I’m passionate about helping early and mid-career writers, artists and creative freelancers to make more progress with long-term goals – so that you feel like you’re no longer struggling or frustrated in your creative endeavours, but actually thriving.

What a Creativity Coach Can Help You With:

Any or all of the following may chime with you:

• Have you lost momentum with a difficult creative project?
• Do you lack sufficient time for your creativity?
• Do you feel worn out by swimming solo, without an adequate creative community/network around you?
• Are you wanting to increase your income from creative activities?
• Have you been feeling discouraged by setbacks and rejections?
• Are you finding your creative practice a bit less meaningful these days?

The realities of working independently without adequate help can mean we want to give up before we’ve actually fulfilled our goals.

• Productivity – an “accountability buddy” to ensure you stay motivated, manage time well, and finish creative projects that are currently stuck
• Increased confidence – quieten your inner critic, understand your strengths and how to maximise them
• An ally who can help you bounce back from rejections and cope with any struggles
• Finding a better balance between work, personal life and your creativity
• Deepening your knowledge of the creative industry you’re working in, and figuring out how to earn more money from your creativity
• Help with building a stronger network of creative allies and contacts
• Figuring out how to create social impact, find creative work more meaningful, or find your specific path in the world as a creative person
• Smarter success strategies for getting your creative projects out there into the world and shared more widely with others.

Types of Clients:

Since 2015, I have worked one-to-one with clients from diverse backgrounds and all levels of experience. I do have a particular interest in helping artists, writers and creative freelancers who are:

• actively trying to finish a major creative project, but finding it tricky
• OR wanting to reach a wider audience with their creative work
• OR hoping to earn more money from their creative career
• OR wrestling with questions about the meaningfulness or impact of their creative endeavours
• OR wanting to say no to the mainstream and do things their own way

How it Works:

A typical coaching session lasts 60 minutes (over Skype/Zoom/telephone), or can be conducted by weekly email exchange. Think of it as an informed, friendly chat with a fellow creative. It’s as simple and as powerful as that!

In 2022, I’m offering coaching sessions at:

• £55 for 60 minutes or £65 for 75 minutes
• If we haven’t worked together before, a first coaching session is £25
• A block of five 60-minute sessions can be booked for £260
• Ongoing support by email instead of Zoom/Skype/telephone – £55 for four weeks

Sessions can be spread over whatever time period suits you and your project. Weekly or fortnightly gaps are recommended initially, but once a project has gained significant momentum, it can work well to space sessions further apart.

About Me:

I’ve made my living as a full-time facilitator for over ten years, working in Adult and Higher Education since 2011 and also one-to-one with private clients since 2015. I’ve had twenty years of creative practice as a fiction writer and poet, with many individual stories and poems published in that time, and my third full publication due out in Spring 2022, from Ad Hoc Fiction. My self-employed creative businesses have won funding from Paper Nations/Bath Spa University, Merton College, Oxford University, the Arts Council/National Lottery Grants, and an Enterprising Business Award from Kingston University.

Testimonials here.

To book, or to ask questions, please send a message here.