A Healthy Balance

We all know how important it is to have balance in our lives yet we rarely remain completely in the middle. I believe that we need to have lived through highs and lows to know where our centre is. Even in the most difficult of times, if we remain open and receptive then new and positive energy will flood in.

 

Balance

Good comes out of bad

However hard it seems

There’s happy after sad

You’re closer to your dreams

Growth comes out of pain

And strength replaces fear

Loss it leads to gain

And joy bursts through the tears

Light shines through the dark

You’re wiser than you know

It’s no walk in the park

But highs come after lows

With hindsight you’ll be glad

You’ll thank the two extremes

For good comes out of bad

However hard it seems

 

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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

27 thoughts on “A Healthy Balance”

  4. Sam, you poem really captures the entire process and you must have been watching over us throughout our experience with bullying which I’m sharing in my Bullying & Beyond posts. I totally agree when you say “With hindsight you’ll be glad” and I’ve wrote about it in “Bullying I am grateful for it all.” I would like to share your excellent poem under my Bullying & Beyond posts as it is so apt. Would you be ok with that? If not, I totally understand, and I will certainly want to share it with a reblog! Le grà, Marie xx

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      1. I think the tough bits stretch us beyond our comfort zones, causing us to question our attitudes and beliefs and that helps us become a better and grittier version of ourselves! Thank you Sam, I’ll go right ahead and share. Le grà, Marie xx

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