned stories from women who have built businesses, shaped policy, advanced research, and created meaningful change within their communities. Through uncertainty, loss, courage, and unexpected detours, they discovered lessons that transformed not only their careers, but the way they lead, live, and move through the world.
