It's time to thrive at work

Welcome to Sarah Garven Coaching.

I specialise in empowering professional women to thrive in their careers. Whether you are feeling stuck and unmotivated or facing a time of significant professional change, you will find help and support here.

Returning to work, changing roles or professions, or planning to study for a new qualification? You are in the best place to help you navigate workplace challenges.

Join me for personalised coaching sessions, goal-setting workshops, and communication strategies to excel in the next stage of your professional life.

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About

At Sarah Garven Coaching, I focus on supporting professional women to thrive in their careers.

Career coaching is for you if

you are questioning your career choices but you are unsure what is next for you.
you feel stuck or trapped in your current role.
the profession you trained so hard for, no longer inspires you.
you have taken time away from work to care for family, and now cannot imagine going back to the way things were.

I offer personalised coaching sessions which help you to find clarity and fullfillment, to thrive at work, and feel fully confident in your career progression.

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I am commited to empathetically support professional women. I provide the necessary tools and strategies to help you thrive in your career. Join me on a journey towards achieving your professional goals and finding joy and fulfillment at work.

Meet Sarah Garven

VET

As a veterinary surgeon who has also studied for several post graduate qualifications, I have personal experience of juggling work, family and studying. I have been full-time, part time as well as doing locum shifts. I have changed fields within veterinary medicine, studied full time for a PhD and also had a significant period of time at home with my children. So you can be confident that I have a lot of relevant personal experience to strengthen my career coaching practice.

I experienced burnout fairly early in my professional life and thought I would never practice veterinary medicine again, but the right question asked at the right time turned everything around and I'm now back in the clinic. The power of questions is what brought me to become so passionate about coaching and the transformations that are possible with the right support.

COACH

I qualified as a personal performance coach in 2022 with the Coaching Academy. Soon after I also carried out training to be able to provide in depth personality profile analysis using the DISC model. I am also a qualified first aider for mental health.

I have enjoyed working with women in a wide range of professions including veterinary medicine, medicine, law, HR, science and education as well as fellow coaches.

Several of my clients have achieved further qualifications while working with me.

I love developing 1:1 relationships through coaching, particularly supporting and celebrating my client's successes.

I also work with small teams using the DISC personality profiling model to enhance workplace communications and team cohesion.

PERSONAL

I live in a fantastic wee community on the west coast of Scotland and enjoy all that this amazing part of the world has to offer. I grew up just a Ferry ride away so I am very much at home.

Ferries are often a big part of life for communities here, and my commute to the clinic on vet work days involves a return trip on the Corran Ferry. On coaching days I work from home connecting with clients over Zoom, and enjoying the views out over the hills.

I love swimming at all times of the year and many types of outdoors adventures with my family.

I have been an on and off runner for years and completed the first ever Stirling Marathon. I also enjoy playing football and love supporting our local shinty teams.

Career Coaching Client.....

I found my coaching sessions with Sarah extremely helpful. She helped me master my leadership skills within the workplace and my build my confidence in dealing with difficult situations. Within my family life, she helped me balance the intricacies of having a busy work schedule and maintaining the fun in my home, which she helped me identify as a major requirement in my life (sadly lacking since the global pandemic!)

From the coaching sessions, I had many “penny drop” moments, and was able to utilise, and continue to utilise, these to full effect.

There is no doubt coaching can be challenging, and Sarah helped me dig deep into emotions and beliefs, and she fully supported me throughout these sessions. At the start, we set out my goals and discussed what I wanted to achieve through her coaching, and at the end of the sessions, it was great to see how we had accomplished these goals.

Without Sarah, I would not have been able to stand up and deliver a lecture at one of the veterinary industry’s leading conferences, and this wasn’t even one of my goals! Her coaching skills helped me immensely and I shall continue to use everything I learnt every day.

Fiona L.

What My Clients say

Career Coaching Client.....

My goals were mainly around resilience and self-confidence. So through the 12 sessions that Sarah has conducted with me, I have been working on better resilence on both my work and personal life. Working hard at combatting the negative thought patterns I have and building in more positivity, more things for myself and reducing the guilty feelings I have.

The sessions have certainly helped pave the way forward for me and built in some boundaries and goals in my work life to ensure I feel more confident in my abilities.

Sarah has been kind and supportive, especially at times when I have been struggling. She’s checked in on me and given me a boost when I’ve needed it. I willl most certainly be taking away a lot of things from the sessions to further help me in daily life.

Louise H.

DISC profile clients

Lisa Driver, MI

Individual Personality Profile Clients......

My most improtant takeaway was to hear about how to communicate more effectively with people by presenting information to them in their preferred style. In our session you were friendly, approachable, professional and knowledgable.

Kay M.

Having a DISC profile session with Sarah was so useful. It allowed me to understand how I am with other people but more improtantly how other people are with me. It will serve me well at work and I think that everyone should have a DISC profile done, particularly if you work in a team.

Laura R.

Small Business Personality profile and team dynamics clients.......

Sarah provided incisive personality analysis with in-depth discussion. Perfect for my team!

Dr. Goldfinch, Director, Surgeon on Site

Services

Which of my services are right for you?

One to One coaching packages

Delivered over zoom, our fortnightly sessions support you over 3 months. You will begin to find clarity on the next stage for your career. I provide relevant tips and techniques to support you, as well as accountability to carry out your desired actions.

Where could career coaching take you?

Individual DISC profile session

In this hour long session we dive deep into your individual personality profile. We uncover your unique strengths and the best methods to use when communicating with colleagues and clients.

An introduction to how I work as a coach, with actionable take-aways you can use straight away.

Interested to find out what makes you stand out from the crowd?

Small team strengths session

Are you a member of a small team at work (less than 10)? would you like to be able to enhance performace, build relationships and utilise everyone's strengths in the best way?

My team strengths session could be for you. Each team member completes an in depth personality profile and we then spend time together uncovering the skills and abilities of your team as a whole. We discuss communication skills to optimise the time you spend at work and to ease common relationship challenges.

What could your team achieve?

My Approach

How It Works

From initial consultation right through to your coaching review, you will recieve a personalised coaching experience. Sessions include tailored strategies to enhance your career satisfaction.

Initial consult

Our first meeting helps me understand your career goals and you begin to set clear objectives for your coaching journey. We work together to establish achievable goals that align with your vision and aspirations.

Coaching Sessions

Your personalized coaching sessions will focus on your unique strengths and areas for development. Through constructive feedback and actionable insights, you will progress towards your career objectives and increased workplace satisfaction. Personality profile work and communications skills sessions are an important aspect to help you understand yourself and to ease communications with colleagues and clients.

Feedback & Growth

Receive valuable feedback to gain a comprehensive view of your capabilities and unique strengths. A review of the coaching relationship allows you to objectively observe and celebrate your progress. You are then able to use the insights to make informed decisions, and refine your career approach.