Potentiality

On the last day of the retreat we were fortunate to be able to do our morning ritual outside in nature. The rain had cleared and there was light on the horizon and a new sense of hope and potential was emerging. After the ritual, one of our amazing leaders, Gülsün, guided us through a lovely visualisation which inspired me to write the following poem.

The Great Unknown

Yield into the mystery

The cosmos and the clearing

Old stories are now history

And new life is appearing

Melt into the galaxy

There’s light on the horizon

Your judgments are just fallacy

Inside you are a wise one

Feel into the great beyond

Into your full expression

There is no right, there is no wrong

Allow your soul’s confession

For we are us and this is me

Let trust now do the steering

Yield into the mystery

The cosmos and the clearing

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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

11 thoughts on “Potentiality”

  5. Oh, Sam – incredibly applicable for me! This is confirmation of my month-long work on 2020 Perspectives Mandala. Just finished it yesterday. This is an annual process … some years more than others the “direction” seems clear … the work comes down to how to articulate. I title these mandalas, ensuring numeric vibration of the title corresponds to numeric vibration of the year. 2020 is a 4. I’m going into unpredictable changes given husband’s retirement mid-2020 which entails gains/losses sort of predictable but also emotional turns and twists a bit more obscure. My title: Navigate Uncertainty. I LOVE your “Potentiality” – also a 4 word – also an embrace of my “let’s go do this” attitude. THANK YOU.

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