Welcome to Life & Health Coaching
Hi there, I’m Meg Cleary, a health coach dedicated to helping individuals like you find time for your health in amongst work and lifes’ responsibilities. Together, we’ll prioritise your needs and find simple ways to make big impacts in your energy, motivation and enjoyment of life.
What is coaching and how can it help you?
Coaching is a collaborative partnership. You bring your life experience & expertise, I bring coaching & health expertise and together, we create your personalised plan and move you toward whatever it is you want to achieve, change or start.
- We initially look at where you are now. How you fill your days, all your responsibilities, what you love and don’t love about your life and wellbeing.
- Then we look at where you want to be. How you want your days, weeks, months to look and how you want to feel.
- We take a helicopter view of your health, aspirations, achievements, direction, satisfaction levels, future ideals. We look at everything that is getting in the way. All the obstacles that are preventing you from living with more ease and satisfaction.
- We make a plan to eliminate the obstacles, we find a way around them or we decide they aren’t an issue after all.
Who is Meg Cleary?
Some parts of being healthy came naturally to me. I was that weird kid who came home from school and was happy to chow down on raw cauliflower and broccoli. I remember in my late 20’s, after one too many carrot juices, my skin turning a soft hue of orange. I’m drawn to healthy food.
I’ve been active most of my life and equally inactive for parts of it. I’ve fallen off track, tried fads, was always curious about people and personal development, partied hard and attended health retreats.
I’m continually curious about people and naturally see their strengths. I love that we humans are a mixture of good and bad, happy and sad, kind and cruel, saint and sinner and of course healthy and unhealthy. Life and Health Coaching brings all this together.
My great joy is helping you to finally drop the pressure to do it all perfectly. To find simple ways to maintain and improve your overall wellbeing so you can feel satisfied at the end of the work day, have energy to create memories with your kids/grandkids, keep learning, prepare for and revel in retirement and keep your independence and Joie de vivre for years to come.
Along with my life experience, my education aligns with my value of being a life long learner. I have a Masters in Health Science; Bachelor of Applied Science; Certifications in both Life and Health Coaching.
I’m not here to tell you what to do
Coaching is a collaborative process that empowers individuals to achieve their goals, overcome challenges, and improve their overall well-being through supportive and constructive conversations.
What makes life and health coaching unique is its holistic approach, recognising that every dimension of life is interconnected, a change in one area will have a knock on effect to other areas of your life.
The core of health coaching lies in empowering individuals to make lasting lifestyle changes to improve their overall health and well-being. It focuses on a customised approach that considers the unique needs, values, and goals of each person.
What to expect:
- Improved physical health: You may experience improvements in physical health, such as increased energy, better sleep, improved digestion, and a stronger immune system.
- Weight management: You may achieve your desired weight loss or maintenance goals through health coaching.
- Enhanced mental and emotional well-being: Health coaching can help reduce stress, anxiety, and depression, and improve overall mood and self-esteem.
- Better nutrition: You may develop healthier eating habits and improve your overall nutrition through health coaching.
- Increased physical activity: Health coaching can motivate you to engage in regular physical activity and improve your fitness level.
- Improved chronic disease management: If you have a chronic condition such as diabetes or hypertension, health coaching can help you better manage your condition and improve your overall health.
This journey is challenging and exciting. You’re creating a way of living that gives you more ease. When you have more ease you have space to consider “what else might I be capable of?” and “what creative ways can I use to solve this problem?”
You could absolutely do this on your own
Check in with yourself:
Would you make the time to sit down and really look at all areas of your life?
Would you do this through a lens of self compassion?
Would you take the time to build a solid foundation, so that your strengths, values and wellbeing are foremost in your decision making?
Would you encourage yourself to keep going and find ways to make it as easy as possible?
If there’s more chance that you’ll continue to start and stop and keep reminding yourself what you SHOULD be doing – then using a life & health coach would benefit you.
What to expect
- Increased Self-Awareness: Through coaching, you gain a clearer understanding of your strengths, values, and what truly drives you. This awareness enables you to make choices that align with who you are and what you want from life.
- Increased Confidence: Health coaching helps you recognize and build on your successes, reframe limiting beliefs, and take bold steps. This process fosters confidence that empowers you in all areas of life.
- Customised Plans: Coaching creates a space for you to expand, challenge yourself, and embrace new perspectives. You become more adaptable and open to change, which is key to creating customised plans that work for you.
- Goal Achievement: With a customised plan and ongoing support, you can set, pursue, and achieve meaningful goals that align with your life vision.
- More Ease in Life: As you work through obstacles, develop new skills, and align your life with your values, life becomes more manageable. You experience greater ease and satisfaction in both daily routines and long-term plans.
Each of these results builds on the others, creating a powerful foundation for a fulfilled, healthy and purpose-driven life.
Let’s look at the research
Coaching offers a highly personalised approach to improving well-being, tailored to each individual’s unique lifestyle, preferences, and needs. Acting as a comprehensive tool, coaching supports well-being directly during sessions while also guiding you toward beneficial practices between sessions—like improving sleep routines, defining your personal success, and having accountability.
One of coaching’s greatest strengths is its adaptability. Coaching is designed to meet you exactly where you are and empower you on your personal journey.
As research on coaching’s impact on well-being grows, we’re gaining insights into how effective coaching can be.
Behaviour change is more likely to be maintained when goals are self-determined. Assisting people to build self-determination and self-efficacy leads to sustainable behaviour change.
A few experiences and updates from past and current clients
“On the surface my life looked great, I had the marriage, kids, job but underneath there was a lot of self-doubt, sadness and regret. I didn’t realise how much this was holding me back.
At first I thought I just wanted to lose weight but working with Meg has freed me from so many emotional shackles. I have completely changed the way I think about people, situations and my past. I’m happier, calmer and just feel so free.
Amazingly, I no longer beat myself up or sit in self-blame, this has been a dynamic shift.
Now all that’s out of the way I can focus on getting healthy and building a routine that suits me.
Meg has changed my life for the better and I can highly recommend working with her.”
“Thank you so much Meg, your way of phrasing things has helped me to keep going. My biggest take away from working with you is it’s ok to find my own way, its ok not to be so disciplined. I now know this way of thinking kept me from starting on any of my ideas, being a perfectionist is hard work LOL.
I don’t have to be perfect and I can still progress. I used to think I would have to do so much to change some of my behaviours, thanks for introducing me to a new way of doing and thinking about what I want.
This has been life altering, thank you.”
‘I thought the coaching was amazing. I’ve never done anything like this before. I was nervous to start, but Meg had me at ease from the start.
What helped the most was saying things out loud that I’ve never said before. The experience was way more beneficial than I thought it would be. Its great to reflect back on how far I’ve come and my confidence to keep my needs front and centre is now 10/10.”
‘Coaching with Meg has been one of the best things I’ve done. It’s not pushy, the insights are so logical, its been so helpful to get some clarity and take some action.
The best thing is I’ve dropped the pressure on myself, this has allowed me to relax and start to enjoy the direction I’m going in. Thanks so much Meg!”
“I’m so glad I signed up for this – I was happy to have photos with my son – 6 months ago I would NEVER have had photos taken, I look happy and I’m proud of myself.
The biggest thing is I love myself, and I want to nurture myself. I never knew I could feel like this, it’s really freeing, I’m glowing. This has had a knock-on effect to my whole family.
I was so focused on my body and what it should look like, now I focus on how I want to feel and my overall wellbeing. Thank you for your insight and patience, my life has changed forever.
If you’re thinking of working with Meg, just do it”
“After every session with Meg I noticed a shift in my thinking. Self-imposed boundaries were reframed. The confusion around the feelings I have has started to clear and I’m noticing things that light a flame in me.
Identifying “what I want” and “what I value”, along with the reflective conversations we have, is helping me to navigate a pathway to what brings me joy.
I’ve been able to be honest and vulnerable. I can trust Meg completely. Meg helps untangle my many conflicting thoughts and needs and creates clarity and the building blocks for the life I want.
The process is gentle, but challenging, and focused on tangible outcomes for each session. My shift in thinking each week is subtle but provides a positive step forward each time.
The key thing for me is the sessions have created dedicated time and mental space to focus completely on what’s important to me. “
“The coaching has been very positive, it’s so helpful to talk to someone, this has helped me reflect on what I’m doing and not doing. I’m much more mindful.
I’ve learnt so much about myself, what motivates me and how to keep going with my plans. I’ve dropped the all or nothing approach.
Learning to observe myself and drop the negative self talk has been the most beneficial. Thanks Meg for helping me to get going on my now new exciting chapter.”
