Welcome to Clergy Coaching

Ministry Was Supposed to Feel Like This

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BUT SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE THIS

Welcome to Pastoral Care For Pastors

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Leadership is Lonely… especially religious leadership. You care deeply for others, but cannot receive equal care.

Vulnerability, a necessity for a life well-lived, can sometimes feel like a professional liability.

After years of focusing on others, focusing on yourself can feel awkward. And you may feel guilty when you take time exclusively for yourself.

You want to feel the vitality of closeness with God, with yourself, and with important others again.

Meet Your Coach, Liz

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Professional Boundaries Are Inherently Blurry in Pastoral Relationships

You’re expected to be close to people and to support them.

You’re often drawn into the most intimate pains and problems of your people and their families.

You’re not “supposed” to receive care from congregants - you’re only supposed to give care.

Empathy

is a high-level skill. It requires you to feel into others' lives and, paradoxically, maintain clear self-definition and awareness of your own emotional world.

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UNBALANCED EMPATHY CAN LEAVE YOU

Lonely.
Overwhelmed.
Tired.
Denying or being completely unaware of your own needs and desires.
And lost - not feeling God's Love for yourself, but trying to give it to everyone else.

Is Professional Clergy Coaching For You?

Feel closer to the love, freedom, and forgiveness you teach others

Regain your strong, defined boundaries

Nurture your whole self

Navigate challenging relationships with skill

Understand Where God is Calling You Next

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Your Guide

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Elizabeth Pomerleau, M.Div. Harvard Divinity School

Meet Liz

A Quaker, Chaplain, and CPE Educator, Liz has worked with religious leaders since 2010. She is certified by the Association of Professional Chaplains & the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education.

As a professional coach, she embodies a clear focus on integrating your innate wisdom and self-knowledge to discern your way forward.

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Clergy Coaching

Draw On Your Strengths & Intuitive Wisdom

We begin with you. Coaching elicits your inherent curiosity and relational awareness to move beyond your stuck places.

You want your ministry to flourish. You want to live a joyful life. You want to experience the abundance of God’s love daily.

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Your Path Towards Spiritually Grounded Coaching & Education

Emotional Support

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Help navigating the intense emotional landscape of religious leadership

Education & Guidance

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Family systems theory, trauma-informed care, spiritual resources, & self-care

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Personal & Spiritual Growth

Get unstuck and create healthy ways to care for the self. Create appropriate boundaries between your life & the demands of others.

Community

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Prioritize the friendships and community that will sustain you. Get expert support for challenging relationships.

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Let’s Begin

15-MINUTE DISCOVERY CALL

Receive a free introductory conversation so we can get to know one another better.

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TAILORED COACHING

1:1 coaching with a tailored schedule for tackle the most elusive, unwieldy discernment challenges.

1:1 Coaching

Thank you for welcoming me into your experience. - Liz