It’s lovely to meet you. I’m Sarah, and I live in the Chiltern Hills, just outside Marlow, with my partner Rich and my rescue cat, Blue. I have a Master’s degree in Education and am a qualified clinical hypnotherapist and sound healing practitioner.

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I have always had itchy feet and a desire to explore. My travels began when I spent four months in Kolkata working with street children while I was a student. That experience sparked a love of travelling to unusual places, but it also gave me a much deeper connection with people. I began to see the world differently, and it awakened a passion in me to use whatever gifts and skills I had to help others in some way.

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I also believe that my path towards becoming a therapist grew from knowing what it feels like to feel incomplete or not quite good enough. For much of my life, I carried a deep, nagging sense that there was more within me than I was allowing myself to experience. Although I may have appeared confident on the outside, inside I did not truly believe in myself. A part of me feared that I might show myself up, that I would not be able to make it on my own, or that certain kinds of success simply were not available to me.

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My love of music began at an early age. My older sister was very academic, and I sometimes found it difficult to discover where I could shine. Music gave me both a way to express myself and something that felt entirely mine. I loved to sing and would sit on the swing at home for hours, singing whatever came into my head. It made me feel free and happy, and I loved the sense of connection it created within me.

Later, I found that same freedom at the piano, which remains one of my happiest places today. I can sit there for hours, losing myself in the music. I trained as a teacher, and music has continued to weave its way through every part of my life.

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After the end of my marriage, followed by three years living in Switzerland and another relationship that did not work out, I began to look more deeply at where I was in my life. At that point, I had never experienced therapy and was not convinced that I wanted to. I thought life was about moving forward rather than dwelling on the past. But I was beginning to realise that I needed to understand and change the beliefs I held about myself if I did not want to keep repeating the same patterns.

I trained in hypnotherapy and, through that process, experienced profound healing of my own. It helped me shift many of those old beliefs and begin to understand that my life could become something very different. It was genuinely life changing.

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I later discovered sound healing, which brought together my love of music, my therapeutic work and my understanding of the body in a way that felt completely natural. I fell in love with its ability to reach places that words alone sometimes cannot and to create the conditions for deep rest, connection and healing.

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My work today brings together everything I have learned through my own journey, my years in education, my love of music and my training as a therapist. I work with people through hypnotherapy, psychotherapy, shamanic practices and therapeutic sound, either separately or in combination. I also create and lead courses, workshops, sound baths, drum circles, voice work and individual sessions.

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I believe that meaningful change can involve working with both the mind and the body: exploring the thoughts and beliefs we hold about ourselves, while also creating space for emotions, tension and deeply held patterns to soften and release. I have seen people make transformations they once did not believe were possible. Each person is different, so we always begin by exploring what they need and which approach feels most supportive for them.

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You can hear more about how I use these powerful therapeutic approaches in my podcast conversation:

https://www.yourhealthhub.uk/podcasts/sound-healing-with-sarah-sheldon

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I feel deeply grateful to be doing this work. I hope that something in my story reminds you that change is possible for you too: that you can awaken the song within you, reconnect with who you truly are and create a life filled with greater confidence, joy, purpose and possibility.

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Sarah xx