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I’ve been passionate about spirituality and the creative process—which I now see as the inside and outside of the same
cup of life—for more than 40 years. I met some of the pioneers of creativity education while I was in college and have continued to study the creative process through personal research, work with my own clients, and studies such as hypnotherapy, NLP (neurolinguistic programming), Silva methods, astrology, tarot, and my Ph.D. and D.D. from the Academy of Universal Truth in Seattle. The Law of Attraction and the Law of Allowing are fundamental to my spiritual orientation and training.
Although I now see myself as ageless, I admit to being over 40 and to finding work with women over 40 especially exciting because they bring both personal experience and the energy for new creative adventures to the coaching sessions. I find the same excitement in work with small business owners and independent professionals of both genders.
What I like best is helping someone find the vision that stirs his or her own heart, the dream that brings tears to someone’s eyes, and then plan and implement small changes that reorient life toward the dream. I believe in 1% daily changes that add up to 365% change by the end of a year and prefer to work with people for at least 90 days to implement new ideas and processes.
Stripped to its skeleton, creativity rests on processes that produce results. Day after day, the writer or artist must find the personal courage to use thr process, to build up the results and shape the raw mass into a work that has meaning for the artist and for the reader or viewer. Without regular production there is no career—without meaningful work there is no creative life.
As a coach, I help artists and writers find their personal strengths and create artistic (or professional) careers based on those strengths—including curiosity, a desire for meaning, and personal boundaries as well as crafts and a modicum of talent.
Creativity is stressful—and addictive. Laughter is sometimes the best a coach can offer. At other times, the right reference or the right question may help an artist or writer get back on track. It’s also the coach’s job to help the artist balance art vs. craft, satisfaction vs. enough money to support a real life in the modern world, and personal values vs. the communiation that’s possible in a given time and market.
I believe in baby steps—incremental changes that add up over time. I offer combinations of email and phone conversations designed for the budget and
time and commitment level of individual clients. Clients may change services
from month to month. If you choose to coaching via email, I offer unlimited email exchanges with an agreement
that the client will hear from me at least twice a week.
Phone sessions
can be laser sessions (15 minutes as follow-up to questions clarified by the
client by email) or up to three 45-minute conversations per month. Most phone
clients, but not all, combine telephone and email.
Each month I also
offer free or low-cost teleconference calls, which are announced in my
newsletter or in my blog.
I also offer local journal writing workshops and local
spiritual development workshops and am occasionally available for a chat by
instant messenger.
Copyright © 2008 Mary O'Gara