What will you receive from a one to one coaching session?

• An exploration of your relationship to silence and stillness
• Writing prompts from a treasure chest full of ideas used in Flying Mermaids Writing Circles
• Guidelines for developing and nourishing your writing practice
• References for reading and inspiration
• Support from a gifted writer and teacher
• Constructive feedback about an ongoing project
• Options for self-publishing and for getting work ready to send to publishers
• A creative boost and a reminder that your creativity makes a healthy impact on your life and on the world

One to One Writing Coaching is a gentle introduction to your writing journey. Although writing usually is a solitary act, with One to One Coaching you have a witness, a companion to begin your journey and support you throughout. Together, we can create a nourishing writing practice for you to continue. You will also write some affirmations to remind yourself that you are worth the time it takes to write, create and tell your story.
 
You will find out that you are creative. That you have an openness and the courage to find a deeper connection with yourself and your own wisdom. Your creativity will admit you to a sacred space beyond evaluation, shame and judgment where you will meet yourself.
 
Writing is one of the healing arts. Studies have shown better health for people who wrote about their emotional response to events in their lives. I can get you started on your own journaling practice. A regular practice is a way to get in touch with yourself and your heart's desires. Consider committing to a series of monthly sessions to follow exercises and meditations that will help you define your life's work and passion.
 
You may want to consider Writing Home, a nine-month mentoring program that will give you printed materials and monthly telephone support. You can learn more about the Writing Home program here.
 

If you are already working on a novel, memoir, essay, or poetry collection, or would like to, you can receive encouragement and feedback from a fellow writer. Together we can design your own special programme adapted to your own pace. When you commit to setting aside time for your writing, you create a sacred space in which to let your stories reveal themselves. Consider committing to a series of monthly sessions to keep up the momentum of your project and to be continually reminded that you are worth the time it takes to tell your story.
 
Here is what previous participants have gained in a creative one to one session:
$60 an hour.
 

I've been a writer since I scribbled wavy lines on paper as a youngster. I've written poetry, a novel; family stories; personal essays; newspaper columns; magazine articles; in a journal; course outlines; grant proposals; business profiles; book reviews; self-guiding materials called Mapping Your Spiritual Journey, and more recently, Writing Home, a nine-month writing/mentoring programme. I've studied with the best: Patrick Lane, Kim Rosen, Lee Maracle, Carol Bolt, Helen Humphreys, Janice Kulyk Keefer, Christina Baldwin and Ann Linnea. For 13 years, I have been giving writing workshops and coaching writers one to one.
 

We can choose the setting whether it be a walk at Piper's Lagoon, a quiet cafe or in a comfortable space I share with other wellness practitioners in Fitzwilliam Gate in the Old City Quarter of Nanaimo.
 

One to one writing coaching is also available by email, mail or by telephone. Your supportive writing companion is close by.