Sarah Bewers

Coach & Founder of Lead + Health

I partner with individuals and organisations who want to make or manage change in order to unlock potential. Change is the only constant. It happens to us, because of us, around us and within us. Our capacity to lead and embrace change and grow is determined by our whole health and the health of the environments and systems we exist in; our workplaces, our relationships, our cultures. Whole health makes all the difference to both our experience of change and the outcome.

I’ve always been fascinated by people; their behaviours, how they communicate, what they think and why and ultimately their awareness of what’s driving them. I’ve enjoyed observing people in teams and as leaders across a rich variety of organisations from huge corporates to small start-ups. Along the way I’ve come to observe and understand that successful change is about the conditions; our internal systems (physical, mental, emotional, spiritual) and our external environments (people, places, systems) create the possibilities and pathways for growth and transformation. My personal and professional experiences have shaped my coaching philosophy and ultimately informed the principles upon which Lead + Health was founded; Holistic Health, Self Leadership & Connection to Purpose.

  • Sarah holds an accredited Diploma in Transformative Coaching with Animas Centre for Coaching and is fully accredited (ACC) by and a member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and the European Coaching & Mentoring Council (EMCC).

    Her training and expertise focus on creating the conditions for transformational paradigm shifts for clients by connecting with the deepest levels of human experience; purpose & values, self-identity and belief systems which shape thoughts, behaviours and actions.

  • Sarah has trained as an Integrative & Holistic Health Coach with the Institute of Integrative Nutrition (IIN), the world’s leading health education provider.

    All her coaching practice is rooted in making whole-person or whole-system health the foundation for making any change or transformation to unlock potential.

    ‘Holistic Health’ acknowledges the WHO’s definition of health as ‘a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity’.

    Her training involves a comprehensive approach to the varied and interconnected factors that influence our health and the varied approaches to managing health, including: personalised nutritional health, gut health, gut microbiome & the Gut-Brain axis, Functional and Integrative medicine, bio-individual and multidimensional nutrition, ketogenic diets, mind-body connectivity, immune system function, Auto-immunity, chronic inflammation, Autophagy, Psychoneuroimmunology, stress & nervous system function, Polyvagal Theory, Circadian & Ultradian rhythms, detoxification, the science of sleep, hormone processes & balance, somatic practices (breath-work & meditation), Attachment Theory, emotional regulation, connection to purpose & spiritual practices, Positive Psychology, Shadow Work, Internal Family Systems (IFS) work, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Herbal Medicine.

    Sarah is in the process of become an accredited member of The UKIHCA (UK & International Heath Coaches Association).

  • Sarah also holds an accredited certification in Group Coaching. Whilst coaching groups or teams works with many of the principles of 1:1 coaching, it is significantly more complex in that it demands the ability to work with group dynamics, to create psychological safety, to manage group processes and to know when to step in and when to step out.

The true art of group coaching is in the balance of multiple, often contradictory, qualities. Structure versus spaciousness. Authority versus autonomy.  Process versus emergence. Coach input versus group flow.

  • Sarah has enjoyed designing and facilitating workshops for 10 years across a variety of industries and organisations. She can confidently adapt within more formal, corporate settings as well as more agile and creative environments. She enjoys co-designing agendas that maximise participation and engagement to support problem solving and decision making.

  • Sarah is a certified Neuro-Linguist Programming Master Practitioner accredited by The Complementary Therapists Accredited Association (CTAA).

    NLP therapists work with people to understand their thinking and behavioural patterns, emotional state, and aspirations and how these connection to making change and achieving goals.

  • Sarah is an accredited provider of Clarity 4D Profiling - a Yungian based personality and strengths profiling system.