About Sarah
If you want to live a life with meaning, be happy and successful (whatever that means to you), you are in the right place! Read on so we can get to know each other. This is my story, and feel free to contact me to tell me a bit about you and the kind of support you’re looking for.
My journey towards becoming a therapist and coach started in 1999 when I worked in a mind-numbing call centre job answering an average of just ten 1 minute-long calls each day. SO boring! The internet was new and exciting so I spent my 7 hours and 50 minutes of free time each day online, both planning my upcoming wedding and researching what else I could do other than this tedious job.
I had loved Reflexology for a long time since it resolved severe IBS symptoms, so I signed up to Reflexology training to start as soon as I returned from honeymoon. There began my journey into therapies and self development!
As soon as I opened my Reflexology clinic I was inundated with fertility and pregnancy clients. I had a lot to learn and immersed myself in research and additional training. Before long I was considered the go-to person locally for Fertility Reflexology, and I went on to develop a training course and deliver it to hundreds of Reflexologists so they could also support fertility clients.
Much as I loved Reflexology and saw wonderful results for my clients, I felt at a loss as to how to support them emotionally. It was clear that, for many, the emotional aspects of their fertility journey were the most challenging, and there seemed to be little appropriate support available. Then in 2003 I was introduced to a technique called EFT by a newly qualified practitioner who was looking for case studies. EFT – Emotional Freedom Techniques, also called Tapping – is a remarkable technique that brings balance to thoughts, emotions and beliefs by tapping on specific acupressure points on the face, hands and upper body.
I volunteered myself as a case study to work on my fear of public speaking, although I was highly sceptical (how could tapping on points on my face and hands help with emotions?!). I was surprised that within the first session the fear disappeared and I was then eager to test out my new confidence by chairing a meeting for my local Reflexologist Support Group. Since then I have enjoyed speaking at multiple events (many with very large audiences!) and I passed the ultimate test of a live TV appearance on BBC News which I even enjoyed!
After completing my professional EFT training, and continuing to release my fears and anxieties with Tapping, I suddenly felt drawn to look at whether I wanted to have a baby. Despite working with fertility and pregnancy for years, I had never wanted to have a baby myself because I had an intense phobia of pregnancy and childbirth. The fears were deeply rooted in my mother’s traumatic experience of giving birth to me which was so shocking to me as a child that I promised myself I would never have a baby and put myself ‘at risk’.
With my newly learned EFT skills it was if a door had opened to the possibility of becoming a mother. With curiosity, I spent a couple of hours one sunny June day sitting in my garden tapping through the emotions and beliefs I had around pregnancy and birth. I emerged from that intense tapping session with a certainty that I did want to have a baby. And I wanted it NOW! After sharing this surprising news with my husband (who fortunately felt the same), we began a 9 year journey through fertility challenges. My years of fertility experience and knowledge became very useful!
Our first baby was born after both natural and medicated fertility treatment. And our second baby came to us 5 years later through adoption. Travelling a path that included making decisions about fertility testing and treatment, and then deciding whether to stop trying and instead pursue adoption, gave me real-life insights into the experience of my fertility clients. Although I was a knowledgeable and experienced fertility coach before, my own lived experience of both fertility treatment and adoption deepened my understanding and empathy immeasurably.
My third baby will always be my EFT coaching business (oh, and my tortoise and two cats deserve a mention!), and my work was born out of my belief that we all have amazing, resilient and creative minds. Challenges such as fertility issues, trauma and loss can instill fears and worries that hold us back and stop us connecting with what we are truly capable of. I believe we can all benefit from EFT, and it helps us tap into our true potential!
I started with fertility support, and it is still an important part of my work. So, if you are on a fertility journey I can offer you deeply empathic, gentle and transformative support. If you are facing another challenge, at any stage in your life, you are very welcome connect with me for support. Whether that’s through receiving my Daily Seeds emails, purchasing a personalised Tapping Breakthrough video, or engaging in EFT coaching sessions with me, I hope you find the support you need.
EFT coaching can help us live a life that we love, whether that is through creating a family, a business, a home, a relationship, friendship, writing a book, or whatever you know that you are meant for in this lifetime. You can see the options to work with me here.
It’s my wish for you that you will dream bigger than you’ve ever done before, be open to all possibilities, and live and love your life fully and joyfully!
Some more things about me that are both fun and will also help you decide if I’m the right person to have on your support team:
- My lived experiences include growing up with an absent father, navigating a 9 year fertility and adoption journey, and creating my dream business that gives me security, freedom and a life with purpose.
- I’m a parent to two neurodivergent children, and also recognise ND traits throughout my family and in myself. I am always up-levelling my learning and understanding of neurodivergence, disability, and the lived experience of all marginalised groups.
- I am a LGBTQIA+ ally and my business is LGBTQIA+ friendly.
- I have been vegetarian since childhood and vegan since 2018, and understand the unique emotional challenges of living in a non-vegan world.
- When I’m not working, my favourite things to do are taking long walks, reading all kinds of books (or listening through Audible – often on those walks!), seeking out the best vegan food (or cooking it myself), spending time in my beloved second home on the Isle of Cumbrae, travelling to new places, London (all of it – I’m lucky to live so close), and being a fan since 1990 of New Kids on the Block (yes they are still together, yes if there’s an upcoming show I do have tickets, and yes I do have a fave New Kid – Donnie!)
Now, I’d love to hear from you. Send me a message to ask me any questions or to chat about how I could support you!
