What if there were ways to do our career and our leadership, within the caring and public service sector, without sacrificing our hippy, dreamer souls or becoming unwell? 

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Yet for too many of us, that’s the devil’s bargain we’re asked to make.

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What we need is a new paradigm: a more courageous model of whole-person leadership.

It's time to disrupt the old ideas of "leadership" and be part of creating something much more nourishing, rooted and human.  Something more creative, magical, imaginative and courageous.

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And along the way get much of your muchness back too.

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  Our culture, our organisational bubbles, our systems implicitly demand, normalise and even glorify overworking, sacrifice, busyness, pushing through. Bluster and hustle, loudness and win -win are the models of leadership that we frequently see. Little wonder that we question whether we are cut out for leadership, that we worry we are blending in so much that we are fading away and that we contemplate escaping with our dog, a campervan and the open road.

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What if I told you it is entirely possible to do the work you want to do in the word, to stay effective in making a difference, and use your voice all without selling out who you really are or burning out in the struggle. It is possible and I can help.

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Does any of this seem familiar to you?

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• You are exhausted and stressed pretty much as a constant.

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• You’ve followed the ‘rules’, worked hard and have reached a position in your career where you are ‘successful’ - and instead of feeling happy and accomplished, you feel empty and brittle.

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• You’ve been doing ‘self-care’ - had the weekend away, downloaded the meditation app, have a calendar full of plans (most of which you cancel) and none of it seems to make a jot of real difference.

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• You've squashed down your quirky, whimsical self so well that you've lost touch with your inner magic and essence and you wonder whether it's an irretrievable loss. 

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• You’ve wondered on more than one occasion if you should leave - that you’re not cut out for this and it’s only a matter of time before you’re found out.

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You don’t need to go on this way.  It can be different.

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There’s no magic wand you can wave that will change things and no fairy godmother is coming in this story to rescue you. 

But you know how a good quest works. You discover YOU had the power all along.

You can rediscover your muchness, and when we become much muchier, well that's when the magic really happens.

And like in any quest worth its salt,  there is a map, a mirror,  dragons to be slayed and you are not alone.

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I’m Sarah Bishop and I’m a leadership coach and mentor for hippies and dreamers who want to do things courageously and differently to bring about change and make a difference in this world.

I’m a current senior leader in education (having led across 5 different settings) , an associate writer on a mental health curriculum, and a NLP Master Practitioner and Hypnotherapist.

I'm trained in other change work, go with the ebb and flow of the seasons and practice Reiki and Reiki drumming.

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I learned the hard way what happens when we become so good at blending and camouflaging who we really are that we lose ourselves in the process.  

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My work focuses on how we can lean into our courage and resiliency for more of the time so that we get to do the work we want to do in the world, that we have the presence to show up fully and wholly and we enjoy well rounded, healthy lives outside of the job.

Change can be scary - but staying where you are is no picnic either. 

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You’ve wondered how much longer you can go on this way - and the truth is, not much without it starting to have to major negative impacts on you

(it already is!) 

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Courage Calls To Courage

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We can become so plugged into work and technology and schedules that we find ourselves disconnected from our body, our wisdom and our true self.

Our best work is done when we are at our most resourceful.  We are most resourceful when we are operating from a strong base of courage and resiliency.  Our courage and resiliency are best maintained and strengthened by real connection, perspective and a living wholly - beyond the job.

When we do start living wholly and with courage -that courage calls to more courage and we give permission for others to do the same. And that can be a beautiful thing.

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I work with a limited number of private clients at a time to help you to get to that place of deep rooted courage and ease to show up fully and wholly and lead and work in the way that works for you.

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This transformation doesn’t happen overnight (you already know that) so our work together takes place over a few months.

This not only gives you the ongoing, individual support and encouragement to make the mental, cognitive and internal adjustments necessary to start living and leading in a way that works better for you, it means you can embed tools, perspectives and new practices so that you can make a lasting change to your relationship with leadership, work and your place in it and be fully and wholly you.  

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Find out more about working with me

  This is deep and courageous work. 

I won’t be telling you to take more bubble baths or paying lip service to ‘do more self care’ - the change needs to run deeper than that (and you’ve likely tried those superficial tweaks anyway.)

I’m going to help you to change your approach to, not only leadership, but how you approach your life as a whole. I fully believe that unless we do this, we cannot show up fully as the leaders we’re meant to be - and unless we learn to nourish and support ourselves while we do this, things quickly fall apart again.

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So if you're not quite ready to run off into the horizon and you can wait on the campervan,  it’s time to make a decision and stick around to do the deep courageous work you set out to do. 

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Because it’s 100% possible to be a nourished, whole, courageous leader in the role you’re in now.

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Because it's 100% reasonable to want to live a full, rounded and courageous life outside of the job.

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Because it's 100% needed for our communities to know compassionate and courageous leaders

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If you’re ready to make a change, let’s have a chat to see how I can help you.

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Some of us also do a colourful kaleidoscope of mismatching gifts and tricksiness that we have learned to brilliantly hide or get around. And much of that hiding and masking has served us well and led to some of that career success.

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On the other had it's also likely to have leaked out in periods of illness, burnout and depression.

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We can do things like lead with competency at work yet be unable to manage basic life skills.  We can easily see creative solutions to a complex problem yet mix up simple meeting and appointment times. We can have an amazing long term memory for details that interest us yet have the working memory of a fruit fly. 

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We work hard to be swan like, yet paddling like billy-o, burning the midnight oil and doing constant fight or flight beneath the surface.  We can have shutdowns and meltdowns at home that are completely at odds with how we present in the work place. And we've had it our entire lives.

Depending on the environment that can all be a source of frustration, shame and fear of being found out.

That's never a good place to operate from and if that's where you are, please know I see you, I get it, I have lived it and I can help.  Reach out and get in touch.

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Find out more about working with me