Gain clarity, confidence and momentum in your creative practice, career or arts-based business.
ICF Certified Professional Coach
Over 30 years experience working with and supporting artists and creatives!
Drawing on 30 years in the arts and creative industries and a decade as a coach, I help artists, creative entrepreneurs, and cultural leaders worldwide navigate transitions and change and build aligned, sustainable and fulfilling creative careers.
I work with emerging, mid-career, and established creatives like you, including artists, makers, writers, performers, filmmakers, musicians, designers, educators, creative entrepreneurs, leaders and change makers in arts and culture and anyone dedicated personally or professionally to artistic expression or creative work.
If you're feeling:
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Stuck, uncertain, or at a crossroads in your creative life or career
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Overwhelmed by competing priorities or struggling to maintain momentum
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Ready to grow your creative practice, business, or leadership capacity
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Seeking greater clarity, confidence, purpose, or sustainability in your work
I understand the creative mindset and appreciate that there are many ways to build a meaningful and successful career and life as a creative professional.
Ready to take your creative practice, business, or career to the next level or in a new direction?
Here's how I can help
Whatever your aspiration or challenge, I’ll meet you where you are and support you in taking meaningful steps forward. On your terms. Together we'll:
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Clarify your vision, direction and goals as a creative professional
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Strategize and plan how to realize your ambitions for your creative practice, career or business
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Create habits and routines that support your productivity, growth and success
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Navigate change, challenges and transitions in your career and life as a creative
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Cultivate confidence and a supportive mindset as a creative professional.
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Build a more aligned, sustainable and fulfilling creative practice, business or career
What it's like to work with me
Coaching with me is a creative and collaborative process tailored to your unique goals, challenges, and aspirations.
"I empower artists and creatives to grow their practice, business, or career from the inside out."
Through reflective conversation, fresh perspective, powerful questions, and practical accountability, I help you gain clarity, build confidence, and take meaningful action to hlep you build a thriving creative life and career - wherever you are in the world.
Services
Individual Coaching for Artists and Creatives
Customized, one-on-one coaching designed around your needs, challenges and goals. Gain clarity on your direction, create achievable action plans, and build habits that support focus, confidence, and creative momentum.
Career Coaching for Creative Professionals:
Explore new directions or deepen your professional growth and path. We’ll clarify your career goals, strategize a plan forward and create accountability to help you grow your creative practice and career with intention.
Leadership Development Coaching for Creatives:
Develop your leadership capacity with greater awareness, confidence and authenticity. We’ll explore your leadership style, focus on your key priorities and increase your effectiveness in your organization, team, or community.
Business Coaching for Creative Entrepreneurs:
Clarify and communicate your vision and offerings. We’ll identify opportunities, set meaningful goals and develop strategies to grow your arts-based business and income while staying aligned with your values and creativity.
Ways To Be A Creative Newsletter:
A newsletter for artists and creatives navigating the inner and outer journey of building a life and career as a creative professional. Practical insights, coaching prompts, and creative career support straight to your inbox.
FREE Monthly Newsletter - Monthly articles and encouragement to support your journey as an artist or creative professional, whether you're building a career, running a business, leading others or discovering your creative path. Plus updates on coaching programs and new offers.
Paid Subscriber Tier - Exclusive posts with deeper dives into topics, practical strategies that have helped me and my clients, bonus resources and tools.
Podcasts:
I love having meaningful conversations about navigating our work as creative professionals and building a creative life and career or business with intention. Recently, I’ve had the chance to dive into these topics as a guest on some podcasts (linked below), with more to come.
My conversation with Jennifer Askey on her The Mindful Academy podcast about what it means to sustain a vibrant creative practice—especially when it competes with the demands of academic or institutional work.
My conversation with Paper Talk podcast hosts Jessie, Quynh, and Sara about how creatives can refine their approach to productivity, work-life balance, and artistic growth
If you host a podcast and think we’d spark a great conversation, I'd love to chat!
My Background
My career has evolved over three decades in leadership roles within small design and arts-based businesses and multi-disciplinary, non-profit arts organizations.
"I'm a creative myself, and I’m deeply passionate
about supporting other creative people."
I’ve always worked alongside artists and creatives, helping bring visionary projects to life through producing artistic programs, developing business and strategic plans, designing products, and building meaningful partnerships. Throughout my career, I’ve collaborated with and mentored hundreds of artists, makers, and creative professionals to launch, grow and sustain their practices and ventures.
I understand the unique challenges and opportunities that come with building a fulfilling and sustainable creative career and life because I’ve lived them too. I know what it’s like to stand at a crossroads, wonder what’s next, and create your own path forward.
That’s what led me to professional coaching.
Today, I bring my lived experience and leadership background to my coaching work helping artists, creative entrepreneurs, and cultural leaders worldwide to gain clarity, build confidence and take purposeful action.
Based in Toronto, Canada, I coach artists and creatives at all stages of development, across disciplines, throughout Canada, the U.S. and globally.
I hold an Honours BFA from York University and I am an Internationally Accredited Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) through the Co-active Training Institute®. I am also a proud member of ICF Toronto.