There is something you want to create
It may be work you want to make, an idea you want to bring to life, a business to grow, a problem to solve, or a completely new direction you haven't imagined yet.
Maybe you've already accomplished a great deal, but you feel the pull of what's next. You have a desire to map out new territory, breathe life into unknown regions of thought, create something original, make a meaningful contribution, or simply see how far adventure can take you.
That drive to create is profoundly human.
We have an extraordinary capacity to imagine what doesn't yet exist, see something in a completely new way, experience an insight we couldn't have predicted, and create something that wasn't there before.
Caught up in too many ideas, overthinking which direction to take, questioning whether an idea is good enough, it's easy to lose momentum and mistake uncertainty for evidence that something has gone wrong.
But what if those experiences don't mean what you've assumed they mean?
A moment of doubt doesn't tell you what you're capable of. Not knowing what to do next doesn't mean you're stuck. And feeling disconnected from your creativity doesn't mean your creative capacity has disappeared.
Although, when we think it does, we go looking for something to fix it.
More time. More confidence. More motivation. Divine Inspiration. A better idea. A better process. Being a better person. On and on and on.
We read books about creativity, develop strategies, learn techniques, try to become more focused, productive, disciplined.
All of which can be useful... but exhausting.
What if your creative potential has been there all along?
What if, before trying to get better at creativity, we understood more about the mind that's doing the creating?
There are simple principles behind the way our minds work. Understanding them helps you recognize when more thinking isn't producing better quality thinking, when to stick with something and when to leave it alone, and why an answer you couldn't see yesterday can suddenly become obvious today.
Your experience of your creativity can change moment to moment. Your capacity to create does not.
Understanding that leaves you with less to manage—and more attention for the thing you actually want to create.
Working With Me
Working with me is a little like opening a book you're curious to read.
You begin with a sentence and a paragraph unfolds, your curiosity leads to more paragraphs and more unfolding, and lots of questions. And before you realize it, you find yourself somewhere you hadn't expected.
That's usually when things get interesting.
I'm never leading you toward an answer I've already decided you should find. I'm interested in the question neither of us knows the answer to yet. It's the one that opens the door to fresh thought, insight and possibilities you couldn't see before.
What you'll get as we work together is greater clarity about what you want to create and the confidence to act on what you see—to choose among competing ideas, make decisions, solve problems, take an idea further, and keep moving when you don't yet know what comes next.
And as you understand more about how your own mind works, you're not only better equipped for the project in front of you. That understanding is yours to keep—and bring to whatever you decide to create next.
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“Linda is a master in connecting. I quickly came closer to who I am and delighting in fresh thinking. Her presence, humor, and ‘getting-me’ helped me lighten up and reconnect with the joy in creating. A delight to work with. She is a true professional.”
Regula Mader - Artist - Switzerland
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What do you want to create next?
Maybe you know exactly what it is. Maybe you don't know yet.
Good. We have something to talk about.
Bring me the idea, the question, the project, the problem, or the great big unknown.
We'll start there and see where the conversation takes us.
