Dr Sonia Russell is a health and wellbeing coach, mentor and trainer with a focus on mental wellbeing, stress management, mental health awareness, and nutritional therapy advice.  Sonia's clients obtain her support and encouragement knowing that they are working with a coach who has faced difficult experiences but has learned how to overcome them with resilience and positive thinking.

Sonia's goal is, and continues to be a desire to draw on her vision and passion required to provide her clients with the opportunity to transform their lives, overcome adversity, learn how to handle stressful situations, improve their mental health, wellbeing and self-worth.   With that in mind, Sonia uses her knowledge, experiences and skills gained from her different roles in education and health coaching in order that her clients can achieve a sense of positivity needed to help them improve their mental health and well-being.  

Sonia works with clients, individually and in groups, in both the private and public sector.  Her client's have the opportunity to learn stress management and mental wellbeing strategies that can help with or preventing or reversing often preventable conditions such as type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity.  

Sonia also recognises the difficulties that SEN or ASL teachers often face, consequently she works with those teachers to raise awareness of  self-care whilst aiming to meet the needs of their pupils. 

In addition to her Doctorate in Education, Sonia's Diplomas in Advanced Stress Management, Mental Health Awareness, Life Coaching and Nutritional Therapy Advice have provided her with the professional qualifications and training required to support her clients who commit to taking action.  Sonia's qualifications are also underpinned with accreditation from the CPCAB (Counselling and Psychotherapy Awarding Body, the NHS Personalised Care Institute, and  professional membership of  the Association for Coaching.

Sonia designs and delivers coaching, and training courses for individuals and organisations, which include: stress management; mental health awareness; motivational goal-setting; work-life balance; relaxation techniques; building resilience and nutritional advice.   Her services are available Nationwide Online or Face to Face in Inverness, Edinburgh and Aberdeen.