Your creativity is calling you to…
Strike out on your own.
Make art that heals humanity.
Be the role model you wish you had.
Create a legacy of wealth.
Lead us into a better world.
But Your Brain Thinks...
You are not consistently motivated. You must not be the right person.
You have never done this before. You don’t know the right way.
Your plate is too full right now. It must not be the right time.
The inspiration always leaves you. This must not be the right dream.
So you get the one more credential you “need” first.
You spend hours on Google, learning the best way “how”.
And you busy yourself with all the other items on your to-do list.
Meanwhile, your art never makes it to the top.
So your anxiety heightens, your confidence dips, and your self-worth crashes.
And you decide this means you must not really be an artist.
Another choice is possible.
Decide that your idea is enough proof of your potential.
Believe in yourself as much as your dream does.
Learn the simple process to make your art real.
JOIN THE MAKING ARTISTS MASTERMIND
sustainably create art, money, and an impact
so they don’t give up or burn out.
My clients create:
- Multiple awards at multiple film festivals
- Paid art commissions
- Completed stories, music albums, and visual works
- 2x’ing their ‘day job’ salary
- Sold out collections with four-figure launches
- Their first five-figure clients
- Five-figure national commercial campaigns
- Creative grants, fellowships, and residencies
- Their 1st (and 2nd and…) TV roles
- Several offers for representation
- 4x last year’s art income
All while working less, finding love, & feeling fulfilled.
MY CLIENTS CREATE:
- Multiple awards at multiple film festivals
- Paid art commissions
- Completed stories, music albums, and visual works
- 2x’ing their ‘day job’ salary
- Sold out collections with four-figure launches
- Their first five-figure clients
- Five-figure national commercial campaigns
- Creative grants, fellowships, and residencies
- Their 1st (and 2nd and…) TV roles
- Several offers for representation
- 4x last year’s art income
All while working less, finding love, & feeling fulfilled.
ME AS YOUR COACH
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFIED COACH
Member of the INTERNATIONAL COACHING FEDERATION
1000+ COACHING HOURS supporting 70+ 1:1 Clients
SXSW INTERACTIVE AWARD Nominee
Internationally PUBLISHED AUTHOR
TV / FILM ACTOR opposite Emmy and Academy Award Winners and Nominees
ALL WITHOUT a BFA or MFA
“Best Hoomom Ever” – my dog Ned
clients are saying
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Coaching with Nancy is one of the best investments you can make. At my primary job, I 4Xed the amount raised from individual donors in nine months. I produced an event that put $55,000 into women-owned and minority-owned businesses. As a passion project, I launched the first virtual variety show in a series featuring Black, queer, trans comedians, art videos, and mental health resources. The premiere garnered almost 1,000 live views and raised critical funds for a BIWOC owned and operated business that could no longer afford their rent because of COVID-19. I excelled despite the social-political-health turbulence we are facing.
INSIDE, YOU’LL MASTER…
SELF-ALLYSHIP
When asked “what gets in the way of what you want?” most humans answer “me”. In this mastermind, you will reinvent your relationship with your inner artist, critic, and all the voices in-between. Learn how to advocate for, receive help from, and unconditionally love yourself. Once you no longer believe you are a problem, the time, money, energy, and resources you once channeled into fixing yourself will become available for you to create the artist life you’ve always dreamed of.
DELIBERATE PRACTICE
Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers made famous the idea that it takes 10,000 hours of deliberate practice to achieve mastery. What, however, is deliberate practice? In this mastermind, we keep it simple. First, you start by taking responsibility for your successes and failures. Then I will teach you how to identify, evaluate, and improve the processes that create the results you want. This simple, iterative process will enable your creative practice to fill with ease.
UNCERTAINTY TOLERANCE
Creating a life you’ve only imagined often means thinking thoughts, feeling feelings, and taking actions whose real outcomes are uncertain. This uncertainty can activate the human stress responses that cause artists to give up or burn out. As a participant in the Making Artists Mastermind, you will learn how to create your own emotional and psychological safety regardless of whether you are in your “comfort zone.”
WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, & HOW
> VIRTUAL KICK-OFF EVENT
To lay a strong foundation, we will begin together via Zoom on Saturday, September 10, 2022 from 12 noon – 5 pm EDT. Our agenda includes: creating individual and collective safety; reinventing our relationship to accountability; and learning frameworks that will transform the way we make – and stick to – decisions.
> WEEKLY COACHING CALLS
Making art, sharing it, and collaborating with other humans can extrovert limiting beliefs, unfamiliar emotions, and stress responses. To help everyone navigate these waters, group coaching calls will be held via Zoom every Tuesday, 12 noon – 1 pm EDT, totalling 15 sessions.
> SELF-COACHING CONTENT VAULT
Get access to video modules that teach our philosophy and step-by-step process to create the artist’s life you’ve always imagined. Content includes an archive of our kick-off event and weekly coaching calls. Review, integrate, and implement at your own pace.
> PRIVATE COMMUNITY OF FELLOW ARTISTS
An African proverb says, “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” Participate in a community committed to debunking the struggling artist myth. Learn from your peers as role models and let yourself be a role model to your peers. Get acquainted during our virtual events and stay in touch via messenger group chat.
> ON-DEMAND COACHING SUPPORT
Have a celebration or obstacle that can’t wait until our next coaching call? Get support in real time with direct access to Nancy via messenger group chat.
SAY YES TO YOURSELF
The Making Artists Mastermind runs September – December 2022.
The financial investment is $2500 (or two payments of $1300).
Spots are reserved on a first-come, first-served basis.
clients are saying
“
Coaching with Nancy is one of the best investments you can make. At my primary job, I 4Xed the amount raised from individual donors in nine months. I produced an event that put $55,000 into women-owned and minority-owned businesses. As a passion project, I launched the first virtual variety show in a series featuring Black, queer, trans comedians, art videos, and mental health resources. The premiere garnered almost 1,000 live views and raised critical funds for a BIWOC owned and operated business that could no longer afford their rent because of COVID-19. I excelled despite the social-political-health turbulence we are facing.
Our Approach
Holistic
We generate the awareness that transforms your experiences of life on a micro- and macro-level.
EMPOWERED
You practice setting the agenda for your life through setting the agenda for each session.
ACTION-ORIENTED
We design and execute projects that are attainable, measurable, and specific.
ACCOUNTABLE
We create and enforce support structures sufficient to overcoming your resistance and to achieving your desired results.
Frequently Asked Questions
After submitting your application and scheduling your consult, we will meet virtually for 30 minutes. This experience will give both of us the chance to see if this is the container and modality your creativity needs today. Please bring any thoughts, feelings, and questions you have. After a mutual fit is determined, spots in the mastermind are reserved on a first-come, first-served basis once payment is received.
In group programs, you not only learn from your own “failures” but also the “failures” of your peers. Watch others get coached on circumstances, beliefs, and emotions currently in your blindspot so you already have the tools when those speed bumps arise on your journey.
After this initial meeting, you are invited to honor the level of participation that feels intuitively aligned for you. The content vault and on-demand support will also always be available to meet your coaching needs.
I’m here for you. Bring any remaining thoughts, concerns, or questions to the consult part of your application process.
Clients are saying
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As a result, I had my first short story published and am finishing my first novel - all while expanding my professional life with a raise and key team hires, living a remote lifestyle in 3 different countries, and having so much fun dating people I actually like.
