Creative Advising

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“This is a paradigm-shifting coaching session, one that welcomes you into the world you're destined to build! Joanna is somehow a non-problematic-soccer-coach-wind-beneath-your-wings-exuberantely-grounded-pal, all wrapped into one steady, enlivening experience. You can expect clarity, manageably precise advice, and playful productivity within your session.

I am about a month out from my time with Joanna and I am still thrilled with the investment I made for myself and my practices through her offerings. If you have any sort of itch or inkling to book, go ahead and follow it. Joanna will meet you on whatever path you're on and send you in exactly the right direction with rad aphorisms, prudent practices, encouragement, and a needed nod, tip of the hat, or perhaps even a wink before you gallop off into the metaphorical sunset.”

-Shelby Seier

Schedule a 75-minute Creative Advising Session with me to talk about:

  • Expanding a creative project, writing for the public eye, promoting your skills and offerings (online and in real life)

  • Procrastination & distraction, slowing down, connecting your biological cycles with your practice, comparisonitis, dealing with haters, building artistic confidence,

  • Financial systems, organizational frameworks, building and managing professional websites, getting help from other professionals (who? how?! where?)

  • Product development and design, i.e. how I make prints, stickers, postcards, and t-shirts.

  • E-commerce platforms, merchandise sourcing, wholesale offerings, collecting and paying taxes, navigating shipping providers.

  • Starting your own Internet Caretaking group from scratch (i.e. TUNE IN, DROP OUT).

  • Brainstorming a specific project or goal that you want help with. We can plan, process, edit, or troubleshoot.

  • “I don't know why, but I want to talk to you anyway”—a chance to connect, be present with one another, and see where the conversation takes us.

Creative Advising sessions are 75 minutes long and are $200. Please briefly fill out the booking form below to start the conversation. A longer intake form will be sent to you once we’ve confirmed our meeting :)

Love, Joanna

  • A Creative Advising Session with me might be useful to you for personal or professional reasons. Learning from other creatives shaped me into the artist I am today. I am not a mental health professional, life coach, consultant, or a therapist. 

  • My studies are in Printmaking with a concentration in lithography. I have a commercial studio on the central coast of California, ROCK SHOP, where I make work, sell art, and occasionally host small events. I am a full-time artist, writer, and an Internet Caretaker of multiple online support groups for artists. I have an accountant, a financial advisor, a bookkeeper, and sometimes a therapist.

  • Same-day rescheduling requests are subject to a $50 fee. Our rescheduled meeting will not move forward until this invoice has been paid.

    For example: Our meeting is at 1:00pm and you request to reschedule it at 10:00am.

    I adjust my schedule for our meetings, I spend time with your intake forms, and it is difficult to find clients to fill newly-opened slots with such short notice.

  • Creative Advising Sessions are non-refundable. If you wish to fully cancel an appointment after booking, you will not be refunded.

    No-shows will not be granted future booking attempts. Please let me know if you are running late! I can’t wait to meet you.

WHAT PEOPLE SAY:

  • “I laughed and cried and felt the world was both bigger and smaller at once.”

  • “I spent all day yesterday feeling a new fire and feeling like my brain was vibrating on a higher frequency than I've felt in recent times. Helped me recommit to self and helped to also know that there is someone else rooting for me too! Woke up today and felt inspired to choose to implement some of the things we discussed already, and I feel determined to make my non-negotiables non-negotiable :)”

  • “I felt very at ease from the jump, which is not always the case with these things. There seemed to be a lack of judgement. I felt like you were engaged with me in looking toward the horizon, which is one of my favorite qualities of a collaborative conversation. Your offering propelled me forward. How wonderful!”

  • “I was really impacted by the conversations around deciding what to present to people - either just art, or more of a whole person sort of approach - and the importance of sharing flow states that provide people with a feeling. It was so helpful to hear from someone who has thought through their approach, chosen a path, and found success with it. I feel very encouraged and emboldened to seek out more advice from people Doing the Thing.”

  • “I don't always know where to start and you are able to pick up on themes that I share and are able to make connection and suggestions that I wouldn't know myself. It was super refreshing to hear you speak on the creative process. You reframed my thinking and feelings connected to that struggled in such a helpful way. I appreciate your honesty transparency throughout the conversation and the way you started off with a grounding breath was so key- made me feel present and safe.”

  • “It was great to consult with someone outside of my known circle of family and friends who has wisdom, experience, and interest in crafting a life similar to the life I'm trying to craft. Perspective is invaluable!”

  • “Felt like part catching up with a friend, part tough-love, part therapy, part talking shop with another artist. But no condescension or like completely unrealistic "I’m just never gonna be able to do that" kind of advice. You seemed genuinely interested and like you were actively listening and taking notes. I felt respected and like you were intentionally trying to honor the time and money spent on the session. Some of my main takeaways had to do with trying to reframe things that feel like weaknesses or faults as strengths.”

  • “The conversation was a great mix of directly addressing the questions that I brought to our time together, as well as very rich and organic development of topics that allowed me to feel very seen, heard, and understood. I can tell that you spent time preparing for our time together and her interest and dedication inspires even more confidence in the work that you do in service of the "greater good.”

  • “You do a nice job of not inundating with ideas, tasks, or otherwise. Your aphorisms have popped into my head multiple times since our session, like a nice little nudge in the right direction. You absolutely left me with confidence. Other corporate-like coaching sessions have left me with shame and dread. You've got the right stuff.”

  • “I gained perspective, am already implementing some action steps, and setting small, measurable goals that make me feel so much more encouraged to BEGIN. I feel confident that I'm capable and that choosing to book this meeting was a way of choosing a bigger purpose for myself. So many little synchronicities yesterday and strangers repeating things back to me that came up on our call. I feel a shift, and I have hope in a different alignment now.”

  • “Thank you so much for your help in rekindling this fire. So many things happen in life that can dampen the spirit and yesterday felt like the beginning of a new beginning. So lovely to finally meet you and connect! I'm glad I had the intuition to know that any kind of mentorship from you would be of such high value for me.”