I rebuilt my life after abuse and now I help others heal through my wellness business
From a childhood in care to winning national awards Sandie Coles has transformed her own trauma into a mission to help thousands heal.
Sandie Coles,33, is a Lancashire based wellbeing practitioner healer and founder of The Lush Club, a community supporting people across the UK to focus on their mental health and wellbeing.
Raised in the care system, Sandie faced a childhood of instability and trauma. She endured abuse and became a mother at just 15, entering adulthood without the kind of support most of us take for granted.
Her early adult years were turbulent as she struggled with addiction and worked in the adult industry, feeling lost and without direction.
Sandie said: “I didn’t believe I had any value. I didn’t think my life could ever look different.”
Everything began to shift when Sandie discovered holistic healing and plant-based practices. Over 18 months, she began to face her trauma instead of running from it and started a journey toward genuine recovery.
Sharing her experiences online, Sandie quickly found that thousands resonated with her honesty.
What started as simple conversations blossomed into a private community for people to speak openly about healing and mental health.
Her work soon expanded beyond the digital space. Sandie began hosting retreats across the UK, providing safe, restorative environments for people to step away from their daily lives.
She’s also started small, intimate sessions in her Lancashire home, in a space she named “The Zen Den.”
The energy in those sessions was so powerful that she decided to expand, creating The Zen Den over Wyre, a dedicated wellbeing hub for workshops, ceremonies and events.
She said: “The Zen Den has been created as a calm, beautifully designed environment where people can attend small, intimate wellbeing experiences such as workshops, ceremonies, sound healing, breathwork and community circles.
“It’s also available for other holistic practitioners to hire, helping to bring more wellbeing services into the local area.
“My vision is to create something very special here in Wyre - a place where people can slow down, reconnect with themselves and discover different approaches to wellbeing in a safe and supportive environment.”
The Zen Den is set to open Over Wyre, March, Thursday, 20, 7pm, 63, Pilling Lane, Preesall, FY6 0HB.
Sandie’s work has not gone unnoticed. She won the public-voted “Fan Favourite” award at a national women in business ceremony and has travelled to the Amazon to learn traditional healing practices from the Cofan tribe, experiences she now shares with small groups.
Through The Lush Club, Sandie also offers supplements and mentoring, helping people reconnect with themselves and feel supported.