Free resources

• Grow your creative business. My free 10-day e-course giving you 10 foundations to build on, so you can thrive – and your business can grow.
• Change Your Money Story. A workbook to help you notice your limiting beliefs about money. And replace them with more useful stories.
• Journaling prompts. A free PDF with questions and exercises to get you writing, and to help you focus on what you really want in your creative life.
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Creative blocks

In the end, most of these come down to two things: fear and overwhelm. But our demons shape-shift constantly. Here are a few of their disguises – and how to beat them.

Procrastination

• Stop procrastinating! If you just can’t seem to get started, here are 20 strategies to try.
• Why do we procrastinate? Understand the triggers that lead to procrastination – and how to change them.
• Still procrastinating? Some questions to help.

Perfectionism

• Confessions of a recovering perfectionist: my own struggles with this particular monster.
• Say goodbye to perfectionism: some ways to let go a little, and let your genius out.
• Make more, care less. If you take care of the quantity, the quality seems to rise too.

Loud inner critic

• Take control of your inner critic. You can’t get rid of it completely. But you can quieten it down.
• You’re awesome. So collect evidence to prove that.

Overwhelm

• Feel overwhelmed? Here’s how to deal with it.
• A five-step emergency plan for when it’s all too much.

Fear

• Why creative work can feel so scary. Overcome the resistance, and do the work you want to do.

• Fear of finishing. Read this if you can’t seem to let go of a project.

Managing your time, energy and focus

Productivity is different for creatives. But we still have to acknowledge that our energy and attention are limited. Like a phone battery, they run down and we need to replenish before starting again.

• Time Management for creatives
• Productivity for creatives
• Tired of workdays that never seem to end? Decide what ‘enough’ looks like, and know when to stop.
• Why you need a reset routine. Freelance lives are rarely regular. Here’s how to get back into your rhythms fast.
• One focus: why less is more, in a world of endless distraction
• Pay Yourself First: how to make time for the creative projects you want to do.
• How to find your focus in a world of distraction
• Using ritual and routine to get into flow
• Eat that frog: why it’s good to do the hardest thing first
• My best productivity tool. (It’s a timer!)
• Most productivity systems don’t work for creatives. Here’s why.
• Make more, care less.

The organised creative

If you’re someone who tells yourself you thrive on chaos: think again. A little organisation helps!

• Your next 90 days: planning for success
• Project management: How to organise your projects so the work gets done
• Your weekly review: a tool for reflection, accountability, and getting more of the really important things done.
• Declutter. Reset. Reorganise. Refresh. Clean up your creative life
• Or don’t tidy up! The case FOR creative clutter
• Your Second Brain: the answer to information overload?
• Systems: why you need them, and how to start creating them.

Creative business

Making a living from our work. Because real artists don’t starve.

• Think like a boss. Even when you mostly work solo.
• What to do when the freelance work dries up.
• Lost your job? Here’s what to do next.
• Use your creative assets. The work you’ve already made should keep working for you.
• The 10 keys to a thriving creative business
• So you’ve made a mistake in your business. Now what?
• Stop freelancing! Become a business owner instead.
• Doing the maintenance: how to approach the admin, accounts and all the other boring bits of running a business.

Marketing and audience building

Making art is always satisfying. But it only becomes a living if we also create a client base, an audience, a market for our work or services. Here’s how.

• Marketing for creatives
• My 90-day LinkedIn experiment
• My 90-day twitter experiment
• Do you really need social media?
• How to get featured in the media
• The stories that stop you selling your work
• Why we should all be shameless about self-promotion
• Show your process

Money matters

Making more, pricing your work or services, handling your financial admin – and improving your money mindset. You deserve to earn a good living from your work!

• What’s your price? How to charge what you’re worth
• Know your value as a creative
• Should you be charging more?
• Do you self-sabotage when things are going well financially? You might have an upper limit problem.
• Four mistakes creatives make with money. And how to fix them.
• How to price difficult freelance jobs
• A beginner’s guide to grant applications
• How I stopped procrastinating and learned to love my tax return

Creative community

Your network is your power, your support, your community. As creatives, we’re stronger together.

• Brian Eno’s concept of Scenius. Why creatives are stronger together
• What Tolkien and CS Lewis can teach us about creative work
• Who do I know already? Whatever you want, whatever you need, start with this question.
• What I’ve learned from other creatives. Whatever your field, there are skills to learn from others.
• Are you lonely, working from home?

Rest, play and self-care

Looking after the biggest asset your business has: you.

• Feeling weary? Sleep not helping? Discover the seven types of tiredness, and how to recover from each
• Why adults still need play. (Especially creatives.)
• 100 ideas for play dates/artist dates
• Want more ideas for creative play? This book has 365 of them.
• Micro-breaks: how to make space, even on your busiest days.

Creative process

Strategies for making more, doing more, getting your work out there.

• How to have more ideas
• How to feel more inspired
• Creative thinking: Why you should go down that rabbit hole.
• Why bother making art when the world is burning?
• How to begin: five exercises to help you start strong
• The four stages of a creative project (and how to get through them)

A creative life

This isn’t just about making money, or making work you love. It’s about having a full, juicy and creative life.

• How to design a life you love

• How to find your direction, in work and life
• How to be more productive, working from home
• Essential kit for working from home

Don’t see what you need here?

Tell me what’s getting in your way, and if there are resources I can send to you or create for everyone, I will! Get in touch here.

More ways I can help

One-to-one coaching

Having someone who is on your side, asks good questions, and understands your industry and creative process can change everything.

Best way to start? Apply for an introductory session, to see if we’re a good fit. I do four of these a month for the special price of £99. There’s no pressure to book more – but this is a chance for you get some support from me, and see how coaching might help.

Group programmes

I run an annual 10-week programme on growing your creative business. It’s for a small group of up to 12 creative professionals from all fields – we learn from each other!

Products

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