Creative Soul Sisters Jump Start

Are you looking for a way to take your creative expressive arts business to the next level?

Are you feeling overwhelmed by all of the things you need to do to get your first workshop off the ground?

Are you feeling intimidated by getting a website together or starting a blog and putting yourself out in the world?

Then the Creative Soul Sisters Jump Start is what you are looking for!

What is it?

The Creative Soul Sisters Jump Start is a community of Wonder Women who have graduated from the Creative Juices Arts Wild Heart Teacher Training Program and are looking for an energetic boost to move themselves and their businesses out into the world.

Think of it as an Accomplishment Support Group for Expressive Arts Professionals where you will set an intention, focus on completing a project and then receive expert assistance and guidance on the best ways to manifest your creative vision.

The purpose of this group is to keep you focused and on track around manifesting your vision for this work. To sustain you in the practice of continual, concerted ACTION as you take concrete, real world steps in the service of your dreams and desires coming true. Now that you’ve completed the Creative Juices Arts Wild Heart Teacher Training you have a boatload of teaching and facilitation skills. The next step is to put those skills to use in the service of realizing your business goals.

Why do I need this?

Running your own business is just hard! Its taken me a long time and a LOT of work to get to where I am and I know how challenging it is to even get started. In many ways, getting over that initial hump of running your first workshop or setting up your first website is the most difficult. I have graduated over 80 women from my Creative Juices Wild Heart Teacher Training program and I have seen that many of you need continued aid and encouragement after the program ends as you struggle to create a satisfying and viable business.

I believe deeply in this work (as you all can probably tell) and I want to see ALL of you manifesting the vision of creative success that motivated you to take the training. I believe that each and every one of you has the ability and capacity to BE that successful creative entrepreneur!

However, sometimes it’s tough and confusing to figure out the next steps. Or to overcome the anxiety, paralysis and doubt that can plague you when you are beginning this entrepreneurial journey. But don’t worry, it’s only fear and we have all kinds of tips and techniques designed to keep that fear from becoming an immobilizing influence through activating your innate and natural creative bravery. Fear is always there on the path to learning to open our own hearts to our deepest desires.

How does it work?

The Jump Start meets every two weeks for 2 hours for a period of six months. Initially, we will help you decide on an appropriate “next step” project to move you forward. This next step could be creating a website, putting on a workshop, creating a blog, or any other project that you are wanting to birth into being.

With our guidance, you will break your project down into manageable, doable, baby-steps. Then, during our bi-weekly group call, everyone will get a chance to check in about their progress since the last call and explore what worked for them and what didn’t. We will continuously provide you with support, feedback, and course corrections so that you can make effective choices for your next chunk of work to keep your project moving forward.

• You will be held with tremendous patience, kindness and respect as you grapple with the various challenges that come up for you.
• You will receive whatever wisdom and guidance we have to offer … which is a LOT … in planning your next moves and gaining a deeper understanding of what’s the BEST next step for you.
• You will be held accountable to yourself and the commitments you have made in a firm yet loving way.
• And, of course, we will JOYFULLY celebrate ALL of your victories and triumphs, great and small. There might even be confetti!!
• There will also be a private Facebook group just for the members of the Creative Soul Sisters Jump Start. Here you can be needy, greedy and proud of it around your inner emotional struggles with manifesting your project. Post materials you are working on for review and feedback. And simply practice the art of receptivity by asking for any other assistance you need. We strongly encourage everyone in the Jump Start to interact with and use each other for the loving support, wise guidance, and sage advice that will be there in abundance.

How many people are there in the group?

I am limiting the Creative Soul Sisters Jump Start to 8 people on a first come, first serve basis. I want to keep the group size small so that everyone can get individual attention during our calls and have the opportunity to be seen, heard, and honored.

In addition, I will be on the call to help guide you, answer questions, and help you plan your project. I will also be participating regularly in the Facebook group.

But how will it work if everyone is working on different projects?

We expect and invite everyone to work on what they feel is the most important piece of their work during the Jump Start. This means that people will be in different places and working on different aspects of their business.

We encourage this because everyone will be working on something that is relevant to running an expressive arts business and, therefore, you will be able to learn and absorb information even if it’s not what you are working on at the moment. For example, you may be focused on setting up your website while someone else may be struggling with putting together their first workshop. Listening to the steps they are taking and what they are going through will help you understand what you need to do when you get to that place in your business.

Do I have to just work on one thing? What if I finish my goal early?

You can work on as many projects during the 6 month period as you want. However, we are going to ask you to focus on one project at a time before moving on to the next. A common problem that new business owners face is trying to tackle too many things at once and they get overwhelmed and frustrated easily and then give up. We want you to succeed so we want you to stay focused and on track. That’s what we’re here to help with. If we see you getting distracted or overwhelmed we will gently bring it to your attention and help you get focused again. That being said, if you are motivated and wanted to accomplish several projects in a row then we are here to support you do that too!

What kind of projects should I work on?

The actual project is up to you and, if you are stumped on what’s the best project to start with, we can help you figure that out. However, some good places to start are:

• Setting up your website
  • Writing your site content
  • Finding the best way to host your website
  • Integrating an email marketing service
• Using blogging as a marketing tool
  • Writing your articles
  • Creating a newsletter and building your email list
  • Promoting it on social media
• Putting on your first workshop
  • Workshop design
  • Location scouting
  • Marketing your workshop & creating a flier
• Starting an online class
  • Deciding on a topic
  • Choosing a format (live, webinar, videos)
  • Understanding the tech and delivery platform

What are the requirements?

1. The Creative Soul Sisters Jump Start is for graduates of the Wild Heart Teacher Training Program who are ready to move their business out into the world.
2. You will need to be able to commit to the twice a month meeting schedule but, more importantly, you will need to commit to putting in the time and energy every 2 weeks for 6 months to accomplish your goals.
3. You want help, guidance, and to be held accountable by the entire group for accomplishing your goals. As a result you need to be willing and able to hear feedback and to be gently and lovingly challenged from time to time if we see that you are stuck or having trouble getting things going.
4. You must have a computer or device that can access the Zoom video conferencing service.
5. You must have an active Facebook account to participate in the private Creative Soul Sisters Jumpstart group on Facebook and be willing to check it weekly. (Please note that we will use the Facebook group for all communications and we will not be sending out separate emails to announce meeting dates or schedule changes)