Baldip Dhariwal
ACC, CPCC, CPQC Certified Positive Intelligence Coach, Wellbeing Coach
Baldip is a Certified Co-Active Coach, Certified Mental Fitness Coach and Wellbeing Coach. She became a coach as she wanted to really listen, guide and make a difference to people so they could develop their vision and purpose and live their “best” life. Baldip was born and raised in Kenya and moved to London as a teenager. She is a mum to two teenagers. She has experience of transitioning to a new culture/country and the challenges that come with it such as coping with change as well as unconscious bias and inclusion. She has worked with a diverse range of people from different cultures and backgrounds.
I am passionate about gender diversity and supporting young women from ethnic and disadvantaged backgrounds so they are able to access higher education and fulfil their potential. This is personally important to me as my mother was the first girl in my village from India to go to school. I wants to be a role model to my Sikh children so they have the courage and confidence to face any bias and discrimination they may come across in their lives.
Experience
Baldip's early career was in pharmacy where she worked as a Community Pharmacist Manager for 10 years before moving to an advisory role at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. She trained as a coach in 2017 and her clients include professionals from healthcare, accountancy and engineering backgrounds as well as senior managers, executives and partners from the finance industry. She has also coached small groups through the Positive Intelligence Framework incorporating Mental Fitness. Baldip is a strong believer in supporting diverse youth leadership and volunteers as a coach and facilitator for Uprising, a youth leadership charity that addresses social mobility. She is also a Wellbeing volunteer coach for Project 5 that supporting NHS staff since the pandamic.
Specialisms
Leadership & Mental Fitness Coaching - Baldip is passionate about enpowering women from minority ethnic groups who are in senior leadership roles in organisations. She works with them so they are confident to use their voice to address their unique challenges and bring their whole selves to work. She uses Coaching and Mental Fitness concepts to overcome self-limiting beliefs, imposter syndrome and negative self-talk to help her clients pivot to authentic and happier work and personal lives. She is also a Wellbeing Coach and uses these tools to address stress, anxiety and burnout.
Personal Style
Baldip brings a creative, open and intuitive style to her coaching. Her coaching approach provides clients with encouragement, different perspectives, purpose and new ideas to help them break (inner and outer) barriers, set and achieve their personal and professional goals.
Baldip applies a holistic approach to coaching that combines a traditional life coach experience with mental fitness training. Her innovative coaching exercises coupled with her effervescent personality result in powerful and uplifting coaching." "Each session with Baldip brings up something new for me, be it a realisation, awareness or empowerment. The process is like peeling an onion and helps you get closer to your true potential.