Bright Fighter

Last week I discovered that my brilliant Auntie Glen has cancer. We don’t know the stage or the required treatment yet but what we do know is that if anyone is going to fight this bastard she will! Auntie Glen is a huge-hearted human songbird with great inner strength. Her humour an warmth are are legendary and this post is dedicated to the power of her positivity.

Whole Heart

The power of your heart

Could put some folk to shame

You’ve always had the art

A fearless, dancing flame

A lover of humanity

My nightingale, my Aunt

You add light to the gravity

With you there is no ‘can’t’

A constant in my life

How you light up the room

Find humour in the strife

No time for doom and gloom

You are the Queen of Darts

And positive’s your game

The power of your heart

Could put some folk to shame

Published by Sam Allen Creative Coach

As well as being a poet, highly-sensitive being and self-confessed Crazy Cat Lady, I am a Creative Leadership Coach, Trainer and Team Coach with considerable experience in coaching clients in the Creative, Manufacturing, and Pharmaceutical sectors. I specialise in helping individuals and teams to work past limiting beliefs, to think outside-of-the-box and to show up as conscious, inspiring and dynamic leaders. I am passionate about helping leaders to show up authentically and I design and co-lead bespoke Conscious Leadership programmes for FMCG organisations wishing to create opportunities for their employees to shine and truly maximise their potential. In addition, I co-facilitate Happy Teams workshops, helping remote teams to build trust and connect to their strengths, purpose and vision in playful, creative and experiential ways. A co-active coach with PCC accreditation from the ICF, I am also Leadership Circle Profile certified and ORSC trained. I graduated from the CTI Inner Leadership programme in February 2020 and know from firsthand experience what it means to do the deep, inner work needed for personal growth. I hold a BA in French and Drama and a PGCE in Modern Foreign Languages. Throughout my coaching career I have empowered individuals to write books, make life-affirming career changes, overcome anxiety and to take giant leaps towards heightened self-realisation, increased authentic leadership presence and spiritual growth. An ex-lawyer and C-suite executive client recently shared that she had “never experienced anything so powerful” and that she is now able to “trust her truth”. One global client team leader reported being “touched, motivated, encouraged and brimming with energy” and another shared that his team was able to “demonstrate their creativity and really get behind their vision”. My personal and team coaching style is playful, intuitive, somatic and compassionate. My workshop facilitation style is dynamic, inclusive, expressive and authentic and my 20 years experience as an international school educator and team leader have contributed to my ease in leading group facilitation. My superpower is using my incredible intuition and sensitivity to see into people and challenge them in a powerfully courageous way. A prolific poet and podcaster, I live and breathe my own creativity and in turn inspire others to do the same

32 thoughts on “Bright Fighter”

  3. My best wishes to you and your aunt, keeping you both in my prayers. This deeply resonated with me; one of my very best friends is battling breast cancer, and starts radiation therapy this week. You’ve inspired me to write something dedicated to her, I’ll let you know how it goes. Thanks for this post.

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  14. Hope that your aunt is fighting this true, don’t give up. Let her feel supported by all a don’t the illness take over your daily routine, have days without mentioning it, have a family day , those happy that really comes just for her and yourself

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