Absolutely. You don’t need a fully-formed blueprint to start the walk. In our first week, we focus specifically on clarity. Even if your idea feels vague or quiet right now, trust that it’s there. We’ll create the space for it to make itself known.

Creative Embodiment coaching is a somatic approach that supports creatives at any stage of their creative journey. It is a unique type of coaching that includes the body in the process of creativity. Too often, we try to think our way out of creative blocks when those patterns are actually stuck in the body. My coaching approach is to dig beneath the surface, to go beyond the mind, and explore what’s happening with your body to help you understand what’s keeping you stuck. With this body-mind approach, we work at the pace of your body to build a sustainable roadmap that supports your creative practice. My work deals with the creative emotional landscape that helps artists show up over and over to their creative practice and supports creatives as they do the deep inner work that will sustain their creative practice.

This creative embodiment container is creative of all kinds at any stage of the journey. Whether you’re the storyteller with stand-up content but you’re too afraid to refine your material, the curious creative who hasn’t picked up a brush since childhood, or the artist who is eager to share their work but is too afraid of being seen–this is a space to explore what’s holding you back from your creative expression.

My embodiment method deals with forms of resistance that show up on the creative path. This may include tackling perfectionism, procrastination, or a harsh-inner critic. But there’s also a practical approach to my coaching that involves goal-setting, which may include getting my clients to share their creative work with others, signing up for writing courses, or supporting them in finishing their creative projects, for example. While the bulk of my work deals with inner work aspects of the creative path, doing the creative work is a byproduct of my coaching, not the main aspect of our work together.

No, I’m a certified embodiment and transformation coach. While there are therapeutic aspects to it, I don’t have the training to support those dealing with trauma on a large scale. Coaching is a collaborative process where we work together towards a future-oriented goal. There will be instances where we touch on the past, but doing therapeutic work is out of scope. If we discover in our time together that this is the case, I will happily recommend you to some experts in this field who will be better suited to support you.

The creative process is a vulnerable act. You will brush up against many discomforts when you decide to commit to any creative act. This is unavoidable. Whether it’s dealing with the creative process—staring at the blank page, deleting drafts prematuring, or returning to your art on day 2 with more resistance—or sharing your art with others and discovering you want to run away–creative expression demands bravery. We are often told to push through or think our way out of it, but none of those are effective strategies. We need to look beneath the surface and see what’s happening in the body to re-create new patterns. Through the somatic approach, you will learn how to face the discomfort on your creative journey and rediscover your agency to show up bravely.  This may look like building a stronger muscle of resilience to show up to your work–even the messy parts, a determination to improve your craft, or renewed confidence to share your creative work. The outcome of this inner work may look different for your individual path, but what remains consistent in the work I do with my clients remains the same: empowerment.