About us
The Open Space Philosophy
Being human first, in work and life.
Open Space Academy is built around one belief: being human first, in work and life.
We help people and organisations create space to breathe, regulate emotion, and reconnect with what matters. Because sustainable performance, meaningful relationships and healthy cultures all begin with how humans feel, think and show up.
For individuals
We support busy people who want to feel clearer, calmer and more connected to themselves. Through 1:1 mentoring, group programmes, events and retreats, we teach practical mind skills that help people navigate pressure, regulate emotion and grow on their own terms.
For organisations
We partner with businesses to build human-centred cultures where performance holds up under pressure instead of burning people out. Our consulting work strengthens leadership, employee experience, wellbeing and sustainable performance, recognising that a thriving organisation is only as strong as the individuals inside it.
For universities
The same human-performance approach, aimed at student experience, aspiration, resilience and staff, consulting plus programmes.
Why Open Space
Why people join Open Space
Because modern life is relentless, and being “high functioning” doesn’t mean you’re where you want to be, or feeling how you want to feel, in your career or in your life.
Open Space is for people who are:
- Wanting to take a moment to look after themselves, versus looking after everyone else around them
- Time-poor, with a mind constantly on the go, needing practical tools that actually help day to day to self-regulate and calm
- With high aspirations over their life and futures, evolving and growing on their terms
This isn’t therapy.
It’s skills training for modern life: cope better, think more clearly, and move forward with confidence.
Founder
About Sarah
Sarah Bohn, Founder of Open Space
Connect with Sarah on LinkedInMindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, Leadership and Personal Growth.
Qualified MBCT practitioner and wellbeing strategist. Former People, Culture & Wellbeing leader at Pret and strategic People partner to Dorchester Collection. 3,000+ people supported through career and life transitions.
Consultant in workplace culture, talent and wellbeing. Human-first, always. I bring mindfulness without the tie dye and gongs. Practical, evidence-based tools that help you cope, soothe, think clearly, and grow in ways that feel true to you.
Open Space Academy exists to help busy people breathe again. To regulate emotion. Reconnect with who they are. And feel more grounded in the middle of everyday life.
Sarah led the careers and placements service at Kingston University, and helped establish The Careers & Enterprise Company, strengthening employer engagement and aspirations for school and college students.
Her work joins the systemic and the personal. Rooted in lived experience of leadership, divorce and hidden overwhelm. Sarah and her team are passionate about raising aspirations and social mobility, so people from all backgrounds can reach their potential.
Founded by Sarah Bohn, Open Space Academy blends leadership, talent and culture expertise with evidence-based mind skills. It’s a space where personal growth and organisational growth reinforce each other. Recognising people make businesses.
Let’s see how this ages, but for now, I still believe it to be TRUE.
How I work
My approach blends MBCT, psychology, neuroscience and human-centred strategy. It’s warm, practical and science-led. No perfectionism, no pressure, just tools that help you show up in a way that serves you (and often those around you).
Clients
Dorchester Collection, Popeyes Chicken, Millers Insurance Group, Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, University of East London.
Our wider team
Open Space Academy works with a trusted network of associate coaches, consultants and practitioners, chosen for their craft, EQ and lived experience.