A high-touch mastermind for established female photographers ready to lead their business, not just run it.
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✨ Earn more while working less
✨ learn the systems that give you clarity
✨ Build a business that gives you freedom, not burnout
Katie lyke
300% more profit without burnout!
WHAT alumni ARE SAYING
The mastermind that transforms hustle into confidence, clarity, and freedom
If your business only works when you sacrifice weekends, evenings, and boundaries ... it’s not actually working.
You’ve built a successful business on the outside: happy clients, steady bookings, a full calendar. But it’s starting to cost you. If you feel like:
✨ Burnout is starting to creep in
✨ You're attracting the wrong clients
✨ Your strategy is all over the place
✨ Your calendar is running (or ruining) your life
What got you here won’t get you there. Hustle isn’t the next step - leadership is.
Root to Rise isn’t about working harder. It’s where you learn to run your business like a CEO ... with systems, space, and support that help you lead with clarity, ease, and confidence.
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WHAT alumni ARE SAYING
danielle miranda
Danielle became a financial BOSS!
kristen dyer
Kristen learned that success doesn't have to mean weekends full of mini sessions!
cheyenne morris
Find your community,
transform your business.
WHAT alumni ARE SAYING
Yes, I'm ready for this!
❌No more hustling for clients who drain you.
Imagine raising your rates without guilt, attracting dream clients, and working fewer sessions...
all while increasing your income, confidence, and clarity.
Clarity on your vision and offers so your business finally feels custom-fit to you
Confidence to stand firm in your boundaries, say no without guilt, and lead with self-trust
Sustainable systems that let you earn more while working less
A supportive community of women who get it and celebrate every step forward
✅ are already established but, feel stuck in plateau
That’s what happens inside Root to Rise, especially for women who:
You’re not here for hustle culture. You’re here for purpose, structure, and space to grow.
Over five months, you’ll gain:
Instead, you’ll create work you’re proud of, charge what you’re worth, and build a photography business that supports the life you want, not the other way around.
❌No more saying yes at the expense of your life.
❌No more shooting sessions you don’t even enjoy.
✅ crave depth, intention, and community
✅ want more ease and less chaos in their lives
✅ are done trying to figure everything out on their own
✅ want to lead with clarity, not just react to what comes their way
WHAT alumni ARE SAYING
myra kushon
Myra had her highest grossing year ever!
amanda mendenhall
Amanda funded her paid 4 month
maternity leave!
together
You’re Not Meant to Do This Alone
Growth is faster-and more sustainable-when you’re surrounded by women who get it.
Inside Root to Rise, you’re not just getting coaching.
You’re stepping into a room filled with ambitious, heart-led photographers who are walking the same path - with their own wisdom, perspective, and support to offer.
It’s a carefully curated, intimate group designed for real connection, accountability, and clarity.
What happens at the retreat?
✨ You’ll be challenged, in the best way, by women who see your potential.
✨ You’ll be celebrated for every step forward.
✨ You’ll co-regulate your nervous system with leaders who believe in rest, boundaries, and badassery.
Because when the room expands, you expand.
At our in-person retreat, that connection deepens.
You’ll step away from the noise, drop into clarity, and return home with aligned marketing content, fresh creative energy, and a renewed sense of direction.
No more rising alone.
This is your circle. This is your season.
✔️ 5 months of weekly learning in Mastermind
✔️ Facebook group for live Q&A and support
✔️ 3-day in-person retreat in Savannah, Georgia
✔️ 5 Guest Teachers
✔️ 1:1 Voxer office hours
✔️BONUS: Replays of all past Guest Educators
✔️Pay in Full BONUS: 1-On-1 Call With Sabrina!
ONLY 10 spots
Only 10 Spots!
$5,500
Retreat Included
Payment options Starting at $550
same growth but
skip the retreat
$3,500
Online Only
✔️ 5 Months Of Weekly Learning In Mastermind
✔️ Facebook group for live Q&A and support
✔️ No Travel!
✔️ 5 Guest Teachers
✔️ 1:1 Voxer office hours
✔️ BONUS: Replays of all Guest Educators
✔️ Pay In Full BONUS: 1-On-1 Call With Sabrina!
limited spots
multiple payment options available
no travel
multiple payment options available
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Book Club Reading (Books are Included!)
5 Coaching calls from Industry Experts
Monthly Themes to Truly Move the Needle
Weekly Zoom Calls for 5 months (see more details here)
online mastermind details
Amazing Swag!
Private Facebook Group (Hello, Community!)
1:1 Voxer Access to Sabrina
BONUS: Access to ALL Guest Speaker Presentations from the past rounds of Root to Rise!
This month we will focus on creating Strong Foundations. Together, we will learn how to define success, set goals, set boundaries and create a plan of action to actually reach them this year. This month we will learn from Jess Massey. Month one will also include one co-working call.
Month One
Month four is all about Time is Money. We will learn about balance and productivity. This month we will learn about Money Mindset from my own personal financial coach Kelly Marshall as well as using the Enneagram in Business from guest Jada Dobesh. Month four will also include a Q&A call.
Month two
Month two is all about Optimization. We will learn about having a deeply valuable client experience. This month we will learn from systems expert Colie James about how to get started with family film making. Month three also includes a Q&A call, and a book club meeting all focused around the monthly theme PLUS we will travel to Savannah, Georgia for the retreat.
Month three
In month three we are focusing on Marketing Methods & Mindset We will learn how to successfully launch services and market with connection. This month we will learn from SEO expert, Stefanie Morris. Month three will also include a co-working call, a Q&A call and a book club meeting all focused around the monthly theme.
Month four
Month five is all about Expansion. We will learn how to expand in the future by avoiding burnout and making passive income. Month five will also include a Q&A call.
Month FIVe
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Dream-Casting and Creating Action Plans
Portfolio Reviews
2 In-Home Lifestyle Family Sessions for photos
retreat details
Lots. Of. Fellowship.
Headshots
Private Yoga Session
All Meals and Lodging are INCLUDED!
march 5-8, 2026
Austin, Texas
(Travel to the location is your only added expense!)
Shoot New Images for Your Portfolio
- The Retreat kicks off at 4PM on Thursday, February 20th!
- Day one includes a chef-prepared dinner, drinks, community building and setting our intentions for retreat weekend.
Day One
- The morning begins with a lesson on family film making
- Around mid-morning, we will photograph and film a real family at their home with guest, Colie James.
- After lunch, we will work together in a true mastermind fashion so that each attendee leaves the retreat with a plan to move forward with their big goals.
- The evening will include group headshots around the retreat property and downtown.
- We will have dinner on the town.
Day two
- Our morning kicks off early with a private yoga class.
- After yoga, we will photograph a family at home.
- After lunch, it's portfolio review time, where we'll strategize and create a plan of action to shoot those images you're dreaming of.
- Afterwards, we will enjoy dinner together for open Q&A.
day three
- After breakfast, hugs and goodbyes, the retreat closes at 10AM on Sunday, February 23rd.
day four
sample schedule from past retreats
Join us in 2026 at our Austin, Texas venue!
In the past 5 years, the Root to Rise mastermind has had retreats in Austin, San Diego, Washington D.C., Destin, Seattle and Savannah.
Hi, I’m Sabrina 👋
I’ve been photographing families for over 15 years and mentoring photographers for the past several years through multiple rounds of Root to Rise.
And I’ve been exactly where you are. On paper, I was “successful”- fully booked, galleries overflowing, income growing. But inside? I was drowning in exhaustion, burned out, and stuck in the same exhausting patterns.
That’s why I created Root to Rise. Because I know firsthand: what got you here won’t get you to the next level. And I’ve now helped dozens of photographers break through the same plateau into businesses, and lives, that feel aligned, profitable, and joyful.
I’m here to show you how to do the same: to rise as both the confident CEO of your business and the present, fulfilled woman behind it.
brittany vanruymbeke
Brittany quit her job and took her business full time!
WHAT alumni ARE SAYING
You’ve already proven you can build a business.
But what got you here won’t get you to the next level.
And that’s okay.
You don’t need to have it all figured out.
You just need to know something has to shift.
Root to Rise meets you right there — with:
You Don’t Need a Perfect Plan. You Just Need to Begin.
Let’s be honest: if you’re waiting until everything feels “ready”...your calendar, your systems, your confidence...you’ll be waiting forever.
Clarity to cut through the noise.
Structure to steady your growth
Support to remind you that you don’t have to do this alone.
i'm ready to rise
WHAT alumni ARE SAYING
Mary Catherine Wickham
MC funded a 5 week trip to Europe and still hit her annual revenue goals!
kellie llewellyn
Kellie started traveling with clients and made her big dream come true!
✔️ 5 months of weekly learning in Mastermind
✔️ Facebook group for live Q&A and support
✔️ 3-day in-person retreat in Savannah, Georgia
✔️ 5 Guest Teachers
✔️ 1:1 Voxer office hours
✔️BONUS: Replays of all past Guest Educators
✔️Pay in Full BONUS: 1-On-1 Call With Sabrina!
ONLY 10 spots
Only 10 Spots!
$5,500
Retreat Included
Payment options Starting at $550
same growth but
skip the retreat
$3,500
Online Only
✔️ 5 Months Of Weekly Learning In Mastermind
✔️ Facebook group for live Q&A and support
✔️ No Travel!
✔️ 5 Guest Teachers
✔️ 1:1 Voxer office hours
✔️ BONUS: Replays of all Guest Educators
✔️ Pay In Full BONUS: 1-On-1 Call With Sabrina!
limited spots
multiple payment options available
no travel
multiple payment options available
More from past participants...
Hear from real alumni about why this progam is a game-changer
"I have been in business 10 years and I don't think I've taken a more thorough program."
- Angela Doran, RTR 2022 Alumni
"It doesn't matter if you've been in business 3 years or 13, this program is valuable and tailored to you."
- Christine Dammann, RTR 2022, 2023, 2024 Alumni
"I was super happy with my business before but it's on point now... This has gotten me to the next level."
- Danielle Miranda 2023 Alumni
"Never before have I gotten a return on investment like I have in Root to Rise."
- Kim Mimeles, RTR 2023 Alumni
"I went into this investment nervous and the experience has been beyond worth it...It's been life-changing. I'm more motivated and energized than I have been in a long time ."
- Nancy Drescher 2023, 2024 Alumni
"Sabrina has such an incredible way of making you feel seen and heard and gives you a safe space to ask all the questions."
- Cheyenne Morris, RTR 2022, 2023, 2024 Alumni
"Having 1:1 Voxer conversations with Sabrina is invaluable."
- Kellie Llewellyn, 2022, 2023, 2024 Alumni
"I can't emphasize the community portion of this program enough."
- Genevieve Arjal 2023 Alumni
Take a peek inside a past retreat.
(Footage from 2023 Washington, DC retreat)
This round of Root to Rise kicks off in January 2026.
Trust me: making this commitment to yourself and your business now will give you such peace of mind, knowing that 2026 is poised for incredible growth for you!
Honestly, this will vary from person to person. The only "official" commitment will be a 60-75 minute Zoom call every week (some weeks there are 2 calls). Each week, you'll also have an additional opportunity to participate in Voxer office hours, should you need them. We will also be reading one book per month together (audio versions welcome!). Finally, while there won't be official homework assignments, you will definitely find work that needs to be done both personally and in your business.
Voxer is a fabulous app. I am literally obsessed and have daily conversations with my bff through it.
The app is completely free and allows you to send long messages (up to 15 minutes!) directly to someone. I will hold specific Office Hours where people can pop in and ask me questions and get feedback. These conversations are private and won't be shared with the entire group, unless you and I decide together that they would be beneficial to share.
Of course, if this doesn't sound like your jam, you can totally skip it, as it is not required to participate in Root to Rise.
The only definite additional expense you will have is getting yourself to Austin, Texas for the in-person retreat if you are joining us. All your monthly reading materials are included. In addition to all the lodging, food and yoga at the retreat. If you purchased an online-only seat then you will not have any other expenses.
There might be a few things that you are "talked into" getting for yourself or your business, because women are good at sharing their love for things. BUT, these recommendations are optional!
There are two options when you join.
Option one is a full-participation seat that includes both the retreat and online coaching for 5 months. Due to lodging space restrictions, there are only 10 spots available.
Option two is an online-only participation seat. This includes all the goodness that comes with 5 months of coaching (calls, facebook, guest teacher and voxer hours. In this option there is NO travel or retreat component. There are only 10 online spots.
At this time, joining a retreat-only seat with no online participation is NOT an option.
You will definitely get your own bed, but probably not your own room. The room layouts available for attendees include:
Bedroom 1: 1 King
Bedroom 2: 2 Queens
Bedroom 3: 2 Twins
Bedroom 4: 2 Queens
Bedroom 5: 3 bunks (6 twins)
Bedroom assignments will be made in order of joining. If you want to attend with a friend and request to be in the same room, just let me know, and I will do my best to accommodate.
Sleep is SUPER important to me that is why I made sure that all sleeping arrangements are true beds, not futons, air mattresses or sleeper sofas.
- You have been in business for at least 2-3 years.
- You are struggling to balance life and business.
- You don't think being an entrepreneur is all it is cracked up to be.
- You aren't creating art that makes your heart happy.
- You are ready to put in the time and work to build a business and a life that fits your needs.
- You want to create a business that looks and feels like you and not everyone else.
Marketing That Attracts is an 8-module, online course that dives deep into marketing strategies specifically for photographers to help bring in their ideal clients. There are no group calls or voxer access to me inside the course.
The Aligned Photographer is an online, 7 module course that focuses on different business and marketing principles each week. The Aligned Photographer is retired.
Root to Rise is a 20-week, completely immersive experience. It includes weekly calls, guest speakers, reading 2 books together, an in-person retreat, shooting live sessions together, portfolio reviews, and so much more.
The materials covered in Root to Rise are meant to help you level up your business. This program is not intended for someone who is not in business yet.
You are right - it is a big investment, and I get that it can feel very scary. I have been there before.
In my experience, the more I have invested in something for my business, the higher the return on investment was for me. The very first time I spent thousands of dollars on an educational experience was the year that changed the trajectory of my business. Literally. And after 15 years, that statement still holds true.
When I drop a few hundred dollars on something, I get a little out of it, but when I make a bigger investment, I go all in, and drastic changes are made. Let's chat about if Root to Rise is for you!
I'm happy to answer any questions you may have so you can determine if this experience is right for you! Email me at sabrina@sabrinagebhardt.com, and I'll get back to you ASAP.
Not interested in the retreat? Or not available to travel during the retreat dates? Online-only spots are an option. And I can promise you will still get SO MUCH out of the experience from the teachings, the accountability and the 1:1 coaching during Voxer hours.
Still on the fence about whether Root to Rise is for YOU? Well, hop on down from there, and let's chat!
Feel free to peruse the FAQs below, and then, if you still have questions, send me an email. I'd love to discuss my heart for Root to Rise and help you determine if this round is a good fit for you!
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