Helping artists identify their roadblocks, rediscover their dreams, and make an actionable plan to achieve them!

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Clients We’ve Worked With

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What People Are Saying

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Greg

“Nuts and bolts: I never thought I would have a framework for my creative process. I assumed it was not something that could be quantified. Gabe has given me not only confidence and support but a clear path to my personal process. There were several weeks I did not want to show up because I was struggling to see a way forward with my goals. Gabe hung in there with me and helped guide me through my inertia. I can not recommend Gabe highly enough and the work he puts into each session. The  progress that I have seen in myself would have been inconceivable 14 weeks ago.” 

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Angela

"I was ready to connect the dots and gain some clarity on my direction…Gabe's creative coaching and mentoring work is a personal invitation to step into your fullest artistic expression. His empathy, compassion, curiosity, and expertise are instrumental in clarifying how to get from where you are to where you want to be!"

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Heather

Gabe has an empathic gift of meeting me where I am at, really listening, and helping me see where I am stuck and why. His mindset work coupled with authentic support, encouragement and structured steps of how to move forward have helped me learn how to give myself permission to be myself, to not hide my brilliance and go farther. Gabe keeps reflecting back to me where I am holding back, and where I really shine. The intimacy of the one on one approach had allowed me to be more honest with myself and what it is I really want. I am so grateful to have Gabe in my life and his tremendous wisdom and support.

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What’s your story?

You’ve had the idea, put the hard work in, got your career off the ground, and spent some years scrapping around in what you might call ‘the warm-up’ phase. Now you’re ready for the next stage. You’re ready for your career to take off doing what you love while taking care of yourself. You’ve realized it’s time for a change and you’re ready to have a compass that will guide you as you walk your path with clarity and confidence.

The Ärtful Experience has been designed for you.

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What’s involved?

I offer the kind of bespoke, flexible, and dedicated support you need to take your career to the next level. I love to collaborate and co-create in person with you. However, the tools I use work virtually as well. Near or far, I’m here for you.

Facilitated Workshops. Coaching & Consulting. Tools & Systems. I am your Creative Compass and I have a vast toolkit to pull from to support you on your journey. And, most importantly, expertise and an empathetic approach to support you, the human at the helm, as you grow and evolve with alignment and balance.

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What We’ll Do Together

  • Identify your roadblocks

  • Rediscover your dreams 

  • Curate the life and career you want

  • Make an actionable plan to get you where you want to be

  • Navigate the challenges as well as the triumphs together

  • Create a business or career path that is aligned and a balanced life

  • Work on your money mindset and budget so you achieve your goals 

  • Do fun, interactive exercises to clarify what you want and how to get there 

HERE’S HOW IT WORKS

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PHASE 01

Discovery

We do a deep-dive discovery where I ask a lot of questions to get a sense of where you’re at now, where you want to be, and how we’re going to get you there. We start with facilitated workshops to understand your challenges and dreams so we begin to develop a clear roadmap to your goals.

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PHASE 02

Development

Then, we take a good look at the key elements in your life/career and how they align by identifying what’s working and what’s not. Get these nailed and everything else falls into place. This is where we do the deep work to ensure that these areas of your life and career are aligned with where you want to go.

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PHASE 03

Action

I also take you through a powerful process that will help you get your head where it needs to be for success. All the demons come out to play when you start to level up – I’ll give you the tools you need to manage them. I’ll also be your accountability partner as you do the work and level up with inspired, aligned action.

Meet your business coach & mentor

It all begins with an idea. I love brainstorming, defining the roadmap, and connecting the dots to help you Create Your Ärtful Life, whether that’s crystallizing your current project or business, defining your creative process, or identifying your ideal clients or career path. Learn more about me, my journey, and my why, if this sounds compelling to you.

About Me and My Style 

  • I am a patient active listener and clarify what I hear from you and reflect it back

  • I am highly effective at deepening your understanding of the options you have

  • I have a gift for demystifying the decision-making process as you walk your path

  • I help you have a greater degree of clarity, purpose, determination, and enthusiasm

  • I lead you to have your own realizations so you make the necessary changes needed to get what you want

  • I am your accountability partner and will keep you on track with your goals and the process as you work towards them  

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What People Are Saying

Kelli

“Gabe has been an amazing guide and contributor to the growth of our business. He has spent multiple hours with us and helped us to uncover the type of customer that we are drawing towards us and aligned our programs with our mission. I would recommend his services to anyone who is leveling up their company and who wants clarity around what's most important to their business. He is also friendly and approachable. We will hire him again as our business grows and evolves.”

Rick

“Working with Gabe was an absolute joy, and incredibly rewarding. We came into my working session and I only had a vague idea of what I wanted my new business to look like, and Gabe completely helped steward the entire process from conception to customer segmentation, to positioning, to marketing, to partnerships, and really took me to a place of clarity, and confidence. When it comes to rolling out my business. And throughout the process, he was incredibly insightful, incredibly thought-provoking and it is clear that he is a true expert at what he does, and I'm incredibly thankful, that I got the opportunity to work with him.”

Sara

“Gabe is a fantastic business coach. He helped my business partner and I gain clarity on the ideal avatar for our products and helped us bring more definition and integrity to one of our product offerings. He's been an amazing guide in helping us align our mission, vision, and products to bring the best value to our customers. I can't recommend him enough. He's a wonderful coach full of valuable insights and offers actionable steps for us to tangibly improve our business. We're just so grateful for Gabe.”

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BUILD THE ROADMAP TO YOUR DREAM BUSINESS

Join the Create Your Ärtful Life Challenge

During the 2-week challenge, you’ll get email and video support as you work through 12 key steps to help you build a thriving, intentional creative business. Plus, you get a year planner filled with blank scheduling and reflection pages (with prompts) to track your priority tasks and appointments and to reflect on your progress relative to what you’ve identified you want to achieve.

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