INVITATION TO SUMMER SCHOOL! OPEN TO EVERYONE, BUT ESPECIALLY TEACHERS AND PARENTS WHO MIGHT HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY OVER THE SUMMER BREAK
GROUP COACHING SESSIONS SUMMER 2018
THEME: THE ARTIST’S WAY, BY JULIA CAMERON
WHO
Are you looking for a change but don’t know what that looks like?
You have a dream to start a business or a charity that expresses your inner creative being that makes a difference to the world, but you don’t know what, where or how to get started?
All you might know is that you’re either about to embark on, or are already on a journey and want to make a radical change in your life and/or career?
You know you are creative and have so much more to offer than is being asked of you in your current situation, but you don’t know where to start or how to nurture or express your creative side? You don’t know what kind of business, charity, book, painting, you want to create, but you do know that what you’re currently doing is no longer satisfying and it isn’t working for you. Instead you might feel restless or stuck in a rut.
Feeling that you’re in it alone? Do you want to find a group of like-minded individuals who are also wanting to make a change and be more creative?
WHAT?
If any of these describe you, then come join the second group coaching class, centred around the book, The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron.
We will use the book as a springboard for coaching around common blocks (see below) that prevent you from exploring and developing your creativity. During each session, one-two people will receive individual coaching but all participants will benefit from the synergy that is generated in a supportive, non-judgemental and safe and confidential group—everything that happens in the group stays in the group.
At the end of six weeks, you will have begun to identify and take steps towards achieving your new business/charity/book or art project. You will come away with confidence in your creative abilities and you will have developed a peer network of fellow creatives on the same journey as you.
Participating in this group will help you to overcome the following blocks:
Fear that you have nothing to offer?
Everyone has their own unique talents, gifts, interests and experiences. Come explore your own uniqueness and what you have to offer to the world. There is only one you!
Fear about whether anyone would be interested in buying your art, book, services, or expertise?
There is only one you. Come discover your unique creativity and what you have to offer the world.
Fear that you are the only one who struggles with stepping out and doing something new?
Join a group of people, including myself, the coach, who are in the same boat and struggle with the same sorts of blocks. Come and allow yourself to be seen through the eyes of others.
The sense that you’re doomed to go on this creative transformative journey on your own and consequently will get stuck and fail to achieve the dreams that inspire you and keep you awake at night.
You will be part of a supportive, non-judgemental, group of peers who are struggling with the same areas that you are. Each person brings a piece of their own wisdom and experience to share with the group. We are smarter together than we are alone. We will all serve as midwives to each other’s dreams in a safe, and non-judgemental space.
WHEN
TBA, Summer 2018 Six one and a half hour sessions for six weeks over the Summer
WHERE?
The sessions will be held virtually on Zoom. Zoom is an internet conferencing tool like Skype or FaceTime. All you need is a smart phone, a tablet or a personal computer and an internet connection. I will give you instructions on how to sign up for Zoom. The benefit of using Zoom is that we can record the sessions. So, if you miss a session, I can send you a link to the group session you missed so that you can benefit from the group coaching on the week’s topic.
HOW:
The tool will be group coaching around the theme in The Artist’sWay. Each participant will either need to buy or borrow a copy of the book. If you want to know more about the group coaching before you enrol, don’t hesitate to email me with your queries. We can either set up a time to talk by Skype or Zoom to answer your questions. The benefits of group coaching include:
It is less expensive than 1:1 coaching
You benefit from the wisdom of the group. We are all smarter collectively than we are on our own. Every person brings their experience, wisdom and insight to the table.
You have support from like-minded peers
Opportunity to make new friends and colleagues
Something happens in a group that sparks even greater insight and greater creativity.
ABOUT ME
I first encountered The Artist’s Way almost 20 years ago when I was living as an expat humanitarian aid worker in Penang, Malaysia. I came back to the States for my best friend’s wedding. We’d been living and working in Malaysia together and although I was happy for her, there was a sense of grief and loss. I knew a huge change was coming because our working partnership had come to a natural end and I didn’t know what I wanted to do next. I just knew I wanted to get creative.
This book helped me to process my emotions and questions about what to do next. Who was I and what did my work look like now that I was no longer living and working with my best friend? Do I move back to Malaysia or go work somewhere else? This book helped me as I made the decision to move to the UK and begin a new work project. As a result, I ended up cofounding a Centre for International Justice and Reconciliation for my organization with a new team of people focused on advocating at the United Nations for ending all forms of Violence Against Women and Girls.
At present, I’m coming out of another transition. After finally realising that the traditional 9-5 work life is not for me, I am in the process of establishing a coaching, mentoring and consulting business and am finishing a book I am writing on moral imagination and moral intelligence. Again, I am asking many of the same questions as I did when leaving Malaysia for the United Kingdom.
So, if the following describes you:
You are looking to develop a creative project such as a new business, a book, a painting, a screen play, a new charity
You know there’s more to life than 9-5 and the daily grind and want to begin to explore the ways in which you can contribute meaningfully to the world in your own voice and your own way
You are keen to identify and overcome the blocks to stepping out and starting a business of your own or are looking to change jobs to something that is more you?
You want to get more clarity around what it is you want to do/create?
You are ready to explore your inner creativity, imagination, resilience and resources to help you achieve your dream creative project
Then you’ve found your tribe! Go ahead and sign up! You won’t regret it.
COST:
As this is the second time I am running the course, and I am offering it at a deep discount. This course would normally cost £240 for six one and a half hour sessions, but I am offering it for £180 for six sessions
Note that my regular 1:1 VIP coaching rate is currently £90 per hour, so the equivalent of 9 hours of 1:1 coaching would normally cost £810.
EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT
If you sign up and book the course now until July 1st, you will only pay for five sessions, or £160.
If you are in the US and are interested, contact me for USD rates.
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