Align & Pursue

90 MINUTE COACHING SESSION FOR CREATIVES

Challenges in your creative projects are there to help you grow.

So you’ve come to the place all creatives come to every now and then: a challenge. It might be a project that is going awry, a start that feels especially difficult, or simply that you’re not quite sure where to go next.

This challenge is in your way. It’s blocking the path ahead, maybe draining your enthusiasm and making you doubt your own inner creative compass. You want to take on this challenge, get momentum and feel clear and confident on what’s ahead.

And that’s where I come in. I can be your helping hand in this challenge. We’ll sit down, grab a cup of tea and talk it all through. From the practical project challenges and how to tackle them, to what this challenge is bringing up for you, and finding your own path ahead again.

I’ll help you turn this challenge into an opportunity for growth. Because that’s the bright side of all challenges - they have something to teach us.

From honing your creative skills, to understanding your ideas and creative identity on a deeper level, to growing your confidence, this challenge can be your way to growing in your creative life.

So let’s sort through your thoughts and feelings and clear the fog. Let’s figure out what’s holding you back and move ahead with new clarity and confidence.

Align & Pursue is a 90 minute coaching session where we get super focused on a current creative struggle of yours. Align is about exploring your challenge, understanding what it’s really about and how you’re going to approach it. Pursue is about moving you forwards into the challenge with direction and clarity.

“Working with Elin brought back the joy of art-making and the courage to move forward in a way that is rooted in my values and celebrates the process one step at a time.”

As someone who appreciates a gentle and intuitive approach, I felt very comfortable with Elin’s way of coaching. She’s radiating calm yet encouraging energy and is an exquisite listener. As I shared important life experiences with her and the vision I have for my art, she was able to beautifully draw parallels that I had not seen before. I am grateful that she didn’t tell me what to do but instead helped me uncover the answers I already carried within.

With Elin’s support, I was able to reflect on who I want to serve and who I want to be as an artist. So often, external validation and approval is how we value our worth and our work. This had slowly been happening for me in my creative business and I had begun to feel both overwhelmed and anxious, questioning whether I was even allowed to call myself an artist. Working with Elin brought back the joy of art-making and the courage to move forward in a way that is rooted in my values and celebrates the process one step at a time.

Salli Madeleine, artist

Talking things through with this soulful human being made all the difference. During our 90-minute coaching call and the assignments + email support that followed, Elin truly helped me build my confidence as an artist and embrace a more process-oriented way of creating.

What we might work on together

  • Refine your vision, direction and clarity for a project you’re feeling stuck with.

  • Make a clear step by step plan for a project you’re feeling overwhelmed by.

  • Build your confidence for creative work you want to do and steps you want to take, but feel anxious around.

  • Talk through your creative goals and make a plan for how you want to work towards them in the coming months.

  • Dig into why a project isn’t feeling joyful anymore and how you can bring that joy back.

  • Connect to your own intentions and inner creative path again when you feel distracted by unhelpful advice and comparing yourself to others.

  • Work through a tricky part of a project so you can move forward with it again like you want to.

“Sometimes, when we want to accomplish something creatively, we can be overwhelmed with a multitude of ideas and fears.”

I worked with Elin to come up with an editing plan for the second draft of one of my manuscripts. My previous editing on another manuscript hadn’t come to anything I was happy with so I was stuck and afraid that my work this time would be similar. Elin talked me through what I wanted to change and organize it into a plan, which helped me unfreeze and get started. The weekly follow ups via email were helpful to keep me on track.

Sometimes, when we want to accomplish something creatively, we can be overwhelmed with a multitude of ideas and fears. A steady hand to help reflect and sort through is invaluable in this case. I very much enjoyed working with Elin and highly recommend it to anyone with a creative project who is stuck or doesn’t know where to begin.

Sophia Dunkin-Hubby, YA Fantasy writer

This is for you if…

  • You’re struggling to start working on a project - maybe you want to start a podcast, redesign your website or get started with the editing process of a book - and you want some help to get things rolling.

  • You’re about to do something you know will challenge you. Maybe it’s the launch of an art shop or to pitch your book manuscript to agents, and you want someone to help you stay confident and on track.

  • You’ve worked on a project for a while. It might be a blog or an Instagram account, and it’s not going as well as you’d hoped. You want some help to reconnect with your vision and confidence, define pivots and tweaks, and make a plan going forward.

  • You’re simply wondering what’s next in your creative life. There might be many ideas you want to pursue, many possible paths to take and projects you could do… And you want some help to sort through your ideas, make a plan and feel that sense of clarity again.

So shall we turn this challenge into creative growth?

What it includes

  • One intensive 90 minute coaching call via Zoom.

  • Recording of our conversation so you can listen back any time you may want to.

  • My notes including exercises, plans, tasks or journaling questions we might decide on together.

  • Email support for 4 weeks after the session, including pep talks, feedback on things you create, gentle accountability and the support you need to move forward in your creative work.

Your investment: €250
(or two payments of €130)

Your country’s VAT will be added if you live in the EU

GET IN TOUCH TO BOOK A FREE DISCOVERY CALL

We chat for about 20 minutes about your creative work and your challenge, and about how I can help you. After the call, you decide whether you think we’re a good match and if coaching is right for you at this time.