The Coaching for people whose work carries their name.
Trusted by CEOs, founders, Ivor Novello winners and the Sony Music Publishing roster to break through blocks, own their voice, and do their most important work.
Your Creative Confidence Coach
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Your Creative Confidence Coach ✹
For artists and creatives
Artists, songwriters, producers and creatives navigating a career where the work and the self are the same thing.
For leaders and entrepreneurs
CEOs, founders, creative directors and senior leaders — in any industry. For the pressure of leading and performing at the same time.
“I cannot recommend Carrie's intelligent and thoughtful work with Creatives highly enough. It is needed more than ever in today's fast moving, social media driven world.”
- Caroline Elleray
VP for Creative, Songwriter Services at Sony Music Publishing
"I finish our coaching relationship with a real appreciation for the value of reflective space, and a set of new habits and behaviours. I have also made some fundamental changes in my professional life that would not have been possible without Carrie. I would recommend Carrie to anyone who wants a trusted partner to help them on a journey of reflection and personal growth."
- Luke Errington
Founder & CEO, Swoop Travel
“Navigating the modern music industry can be daunting and extremely challenging. Carrie has created a programme that is truly transformational for creatives, supporting and supercharging their mindset so that they are not just ready, but inspired, to authentically and resiliently carve their own path.”
- Tim Major
Co Managing Director, Sony Music Publishing
Trusted by
Ivor Novello Award winning artists
Mercury Prize nominated artists
Sony Music Publishing roster
Billboard charting songwriters
CEOs, founders and entrepreneur
“Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.”
— Albert Einstein
Why me and why do I do it
I believe in the power of creativity and the immense impact it has. It can enable positive change, as well as negative change.
My own artist and songwriting career has led me down some pretty dark alleys. I’ve experienced firsthand the pressure this career can have on a person. I’ve also watched many creative collaborators’ decline in mental health. So I wanted to do something about it.
What I learned in music turned out not to be about music. The pressure of doing work that has your name on it — where the judgement is public, the standard is your own, and there is no separating what you make from who you are — is the same pressure I now see in founders, executives and creative leaders. The industry changes. The nerve does not.
In my years as a creative confidence coach I have witnessed how nurturing a person’s authenticity, trust and confidence in their own voice has freed them up to produce their best work. It is the key that enables them to connect on a far deeper level with their followers and team, to progress in their career and to fall back in love with what they do. Which change do you want to be a part of?
“I was creatively lost and I had no energy and no confidence. Being coached by Carrie showed me that I was completely able to be in control of my situation. I realised what the actual issues were and what to do about that. As a result I've taken more control creatively, I have diversified my portfolio, I’m busier than ever producing for artists as well as for myself. I’m mixing and mastering myself. People have incredible confidence in me and I would never have gotten to this stage without Carrie’s help in this very, very difficult period.”
- Harry Stone, Artist/Songwriter/Producer
MY APPROACH
Reflective space, and what you do with it
My coaching is highly personalised and rooted in evidence-based tools — the kind used with people operating under real exposure and real consequence. Every programme is built around you: your situation, your standard, your definition of good work.
We work on the things that actually move: clarity about what you are trying to make, decision-making when the stakes are visible, trust in your own judgement when everyone has an opinion, and the confidence to put work into the world without flinching from it.
This began in music, where the pressure is unusually concentrated and unusually public. That is where the method was built and tested. It travels — because the pressure does.
How it works
STEP 1
Discovery Call
We begin with a friendly call to understand where you are, what is in the way, and what you want to be different — laying the groundwork for a tailored approach.
STEP 2
Your Unique Programme
From our conversation, I’ll create a personalised coaching plan tailored to your unique needs and aspirations, using proven, evidence-based methods.
STEP 3
Empowered Creativity
Through the coaching process, you'll gain clarity, trust in your own voice, and unlock your full creative potential to produce your best work and thrive.
Ready to reclaim your creative confidence?
I invite you to contact me introducing yourself with a brief description of what you’re looking for. I will then reach out to you to arrange a discovery call.