August news, recordings and workshops

While Writers’ Gym weekly member sessions continue over the summer, I’m making a point of being as gloriously inactive as I can. ‘Inactive’ in the productivity sense, that is. Meaning I’m awarding myself adult-life brownie points for how long I can spend with whatever I’m in the mood for reading – or writing – or strumming – or repotting – and making a note on my to-do list to quieten my brain instead of leaping off the sofa to feed my ‘need’ to be productive.

Because I don’t need to be productive. I don’t need to make the ‘most’ of my holiday time. I need to be rested. I need to the do the things that are why we do the productivity.

So, here are a few things to explore while I’m not ‘here’ this month:

The Writers’ Gym podcast

Yesterday’s episode features novelist, academic and instant Sunday Times Bestselling author Sarah Brooks. We’re three weeks into the current series so if you’re not already following, there are many more author interviews to enjoy on Spotify, Apple, Podbean or wherever you get your podcasts:

Creative Confidence

Creative confidence is about narrowing the gap between who we are on the inside and who we are in our careers and personal lives. It celebrates what’s already been achieved, recognises what we’re growing beyond, and asks what we want to create next. Join me for my one and only non-Writers’ Gym workshop of August: final places available here.

Guest Blogging for Little Lies

Really, really honoured to be asked to guest-blog for my favourite brand’s tenth birthday.

Coaching is a space to think and feel out loud. It holds a mirror up to who we are and who we choose to become, letting us see what the life we want looks like and, most of all, our power to make it our reality. It’s about showing up as our full selves – in life, in work and in art. So, for me, was Little Lies: a clothing brand inspired by the music I love, which I discovered through my best friend during lockdown. Little Lies has always been a space for dreaming, which is where our authentic goals are formed, and the business Jade and Stuart created from dreams I share has been an example to me of creativity, collaboration and celebration: Read my first post (of three) for Little Lies here.

Curious about coaching for professional or personal life? Click here
Or visit the Writers’ Gym

Guest Passes for the Writers’ Gym this month:

Writing Workout and Feedback | 6.30-8pm Tuesday 5 August
This friendly group workshop is the perfect place to hone your writing – and how to get the best out of feedback. Click here

Coffee & Creativity | 1-2.30pm, Wednesday 27 August
Grab a coffee and have a mid-week chat, a write and then another chat with your fellow creatives. Free for members: type your discount code where indicated. Click here