Sarah Meertens Coaching
Achieve with clarity and purpose
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Coaching provides the space and structure for reflection that allows development and growth. Whether you're struggling with career development, life transitions or want to improve your overall well-being, coaching can help you unlock your full potential and achieve your goals.
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About Sarah
I come to coaching after a 20 year career as a general practitioner with special interests in aged and palliative care, as well as lifestyle medicine. I have been a business owner, an educator and a manager in the public and private sectors.
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My work with those nearing the end of their life has given me the opportunity to hear reflections on lives that have been fulfilling, as well as those filled with regret - and helped bring clarity to what is truly important. This insight, together with my work in lifestyle medicine where I saw the powerful impact of behaviour change, brought a new perspective on living a good life personally and professionally.
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I have formal training in Organisational Coaching and Life Coaching Practice, as well as experience in coaching in education and performance contexts.
Coaching Philosophy
Coaching is future focussed, and involves a structured conversation which helps bridge the gap between the current reality and desired outcomes. Coaching is not counselling or therapy, which focus on past events to explain current realities, nor is it mentoring or consulting, which focus on giving advice or opinion. Coaching is about identifying and setting goals and through an individual's own resources, guiding and supporting them to achieve their desired outcomes.
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I partner with clients to create a safe space built on trust to facilitate a process of self discovery to help define goals and establish a way forward. Using a strengths-based approach I help bring clarity to the current situation, obstacles faced, possible options and then through to an optimal way forward with clear actions and measurable outcomes.
I approach the coaching relationship with kindness, empathy and confidentiality. By prioritising individual clients' needs and goals, I aim to empower them to achieve their full potential and lead fulfilling lives.
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Contact
Unit 1 - UPSTAIRS
112-118 Rundle St
Kent Town, ADELAIDE
South Australia 5067