Find the confidence, clarity and momentum to move your creative work forward
I’m Meg Dunley, a creativity and mindset coach, writer and professional editor. I work with writers and creatives who want to make meaningful progress, but find themselves held back by self-doubt, competing priorities, perfectionism, uncertainty or simply not enough space for their creative work.
Through personalised coaching, I’ll help you understand what’s getting in the way, reconnect with what matters to you and create practical ways to move forward.
What can coaching help with?
You might be:
- struggling to make time for your creative work
- stuck on a writing project
- questioning whether your work is good enough
- caught in comparison or perfectionism
- starting lots of things but struggling to finish them
- navigating a change in your creative life
- unsure what you actually want next
- ready to take your creative work more seriously but not sure how.
Coaching gives you a space to stop, think and work out what you need now.
My approach to creativity coaching
I don’t believe you need to become more disciplined, productive or perfect before you can create.
Instead, we look at what’s really happening in your life and find ways to make creativity sustainable within it.
My coaching combines creativity, mindset and practical action. We’ll explore the beliefs, habits and patterns that might be getting in your way, while also making sure you leave each session with something concrete to work on.
I’m there to ask the questions you might not ask yourself, challenge you when you need challenging, listen when you need space, and help you turn ideas into action.
Creative Empowerment Coaching Program
A 12-week one-to-one coaching program for creatives ready to make meaningful change.
The Creative Empowerment Coaching Program gives you dedicated time and support to focus on the creative work and life you want to build.
Together we’ll:
- clarify what you really want
- identify what’s getting in the way
- work through limiting beliefs and self-doubt
- reconnect your goals with your values
- create practical habits and structures
- break bigger goals into manageable steps
- build confidence and momentum
- create accountability that helps you keep going.
Creative Consultation
One focused hour to work through a creative challenge, question or decision.
Sometimes you don’t need a programme. You just need an experienced, supportive person to help you think something through.
A Creative Consultation is a one-off 60-minute session where we focus on what you need right now.
You might use a Creative Consultation to:
- get unstuck on a writing project
- work through a creative block
- clarify your next steps
- talk through a new creative idea
- prepare or refine a pitch to a publisher or literary agent
- think through a submission strategy
- get an outside perspective on your work
- work through a particular creative decision
What happens when we work together?
1. We get clear
What’s important to you? What do you want to change? What would meaningful progress actually look like?
2. We work out what’s getting in the way
Together we look at the beliefs, habits, expectations and practical barriers that are making things harder.
3. We create a way forward
You’ll leave with practical steps, experiments and strategies that fit your life and creative work.
4. You keep moving
Coaching gives you accountability, encouragement and a place to come back to when things inevitably get messy.
Ongoing coaching
Want to keep working together?
If you’ve completed the Creative Empowerment Coaching Program and would like ongoing one-to-one support, I offer two levels of continued coaching: Focus and Elevate.
Is coaching right for you?
Not sure whether coaching is right for you?
Book a free 30-minute conversation. We can talk about where you are, what you’re hoping to change and whether coaching with me is the right fit.
Testimonials
Here’s what writers and creatives have experienced working with me:
Transform Your Practice
Working with Meg completely overhauled my writing practice. Through identifying blocks, clarifying goals, and finding motivation through connecting to values, this is transformative coaching with long-lasting results. Highly recommend no matter what you write or what stage in your career.
— Julianne Negri, Award Winning Author
Break Through Blocks
I did Meg’s Creative Empowerment Program earlier this year because I was feeling really stuck starting with a manuscript which I’d been ruminating over for about five years. She’s really helped me to prioritise my writing time, to set clear goals that then are broken down into smaller and more manageable and achievable targets.
— Venita Munir, Emerging Author
Stay in Momentum
Meg helped me iron out the glitches and uncover the blocks in the way I thought about my writing. It was challenging and yet edifying. Meg never pushed too hard and yet didn’t pull any punches. Some sessions were deeply moving while others left me with a big smile on my face. I would highly recommend Meg’s coaching to anyone needing a creative refresher.
— Rhiannon Dowding, Emerging Writer
Not sure which option is right for you?
Book a free 30-minute conversation and we can talk about where you are, what you’re hoping to change and whether coaching with me is the right fit.