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I’m not your typical coach.

I’m your Creativity Doula—here to midwife your ideas, unearth your truths, and help you birth your most expressive, grounded, and wildly aligned self.

This work is not one-size-fits-all.

Whether I’m working 1:1 with a blocked artist, an overstretched creative entrepreneur, or a collaborative team on the edge of transformation—I tailor every session, container, or immersion to the living, breathing process of the people in front of me.

My approach is:

Intuitive yet strategic
Deeply grounded in research and psycho-emotional intelligence
Messy in all the best ways—because real creativity isn’t neat

I pull from visual mapping, art therapy, meditation, psychological frameworks, somatic release, storytelling, and the wild wisdom of your own inner world. I’m not here to play nice with your stuckness. I’ll mirror you, challenge you, support you, and guide you home to the part of you that already knows how to flow.

Whether you’re launching a business, unblocking your voice, mapping out a creative sabbatical, or reviving a relationship to your own expression—I’m here to help you stay with the process, even when it gets uncomfortable. Especially then.

What you get:

Sustainable creative practices (not just one-off inspiration hits)
Tailored tools to work through emotional, mental, and energetic blocks
Permission to take up space in your fullest creative expression
A container where real transformation is possible

Because creativity isn’t just something you do—it’s how you live, lead, love, and relate.

If you are curious about these sessions, please get in touch with me for a free 15-minute discovery call.

Testimonials

Jana worked with me on (2022-2023):
PHD writing practice
Her fear of letting others down
Motivation vs. procrastination
Livia worked with me on (2019-2020):
Creative community building
Expanding creative collaboration skills
Site-specific art events
Mandri Sutherland worked with me on (2021):
Making a business out of her acting
Creating independent performance opportunities for herself
Social media strategies to market her performance offerings

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SO, HOW DOES IT WORK?

You’re not here for surface-level change. You’re here to shift something real—creatively, emotionally, professionally, or all of the above.

I work with individuals and teams who are ready to move from stagnation to flow, from burnout to sustainability, and from overthinking to embodied expression. I read energy fast and speak to what’s underneath.

WHO IT’S FOR:

This is for you if you're:

Stuck in a cycle of perfectionism or procrastination
On the edge of something big—but can’t quite see how to birth it
Building a creative business, life, or team that needs to flow more freely
Ready to call back your voice, energy, and wild intuitive knowing

WHAT WORKING WITH ME LOOKS LIKE:

1:1 or collaborative sessions tailored to your intention
Flexible formats (single sessions, multi-week containers, creative intensives)
Integration support, practical tools, embodied rituals, & inner work
No BS. Deep listening.

CREATIVE POWER CONTAINER

4-Session Creative Immersion

This is your creative deep-dive. You want to ground into your purpose, bring something to life, or make your creative life more sustainable—emotionally, spiritually, and financially. Over multiple sessions, we co-build or re-build a practice or project from the inside out. Expect rigorous reflection, practical tools, spiritual grounding, and plenty of fire. This container is perfect for those ready to stop hiding, start showing up, and move with clarity, power, and direction—whether for a specific body of work or your whole creative identity.

4 x 1.5 hours Sessions | Online or in-person (Fish Hoek studio)
South African Creatives (earning in rands): R6500 (2-4 instalments permissible)
International Creatives: $458 / €400 (2-4 instalments permissible)
Includes 3x tailored Integration & Execution booklets

EXECUTION CONTAINER

3-Session Unblocking Intensive

This container is about momentum—specifically where yours keeps dying. If you feel stuck, overwhelmed, or like you’re constantly circling the same creative cul-de-sac, we get in there and break the loop. Together, we name the patterns, move the emotional sludge, and create tangible pathways to move forward. Whether you’re birthing a project or trying to finish what you started, this is the space to get real, unstuck, and back into creative motion.

3 x 1.5 hours Sessions | Online or in-person (Fish Hoek studio)
South African Creatives (earning in rands): R4500 (2-3 instalments permissible)
International Creatives: $350 / €300 (2-3 instalments permissible)
Includes 2x tailored Integration & Execution booklets

FEEDBACK CONTAINER

2-Session Creative Integration

This is a short but potent process—ideal if you're in the middle of something and want honest, expansive feedback. We hold space to reflect, adjust, and realign. You get personalised prompts and time to apply them before the second session, making this container great for fine-tuning an idea, refining your creative identity, or grounding your strategy in something real and resonant. This is feedback with teeth—sharp, kind, and full of possibility.

2 x 1.5 hours | Online or in-person (Fish Hoek studio)
South African Creatives (earning in rands): R2900 (2 instalments permissible)
International Creatives: $230 / €200 (2 instalments permissible)
Includes a tailored Integration & Execution booklet

CATALYST SESSION

A Once-Off Drop-In

This is the spark session—the nudge, the mirror, the shift. You know there’s something waiting to be born: a project, a change, a realignment. You’re just not starting. In this once-off session, we look at what’s blocking the ignition, get to the root of why you’re stuck, and light a match under your creative fire. You’ll leave with clear next steps, a clearer sense of “why now,” and a fresh, no-fluff perspective on where to put your energy.

1.5 hours | Online or in-person (Fish Hoek studio)
South African Creatives (earning in rands): R1200
International Creatives: $115 / €100 per session
Includes a tailored Integration & Execution booklet

Conscious Collaboration

Teams aren't just systems—they're living, breathing organisms built on the quality of relationships between people. If communication is off, trust is shaky, or conflict is silently boiling under the surface, it’s only a matter of time before productivity suffers. I help teams turn that around—fast.

This work is for collaborators who are serious about building sustainable, emotionally intelligent, and visionary work cultures. I bring mapping tools, honest reflection, reflective practices, and guided dialogue to the table. Together, we name what’s blocking flow, clear it out, and design a new rhythm of working together.

This isn’t corporate fluff. This is about real connection, courageous truth-telling, and co-creating aligned momentum. Ready?

Drop-in Team Session: Clearing the Air

For up to 4 team members

Perfect for collaborators who feel stuck, out of sync, or on the edge of burnout. This is a once-off, deep-dive session where we’ll unpack the underlying issues, reestablish clarity, and crack open new potential. It’s honest, healing, and solution-focused—with a tailored reflection booklet to keep the integration going.

2 hours | Online or in-person (Fish Hoek studio)
South African Teams (earning in rands): R900 per person (max 4 team members)
International Teams: $80 / €70 per person (max 4 team members)
Includes a tailored Integration & Execution booklet

2-Person Package: Realignment & Expansion

For 2 team members or co-founders

Whether you’re co-founders, project partners, or working through a rough patch—this 3-part package helps you reconnect to shared vision and flow. You each get a private session first, followed by a joint session to integrate insights, reestablish trust, and design what’s next—together.

3 x 1.5-hour sessions (2 solo, 1 joint) | Online or in-person (Fish Hoek studio)
South African Teams (earning in rands): R5500
International Teams: $400 / €350 per team (2-3 instalments permissible)
Includes tailored Integration & Execution booklets

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FAQs

Do I need to be a visual artist to work with you?

Absolutely not! For example, I have worked with an engineer that is trying to balance being a part-time musician, a massage therapist that is dreaming to create murals the size of buildings (with zero experience, mind you!), an artist who hasn't created in twenty years, and an ex-medical doctor creating an integrative retreat space, and an online education specialist that suffers from burn out. You do not have to have any experience in visual art to be creative. In fact, we are ALL creating our lives every single day and all humans are innately creative.

Why is art important? How can visual arts help me be more creative and balanced in my job or non-art related interests?

I can rant about this topic for ages, but here is a concise bullet-point list derived from The Art Therapy Sourcebook by Cathy Malchiodi to give you insight in my philosophies about the importance of art:

Art is a Visual Way of Making Something Special:
- Art allows us to express our unique essence and make sense of the world by creating something beautiful and significant. This is an extremely gratifying feeling.
Art Is a Way of Recording:
- Art serves as a non-verbal tool for documenting the meaning, experiences, and feelings of a particular period in our lives.
Art Assists in Emotional Release:
- Art-making has therapeutic benefits that help us engage with our emotions and express what words cannot. Many people turn to art when they reach the limits of language and logic in processing difficult emotions.
Art Teaches Us About Sensory Experience:
- Art engages our sensory understanding of the world and helps us connect with textures, sounds, scents, and forms. This makes it a valuable tool in navigating and understanding the world, as the understanding and use of materials are vital to human functioning.
Art Improves Visual Thinking and Metaphorical Understanding:
- Art has the ability to change minds and the world, as evident in political revolutions throughout history. Art and storytelling have gone hand in hand throughout history, with artists depicting cultural shifts through the metaphors, subject matter, and medium used in their art.
Art Teaches Us New Skills:
- Art-making fosters risk-taking, experimentation, and creative problem-solving abilities through curiosity and bravery, which spill into other areas of life.
Art Enhances Our Lives:
- It has been scientifically proven that engaging with art can transform inner conflict, reduce stress, and promote compassionate ways of engaging with the world. It challenges perfectionism and helps us transcend our rigid living patterns. Making and looking at art can act as a tool for accessing the mysterious, imaginative, and other-worldly nature of reality. Art is an important way of discovering new meanings in life, connecting with our inner child, and assessing and changing our values.
Art Is Conducive to Individuation:
- Art-making is a fun practice that promotes curiosity, playfulness, and identity formulation. It allows us to connect to our intuition and energizes us. Artistic expression communicates our unique perspective on life and can help us stand out in a world that often promotes a group mentality.
Art Creates Relationships:
- Art allows for connection and communication, as it can help release stress and mediate emotions. It also provides a platform for individuals to talk about difficult topics and share their perspectives, which can lead to growth and healing.

How can your Creativity Doula work benefit students that are studying art or planning on becoming professional creatives?

The academic space is fraught with limiting beliefs, judgments, lack of connection, competition and ego (I know this because most of my creative wounds and those of the people I work with come out of some kind of harsh educational encounter). I believe this is a result of art being squeezed into a structured box of percentages and logical arguments. Furthermore, in my opinion, there is not enough emotional support for art students. They are required to rack up the nitty-gritty-ugly-dirty parts of their soul to make "deep" art and is then put in front of a panel to be criticised. This requires a very strong kind of personal to make it through without emotional scaring. From my experience, Fine Art academies do not help students built businesses out of their craft, nor foster spaces where students can really be truly vulnerable. I help (aspiring) art students get clear on what it is they actually want to create, how to protect their mental health in critical spaces, and form strong artist identities. I also support on more practical matters, like how to set up an artist CV, how to write an artist bio and conceptual reasoning, as well as designing an artist portfolio - all tools a professional artist need after studying when they enter the working world.

Will I be a qualified artist after I have done a Creativity Container with you?

The idea the you are an artist is just a belief. As dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes says, "an artist is an artist before they have ever made anything." In my Creativity Containers, I will help you face and work through the limiting beliefs standing in your way of claiming a creative life. I also assist in the building of an emotionally, physically, and spiritually sustainable art practice so you feel empowered to create what you desire. We work on steps to catalyse your process and set structures in place to ensure that your process keeps flowing.