About Us
We are not experts who found wellness. We are two women — a mother and daughter — who got curious about our own healing and couldn’t stop searching.
Between us, we have walked through therapy rooms and ceremony circles, sat with thought leaders and quiet elders, read the books and felt the practices in our own bodies. We gathered everything that helped us — from psychology, indigenous wisdom, somatic work, and philosophy — and brought it to one place.
That place is Willow Nest.
We know what it feels like to be over 30 and quietly stuck. To have tried things — the apps, the books, the practices, the therapists — and still feel like you’re holding pieces that don’t quite fit together. To open your phone on a Sunday morning and find a hundred different answers to a question you can’t even fully name yet. That overwhelm is not a failure. It is what happens when a woman who is ready to heal is handed a marketplace instead of a community.
We built this for the woman who is tired of searching in pieces. Who wants her mind, her body, and her spirit tended to — without being told how. Who is ready to come home to herself, on her own terms.
This is not a program. It is a gathering. Come in. There is room for all of you.
Haley Sheehan, LMFT
Co-Founder & Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Haley Sheehan (she/her) is a licensed marriage and family therapist and co-founder of Willow Nest Wellness, a mind-body-spirit sanctuary devoted to wholehearted healing, intentional living, and inner transformation. She works with young adults, individuals, and couples who are navigating life transitions, anxiety, depression, relational conflict, trauma, and a disconnection from self.
With warmth, attunement, and curiosity, Haley blends traditional talk therapy with emotionally focused and experiential approaches that gently guide clients back to themselves. Her work invites people to slow down, tune inward, explore core wounds with compassion, and cultivate meaningful change rooted in self-trust, emotional clarity, and aligned values.
Haley holds a Master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy from Thomas Jefferson University and has advanced training in emotionally focused and trauma-informed modalities. She brings a holistic lens to the healing process, honoring the ways our stories live not only in our minds but in our bodies and nervous systems.
Willow Nest Wellness is a co-creation with her mother—a lifelong seeker, geologist, and entrepreneur—and was born from their shared desire to create a space where wellness is both soulful and grounded. Together, they envision a cozy, elegant nest where personal healing and spiritual exploration coexist with intentional living, ritual, and rest.
Outside of therapy, Haley finds joy in movement, nature, rainy Sundays, meaningful conversation, and discovering beauty in the everyday.
Sarah Hetznecker
Holistic Wellness Pioneer & Business Innovator
A successful entrepreneur who founded, scaled, and sold a renewable energy business, I bring the same visionary leadership curiosity and strategic expertise that made me a 20+ year pioneer in the solar industry to the wellness space. Drawing from a parallel 30-year journey exploring indigenous healing traditions, neuroscience, and spiritual wellbeing. A lifelong seeker, learner and a various reader. Whenever possible, I attend seminars and conferences to engage with thought leaders. We are using our 30 years of exploration and to create Willow Nest Wellness, we provide a curated space to share the most transformative wellness solutions that combine ancient wisdom with evidence-based approaches and sound business principles. I provide access and curate the latest in transformative wellness solutions that combine ancient wisdom with evidence-based approaches and sound business principles. Our intention is to curate and share with you the best strategies, breakthroughs and teachings in health, wellness and spirituality.
My wellness philosophy has been shaped by direct learning from indigenous elders of the MicMac and Cree Tribes, whose traditional medicine practices I studied for 15 years. This foundation was enriched through immersive experiences. Throughout my successful career building and leading renewable energy companies, I maintained this parallel path of personal growth and healing wisdom.
Complementing these traditional approaches, I’ve pursued knowledge in contemporary wellness modalities through personal study with numerous thought leaders. My extensive training with Tony Robbins has provided me with powerful tools for personal transformation, peak performance, and creating breakthrough results. My commitment to evidence-based methods also led me to learn from functional medicine pioneers Dr. Mark Hyman and Dr. Mark Petitis, whose approaches to root-cause healing align with my analytical business mindset and focus on measurable results.
As the founder of a non-profit dedicated to making indigenous North American teachings accessible and the entrepreneur behind a successful renewable energy company, I’ve demonstrated my ability to build organizations that create meaningful impact. I bring this same innovative spirit and business acumen to Willow Nest Wellness with sustainable business models that make transformative wellness accessible.
Areas of Study and Knowledge Base
- Strategic Leadership & Entrepreneurial Vision
- Indigenous Healing Traditions & Ceremonial Practices
- Functional Medicine & Root-Cause Healing
- Peak Performance & Personal Breakthrough Strategies
- Sustainable Business Development
- Mind-Body Integration & Consciousness Expansion
- Movement Therapy & Physical Rejuvenation
- Organizational Growth & Scaling
- Spiritual Growth & Personal Transformation
- Holistic Stress Reduction & Resilience Building
I leverage my unique combination of business success and wellness wisdom to create a “nest” of the best thought leaders in transformative experiences that are both spiritually fulfilling and practically sustainable in today’s complex world.