Cheryl Meriot works with physician leaders and medical directors whose competence isn’t in question, their authority under pressure is. Using neuroscience-based identity work rather than mindset or productivity frameworks, she helps high-performing physicians rebuild the internal wiring that lets them lead from settled authority instead of constant self-management. The result is leadership that holds under sustained clinical and organizational pressure, without the cost of burnout or second-guessing every call.

Location: International – available virtually via Zoom or Google Meet

Certifications:

• Master Neuroplastician (M.NPN), 2025
• PCC, International Coaching Federation, 2024
• Graduate Certificate in Executive Coaching, Royal Roads University, 2024
• Certified Professional Coach (CPC), 2023
• Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist (CCHt), 2023
• PROSCI Certified Change Management Practitioner, 2023

Contact: 780-238-0004 / cheryl@meriotleadership.com

Website: meriotleadership.com

Expertise: Neuro-Executive Performance, Identity-Level Confidence Rewiring, Physician Leadership, Imposter Syndrome Resolution, Nervous System Regulation, High-Stakes Decision Leadership, Restorative Team and Departmental Coaching

Cheryl has been a professional coach since 1998, long before coaching was a formalized profession. She brought that depth of experience into healthcare leadership in 2014, coaching medical leaders through critical transitions, high-stakes decision-making, and organizational conflict, working directly inside the pressures unique to healthcare: competing accountabilities, disruptive behavior patterns, and the erosion of capacity that comes from years of operating at full output with no margin.

Cheryl brings a restorative lens to team and departmental coaching, working with physician leaders and clinical teams to rebuild trust and stabilize communication at the team level.

Cheryl is a contributing author in Cracking the Rich Code, Volume 17 (May 2025), an international best-selling business and coaching anthology published across Australia, Canada, the US, and the UK.

Mantra: 
Restoring capacity. Not managing it.