If you're here, it's because something is shifting in you.
Maybe you've been pushing the edges for a while. You have everything you need to get the recognition, the funding, the sale, the patrons, the promotion, the award or opportunities you've been striving for.
But you sense that there is something in your way - some pattern or belief, some skill or habit that is preventing you from breaking through that edge and into the spaces, places and conversations that feel most alive. This is just another opportunity - an invitation - to notice what needs to be revealed in order to discover what's next.
Or maybe you are in a groove. Money is starting to flow, space is cleared, requests are being made and conversations are being had, but you wonder if you are still relying on old tactics that are limiting the possibilities you might explore.
Whether you are changing your career focus or embarking on your next big move; whether you love what you do but wonder about sustaining your work into the future, or even if you have no idea what you want to pursue next, but know there is more in store for you ...
Illuminate Your Edge is going to change your experience of this moment at your growth edge.
Because whether you are longing to define a new path forward or becoming more courageous on the path you walking today -- it's really about making conscious-awake-alive choices.
And when we are talking about real growth... those choices are going to feel scary at times.
Courage isn't something we have, it's something we practice.
After a lifetime of working with and among creators I can say this:
The ones who grow beyond their current experience are the ones who are willing to get a little uncomfortable. They know with undeniable clarity what matters most to them and they make choices to honor that commitment.
I know this because I'm doing it alongside them everyday. As a nonprofit founder, I had to take a leap of faith that artists and patrons would show up for my vision; as a widow of young kids, I had to re-prioritize what mattered; when I launched this business and published my book, I had to resource myself with all kinds of support.
Not by doing it all myself. Not by grinding myself to the bone. But by building systems, practices and networks to support my efforts.
And by consistently showing up in this way - I have not only grown beyond many edges (and still growing!); I've made an impact in people's lives all along the way.
That's the kind of sustainable real-life transformation that is waiting for you at this growth edge.
And this is what I am going to show you how do too!
Illuminate Your Edge -- Expand Beyond What's Familiar And Create What's Next!
A 3-day live masterclass for artists, arts workers and creative professionals who want to turn their experience, expertise and vision into a bold commitment, clear action plan, and confident choices to create the life they want to experience next.
HERE IS WHAT WE ARE COVERING
DAY 1: Locating Yourself in Your Growth Journey
I'll show you how to map the experiences that have shaped pivotal points of intersection in your life, including your imagined future, so that you can recognize and design the terrain ahead.
Leave with: Your Unique Growth Journey Map worksheet
DAY 2: Defining What Matters Most
I'll teach you how to find the language for what you stand for now, so that you can speak with undeniable clarity about what matters to you and why, align others in your efforts and create energy to pull you forward.
Leave with: Your unique values declaration to practice in real time!
DAY 3: Creating Conditions for Success
On day 3, I'll show you how to create the conditions to activate your courage to make new choices that will feel a little scary at times.
Leave with: Your unique Two-Week Action Plan and List of Conditions to help you make new choices that feel alive!
IN A TIME WHEN...
👉🏼The arts and artists are under attack.
👉🏼Women are being silenced, and stripped of rights and power.
👉🏼Artists are siloed, competing for the same scraps of support.
👉🏼Cuts to healthcare and retirement threaten our long-term security.
Many of us are looking toward the next 10 years and wondering: Will I ever get “there”?
Whose standard of success am I measuring myself against?
What kind of recognition or reward do I truly long for?
Am I living on my own terms — or following a script because of an old story that says it’s too risky to do otherwise?
When I look back on my life, what will I have contributed?
THIS IS FOR YOU IF:
You are an artist, arts or creative professional and you are ready to grow bigger than the fear that is keeping you stuck.
You've tried to navigate this uncertain time alone and it no longer feels important to continue alone.
You've identified a calling or desire that is alive for you, but don't know how to start moving toward it.
You know yourself and what's in way in the abstract, but can't seem change the outcomes you are getting.
You know you have to start doing things differently, taking more risks or having conversations that you'd rather avoid - but aren't doing those things.
You struggle with fear of not being enough, of judgement or of success at the level you desire.
You have a big mission or vision, and it overwhelms you to the point of stasis, burnout or hopelessness.
Buckle in, my dear creator — realizing a vision that cuts to the core of who you truly are now ... is a big deal.
Your desire to take this journey holds power.
Taking actions that trigger our fear also opens us to the most alive creative process we can ever experience.
You already know this is true.
You’ve been here before.
Just look at everything you’ve ever created where nothing existed before.
Each time you’ve created something new is proof of your courage to mine your next uncharted path.
Let’s take this first step into a new season, together.
Wendy, Artist
Nonprofit Founder
With Naomi's partnership I’ve crossed a real threshold, finding the courage to navigate uncertainty grounded in who I am. Now I’m building my nonprofit's second year with a supportive team, continuing to honor what matters most to me as a leader and in my own creative life as an artist!
Tova, Filmaker, Actor
Naomi listens deeply and uses an array of tools to skillfully respond to what is arising within the group. Through Naomi's workshops, I have identified and moved beyond blocks that had been holding me up for months.
Cynthia
Visual artist
There's been this huge mindset shift. You serve a very special sauce, Naomi...and create magic while you are doing it.
Rae, Composer
I see the effects of my time in the course ALL AROUND ME, EVERY DAY- in my thinking, in my work, and in how different my life looks since.
Rae, composer
Claire, Illustrator
Naomi got me out of my head and into my studio at a time when I was stalling on a vision I’d been holding onto for years. Thanks to her coaching and accountability, I’ve leveled up how I show my work and locked in an income stream that feels right. If you’re looking for the bridge between 'holding a vision' and 'living it,' she is it."
Erwin
artist and founder
I came to Naomi at a point where I felt stuck between the work I was doing and the larger vision I knew I wanted to grow into. Our work together helped me honor my time, my values, and my priorities in a way that now shapes how I run my business every day.
Have a question?
Email hello@creativitymatterscoaching.com - we'll get back to you!
Meet Naomi!
Hi Brave Creator! I help artists, arts workers and leaders find their courage to create the future they want to experience now.
My coaching is a practice is influenced by thirty years of experience in the arts as a performing artist, fundraising executive, non-profit founder, story coach. With a masters in Performance Studies form NYU with certifications in creativity coaching, public speaking and a myriad of conscious coaching practices, I have helped hundreds of artists create something new from an empty stage, blank page and canvas in their work and lives.
The experience of my husband’s alcoholism and death brought me to my most challenging edge. From that experience came my first book, Braving Creativity and the courage to take all kinds of risks that helped me not only illuminate the edges of my fear, but to continually gather the proof I needed believe how brave I really am.
That's what you will do next - gather your courage to step into the aliveness that is waiting for you just beyond your growth edge.