The Seasonal Creator Workbook & Planner on a pale wood table with session materials, notebook, laptop, and mug. 
ONE-TO-ONE

Tending Sessions

For women and non-binary writers and artists

Stay close to your creative practice through changing conditions, fluctuating capacity, and real life

Held on Zoom

This autumn, we’ll meet on a regular alternating day and time we’ll decide on together, from October 7–December 10.

Autumn Season:
$470 CAD

Includes:

Interested in working together this autumn?

→ Complete intake form

THE HEART OF IT

A creative practice you can stay in

You want a steady creative practice—but can’t seem to sustain one, aren’t sure what that looks like, or feel like what you’ve been doing isn’t quite working.

Not because you’re not serious.
Not because you lack devotion.
But because you haven’t been shown a way that actually works with your life.

Most approaches to creative practice are shaped by productivity culture—they assume stable energy, predictable time, and more capacity than most of us have.

So what happens?

You make a plan → it works for a while → life changes → you fall off → and getting back feels heavier than it should.

Or: You push to stay consistent → override your limits → and eventually burn out or stop entirely.

It becomes harder to trust your own rhythm—and harder to trust yourself.

So you end up spending more time feeling bad about not being in your practice than actually being in it—avoiding your practice while also longing for it.

That’s a hard cycle to stay stuck in.

This isn’t more of that.

It’s a structured but flexible way of staying close to your creative practice—even when life is life-ing.

Here, we don’t focus on consistency; we focus on return.
Instead of trying to eliminate disruption, you learn to find your way back.

A Seasonal Creator Workbook & Planner packaged with a botanical thank-you card and ochre ribbon, ready for an Individual Tending Sessions participant.

You and I meet on Zoom every other week across the season

WHAT THIS IS

The sessions follow a simple rhythm centred around three things:

  • what you’ve been tending

  • what you’d like to offer into the conversation

  • what you’d like to explore

The sessions are conversational, with thoughtful guidance and input from me.

There’s also an introductory session that takes a different shape—your ninety-minute Seasonal Reset.

Because we stay in conversation across the season, you're not starting from scratch every time. That continuity makes it easier to notice what's actually helping, what's getting in the way, and where you're being harder on yourself than you need to be.

Choosing between the group and one-to-one Tending Sessions?

Both versions follow the same seasonal structure and use the same core practices.

The group version offers a shared rhythm, witnessing and being witnessed, and input from multiple perspectives.

The one-to-one version offers pacing shaped entirely around your life, more focused, in-depth conversation, and a quieter, private container.

If you’re wanting a shared space and collective energy, the group may be a better fit.

If you’re wanting something more tailored, spacious, or responsive, the one-to-one version may suit you more.

Curious what participation actually looks like? 

HOW THIS UNFOLDS

Here's what we'll be doing together. Required reading for those who like to know what they're getting into.

  • You’ll fill out a short intake form so I can get to know a little about you and your creative practice before we begin. Once I receive your payment, your spot will be confirmed.

    You’ll then receive The Seasonal Creator Workbook & Planner in the mail.

    Before our introductory Seasonal Reset session, you’ll complete the workbook portion—ten not-too-scary exercises that help you put the last season to bed and prepare the ground for what’s next.

    Then we’ll meet on Zoom for your opening Seasonal Reset, where you’ll share from the workbook as a way of orienting us. We’ll talk more directly about your projects and intentions and shape your cultivations— a more humane alternative to goals that aren’t output-driven and won’t overextend you.

  • You’ll be working with The Three Core Practices throughout the season:

    1. Connect with your creative self for at least 15 minutes most days—according to your capacity.

    2. Choose three intentional, right-sized small steps or activities to focus on each week (your triorities).

    3. Reset seasonally. Reflect, realign, and plan regularly.

    In practice, that could look something like this:

    The 15s
    You might read, tidy your studio, make a quick sketch, write a couple of paragraphs, or put up a post.

    Some days the 15s act as a warm-up. Some days they’re the whole practice. Either way, you stay in contact—no unbroken streaks required.

    Your Triorities
    Say your cultivation is something like:
    Stay in close, attentive contact with the natural world—so I can gather material for visual work and writing.

    Then your triorities might be:

    • take a field walk and notice what draws attention

    • process or sort what’s been gathered

    • spend some time responding through writing

    What matters most is what you focus on.

    Reflection
    At the end of each week, you’ll reflect in your planner, then check in with me via email on Sunday or Monday (optional).

    The check-in is rooted in noticing, not pressure or performance.

  • One thing I've noticed over the years is that folks rarely struggle because they don't care enough about their work.

    More often, they're trying to maintain a practice built for a life they aren't actually living.

    As we work together across the season, I'll be paying attention to the places where your expectations and your actual circumstances aren't lining up—and to the stories you're telling yourself about what that means.

    Often, that means naming things that aren’t neutral—where productivity culture, internalized expectations, or external pressures are influencing your interpretations.

    I'll also be tracking patterns—what keeps showing up, what helps, what gets in the way, and where your practice is asking for something different.

    When I respond, I won't be pushing for output or quick fixes. I'll be helping you see what's happening more clearly, so your practice can actually meet your life.

    Here, we right-size your practice so it can hold.

    The rigour is there—it just doesn't rely on pressure or force.

  • We’ll meet for 30 minutes on a regular alternating day and time (PT for me) we’ll decide on together, from October 7–December 10.

    Your 90-minute Seasonal Reset will be scheduled first.

WHAT CHANGES

Over each season, people I work with begin to notice:

  • they become less adversarial toward themselves and their creative practice

  • they spend less time worrying about their practice—and more time being in it

  • they become better observers of their own patterns, rhythms, and capacity

  • they experience fewer all-or-nothing swings between pushing and disappearing

  • they return sooner after interruptions, illness, dips, and other setbacks

  • they develop a wider, more flexible understanding of what counts as creative practice

  • they stop treating creativity as something they have to earn

  • their practice becomes more right-sized for their actual life

  • their relationship with their work becomes steadier, more resilient, and easier to trust

And then the work begins to move. Ideas take shape. Some things get finished.
Other things keep ripening. And work finds its way into the world.

WHO THIS IS FOR

This will be an especially good fit if:

  • You care deeply about your creative practice, but staying connected to it feels harder than you'd like.

  • You often feel like you're falling behind—even when you're actively engaged with your work.

  • You're tired of cycling between pushing hard and disappearing for stretches of time.

  • Life keeps changing, and you're looking for a way of practicing that can change with it.

  • You want support, companionship, and structure—but not pressure.

This is not a fit if:

  • You're primarily looking for craft instruction or critique.

  • You want strict accountability, optimization strategies, or output-driven systems.

  • You're looking for someone to tell you exactly what to do.

INVESTMENT

You’re not just investing in the sessions

You’re investing in the chance to spend an entire season developing a creative practice that can survive real life.

For many creators, this replaces the cycle of starting over and offers a reliable way back to the work.

Autumn Season: $470 CAD

Payment due in full after acceptance via e-transfer or PayPal.

If you’ve already bought a planner, you’ll receive a credit in its place.

Please Note
Your spot isn't guaranteed until a payment has been received.

  • This option is available to anyone who needs to spread out the cost of participation or they wouldn’t otherwise be able to participate.

    Payment Plan
    $156.66 deposit + two monthly payments of $156.66.

    Need Something Else?
    Email me your proposal—I'm often able to find a solution. Sometimes I even accept trades!

  • Please give at least 24 hours’ notice if you need to cancel or reschedule a session. All bookings are non-refundable.

    I understand that life—and energy—can be unpredictable, and that chronic illness, disability, and other unexpected circumstances don’t always give us that much warning. If something unexpected happens, please reach out as soon as you’re able. I’ll do my best to meet you with care and flexibility on a case-by-case basis.

    I ask that this flexibility be used in good faith.

INTAKE

If this feels like the kind of support you're looking for, this is the next step.

This is a carefully held one-to-one offering. For many participants, it becomes something they return to season after season because of how it changes the way they approach their work and the rhythms they build around it.

Click on the link below to complete the intake form for autumn.

→ Complete intake form