ABSTRACT

In Inside Creativity Coaching, 40 creativity coaches from around the world describe their work with creative clients in this first-ever case study examination of the art and practice of creativity coaching.

Curated by one of America’s foremost creativity coaches, these rich narratives examine how creativity coaches work with writers, painters, musicians, craftspeople, and other creatives on issues such as motivation, procrastination, blockage, and performance and career anxiety. Packed with concrete tools and techniques, the book draws on inspirational success stories from across the globe to help coaches better understand and serve their creative clients. It will be a valuable resource to creativity coaches, coaches interested in developing a specialty, and creatives and performing artists looking to overcome their challenges.

Covering a diverse range of disciplines, Inside Creativity Coaching is a must-have book for both aspiring and experienced creativity coaches, and anyone interested in helping creatives.

chapter 1|5 pages

Risk and Detachment

The Keys to a Successful Design Career

chapter 2|5 pages

The Timid Creative

How a Writer Found Her Resolve

chapter 3|5 pages

The Unauthorized Artist

Coaching a Self-Taught Painter

chapter 4|5 pages

A Meaningful Writing Career

How Values and Creative Work Can Align

chapter 5|5 pages

A Musician's ‘Impossible Dream’

Overcoming Stage Fright With Creativity Coaching

chapter 6|5 pages

Della's Dream Comes True

Subpersonality Work With a Blocked Writer

chapter 7|5 pages

A Change of Scenery May Be Just the Ticket

How Creativity and Travel Can Help Reinvent Midlife

chapter 8|5 pages

An Artist Prepares

How Dreams Can Come True Sooner Than You Expect

chapter 9|5 pages

Start Where You Are

How a Blocked Creativity Coach Finally Wrote Her Case Study

chapter 10|5 pages

A Filmmaker Returns to Health

Creativity Coaching for Overall Wellbeing

chapter 11|5 pages

Out of the Woods

A Talented Artist Returns to the Marketplace

chapter 12|5 pages

How Samson Grew His Hair Back

A Photographer Prevails

chapter 13|5 pages

When Pain Strikes

Building a New Life After a Divorce

chapter 14|5 pages

Foiling Perfectionism

The Magic of Lowered Expectations

chapter 15|5 pages

How Confidence Breeds Creativity

A Retired Reporter Breaks Free From Self-Doubt

chapter 16|5 pages

The Ugly Sculpture That Wasn't

Jennifer Rediscovers Her Creative Identity

chapter 17|5 pages

Small, Simple, and Every Day

Constructing a Creative Life

chapter 18|4 pages

A Writer in Search of a Practice

How Coaching Launched a Hundred Consecutive Days of Writing

chapter 19|5 pages

We're All in This Together

How Group Creativity Coaching Provides Support

chapter 20|5 pages

A Whirlwind Trapped in a Coffee Cup

Fearing Art-Making When Art Is Linked to Suffering

chapter 21|5 pages

A Colorless World

How Creativity Coaching Restored Vibrancy to One Painter's Life

chapter 22|5 pages

Art as Money

Creating for Yourself and Not Just for Success

chapter 23|5 pages

Helping a Designer Grow Her Confidence

Steps to a Design Career

chapter 24|4 pages

Phyllis Draws a Postcard

Time-Limited Creative Exercises in Session

chapter 25|4 pages

Using the Enneagram in Creativity Coaching

An Example at Point Nine

chapter 26|6 pages

How Lynn Got Her Sew-Jo Back

Clearing Physical and Mental Clutter to Unleash Creativity

chapter 27|4 pages

The Coaching Side to Private Tutoring

Preparing the Ground for a Successful Outcome

chapter 28|4 pages

The Guitar or the Code

From Tech Day Job to Full-Time Musician

chapter 29|4 pages

Alison the Ambitious Academic

Managing Overwhelm and Inefficiency Caused by Competing Demands

chapter 30|5 pages

Alex Markets Himself as An Artist

An Artist Learns to Believe in Himself and His Art

chapter 31|5 pages

“I'm Just Not Good Enough”

How to Stop the Naysaying and Fulfill Your Creative Potential

chapter 32|5 pages

Burning Down the House

One Writer Rewrites Her Book From Scratch

chapter 33|5 pages

Wooing the Muse With Wellness

How a Foundation of Health and Well-Being Can Spark New Creative Energy

chapter 34|5 pages

Working With What Is

Committing to Creative Work While Facing Obligations

chapter 35|5 pages

Refilling the Creative Well

Finding Voice and Flow Through Writing and Journaling

chapter 36|5 pages

Orange Disks and Orange Balls

How a Visual Storyteller Stopped Self-Sabotaging

chapter 37|5 pages

Bumping Into Walls

Navigating the Maze of Creativity

chapter 38|5 pages

The Cracks in the Pavement

Liminal Spaces and Creativity

chapter 39|4 pages

A Leadership Journey to Purpose

Personal Breakthroughs From Leading Others

chapter 40|6 pages

The Magic of an Escape, a Goal, and a Deadline

A Playwright Finishes Her Musical and Writes a Play in a Week