It’s time to make it official: I am closing my creativity coaching practice, which means I’m no longer working with one-on-one clients or leading groups.
I’m sad that this chapter of my life is over, at least for now. I’ve found coaching to be incredibly rewarding work, and I miss connecting personally with writers and artists, accompanying them amid challenges and breakthroughs.
I’m also heartened to see mentors and contemporaries carrying on this important work through life’s changes and the world’s cataclysms:
My first writing coach, Cynthia Morris, recently celebrated the 20th anniversary of her coaching practice, Original Impulse, and continues to offer new programs and services.
Sarah Selecky’s writing course, which I took in its very first incarnation in 2011, is thriving and expanding in its 10th year of operation.
My friend Rhonda Douglas opened the Writer’s Flow Studio to host an active community of writers at all stages, and she also runs the First Book Finish program to help people do just that.
As a lover of commitment and a wrestler of angels, I thrill to see people persevering, building and maintaining their coaching and teaching practices, even as mine comes to an end.
The short, everyday reason I’m closing my practice is that I now work full-time as a content marketing writer.
I hope to delve into the longer, more existential reasons over the coming weeks and months. The purpose of this blog has long been to support my coaching practice and attract clients, and now that it no longer needs to serve that purpose, I’m free to turn it into something else. What will that be? I look forward to finding out.
To all my past clients: it’s been a tremendous honour to work with you. Thank you for your openness, vulnerability, and hope.
To my teachers and fellow coaches: I appreciate every hour you invested in my development. None of it will ever be wasted.
To those looking for a creativity coach: I can personally recommend Cynthia, Sarah, and Rhonda, or you can check the listings at the Creativity Coaching Association.
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