Sheryl Gomes, MS
Master's in Human Development & Counseling · Wellness Counselor · Author · Speaker · Life Coach · Certified Personal Trainer
Sheryl Gomes brings over two decades of experience in counseling, wellness, fitness, coaching, and personal transformation. After coming to faith, her work became deeply rooted in biblical truth and the belief that lasting change happens when identity, mindset, body, and purpose come into alignment with God.
Through Salt & Light, Sheryl helps women renew their minds, recognize the lies and patterns keeping them stuck, strengthen their bodies, and live out their God-given purpose with clarity, courage, and practical action. Her approach blends counseling insight, evidence-based wellness, lived experience, and Scripture to help women move from striving and survival into freedom, stewardship, and restored living.
About
Sheryl Gomes brings over two decades of experience in counseling, wellness, fitness, coaching, and personal transformation. After coming to faith, her work became deeply rooted in biblical truth and the belief that lasting change happens when identity, mindset, body, and purpose come into alignment with God.
Through Salt & Light, Sheryl helps women renew their minds, recognize the lies and patterns keeping them stuck, strengthen their bodies, and live out their God-given purpose with clarity, courage, and practical action. Her approach blends counseling insight, evidence-based wellness, lived experience, and Scripture to help women move from striving and survival into freedom, stewardship, and restored living.
Her Journey
I
Reveal
Childhood instability, epilepsy, survival-based identity patterns
II
Reset
Return to faith, master's-level training in counseling and human development
III
Renew
Writing Salt & Light, teaching at college level, building the framework
IV
Restore
Founding the Salt & Light movement for women across Rhode Island and beyond
Credentials
Trained. Certified. Called.
"I kept seeing the same thing in women of faith. They had faith — but they didn't feel free. High functioning on the outside. Mentally exhausted on the inside. Spiritually active but not spiritually free. That's why I built Salt & Light."
Speaking Topics
Renewing the Mind
Connecting neuroscience and Scripture
Identity & Freedom
Breaking performance-based identity
Faith-Fueled Transformation
The Salt & Light framework live
The Salt & Light Framework
Her signature Nexus-ready talk