Sarah Lawfull – Team Coaching in Didcot
Coaching for life, career and leadership - through nature
Sarah Lawfull is a Coaching for life, career and leadership - through nature based in Didcot, United Kingdom. They offer Team Coaching (7 years of experience), Executive Coaching (7 years of experience), Life And Wellness Coaching (7 years of experience), and Career Coaching (7 years of experience). Topics include Conflict Resolution In The Workplace, Improve Time Management, Resilience (Surviving to Thriving), Team Coaching, Work Related Stress And Anxiety, and Career Development. Languages: English.
Team Coaching
7 years of experience
Unlock Team Potential Through Coaching for Better Collaboration and Growth
Video transcript
So I've had experience working with teams to develop their practice, to help them build their connections and understand each other, to find out that actually the way we all think is so different and we make huge assumptions about other people's motives, which very often are not true. Coaching is a brilliant way of uncovering those sort of hidden beliefs and hidden thoughts and then really looking together at how we can build each other up and value each other's strengths and really grow together. building trust is so important and it just takes sometimes an outsider to come in and help you see the patterns that you've got stuck in so that you can really understand how to work well together and thrive together and enjoy working together. So I can support your team and I'd love to work with you.
Team coaching requires time for individual and group sessions. Sarah supports you in finding sustainable models, enabling you to work effectively with conflict through collaborative approaches and creating communities of learning.
Executive Coaching
7 years of experience
Crafting Leadership for a Better World: Enhancing Skills and Sustainability (en)
Video transcript
Hello, I'm Sarah Lawfall. I'm holding some apples. One is a beautiful natural apple that grew on a tree in our garden and this beautiful one is crafted by a very skilled woodworker. I can't even remember what the wood is that it's made of but it's a very beautiful thing. Leadership is a bit like crafting something beautiful. Leadership is about drawing out the skills and the knowledge and the wisdom and all those traits that are delicious in your team. And I'd love to help you do that. Leadership training is something that is so important to me because I know that if we have leadership that is kind and compassionate and strong and challenging, that demands truth and quality, then actually we will have a better world. And if we can do that and be connected to the natural environment and taking responsibility, having an eye for sustainability and climate conscious leadership, then actually we will have a better world for our children and all the generations to come. So I would love to invite you to work with me to develop your leadership skills and develop the leadership skills of the team that you work with.
Understanding the interconnectedness of the natural world helps us gain new insights into the systems at play in our work and personal lives. It allows us to embody sustainability as part of our identity rather than just something we do.
Life And Wellness Coaching
7 years of experience
Life Coaching in Nature: Transform Your Thinking and Relationships (EN)
Video transcript
Hello, I'm Sarah, and I coach people who are looking for a new way of thinking, who actually have tried lots of things and are just wanting to explore something different, want a different direction in their life, or perhaps want a different approach to the relationships and the conflicts of their experience at work or at home. And you can see from this label here that I coach in nature. So I do, I coach in and through nature. because nature is the place that we get more oxygen. It's the place where there's green and blue, things that actually are going to help us to focus and think more clearly. And I know through over, well, almost 40 years now of working outdoors with children, with teenagers, with autistic adults, with autistic teenagers, and with business people too, that actually when we're outdoors in nature, we do our very best thinking. When you think about the places that we go to for our holidays or the plants and the flowers that we bring into our homes, the pictures we put on our walls, there's something in us that is really crying out for the natural world. And our lives have become really busy. So I would invite you to explore coaching in and through nature. We can do that over Zoom. We can do it in your garden. We could do it at our local nature spot or at a park. Do get in touch and let's have a chat and see how I might be able to support you to do your very best thinking and help you make a plan for your own life, create a map to get you out and being the best version of you. Do get in touch. I look forward to hearing from you.
Coaching empowers you to choose new ways of being, helping you be who you are meant to be, fulfilling your potential by discovering hidden strengths, and exploring possibilities in fun and creative ways.
Career Coaching
7 years of experience
Career Development Coaching with Sarah: Enhance Your Work-Life Balance and Reach Your Full Potential (EN)
Video transcript
Hello, I'm Sarah and I coach people who want to develop their careers, who are struggling to find which path they want to take, who are feeling a bit overwhelmed maybe or tired and a bit disappointed that things aren't working out the way they want them to. I also coach people who are really working at the top of their game and relishing what they're doing, but somehow don't know how to get to the next level. So I coach people on Zoom, I'll coach you outside, but I always invite people to bring nature into the coaching conversation because I know that when we're thinking in nature and we're thinking about nature, something happens magical in our brains and we think better. If we're outdoors, we get more oxygen and it helps us to do our very best thinking. Particularly at the moment, if you're in a high pressure job, you're probably overwhelmed with information. I think that's happening for people at all areas and ages and stages of life. Coaching is an investment in yourself. You actually take time to think about the things that matter most and plan and plot. And coaching gives you a great opportunity to do that. So we take time and concentrate and focus on you and find ways to help you do your very best thinking so that you can bring yourself, your whole self to your job and find a way to create a healthy work-life balance that feels good for you and good for everyone. That helps you to do your best at work and your best at home. So I do invite you to have a call with me to see if I can help you be the best version of yourself in your work and know how to develop your career so that it takes you down a path that you really want to go down, one that you've chosen for yourself because you know the things that interest you, the things you're great at and the things you want to learn more about. I hope you think about the support you need, how you plan what training you might take on or what jobs you might apply for. I love helping people be the best version of themselves. And I know that when we can do that, we actually do a great job of supporting the people around us, the people that we love, the people that we work with, the people that we want to impress even. Do contact me. Let's have a call. I'd really love to help you. Coaching is great and is a wonderful way to help you be the best version of yourself. Do give me a call. I'd love to chat with you.
Working with Sarah will enhance your work experience, helping you present your best self in all situations. Together, you'll explore your strengths and interests to create a roadmap for your career. You'll uncover hidden qualities, leading to new opportunities and a work-life balance that allows you to thrive.
Videos
Introduction video
Video transcript
Hello, I'm Sarah Lawfall and I set up Where the Fruit is training and coaching to work with people outside in nature because I know that being outdoors in nature is where human beings feel happier and healthier and generally safer. So I've got a background in teaching and coaching and mentoring adults and children, particularly working with autistic teenagers, early years children and and educators. And through that time I've discovered the joy of being outside and working together to really unlock the treasures that we hold inside us. About seven, eight years ago I discovered coaching, executive coaching, and I trained at Henley Business School. Now throughout my teaching and coaching career, I've worked with people, helping them find out what it is that really matters to them, to discover their values and then find their solutions to the problems, the challenges they face or help them redirect their own path to find what it is they want most out of life. I work with individuals and I work with teams to help them develop relationship skills, to build their emotional intelligence. And I do that in a very gentle way, making good use of the natural environment, the nature that's around us. We can take a coaching conversation to the woods, we can walk in a grass meadow, we can go to a park, we can sit in your garden. We can even use nature when we're on a Zoom call. So I'd love to help you, to work with you, to help you find the answers that actually you have got inside.
Bio
A systems thinker committed to supporting individuals, teams, and organisations, Sarah applies her warmth, humour, and skills to clients from many backgrounds. Training at Henley Business School led her to further training in Lumina Learning, Time to Think, and Team Coaching. Experienced across multiple coaching tools, including Lumina psychometrics, Sarah adapts her approach to working with clients in ways that best suit them.
A professional certified coach, Forest School Association-endorsed trainer, and education consultant, Sarah co-founded Where The Fruit Is to provide transformational coaching and training for leaders through nature—with a background in education and voluntary youth work for over thirty years, managing national projects and working collaboratively with NGOs, Sarah advocates with and for nature and neurodivergent people of all ages. She has spent her working life sharing the importance of effective leadership, autism friendly practice, sustainability, emotional intelligence and healthy relationships between people and the planet.
Disconnecting from technology and (re)connecting with nature offers a route to managing stress, thinking more clearly and creatively, solving problems, resolving conflicts, making better decisions and engaging in systemic longer-term thinking.
Coaching through nature is a dynamic process between the coach, you, the coachee, and the natural environment. We use the interdependence of plants, animals, and weather to explore what is happening for everyone in your ecosystem, providing accountability and challenge to help you realise your vision.
Gain self-confidence and emotional agility as you focus on forward-thinking actions, and new and productive patterns of behaviour to benefit you, your team, your friends and your family.
Experience
Since 2018, Sarah has coached team leaders, managers, individuals, couples and teams through nature, using Nancy Kline's Time to Think, Lumina Spark, and Lumina Emotion psychometrics, among other coaching tools.
The pandemic provided opportunities for Sarah to coach staff teams via Zoom, where she learned that bringing nature into conversations when people cannot be outside is still impactful.
Sarah has been chair of the Forest School Association, is an associate trainer with Outdoors Thinking and regularly leads coaching workshops at Forest School and Early Years conferences, helping leaders bring coaching approaches into their work outdoors.
Qualifications
Professional Certificate in Coaching - Henley Business School 2017 Time to Think - Foundations and Thinking Partnership - Innoxy Consulting 2018/19 GTCI - Gateway to Team Coaching - WBECS - 2020 - coaching with team leaders Lumina Spark ( Lumina Learning) 2021 https://luminalearning.com/ Lumina Emotion ( Lumina Learning) 2021 https://luminalearning.com/
Member of:
- Henley Coaching Centre
- ICF
- RSA Coaching Network
Reviews
The sessions with Sarah have been fantastic. She has a unique ability to listen and start a chain reaction of thoughts by asking the right question at the right time.
- Heather, Outdoor Learning Specialist Coach
Sarah carefully judged how much she could move me forward with questions, suggestions, and observations.
- Jenny, Forest School practitioner
Coaching brought up many critical conversations within the team. I now feel more confident and empowered to talk about what support I need from my colleagues and better understand what support to give them.
- Specialist Outdoor Learning Lead
Sarah created a safe, relaxed space full of compassion and knowledge. We felt safe to be ourselves.
- Hannah, Team Leader/ Secondary Teacher
It is rare to think and talk without interruption, and Sarah holds that space respectfully, gently, and skillfully.
- Nicky, Forest School Leader
During 1:1 coaching, Sarah created a safe space, giving me time to explore my thoughts and feelings.
- Roger, Education Manager
This has been and continues to be a really challenging time both inside and outside of work. Sarah listens and guides me with genuine care, enabling me to consider things in a way I hadn’t done before.
- Catherine, Headteacher