Hi, I’m Liz pomerleau.

Liz Pomerleau
Professional Coach, Chaplain and Educator

A skilled listener, I’ve spent my adult life investing in solid education, relational health, spiritual authenticity, and helping people (including myself!) to grow. I offer coaching to people who devote themselves to caring for others.

I help family caregivers survive the illness journey with self-compassion so that your health is preserved, your relationships remain intact, and your family comes through together. I work to support caregivers through the hardest times so that they might live a life grounded in goodness.

I also help healthcare professionals and religious leaders to sustain impactful work in the service of others, lead teams through challenge with clarity and positivity, while preserving their life outside of work.

Professionally, I’ve worked as a Healthcare Chaplain since 2010, a Spiritual Care Educator since 2015, and now a Professional Coach. In my personal life, I helped my family to care for my beloved mother-in-law through her 15-year journey with Early Onset Alzheimer’s.

I’m here to help you care for yourself while you devote yourself to others. Don’t lose track of your own spirit! A life with a bit of joy is still possible while serving others.

you know you are in the right place if …

  • You are devoted to your work, but don’t want to lose yourself in the endless demands of caring.

  • You want this chapter of your life to include moments for yourself. Moments of calm, of peace, and space to breathe.

  • You want to be a compassionate leader for yourself, your people, your team, and your family.

I understand ...

  • I was a caregiver for 15 years, both in my home and from afar. It was the hardest thing I’ve ever done (and I’m not afraid of hard things).

  • I’ve worked with countless religious leaders, patients, families, older adults, senior living executives and healthcare leaders.

  • I teach leaders how to build connected, resilient and positive relationships. It takes a unique skill set and can be learned.

  • I’ve taught about spiritual resilience, self-compassion and a greater capacity for love amidst loss for over a decade

  • I’ve worked with hundreds of individuals towards growth in emotional intelligence and spiritual grounding

  • I’ve cared for caregivers in senior living, hospice and hospital settings.

it can get better …

I’d love to meet you, learn about your unique situation, and discern how I might be of service to you. Please schedule a free consultation for us to get to know one another.

about my philosophy on coaching, chaplaincy and education:

Coaching is architecture to help you build the future you envision

(whereas Therapy is archeology to support healing from the past. Liz is not a therapist)

Chaplaincy is sanctuary to embrace the sacred in the journey

Education is the blueprint for growth using theory to inform best practice

Liz is a purposeful and powerful listener: 

  • As a Professional Coach (in process with ICF), Liz supports clients to be self-trusting, authentic leaders who care.

  • As a Chaplain (board certified with  APC ), Liz listens for the best of people in the hardest of times in hospice, senior living, long term care, and hospital settings. 

  • As an Educator (ACPE), Liz trains diverse religious leaders to offer compassionate spiritual care with people who are aging or ill.

Relational dynamics can be messy, complex and challenging. Liz is committed to helping you communicate clearly and lovingly in order to find confidence in your authority and authenticity in your devotion to care.

what is coaching?

Coaching is architecture. It is future focused, action oriented, pulling dreams into reality. The ICF defines coaching as “partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential.” Coaching helps you tap into your innate wisdom in order to build a life that will support and shelter you through challenge and transition. Liz is a professional coach and is in process of credentialing with the International Coaching Federation.

(Therapy is archeology, looking into your past to find healing. Liz is not a therapist.)

what is chaplaincy?

Chaplaincy is sanctuary. As a chaplain, Liz welcomes spirituality into the healthcare journey. Association of Professional Chaplains defines chaplaincy as “a professional role that provides spiritual, emotional, existential, and religious support to individuals and communities in a variety of settings.” Spiritual care holds space to explore the deeper meaning and purpose in work and life. It supports people through the messy process of grief, anger, and fear towards a life of joy and gratitude. Liz is a professional chaplain with the Association of Professional Chaplains.

what is Education?

Education is the blueprint for growth. Education builds upon all the gifts and knowledge a person brings to the work of caring, and adds new growth, concepts, theories, best practices, and possibilities. As an ACPE Educator, I practice the clinical method of learning, which requires action, reflection, and new action in an ongoing cycle of improvement. Educators see the ever-present possibility of growth in each person. Liz is a Certified Educator with the Association of Clinical Pastoral Education.

Ready for more? Yes, please!

But for now, just a teeny bit… Check out my podcast, Beyond the Fog of Dementia.

I’d like a tad more… Sign up for my “Strengthen Your Stress Response” 45-minute one-on-0ne intensive.

I’m ready for the whole shebang!

Let’s talk about an ongoing 1:1 coaching relationship.