Oct 22, 2026
Desert Roots Wellness highlights a sustainable approach to professional achievement through coaching, burnout prevention training, and personal development resources.
Scottsdale, Arizona, USA, October 22, 2026 -- Desert Roots Wellness Brings a Broader Perspective to Professional Achievement
Desert Roots Wellness, a personal and professional development coaching company co-founded by Samka Keranovic and Tyler LaBarge, is highlighting an approach to sustainable success that encourages high-achieving women to reconsider how professional ambition, personal boundaries, and individual priorities influence their everyday lives.

Drawing on more than 20 years of corporate leadership experience and 16 years of private coaching, Keranovic brings practical insight to the pressures experienced by professionals who consistently balance demanding careers, leadership responsibilities, business ownership, and personal commitments.
Through private coaching, corporate burnout prevention training, and a library of 20 self-guided digital Blueprint workbooks, Desert Roots Wellness provides resources for examining the habits and expectations that can make professional achievement difficult to sustain.
The company's approach emphasizes that professional success and personal well-being need not be competing priorities. Instead, individuals can examine whether their commitments reflect their values, available capacity, and long-term goals.
The Hidden Pressures Behind High Achievement
Professional achievement is frequently associated with dependability, adaptability, and the ability to meet demanding expectations. For many women in leadership and business, these qualities contribute to career advancement and organizational effectiveness.
However, difficulties may emerge when the desire to remain reliable develops into a pattern of accepting responsibilities without considering personal capacity.
Keranovic identifies self-abandonment as one pattern that can influence this experience. It occurs when individuals repeatedly disregard their preferences, values, or judgment to maintain approval or avoid disappointing others.
In her July 2026 Fast Company Leadership article, "This Habit Leads to Burnout. Are You at Risk?" Keranovic examined how habitual self-abandonment can contribute to professional exhaustion.
The behavior may appear through routinely accepting additional assignments, avoiding difficult conversations, or consistently placing colleagues' expectations ahead of personal priorities.
Desert Roots Wellness encourages professionals to recognize these patterns and evaluate whether their decisions arise from genuine responsibility or the pressure to satisfy external expectations.
Leadership Experience Shapes a Practical Coaching Philosophy
Keranovic's professional background includes more than two decades in corporate leadership, including service as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer with responsibility for a $5.2 million profit and loss operation.
Her experience managing operational priorities, organizational performance, and leadership responsibilities informs the company's approach to personal and professional development.
Alongside her corporate career, Keranovic developed a private coaching practice spanning 16 years. She later transitioned away from full-time executive work to make coaching her primary professional focus.
Co-founder Tyler LaBarge contributes experience in sales, marketing, finance, human resources, business management, team building, and leadership.
Together, the founders established Desert Roots Wellness around a Mind, Body, Soul philosophy that integrates personal reflection, practical exercises, and accountability.
Both founders are Certified Geo Love Healing Practitioners trained in energetic boundary practices, which complement the company's broader personal development perspective.
Their approach encourages individuals to maintain professional ambition while developing greater awareness of how expectations influence their decisions and responsibilities.
Personal Boundaries and Self-Trust Become Central to Sustainable Success
An important component of the Desert Roots Wellness philosophy is the relationship between personal boundaries, people-pleasing behaviors, and confidence in individual judgment.
High-achieving professionals may become accustomed to making decisions based on the needs of colleagues, clients, organizations, or family members. Over time, these patterns can make it difficult to recognize personal limits or communicate competing priorities.
"Boundaries are not walls or punishments. They are acts of self-respect," Keranovic explains.
Desert Roots Wellness encourages individuals to distinguish between cooperation and automatic agreement, particularly when accepting additional responsibilities creates conflicts with existing commitments.
The company also emphasizes the role of self-trust in maintaining consistent personal and professional decisions.
"Self-trust is rebuilt through small, kept promises to yourself," Keranovic says.
This perspective focuses on manageable actions, realistic commitments, and consistent follow-through rather than immediate personal transformation.
The objective is to support more intentional decision-making without discouraging collaboration, accountability, or professional dedication.
Digital Blueprint Resources Support Independent Personal Development
To make structured reflection accessible outside private coaching, Desert Roots Wellness offers a library of 20 self-guided digital Blueprint workbooks and practical guides organized into five themed Collections.
The resources can be completed independently, allowing individuals to explore specific personal development topics without enrolling in coaching sessions.
Among the featured resources are the Boundary Blueprint, People-Pleasing Blueprint, and Self-Trust Blueprint.
The Boundary Blueprint focuses on identifying personal limits, evaluating commitments, and communicating expectations.
The People-Pleasing Blueprint examines behaviors influenced by approval-seeking, conflict avoidance, and automatic agreement.
The Self-Trust Blueprint encourages readers to strengthen confidence in personal judgment through realistic commitments and consistent action.
Each workbook combines reflection with practical application, allowing readers to examine recurring patterns and consider alternative responses to everyday situations.
Together, the resources form part of the company's broader effort to make personal development practices available in flexible, self-paced formats.
Burnout Prevention Requires Individual and Organizational Awareness
Desert Roots Wellness also extends its sustainable success philosophy into organizational settings through Sustainable Success: Burnout Prevention for Leaders & Teams.
Facilitated by Keranovic, the corporate training program addresses workload conversations, prioritization, boundary-setting, delegation, and clearer communication between leaders and employees.
The program recognizes that workplace sustainability involves both individual decision-making and organizational responsibility.
While employees can develop stronger communication practices and greater awareness of personal limits, managers also influence workload expectations, resource allocation, and team priorities.
For individuals seeking additional support, Desert Roots Wellness provides private coaching through video appointments, including individual sessions and a 90-day coaching package.
The company also offers the self-paced, video-guided 30 Day Reset and digital toolkits that provide alternatives to workbook-based learning.
Prospective coaching clients may schedule a complimentary 30-minute Clarity Call to discuss their goals and determine whether coaching is appropriate.
These services are intended for personal and professional development and do not replace psychotherapy, medical care, or clinical treatment.
Arizona Recognition Highlights Commitment to Burnout Prevention
Desert Roots Wellness received Best of Best Review's Best Burnout Prevention Coaching Service in Arizona of 2026 award, recognizing its focus on personal boundaries, self-trust, and sustainable professional practices.
Through coaching, corporate training, and self-guided resources, the company helps high-achieving women balance professional ambition with personal priorities, encouraging intentional decisions and long-term well-being.
About Desert Roots Wellness
Desert Roots Wellness, co-founded by Samka Keranovic and Tyler LaBarge, provides personal and professional development coaching, self-paced programs, digital resources, and corporate training focused on boundaries, self-trust, and sustainable success. Guided by its Mind, Body, Soul philosophy, the company combines practical strategies, reflection, and accountability. Learn more through the official website. Keranovic shares insights on LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook, while company updates are available on Instagram and Facebook. Her expertise is also featured in Fast Company Leadership. Media inquiries may be directed to [email protected].
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