"Have you ever worked on a puzzle and were stuck until a friend comes along and helps you find the missing pieces. They were there all the time but without that friend you would never have found them. Being coached by Shari is really helping me to find those missing pieces. She has an incredible ability to listen and help you discover. She cheers you on and becomes a real friend. I would highly recommend her." — Puzzled
"I cannot say enough good things about Shari's ability to help me move past 'sticking' points. I have come out of coaching sessions excited about the future and ready to move toward it with courage. Shari has the wonderful knack of asking the right questions, which unlocks courage and action. These questions may have been there in the back of one's mind, but as yet have not be verbalized or processed, but once they are answered a person knows how to move forward." — Pastor
"It is wonderful to know your life purpose. The hardest thing about the whole process was to say good things about myself. Shari will coach you through the whole thing, she is a great coach. For me knowing my life purpose helps me to live life wanting to please God. Your life purpose is much simpler than you think, and once you find out what it is, you will be amazed. I thought "wow" that really is me and what a blessing that I can bless God and others, but really it fills my heart with love and kindness." — Employee of County Schools
"Shari’s coaching has helped to build confidence and boldness in who I am. Coaching helps me to make forward movement in life towards goals, healthy relationships, dreams, etc. Coaching has opened up (drawn out) the reality of who I am and what I can do. Discovering my life purpose was the key I needed to open the treasure chest of living on purpose. Knowing my life purpose has given me freedom in being who God created me to be."
— Office Manager
"Shari’s coaching gives you permission to be healthy, take care of yourself, even, dare I say, have more fun in life, and therefore be better prepared to truly achieve what God has for you."
— Pastor
"Coaching with Shari is like having a personal cheer leader, someone who believes in you and in gifts God have given you, and wants you to succeed.
— Pastor
"Being coached by Shari has challenged me to get beyond what I feel and discover the Truth within me."
— Office Administrator
"Shari's input has been invaluable in my life, as she provides me with tools to navigate through a wide variety of situations and circumstances. I appreciate that in her wisdom she does not merely give me the right answers or tell me what to do, but rather encourages and walks with me as I learn to discern the appropriate way forward."
— Missionary
"Shari's coaching has been a real blessing to me during some significant crossroads of my life. She has the gift for listening deeply and can ask the God-directed questions that help to dig deeply into the heart of a matter".
— Director of Ministry Development
"Shari's coaching has helped me overcome doubts about my abilities and God given strengths."
— Church Member
Meet Shari
— Missionary
Shari lives in Hagerstown, Maryland, with her husband Steve and their two teenage sons.
After graduating from Messiah College with a Bachelors degree in Social Work in 1988, she was employed in numerous and varied social work capacities. However, as Shari drew closer to the Lord and became aware that the real answers were found in Jesus Christ, she felt called to serve alongside her husband in pastoral ministry.
While co-pastoring a church in Maryland for ten years with her husband, Shari also coached missionaries, congregational leaders, and others who desired to use their gifts and lives for God's glory. It was during this time that she discovered her life purpose in the coaching profession. Her life purpose is also her passion: to see others discover their life purpose, bridge the gap between where they are and where they want to be, and live their lives "on purpose."
Shari is co-founder of Fully Embraced, L.L.C.; an organization that specializes in conducting workshops designed to help individuals discover who they are and to provide tools for living out a person's God-given identity.
If you or your church would like more information about attending or hosting a Fully Embraced workshop, please visit www.fullyembraced.com.
