About Mind Body Coaching in Barking, East London
Mind Body Coaching was founded by Sharon Mercieca in 2004 because women in East London deserved more than a gym membership and a generic workout plan. They needed a coach who would actually listen — and a programme built around the whole person, not just the body.
A coach who understands from the inside out
Sharon doesn’t just design your programme — she gets to know you. Your history, your habits, the thinking patterns that have held you back before. From your very first consultation, she’s learning what makes you tick so that every session moves you forward in a way that feels right for you.
Sharon’s relationship with exercise started at age 12 in Australia, where a sprint coach spotted her potential and set her on a path she’s never left. That early experience shaped everything — the discipline, the commitment, and the deep belief that the right coaching at the right time can change someone’s life.
After moving to the UK in 1998 and spending years in corporate HR, Sharon followed her passion and qualified as a Personal Trainer in 2004. She worked across gyms in East London until 2011, when she made the move to home-based coaching — creating the private, comfortable environment her clients had always deserved.
In 2011, Sharon experienced a stillbirth, and shortly after, lost her mother to cancer. During that period of profound grief, she gained weight and faced her own battles with confidence and self-doubt. It was self-compassion — not discipline or willpower — that helped her find her way back. That experience didn’t just change her personally. It changed how she coaches.
Since then, Sharon has completed a Diploma in Life Coaching, Behaviour Change and Motivational Interviewing workshops, and qualified as a Mental Health and Exercise Coach (MHEC) — an endorsed CPD qualification working towards Advanced Practitioner status with CIMSPA.
Today she coaches women in Barking and beyond who recognise themselves in her story — and are ready for a coach who truly understands.
22
Years coaching
500+
Women coached
20+
5* reviews
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Passionate coach
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How Mind Body Coaching started
Sharon started coaching women in Barking in 2004, working across local gyms before moving to home-based personal training in 2011. A private studio meant her clients could focus without feeling watched, judged, or intimidated.
But it was her own experiences that shaped her approach most profoundly. After losing a baby and her mother within a year of each other, Sharon faced grief that changes a person. She gained weight, her confidence took a hit — and she learned what it truly felt like to struggle.
What brought her back wasn’t a strict programme or an iron will. It was self-compassion. The same tool she now puts at the centre of everything she does with her clients.
In 2018, Sharon built her dedicated studio on Ripple Road — combining in-person training, online coaching, life coaching, and mental health support for women across East London and beyond. Women who’ve tried before, want to understand why it didn’t stick, and are ready to do something different.
