“I felt really passionate about helping people feel strength and resilience in their own bodies, and having someone who can help them believe that those things are true in their body no matter what they’re dealing with.” 

While being a small business owner has its ups and downs, Sarah McNurlin (she/her) finds that it truly fills her cup, and has set up her own business — as the owner of Pinon Physical Therapy and as the creator, owner, and manager of Trolley Healing Hub, a wellness collective — so she can treat her patients exactly how they need to be treated. Her patients get all of her brain and all of her energy for the hour they are together, and she is able to meet them where they are. Her unique business model “allows humans not only to be well, but to seek prevention and maintenance and performance in a way that PT’s are highly skilled at being able to do… I am able to be fully present with each person. And it’s those connections, and that quality matters and it’s worth paying for.” 

Community building and supporting small businesses is also so very important to Sarah. Within this, Sarah and Charlie chat about their Regeneration Dinner, a beautiful creative way for small business owners to connect and network. Sarah speaks to “how we gather is really important. We can elevate the importance of something or the meaning that comes from something just by the environment we create, or the rituals, or the things we do to make that a different interaction than something that people have experienced before.”

Both in her professional and personal life, Sarah speaks to her journey with and the importance of vulnerability in her own life. “The biggest part of vulnerability is just becoming okay with the fact that sometimes I don’t have all the answers, and sometimes I am not 100% effective at whatever I’m trying to do, and knowing that I can learn from that. And then creating an environment, where imperfections are okay… The point isn’t to be perfect. The point is how you handle those things and how you move on from those things.”

Outside of work, Sarah is a mama and a partner, a gardener, and a nature lover. 

Sarah can be found at www.pinyonpt.com, and on Instagram @dr.sarahmcnurlin.dpt, @trolleyhealinghub, and @pinyonpt

Resources mentioned in this episode:

The Art of Gathering, by Priya Parker

The Four Tendencies, by Gretchen Rubin

Brené Brown 

Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein  

This episode was recorded September 2025.