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Sarah Clark Directional Life Coaching

I offer a non-judgemental safe space using coaching techniques to help adults and young people to mo

03/02/2025

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06/09/2024

Welcome back to my posts for this week, sharing things about me and how I have become the person I am today

What motivates me to be a life coach?

There have been times in my personal life and professional career that I have found myself at a crossroads, not sure which direction to take and it was not clear what I actually wanted to achieve. I now wish I’d had a life coach available to me during those pivotal moments to support me, raise my awareness of what I really wanted in life and how to make that positive change to my new future.

I made the changes I wanted to make in life through sheer determination, but I have no doubt that a life coach would have made that process much easier and certainly much quicker!

If you’d like to know more about how a life coach can help you move forward, I’d love to have a chat

04/09/2024

Welcome back to my posts for this week, sharing things about me and how I have become the person I am today

Why did I decide to train as a life coach?

After a 30 year career working in the finance sector I felt I had stagnated in my role and was starting to suffer from the pressure I was under. My health was suffering, and I was approaching burnout. I knew I needed to take my career in a new direction for the sake of my own wellbeing.

Over the years I had come to the realisation that I loved developing people and seeing them going on to achieve their career goals. I had the opportunity to be a mentor on a number of occasions and had dabbled in coaching not really understanding what it was truly all about.

I felt a real need to move towards a role that would allow me to support people’s development. I was lucky enough to be offered the option of taking redundancy due to a location strategy change and I saw this as my opportunity to develop my interest in people.

I saw an advert for free introductory Life Coaching training with The Coaching Academy so I went along and I was hooked within the first hour of the course. I knew this was what I wanted to do and enrolled on the Life Coaching Diploma course 2 days later. The rest, as they say, is history!

How did you decide on your current career path?

02/09/2024

Welcome to the new week. This week I want to share a few more things about me and how I have become the person I am today

What have been the key moments that have shaped my life’s journey?

There have been a number of key events, both personally and professionally, that I have faced in my life that have shaped me as a person and led to where I am today.
My first was when I went through a divorce in my early 20’s, resulting in a loss of self-confidence and a number of friendships. I had to rebuild my life and try to decide what direction I wanted to go in, both personally and professionally.

My second was when I was widowed at the age of 38, with 2 children under 6 years old. After a bereavement such as this, your perspective on life changes and all the things you deemed important previously get re-evaluated. I found myself reassessing my career, my personal goals and where I wanted me and the children to be long term.

My third was when I came to the realisation that despite a long and successful career in the Finance Sector, I needed more. I started to assess what I wanted from my professional life, but I wasn’t sure what my new career looked like.

It has not been an easy journey through life, but I consider myself blessed to be where I am now, with so many life experiences that have helped shape the person I have become.

What have been the key moments in your life’s journey?

30/08/2024

Welcome back to my theme for this week which is how to re-discover who you are and what’s important to you after a traumatic event such as a divorce or a bereavement

Tip 5 – Find something you really love doing. This might be something you did before you met your partner, or even something you did together that you now feel ready to face again. It might be something you’ve always wanted to try, but have never had the chance to.
It might be travelling, it might be dancing, amateur dramatics or playing bingo.
Whatever it is, give it a go. It will give you something to focus on and look forward to. You’ll probably have fun as well!

If you follow these tips you will be well on your way to re-discovering who you are and what you want to be.

Have fun with it and enjoy being you!

28/08/2024

Welcome back to my theme for this week which is how to re-discover who you are and what’s important to you after a traumatic event such as a divorce or a bereavement

Tip 4 – Write a personal mission statement

Do you find you have lots of thoughts buzzing around in your head about what you want do and where you want to go in life? Making sense of these thoughts can really help you to understand what you want from life and how to move forward. A mission statement is a great way of cementing this.
So where do you start? Set aside some time and think about all of things that you listed as important to you from Tip 2. Now make a list of what you are good at, what you enjoy and what you want from life. You have all the ingredients for your mission statement.
Don’t try to get it perfect at the first attempt. It can be as long or as short as you want it to be, it can be a picture, a series of quotes or even a song lyric that resonates with you.
The key is to make sure it is yours and that it inspires you!

If you need support to write your personal mission statement, give me a call.

26/08/2024

Welcome back to my theme for this week which is how to re-discover who you are and what’s important to you after a traumatic event such as a divorce or a bereavement

Tip 3 – Learn to deal the negative talk

We all have that little inner voice telling us we can’t or shouldn’t do something, or we are not good enough. This is normal completely normal. We are naturally risk averse which dates back to our ancient roots and is our minds way of keeping us safe. This negative talk can be very limiting and may stop us moving towards what we want to achieve in life.
So how do we stop it?
The fact is we can’t stop it as it is part of our psyche, however we can manage it through daily affirmations. List down all of the things our negative talk is telling us. Against each one, reframe it to what you would like instead. For example “I’m not good enough to get that job as I don’t have the skills” can be changed to “I will learn the skills needed to get the job I want”. Once you have your list of re-framed statements, read them to yourself at least once a day. You could even record them and play them to yourself.
The mind will start to focus on the positive rather than the negative, reducing the impact of the negative talk

Please contact me if you’d like support to detail with that negative inner voice

23/08/2024

Welcome back to my theme for this week which is how to re-discover who you are and what’s important to you after a traumatic event such as a divorce or a bereavement

Tip 2 – Get to know your Values

Understanding what is important to you will help you come to terms with the person you are now. It will help you to move forward in life, knowing that whatever you decide to do it is right for you.
You may have lost sight of your values so this is your chance to discover what’s important to you rather than what’s important to other people.
Allocate some quiet time, grab a tea or coffee and write a list of all of the things in life that you feel are important to you.
Remember this is your list, not what you think other people will say is important.

If you’d like support to discover your values, I’d love to chat!

21/08/2024

My theme for the next few weeks is about how to re-discover who you are and what’s important to you after a traumatic event such as a divorce or a bereavement.

When one of these events happens many people look in the mirror and not know who they are.

They have dedicated their life to their partner and very often have adopted their likes, their dislikes and their values.

If you’ve lost sight of yourself, I’m going to share my top tips over the next few weeks to help you re-discover you.

Tip 1 – Self Care

After devoting your life to helping others, spending time on yourself probably seems like an indulgence. Actually, it’s critical for your wellbeing and feeling comfortable with yourself.
Schedule in some time every day to do something for you, read a book, go for a walk, have a bath or just meditate.
Once you start finding time for you every day you will feel calmer and more grounded.

I’d love to hear what your self-care regime looks like.

19/08/2024

Happy Monday everyone.

I’ve had a couple of weeks away to re-charge and have fun with the family. I love travelling and usually plan the next trip as soon as I get home from one.

Planning a holiday and then looking forward to it, is all part of the experience for me.

Travelling is definitely my happy place.

Would love to hear what makes you happy and what you do to re-charge your batteries.

02/08/2024

Welcome back to my posts about helping young people through Life Coaching.

For my final post in this series, I want to touch on something I mentioned at the beginning which is how difficult it is for parents to spot if a teenager’s struggles are the usual mood swings or something to be concerned about.

My top tips for any parents out there who are facing this are –

1) Please don’t beat yourself up about whether you are spotting the signs. Parenting is an extremely tough gig and communication with teenagers is notoriously difficult.

2) Give them space and let them know you are there if they want to talk

3) Ask them the question – ‘What can I do to help you?’ It’s a really great open question and gives them the opportunity to tell you what they want, rather than you telling them what you think they should do.

If you do think you have a young person who is struggling, I’d love to have a chat with you to see how I might be able to help them

31/07/2024

Welcome back to my posts about helping young people through Life Coaching.

Why would I choose Life Coaching for my child rather than counselling or therapy?

There are many different options out there to help young people.

Life coaching is very forward focused, looking at what the young person wants to change or achieve. The sessions will focus on the actions they can take to move them to where they want to be, how they want to behave or how they want to feel. It will empower and motivate them to make the changes that they want to make in their life whether that be in school, at home or with themselves.

Counselling and therapy look more at the past and focuses on an event or trauma that may have led them to feel or behave in a particular way. Addressing a concern in this way can help to shed light on what has caused the problem to then provide coping strategies and mechanisms. There is much more of a focus on mental health so if the young person is suffering from a mental health illness, I would recommend a counsellor, therapist or even a psychiatrist to deal with the underlying issue.

I am not a trained counsellor and as such cannot resolve their underlying mental health issues; however I have coached young people who are in the extremely long waiting list for mental health support. I coach them on some of the issues that I mentioned previously, helping them to cope, even just with the small stuff.

If you have a young person who is struggling, I’d love to have a chat to see how I might be able to help.

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