As we are

This morning I am grateful for Inner Leadership and the amazing journey I went on with my Iguana Tribe. In fact we graduated from the programme one year ago yesterday and the learning is still landing! Some of my many take-aways were…

– asking for help builds connection and gives others the chance to truly be there for us

– staying through challenging emotions enables them to shift

– sharing courageous vulnerability creates connection

– showing up fully and unapologetically allows others to do the same

How are you today?

Really

If the answer to “How are you?” is “I’m struggling”

then please don’t ever feel you must pretend

There are so many plates that we’re all juggling

we help ourselves by reaching out to friends

We are in a pandemic and we’re fragile

We’re learning as we go along these days

When we speak to our emotions we’re more agile

Courageous vulnerability always pays

It’s the moment to lean in and grow together

to deepen our relationships no end

No we do not have to talk about the weather

Allow your Truth to voice itself, my friend

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

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