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May 2024: The Body’s 3 Languages

The Body’s 3 Languages: Thoughts, Feelings & Intuition I want to start off by sharing a favorite quote of mine that really helped me shift the framework around how I view the ‘mind-body split’ people like to talk about:  “The body isn’t a thing we have, but an experience we are,”   Christine Caldwell, Bodyfulness What comes to mind for you as you read this statement? For me, I find that it recenters me. Repurposes

Potentials News and Blog May 21, 2024
Newsletters

April 2024: Work/Life Balance?

How Do You View Work/Life Balance? I had started a new job and was excited, very excited. It was not uncommon for me to wake up at 3 am with a puzzle solved, or a new idea. I would get out of bed and head into my home office to get the idea or puzzle recorded and often sent the email to the person I intended to share it with, so I could 1) be

Potentials News and Blog April 23, 2024
Coaching

Coaching Through the Lens of Race and Racial Trauma

Marjorie’s client, a Black woman, her first, is contemplating a career change. One of the few employees of color, she has worked as an assistant editor for five years at a well-known publishing company. The white assistants have been promoted to editor within their first two years. According to her performance evaluations, her work has

Celestine Fields March 14, 2024
Coaching

What Does It Mean To Stand On The Threshold?

What Does It Mean To Stand On The Threshold? Things changed while we were all in lockdown. Many congregations and organizations have found that emerging from the pandemic means they are emerging into sustained changes and continued demands for further change. This is not easy for those who imagined “going back” to “normal.” We have learned that the congregations and organizations that thrived during COVID were the ones that were, among other things, innovative and

Potentials News and Blog February 17, 2024
Guest Podcast

People of the Way – Claire Bamberg with Matt McGee

People of the Way – Claire Bamberg with Matt McGee *Click the play button above to listen to the podcast Founder of Potentials, Claire Bamberg, was a guest on “The Last Service”, which is a Podcast airing for the first time on Feb. 6th. Her piece is about congregations in transition and the many choices they are making about their futures . We hope you find this information inspiring and challenging. In this episode, Claire

Potentials News and Blog February 8, 2024
Coaching

What Is The Difference Between Coaching & Psychotherapy?

What Is The Difference Between Coaching & Psychotherapy? As one of those individuals who has been blessed to have achieved a credentialed status in both disciplines/vocations, I (Claire) find this question an important one to answer. Distinguishing between the two “hats” best begins with the similarities: good listening, questions, an attunement to the circumstances of the client, and a desire to “help”, to be a positive and empowering presence in the client’s life. The differences

Potentials News and Blog January 10, 2024

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