About The Courageous Rise

Two perspectives.
One commitment to helping you RISE.

We bring together personalized nutrition, an understanding of the body, and compassionate support for the thoughts, emotions, and habits that shape everyday life.

Behind The RISE Method are Carrie Pratt and Jennifer Cooney—two practitioners whose professional experience and personal journeys have shaped how they support change.

Carrie Pratt, L.Ac.

Founder of The RISE Method
Integrative wellness practitioner

Carrie brings a foundation in neuroscience and acupuncture to decades of work in nutrition, movement, and emotional well-being. Her approach connects an understanding of the body with attentive, personal guidance.

Her training includes Clinical EFT, the Root Cause Protocol, yoga, and the MELT Method. This breadth helps her consider the physical, emotional, and everyday factors that shape a person’s experience of health.

Her own health challenges helped shape RISE. She understands how discouraging it can feel to have knowledge and tools yet still struggle—and how valuable it is to have a clear starting point and someone walking beside you.

Carrie’s education & training

B.S. in Neuroscience Trinity College
Master’s in Acupuncture WON Institute · Licensed acupuncturist in Pennsylvania
Clinical EFT & Root Cause Protocol Certified Clinical EFT Practitioner · Root Cause Protocol Consultant
Yoga & MELT Method Kripalu-trained yoga instructor · MELT Method Level 5 Instructor

Jennifer Cooney

Co-founder of The Courageous Rise
Transformational health coach & functional nutritionist

Jennifer has spent more than 30 years helping people change the way they eat, think, and live. She brings together functional nutrition, metabolic health, meditation, and behavioral change in an approach grounded in real life.

Her own experiences with breast cancer, infertility, autoimmune challenges, and sobriety shape the compassion she brings to people rebuilding their health. She understands that lasting change involves more than knowing what to do.

Jennifer helps clients understand what their bodies need, recognize familiar patterns, and practice new ways of responding. Her work combines thoughtful inquiry with practical tools for creating a more sustainable way of living well.

Jennifer’s education & experience

Functional Nutrition Certified Functional Nutritionist
Meditation Certified Meditation Instructor
Transformational Coaching Decades of experience in transformational and ontological coaching
Environmental Engineering A background that informs her analytical perspective

How we came together

A personal beginning. A shared purpose.

Carrie’s experience with exhaustion, disrupted sleep, brain fog, and changes in her health brought her back to the foundations of nourishment and metabolic well-being. Personalized nutrition helped her find a new direction. It also highlighted how much stress, emotions, and familiar patterns influence our relationship with food.

That experience became the foundation of RISE: practical nutrition guidance paired with support for the person making the changes.

2025 / THE FOUNDATION

Carrie founded The RISE Method.

She brought together her experience in integrative wellness, personalized nutrition, Clinical EFT, and coaching to create a program that considers physical health alongside emotional well-being.

2026 / THE PARTNERSHIP

Together, we created
The Courageous Rise

In 2026, Carrie and Jennifer came together to form Courage & Rise Co LLC, doing business as The Courageous Rise, to bring their combined experience in health, wellness, and transformation to The RISE Method. Together, they support both physical well-being and the thoughts, emotions, and habits that shape lasting change.

What our partnership brings to you

Support for the body.
Room for the whole person.

Our experience overlaps in meaningful ways, and our different perspectives give us more ways to understand what you are navigating. Together, we help you connect your food plan with the emotional and practical realities of following it.

A personal starting point

Your history, goals, and daily experience matter. We use personalized guidance to help you understand your next steps.

Tools for moments of difficulty

We make room for stress, emotional patterns, and the challenges of change, with practices that support awareness and choice.

Practice that fits everyday life

We help you work with what you are learning, recognize progress, and build routines you can continue beyond the program.

We would love to hear your story.

Whether you are exploring RISE or already part of our community, you are welcome here. Get to know the program, watch the introductory webinar, or choose a time to talk with us.

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