Origin
What I want you to know is....
My name is Sarah. I want to make it easy for anyone struggling with a health imbalance to connect with great practitioners through a health savings account. I want to make it easy for parents, grandparents and friends to support loved ones, not by buying things, but by bolstering curated dental, medical, mental health and self care plans.
I want to challenge our current system of health to be more inclusive, prioritize integrative healing, allow people, patients and practitioners to collaborate to create meaningful, long term wellness.
Karma Well can be used by any practitioner, coach, therapist, or clinician willing to accept payment from a Karma Well member. There is no fee to create a listing and accept bookings. Practitioners, employers and crowd-funders pay a reasonable percentage-based transaction fee. My platform functions in tandem with existing benefits plans.
I want you to know I am a repeat entrepreneur with a successful track record of making membership models work for clients and practitioners. There are thousands of brick and mortar businesses doing what Karma Well will do online; my idea is highly scalable. Karma Well empowers practitioners. They benefit from stable, cash forward business, appreciate the freedom, flexibility and positive patient results my platform offers.
Board of advisors
Beth Gallup MBA
Clara MacRaild MBA
Dr. Kevin Preston
Beth brings new ideas to life, both as an emerging artist and as mentor to early stage technology entrepreneurs. In business, she meshes together the practical and the visionary, leaping from balance sheets to intellectual property to market strategy to cash flow. She is invested in the good karma of KarmaWell.
Dr. Kevin Preston
Clara MacRaild MBA
Dr. Kevin Preston
Dr. Preston trained in Traditional Chinese Medicine, with a background in science and kinesiology.
Dr. Preston has been in practice for over a decade and owns a wellness clinic in Vernon, BC. His key focus has been on treating chronic conditions, unknown illnesses, mystery syndromes, and optimized performance.
Clara MacRaild MBA
Clara MacRaild MBA
Clara MacRaild MBA
Clara’s two passions are people and business, and brings over 15 years of human resource and recruitment consulting experience to the team. Clara has enjoyed success in boutique consulting, in-house big corporate, agency and most recently has specialised in supporting dynamic/tech start-up companies build their infrastructure and teams for rapid growth.
Kent Breedlove LLP
Kent Breedlove LLP
Clara MacRaild MBA
With experience across diverse industries and business models, Kent Breedlove brings his expertise in law and comprehensive leadership to the board. Kent prides himself on being a creative, strategic and entrepreneurial professional who creates long-term value for organizations.
Judy Rose
Kent Breedlove LLP
Bryn Burdditt CA
Implementation team lead at Epicor Software, Judy brings over 20 years of experience in onboarding and project management. Judy is fully bilingual and her professional determination is matched by her passion for all things musical, social regeneration and volunteerism.
Bryn Burdditt CA
Kent Breedlove LLP
Bryn Burdditt CA
Head of Finance for the city of Fernie, Bryn also owns and operates Black Stone bed and breakfast with his wife and two boys. Bryn has been a Chartered Accountant since 2009, loves mountains and spreadsheets
The logo story
Karma is a concept of Hinduism where beneficial effects are derived from past beneficial actions and harmful effects from past harmful actions, creating a system of actions and reactions. In Sanskrit karma literally means "action" or "doing". In the Buddhist tradition, karma refers to action driven by intention.
Since water is the key to life, finding sources of fresh water was important to our ancestors. Occasionally, fresh water sprang from unexpected places, like from underground springs or rivers. For many cultures, particularly ancient European cultures, underground springs were viewed as special, sacred waters that were given to mankind as a gift from the gods. To thank the gods for their gift, they would drop small tokens of their appreciation into the spring. Later, coins were used.
In our logo, the practitioners are represented by the multicoloured bricks, they together build the structure and the container for your well or wellness. In the karma well, you can make a wish for more support in your wellness and you or others can invest coins in the well. In this way we all help each other heal.
Giving. Healing. Growing.