About Dr. Samantha Harte | StrongHarte Fitness
About Dr. Sam

"I didn't find my way to this work. I was broken open by it."

Doctor of Physical Therapy · Sober life coach · Bestselling author of Breaking the Circuit · 17 years sober

Dr. Samantha Harte

My name is Dr. Samantha Harte.
Most people call me Dr. Sam.

I'm a Doctor of Physical Therapy, a sober life coach, and a bestselling author — but before any of that, I was a woman who looked like she had it all together and felt like she was falling apart. Seventeen years ago, I got sober. What almost killed me wasn't only addiction; it was the judgment and self-abandonment underneath it. Today, I don't treat the body in isolation — I treat it as an integral part of whole person care.

I lost my sister to addiction in 2022. I've grieved, rebuilt, and learned — in my own body — that we don't heal in isolation. We heal in honest rooms, with expert hands, alongside people who get it. That's the room I've spent my life learning to build.

StrongHarte is the place I once needed: where the most sophisticated movement and healing science meets the kind of raw, human connection you usually only find in a support group.

No performing. No holding it together. Just you, met as a whole person — mind, body, and soul.

Whole person care, every single time.

Everything here integrates what's usually kept separate: physical therapy and nervous system science, somatic and trauma-informed practices, recovery wisdom, and genuine spiritual connection.

Physical therapy Nervous system science Somatic & trauma-informed Recovery wisdom Spiritual connection

There are two doors in.

However you found your way here, choose the one that fits where you are right now.

1:1 Coaching with Dr. Sam

Private, integrated healing — holistic physical therapy and sober life coaching for your mind, brain, body, and nervous system. Deep, personal, expert-level care built entirely around you.

Wellness Workshops

Experiential group gatherings that feel like the most honest room you've ever been in — movement, nervous system regulation, somatic release, and real connection. Different themes, same feeling: safe, authentic and expertly held.