I help creatives get out of their own way.
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What Inspired me to become a Creative Coach?
- A passionate dedication to helping fellow creatives quiet their anxiety and overwhelm for a better creative life and personal life. - My personal experience with learning how to take risks, fail and persist despite the discomfort of my own anxiety, ADHD, and poor time management. - Doing the work which has positively transformed how I show up in my own life and practice, guiding me into being my most authentic self. - My belief that we are all beautifully flawed humans that can benefit from guidance, accountability and support. |
I work with creatives who feel stuck or overwhelmed and are ready for change.
When we embrace the good, the bad and the uncomfortable aspects of our human experience, we become more resilient and expand our capacity
to evolve creatively and personally.
Education and Experience
Certified Professional Life Coach, CTEDU Portland OR
ACC Credentialed - International Coaching Federation
Positive Intelligence 7 week training program with Shirzad Chamine
12 month Self Coaching program through The Life Coach School
Designer/owner xobruno leather goods Portland OR 2011-2023
Designer/owner SNAP design handbags and accessories Portland OR 2005-2011
Founder/owner of Hi-Lo: underground music/art/film venue Olympia WA 2000-2003
BA in interdisciplinary studies and fine art Alfred University & The Evergreen State College 2000
Fine Metals Shop tech and Mentor at the Evergreen State College Olympia WA 1998-2000
Glass Slinger, Vintage Clothier and Fine Metals Shop assistant New Orleans LA '94-'98
Teen mentor/group facilitator. Rising Sun residential treatment and runaway shelter. Albuquerque NM '90-'94
I have experience volunteering weekly with elders in my community.
I have mentored/consulted entrepreneurs, both with start-up and existing businesses, specifically helping with time management, money management, setting up books, marketing, web design, branding, as well as goal setting and accountability practices. I offer consulting and mentoring as well.
ACC Credentialed - International Coaching Federation
Positive Intelligence 7 week training program with Shirzad Chamine
12 month Self Coaching program through The Life Coach School
Designer/owner xobruno leather goods Portland OR 2011-2023
Designer/owner SNAP design handbags and accessories Portland OR 2005-2011
Founder/owner of Hi-Lo: underground music/art/film venue Olympia WA 2000-2003
BA in interdisciplinary studies and fine art Alfred University & The Evergreen State College 2000
Fine Metals Shop tech and Mentor at the Evergreen State College Olympia WA 1998-2000
Glass Slinger, Vintage Clothier and Fine Metals Shop assistant New Orleans LA '94-'98
Teen mentor/group facilitator. Rising Sun residential treatment and runaway shelter. Albuquerque NM '90-'94
I have experience volunteering weekly with elders in my community.
I have mentored/consulted entrepreneurs, both with start-up and existing businesses, specifically helping with time management, money management, setting up books, marketing, web design, branding, as well as goal setting and accountability practices. I offer consulting and mentoring as well.
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Things I use/do every day
15MMM - 15 Minute Morning Movement. Join me in my daily morning movement routine (click *more under main photo for the schedule I use)
Daily Stoic 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance and the Art of Living by Ryan Holiday (I read one passage every morning with my coffee)
LEUCHTTURM Daily Planner - I love this pocket sized daily planner. Instead of a long lists, I like to constrain tasks to 3 things a day. I've found it to be the best way organize my non-liner brain. Comes in 3 sizes.
Routinery - I use this app everyday to help me stay focused. I've tried several and I like this one the best! Super simple, easy on the eyes, easy to use.
Opal - A great time blocker for social media and any other distracting apps. You can set the block to easy/med/hard. It works!
Language Transfer - I'm on the road to Spanish fluency and this brain child of Mihalis Eleftheriou is one of the best. His methodology is genius when it comes to teaching language (9 languages + music theory) It's free so don't forget to donate if you can.
YearCompass: For anyone interested in Reflections/Intentions for the year.
From the the good folks at https://yearcompass.com/ who made this wonderful booklet under Creative Commons for anyone to use & share for free.
Suggested Reads:
*HCarol S Dweck - Mindset - The New Psychology of Success
*David Pressfield - The War of Art
*Marcus Aurelius - Meditations
Rick Rubin - The Creative ACT: A Way of Being
Dr Edith Egar - The Gift: 12 lessons to save your life
Viktor Frankl - Man's Search For Meaning
James Baldwin Essay - The Creative Process
David Riccho - How to be an Adult and How to be an Adult in Relationships
James Clear - Atomic Habits
Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist
Herman Hesse - Siddhartha
Epictetus - Manual For Living
Brene Brown - The Power of Vulnerability
Pema Chodron - When Things Fall Apart
Brooke Castillo - Self Coaching 101
Eckhart Tolle - The Power of Now
David Allen - Getting Things Done
Jen Sincero - You Are a Badass
Miguel Ruiz - The Four Agreements
Mark Manson - The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck
Annie Grace - This Naked Mind (addiction)
Dr Judson Brewer on Mindfulness and Addiction - The Craving Mind
Allen Carr - The Easy Way to Stop... (Anything)
Gabor Maté - In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts - Close Encounters with Addiction
H. & H. Hendrix - Getting the Love You Want - A Guide for Couples (Buy the companion workbook!)
Oliver Sacks - The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat and Anthropologist on Mars
Cookie Mueller - Ask Dr Mueller
Leonard Koren - Wabi-Sabi: for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers
James Lee - Better Living through Neurochemistry: A guide to the optimization of serotonin, dopamine and the neurotransmitters that color your world
*David Pressfield - The War of Art
*Marcus Aurelius - Meditations
Rick Rubin - The Creative ACT: A Way of Being
Dr Edith Egar - The Gift: 12 lessons to save your life
Viktor Frankl - Man's Search For Meaning
James Baldwin Essay - The Creative Process
David Riccho - How to be an Adult and How to be an Adult in Relationships
James Clear - Atomic Habits
Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist
Herman Hesse - Siddhartha
Epictetus - Manual For Living
Brene Brown - The Power of Vulnerability
Pema Chodron - When Things Fall Apart
Brooke Castillo - Self Coaching 101
Eckhart Tolle - The Power of Now
David Allen - Getting Things Done
Jen Sincero - You Are a Badass
Miguel Ruiz - The Four Agreements
Mark Manson - The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck
Annie Grace - This Naked Mind (addiction)
Dr Judson Brewer on Mindfulness and Addiction - The Craving Mind
Allen Carr - The Easy Way to Stop... (Anything)
Gabor Maté - In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts - Close Encounters with Addiction
H. & H. Hendrix - Getting the Love You Want - A Guide for Couples (Buy the companion workbook!)
Oliver Sacks - The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat and Anthropologist on Mars
Cookie Mueller - Ask Dr Mueller
Leonard Koren - Wabi-Sabi: for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers
James Lee - Better Living through Neurochemistry: A guide to the optimization of serotonin, dopamine and the neurotransmitters that color your world