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PROSPER

FOR CREATIVE HEARTS WHO ARE READY TO MAKE MONEY DOING WHAT THEY LOVE

Prosper will support you to create new income streams and make money doing what you love.

Prosper: Make Money Doing What You Love is a 16 week group coaching intensive for Creative Hearts who are ready to cultivate a supportive relationship with money, develop new income streams, and nurture deep trust in themselves so they can build a creative life and make money doing what they love.

The program offers mentorship, skills training, personal and professional development, community and gentle accountability.  

PROSPER supports Creative Hearts including aspiring and established artists, writers, designers, sculptors and photographers, along with trained therapists, healers and coaches who love being creative, to confidently share their unique and much needed gifts with the world and develop new income streams doing what they love.

Find clarity, confidence and self belief.

Take inspired, intentional & purposeful action.

Develop income streams that work with your strengths, personality and lifestyle.

Embark on sixteen weeks of professional and personal development.

Connect with an intimate group of motivated, inspiring creatives and receive the support of a heart-led, creative mentor and experienced business coach.


You’ll discover tools to listen to your heart and bravely put your work out into the world.

You’ll combine strategy and systems with intuition and integrity to make sharing your gifts and talents more joyful, profitable and sustainable. Above all, you’ll discover how to trust yourself and enjoy the process of building a heart-based business, doing what you love – all while taking care of your business, your dream clients AND your wellbeing along the way.

PROSPER: 16 WEEKS TO EXPAND YOUR CREATIVE LIFE

Despite what mainstream culture tells us… it IS possible to make money doing what you love.

I’m living proof.

And so are my clients.

Perhaps you’ve been on this journey of self-discovery and reclamation of your creative side for a while now.

And you’d love to sell your work, host a retreat, workshop, program or transformative experience to help others.

Maybe you have a studio full of paintings stacking up, or…

Loads of rough drafts on your computer…

Hard-drives full of photos…

Notebooks full of insights.

Basically you have ideas galore of things you could do. But something has been getting in the way.

Maybe it’s a niggling thought at the back of your mind…

“WHAT IF NO-ONE LIKES (OR, BUYS!) MY STUFF?”

It can feel debilitating.

Every time you begin to make progress on your creative dream, something pops up to derail you.

It could be any of these common blocks…

Self doubt.

Imposter syndrome.

Perfectionism. Comparison. Overwhelm.

AND YOU WONDER, “HOW CAN I BE SURE I’M READY TO SELL MY WORK?”

How do you know if what you are making is actually good enough, anyway?

You don’t want to look silly or foolish.

You don’t want to seem ‘too big for your britches.’

You don’t want to make other people uncomfortable while you’re chasing your dreams.

You don’t want to let folks down.

And perhaps you don’t feel like you have the resources, support or experience to bring this persistent creative dream of yours to life.

But this story doesn’t have to end here.

Hi, I’m Nicola,

…and I’m on a mission to help you live your most authentic and fulfilling creative life.

I’m an award-winning artist, creative mentor and business coach who helps Creative Hearts move from feeling stuck – to being inspired, in flow, prosperous and fulfilled.   

That means helping you get free from the beliefs and patterns that keep you from following your heart and making the creative contribution you would love to make in the world.

I love to embrace gentleness, playfulness and self-care to navigate self-doubt and instead cultivate deep self-trust… so you can truly enjoy the creative process, bring together your body of work, make money doing what you love and leave a creative legacy you’re proud of.

Is that you?

Let’s dive in!

 
 

Prosper is for Creative Hearts who are ready to stop waiting for a seat at the table and are ready to build their own.

You are ready to turn your passion into profit.

Find fulfilment from your work.

Share your creativity with the world.

And make money doing what you love.

Living a prosperous and creative life doesn’t have to be a pipe dream.

It can be your new reality.

 

But first, you’re going to need to do some work.

Both inner work and outer work.

You’ll need to:

Cultivate practices to calm your energy and stay grounded, so you can practice true self-leadership.

Regain trust in yourself, so you can make decisions and follow through.

Listen to yourself, so you know how to create what you really want (& not someone else’s version of success).

Be rooted in your values, so the winds of life don’t blow you down.

Get to know your strengths, so you can confidently charge for your creative work.

Understand your rhythms, tendencies and preferences, so you can manage your energy and work with more ease, joy and fulfilment.

 

Inner work is the foundation of the outer work. By cultivating your inner resources, you’ll find yourself taking big, brave and bold actions such as:

Designing (and launching!) your website.

Refining your authentic message and brand.

Building a (heart-centred) marketing plan.

Putting a valuable price on your offerings, products and programs.

Sharing your work boldly and putting your creativity ‘out there’.

And accepting money for your creative contributions to the world.

 

These outer actions come together when we take care to cultivate our inner resources:

Self belief.

Self compassion.

Self care.

Self guidance.

Self expression.

Self leadership.

Luciano Pavarotti said, “People think I’m disciplined. It’s not discipline. It’s devotion, and there’s a great difference.”

You need devotion, not discipline, to make money doing what you love.

When you are devoted to your dream, devoted to your wellbeing, devoted to your creative expression AND you have the tools and practices to support you, then… 

You can build a creative life where you make money doing what you love in ways that are sustainable, fulfilling, joyful and as unique as you are.

What Does a Prosperous Creative Life Feel Like For You? 

Perhaps you would love to: 

Do meaningful, fulfilling work you love, and get paid well for it.

Increase your profits and attract more dream clients, without burning out.

Write the book, create the course, launch the podcast, host the workshop, retreat or event you can’t stop thinking about.

Focus your energy into something YOU create, own, and build, instead of something owned by a multi-level marketing company, corporation or boss. 

Pursue a life of meaning, connection, joy, and freedom, instead of following the crowd and chasing someone else’s version of success. 

Create the projects and products you are excited to create in the world, and that add value and meaning to others.

Work with who you want, when you want and where you want.

Exercise your creativity and imagination in a new way, and think outside of the box you’ve been living in. 

Choose work that inspires you, gently pushes you out of your comfort zone, challenges you, provides an opportunity for growth (and leaves the world better than you found it).

Create a healthy balance of life and work, trusting when you need to create space to pause, reflect or pivot.

Launch your dream business so you can quit your job and be in charge of your own schedule.

Pivot your existing business in a new direction your heart is calling you towards.

Feel in control of your life, your work and your creative output (and not wait for a seat at the table from the gatekeepers of arts, culture, publishing or business). 

Make money, doing what you love (and not be held back by an income ceiling where you can’t control your earning potential). 

Spend your life minutes doing what you believe in and are inspired by (instead of feeling drained, watching the clock or waiting for the weekend). 

Prioritise self-care, time with loved ones, intimacy, connection and community (instead of competition, isolation, people-pleasing and self-doubt). 

Design a business that fits around your life (instead of fitting your life around your business). 

Have the freedom and flexibility to be there for those you love (without having to ask for time off). 

Create a lifestyle where you’re happy to get out of bed in the morning (because you’re excited about your schedule ~or lack there-of~ and the projects you’re working on). 

Focus on your most important work – get it out of your head and into the world – so you can better serve your dream clients.

Value your time and do more of what you love now (instead of chasing happiness ‘someday’ when you retire).

I’m here to help you move forward, listen to your heart and work in ways that light you up, suit your personality and are aligned with your values to create a flourishing, meaningful and prosperous creative life.

HERE’S WHAT I BELIEVE IS POSSIBLE FOR YOU

A MEANINGFUL, FULFILLING, AND SUSTAINABLE WAY OF MAKING MONEY DOING WHAT YOU LOVE, ALIGNED WITH YOUR PERSONAL VALUES, HEART’S DESIRES AND UNIQUE STRENGTHS.

Why do I believe that’s possible?

Because my clients and I have created exactly that.

Together, we will gently explore your fears, do the inner work and take the practical actions required to bring to life the income stream you want to create. 

Prosper members receive tools, guidance and support to take intentional, inspired action and bring together their chosen income stream in ways that align with their personal values, heart’s vision and unique strengths.

I will be with you every part of the way, supporting you to be brave, follow your heart and create more.

After being in business for myself for 21 years, I know a thing or two about working for yourself. And I absolutely love supporting other Creative Hearts on this life-changing journey.

I’ve built a fulfilling, meaningful and sustainable creative business from scratch and, over the past eleven years, I have worked with, coached and masterminded with incredible heart-centred entrepreneurs who have been brave, followed their hearts and created more for themselves, their clients and their communities.

Between us, we have developed and marketed sought-after products and services, published books, launched podcasts, created location independent businesses, doubled and in some cases, quadrupled our incomes, created content that connects, and developed entire courses, events and retreats from scratch.

We’ve overcome fears, dissolved creative blocks, and cultivated supportive mindsets to replace beliefs that were holding us back from expressing our value, service and worth in the world.

All with a hug, a warm laugh and a safe place to fall when things don’t go to plan.

As a creative mentor and business coach, it’s my great honour and life’s great pleasure to work with Creative Hearts to help them move from where they are now, to where they want to be in their creative work and life. It’s my passion and one of my life’s greatest joys – supporting them to live flourishing, prosperous and fulfilling lives.

With natural enthusiasm and a gentle approach, I offer practical tools, resources and guidance to help Creative Hearts, like you, to find clarity, momentum, inspiration and motivation to move forward in leaps and bounds on their heart’s desires. I have a particular knack for seeing possibilities and ways through things that may seem, on the surface, out of reach or impossible. And I love to do so with oodles of encouragement and enthusiasm for your personal creative dreams along the way. 

If you are looking for support to create positive change in your creative life, make money doing what you love, and are looking for guidance, resources, tools, practices and encouragement along the way from someone who wants you to truly prosper, I’d love to work with you.

That’s why I’ve created PROSPER: Make Money Doing What You Love, a 16 week coaching intensive for Creative Hearts who are ready to build their self belief, return to their own inner wisdom, take inspired and intentional action, and develop new income stream(s) as a result.  

 

Nicola has guided and supported me to start out as a full time artist and for that I will be forever thankful.

As soon as I saw Nicola’s website I knew I’d found my coach and mentor. 

Working with her has been a dream. 

The subtle shifts and resulting leaps have been amazing. So many lightbulb moments.

Learning about self-care, working with my own rhythms and personality traits. The Zoom calls are a great length and I especially loved being able to email  in-between calls to off load thoughts or ideas.

Jennifer Carlson of Jennifer Carlson | Artist

You’ve Found A Home Here

And you’re in the right place if:

  • You know you want to make money from your creativity, but aren’t sure where to begin, or

  • You’ve been in business a while and want to branch into new areas (or pivot completely) and generate more money from new income streams, or

  • You’ve been working in a completely different industry or profession and (perhaps secretly) want to sell products or offerings you feel inspired to make, but you aren’t sure how the industry ‘works’ or how to position your offerings in the marketplace, or

  • You have developed your creative skills and now you would absolutely love to make money selling your artwork, photographs, designs or books, or by sharing your knowledge, or holding space for others, but you’re unsure about the ‘business side’ of things.

  • You suspect your creativity would be of service, value or a blessing to others, but you struggle to find the courage and self-belief to put it ‘out there’ into the world.

  • Perhaps you find marketing can feel ‘icky’ and you want to learn how to market authentically and in ways that tap into and boost your creativity, instead of drain it.

  • Essentially, your heart is calling you to make a big change and you don’t want to do it alone.

Do you want to:

  • Carve out time to focus on making money doing what you love with the support of an experienced mentor, and bring your next income stream to life.

  • Curb your inner critic so you can create what your heart wants to create, instead of being derailed by the voice in your head saying you aren’t good enough, your work won’t stand out or you can’t possibly succeed.

  • Gain momentum in moving your creative business forward.

  • Start a creative business from scratch with practical guidance on how to make money sharing your gifts, creativity, artwork, or offerings with the world, or,

  • Pivot or expand your existing creative business by developing and adding new income streams that you love to deliver, market and sell to your dream clients.

  • Stop holding yourself back, dissolve old limiting beliefs and claim the you who wants to grow into the next version of you – the creative you who is more than capable of developing, marketing and delivering your new income stream. Retreat host? That’s you. Author? Own it. Exhibiting artist? Get the red dots ready.

  • Feel confident, back yourself and know the value you provide your clients, customers and collectors so you can confidently price your work and offerings, and share them with the world.

  • Have a circle of supportive, motivated creative hearts and business owners around you, particularly if your loved ones or colleagues don’t understand what you’re trying to create.

  • Find clarity around your brand, ideal clients, niche, offerings, content, and/or website.

  • Develop practices to help you stop feeling so overwhelmed, unsure and anxious on this journey.

  • Discover how to work intuitively so you can follow your heart, trust the process and enjoy more flow in your creative work and life.

  • Be confident in your gifts, own your voice and trust yourself, so you can make decisions in your business that are self-directed, wise and discerning.

And Maybe:

  • You struggle with the technical aspects of online business and would love someone to walk you through tools, processes and resources to get your business online.

  • You flourish in a supportive and encouraging environment.

  • You are looking for someone to gently keep you accountable and focused.

  • You desire support to bridge the gap between where you are now and where your heart desires to be.

Choosing to explore my life, hopes and dreams with Nicola was as natural as turning towards the sunshine. She has an authentic spirit and calm, persuasive energy.

Creating my vision with her has been gently powerful, real, fun, inspiring, challenging…

If you are searching for someone to help you open your soul to possibility, reach out to Nicola.

Kelly Herrick | Contemporary Landscape Artist

Develop Income Streams

PROSPER will help you to create new income streams… and give you the tools to continue building the creative life and business you want, well beyond our time together.

Developing multiple income streams is a powerful, supportive and smart way to set up your creative life. Having multiple ways of making money has always been a part of my evolving business models over the years and it’s meant I can pivot, adjust and challenge myself in new ways.

As a creative mentor and business coach, I bring to the table a wide range of experience, knowledge and practical insights in how to design, develop and deliver multiple income streams that can support your creative life and I absolutely adore supporting fellow creatives to do just that.

Over the course of my career I’ve hosted VIP in person retreats on tropical islands and in the mountains, run group creative workshops in government agencies and for clients in my private studio, filmed and developed online video-based training courses, self-published books on Amazon, sold my paintings through galleries and online, leased my paintings to corporate businesses, hosted and curated my own exhibitions, developed a collection of prints of my paintings, set up an Etsy store, been paid to write and illustrate articles in magazines, coached other creatives through private packages and group programs, been paid to speak at public and private events, won large scale commissions including a 3 x 10 m painting for the foyer of the Star Casino on the Gold Coast, and more.

Developing multiple income streams from your creativity is a wonderful way of building a sustainable, fulfilling and engaging heart-centred business.     

PROSPER is a blend of mentoring, coaching, professional development and gentle accountability. Over 16 weeks, you will have space and support to design or review your heart-led business, choose the new income stream(s) you will bring to life, develop systems to support your growth and hand-tailored maps to guide you moving forward.

Along with the mindsets and practices you’ll learn about navigating creative blocks, cultivating self-belief, honouring your capacity and valuing your work, you’ll discover the strategies and tools you need to make money doing what you love.

As creatives, we flourish when we make space for open-hearted reflection, purposeful planning and intentional work. Prosper combines all of these with time to talk through your ideas, gather more information from an experienced mentor, make informed decisions about the path you want to take, and then put into practice what you discover. So you can expect to find more clarity, joy, direction and freedom in your business and creative life.

I believe we Prosper when we are taking action that’s aligned with our heart’s desires, making the creative contribution we feel inspired to make and being true to ourselves.

During our 16 weeks together, you will have space and guidance to find clarity on business ideas and develop personalised strategy in our live online creative business workshops, receive feedback, encouragement and resources during our inclusive group coaching sessions, and most importantly, plenty of support to come home to yourself, so you are building a business that’s true to you, and not what an online ‘guru’ said you should do.

This is a dedicated time for you to tune into your heart to make decisions and take the actions to create the business and life you crave — one that is meaningful, purposeful, intentional and full of delight.

Whether you already have a business or simply the desire to create one, PROSPER is for all Creative Hearts, regardless of where you’re at on your business journey. If you have something you would love to create, share with the world AND get paid for it, you have found a home here. 

I’ll be there to support, guide, encourage and coach you. You will have the opportunity to form inspiring life-long friendships so you can share this entrepreneurial journey with like-minded creatives along the way. More than anything, I’ll encourage you to be kind to yourself, and remind you of what you’re capable of even when you may not be able to see it for yourself right now.

My one request is you give this process 100% too. Bring your honesty, curiosity, open-heart and playfulness and don’t hold back. During our time together we can achieve incredible results in your business and life, all you need to do is be brave, follow your heart & create more.

However…

I work with a very specific type of person. You need to be:

Willing to take action on your dreams. While it’s normal to experience fears and anxieties (and we will be focused on successfully navigating through these) you do need to have an honest desire to move forward and willingness to take personal responsibility for your dreams.

Someone who is willing to unhook from the belief that constant productivity and hustle culture are prerequisites for ‘success’. I work with Creative Hearts who want to foster a gentle, ‘ditch the hustle’ approach to doing business, so it’s enjoyable, true to your values AND feels sustainable for your health, wellbeing and relationships.

Ready to stop feeling like you are a victim to life’s circumstances and other people’s choices – stripping you of the opportunity to be creative or make money doing what you love. Inside Prosper, we reframe and release victimhood and move into empowered responsibility – where we each have agency and autonomy to make life-affirming decisions in our creative work and life.

Someone who wants to explore debunking the ‘shoulds,’ ‘ought tos,’ and ‘musts’ that society and online business gurus attempt to instil in us. You are excited to learn tools and practices to come home to yourself, not turn yourself into a cookie-cutter version of someone else who you see as ‘successful’.

Not looking for a coach with a hard-arse focus on ‘the numbers’ (profits, followers, likes etc.). This isn’t about ego-metrics or impressing others. While we most certainly will have open discussions about money, cash-flow, prosperity, social media and growth, I am not a ‘sergeant major’ type coach who will whip you into shape and demand you to take action when you need to rest, reflect or pivot. However, if you’re looking for someone who will help you ask the big questions so you can be deeply aligned and anchored, keep showing up, doing the work you feel called to do and growing your business in alignment with your heart, dreams and values, then this is the space for you.

Someone who is willing to explore ways to be more inclusive and foster diversity in your creative, heart-centred business. You are willing to explore how anti-racism, social justice, gender equality and other topics are important and deeply relevant when it comes to building a heart-centred, creative business. You are motivated to serve your clients and community in wholehearted, anti-oppressive, and enduring ways.

Excited to honour your inner wisdom and claim the fact you know yourself and what your business needs, better than anyone. You are the expert on you and what your business needs. When you put in the work, listen to yourself and take the time to implement the practices we’ll be exploring together, you can tap into this inner wisdom. This isn’t about wanting me to tell you what to do, so you don’t have to take responsibility, nor is this about substituting my ‘expert opinion’ for your own personal judgement and discernment. Prosper is the opposite of this approach.

This coaching intensive is about learning what options there are out there for developing income streams from your creativity and how to do so, but it is also about coming home to yourself; building your self trust, self guidance and self compassion so you can confidently do things YOUR way. Owning who you are, how you work, and what you need, love and desire. With that powerful foundation, you’ll be able to take aligned and inspired action to bring your creative dreams into reality, and keep doing so, long after our time together ends. 

Someone who is keen to discover tried-and-tested processes to shortcut your learning curve, streamline your systems, serve your clients more wholeheartedly and make more money. Despite how free-spirited and sometimes spontaneous creatives are, the right systems will actually help you to focus more on your creativity and less on admin, allowing you to bring your new chosen income stream(s) to life.  

Ready to pursue more meaning and fulfilment in your life. If you currently believe making money doing what you love is inherently selfish, a waste of time, or impossible, then you need to be ready and willing to challenge and change those beliefs. Even though it may feel out of reach right now, you sense a profound depth, satisfaction and purpose could come from making money using your creativity and doing what you love.

You want to be part of an intimate, supportive community of Creative Hearts who are on the same path as you, embracing who they are and defining success on their own terms. If you don’t like group programs and are looking for personalised one on one support you may be better suited to a hand-tailored private coaching package. Powerful shifts occur when we are in community with like-minded, supportive Creative Hearts, and I also appreciate private coaching is what some folks prefer. Community can help us shift in ways we never consciously realised we could transform. I’ve seen clients who are in community benefit because as we listen to and learn from one another, it normalises our personal experience, validates our unique needs and gives us courage to be more wholeheartedly ourselves than ever before.

Someone who can dedicate the time you need during the 16 weeks we’ll be together to take aligned action on your dreams. I’m here to support you with how to bring those dreams to life, but I can’t do it for you. There may be times of resistance, and I’ll help you through that, but you need to trust the process, be resourceful and be committed to pursuing what is best for you.

Someone who is heart-centred, sensitive, creative, willing to show up honestly, and excited by the idea of making money doing what you love. I love working with people who are enthusiastic about personal growth, curious and open-hearted, willing to try new things and want to change their lives for the better. This change often happens in an instant for my clients when they shift their perceptions and focus on building a solid, trusting, loving relationships with themselves, or it may take some time for old patterns to shift and establish a new normal. But the beautiful thing is, when we give ourselves the space to focus on making money doing what we love and surround ourselves with the right support, we can transform our creative lives for the better, now and into our future.

If you are ready to discover tools and practices to calm your nervous system, build self-trust, prioritise your creative work and be to true to your own rhythm so you can confidently follow your heart and make authentic, life-affirming decisions in your business (and your life), you’ve found a home here.

Making the decision to work with Nicola is one of (if not the best!) decisions I’ve made for my creative business so far.

Nicola provides gentle support and encouragement, and she holds me accountable to achieving my goals.

She so beautifully holds space for me to share my thoughts and fears without any judgement. And the best part is, she helps me realise I’m not alone in what I’m feeling by sharing her own experiences.

I truly feel like I’ve got the right support in my corner with Nicola as I journey this wild, wonderful path to the prosperous, heart-led business I desire!

Heather Ashely Baker | Creative, Designer, Storyteller & Chronic Daydreamer

Here’s What We Can Do Together

The beauty of this intensive, is it’s intimate enough to tailor make the experience so it meets you where you are on your business journey and supports you in bringing to life your creative dream and next income stream.

Do you want to: 

Find clarity, strategies & direction in developing, marketing and delivering your chosen income stream(s)

Develop your signature services or products

Plan, map out and LAUNCH your next big thing; whether it’s an exhibition, program, course, coaching package, online or in-person retreat, event, book or other new income stream

Develop a location-independent business, so you can fulfil your nomadic heart’s desires

Release any blocks, transform resistance, shift old limiting beliefs and move beyond the fears which may be holding you back from expanding and living your own version of a prosperous creative life

Listen to the wisdom of your own heart and find direction from within

Release perfectionism, embrace your personal rhythm and be kind to yourself so you can create more

Cultivate more playfulness, creativity, gentleness and flow in your business & life

Feel confident and more fully own your unique gifts and talents

Stop feeling anxious about doing something wrong, upsetting people or being “too big for your britches” where anxiety stops you in your tracks

Prioritise your best, most important work, so you can go to bed at night knowing you’ve done what is important to you

Back yourself, trust your voice and know your worth when it comes to pricing your work and sharing your offerings with the world

Add more joy to your routine, your schedule, and your process

Move through a transition period in your work and life

Define your core values and know what success looks like for you during this season in your life

Have access to feedback, accountability, and support 

Finally, produce the new series of artworks, write the book, launch the podcast, event, website or course your heart is calling you to create

Move past burn out and overwhelm and create systems and routines to support you and take care of your wellbeing

Feel confident getting started on a new offering or project

Define your branding and build your online presence

Know how to market your work, authentically and in ways that feel creative and even fun

Take the pressure off yourself and stop feeling like everything has to be perfect

Deal with criticism – from your inner critic or from others

Understand the value of being gentle with yourself & have practical tools to do so

Develop the tools, confidence, strategy, and intuition you need to move forward and create your new income stream(s) in a way that feels good to you

I can’t do the work for you, but I can support you all the way to be brave, follow your heart and create more.

Why Though?

Doing what you love, and making an income from it, is incredibly freeing. 

The world opens up to you when you know you have the tools, ingenuity and purpose needed to navigate and chart your own course. You don’t have to follow someone else’s rules or schedule. You can adjust your business model to suit the season of life you are in, now.

Because you are creative.

You are wise.

You can quieten the noise of the world and listen to that small voice of inner direction. The one that often shows up as a slight curiosity, a tug of desire, or a sparkle of delight.

But you have to make space to hear it.

And then, you need tools to feel safe to take action as you trust that inner nudge and branch out into the unknown as you craft your new offering, product or service.

You can cultivate these qualities in how you make money:

Trust.

Intuition.

Desire.

Wholeness.

Curiosity.

Love.

Beauty.

Generosity.

They all weave together to form a safety net far safer than the safety nets the world want’s us to believe will save us in the modern world. Which often revolve around trying to control things we can’t control and trying to cope with the uncertainties we all face in the future.

Following your heart in your work, being of service to others, showing up and being brave enough to feel the nerves and the self-doubts, and still creating artwork, products, and services. Wow. It’s the most rewarding way of making money I’ve found.

  • Making your art and sharing your gift

  • Holding space for others to transform their lives

  • Teaching what you love

  • Showing up imperfectly but with a whole heart

  • Holding someone else’s hand along a similar journey

These can be the cornerstones to building a lifestyle that lights you up, puts a spring in your actions, and stops you from dreading getting up with an alarm clock.

Making money doing what you love forms the river banks of new income streams to flow into your life.

And in exchange, the value you create in the world flows out and touches the lives of your clients, collectors and customers. It’s a beautiful, symbiotic way to live. I highly recommend it!

At this stage of my life, it’s my greatest joy to share mindsets, tools and practical actions that have supported me over the past twenty years. I’ve intentionally carved out a career where I’ve followed my heart and always made money doing what I’ve loved. I’ve worked as a full-time professional artist, a teacher, and a mentor and coach. I’ve used creativity to bring value and nourishment to my client’s lives, as well as to my own.

And you can do so too.

Business can be a beautiful gift to the world.

Your creative business can be a way of offering hope, healing, beauty, kindness and love in tangible, practical and joyful ways. Plus, it can make your creative life sustainable AND prosperous.I love being in business.

Making money doing what you love makes it simple to dedicate time to doing what you love, instead of putting it off. How often do we feel like creativity isn’t that important? Especially when there’s so much pressure to pay bills.

When we weave together income streams from our creativity we feel pulled along to:

  • Follow our curiosity

  • Invest in more supplies

  • Feed our love of learning

  • And use the energy of our inspiration to craft new offerings in our business.

It’s a beautiful way to live!

When we meld our creativity with our work, we also get to know ourselves more deeply.

We can accept more of who we are.

And as we do, we cultivate communities of clients, customers, collaborators and collectors who share similar values and cheer us on. We feel more connected to them than people in our past, where perhaps we wore a mask or tried so hard to fit in.

If you love:

  1. making things

  2. facilitating experiences

  3. teaching what you’re passionate about or

  4. holding space for people’s transformation

Then making money doing what you love is where you will deeply prosper.

Not only financially but emotionally as well. 

That’s why I’ve developed Prosper: Make Money Doing What You Love, this 4-month group coaching intensive for Creative Hearts who are ready to develop new income streams. And that’s why I’m so thrilled to see the brave Creative Hearts who have already said ‘yes’ to their creative dreams and joined the program. I’ve been coaching them inside the Prosper Accelerator program already. They are taking such inspiring, big, brave steps (and valuable small steps too) to bring those dreams to life.

At the crux of it, I believe Creative Hearts who are in touch with their ability to make money doing what they love, enjoy deep satisfaction in their lives and get to truly Prosper.

Ready to join us?

PROSPER GIVES YOU THE STRUCTURE, PRACTICES & SUPPORT TO MAKE MONEY DOING WHAT YOU LOVE

Get Ready To Prosper

With The “12 Prosperous Pillars”

We Will Be Exploring These Pillars During Our Time Together:

Nicola’s gentle nature and energy creates a safe space for you to come exactly as you are. Her presence is calming and grounding and she has the beautiful ability to nurture and really see you by listening closely to what you’re not actually saying.

Nicola not only has the creative expertise but also the business knowledge and experience to help you see how incorporating and expressing your creative side in your business can enhance it and add elements and dimension that create a whole new level of connection with your clients.

As someone who has and continues to experience her coaching and mentoring on an ongoing basis, I can’t recommend her highly enough.

Natalie Gaul of Natalie Gaul | Transformation Coach

I’ve seen my wife blossom and grow since working with Nicola. Seeing my wife grow stronger, happier and more confident has not only helped her start to achieve her ambitions in life but has also been really positive for our relationship. We made the right decision.

-Mark Griggs

 Ready To Prosper?

Here’s What You Can Expect

You’ll be provided with support, resources, encouragement and mentoring to bring to life one or more income streams that excite you during this season of your creative life. Whether that income stream is hosting retreats (online or in person), designing programs or courses, coaching and mentoring, selling your artwork, designs or photography, hosting an exhibition, publishing a book, or any number of other options available to you as a Creative Heart who is ready to make money doing what you love.

We are going to have such an adventure! 

Drawing from two decades of my own experience as a happily self-employed creative, there will be plenty of ‘fireside chats’ about the reality of making money doing what you love. 

We’ll explore topics such as: 

  • finding your own rhythm when it comes to work and rest

  • dealing with self-doubt and imposter syndrome

  • pricing and owning the value of your creative output

  • building your community of collectors, collaborators and clients

  • understanding perfectionism and procrastination

  • branding, online tools, and resources to support bringing your new income streams to life

  • and most importantly, learning to trust yourself as the expert on your creative path. 

Along with these insights from behind the scenes of running a successful creative business, you’ll receive practical exercises to help you put into practice the nuts and bolts of being in business and building the income stream(s) you choose.

Inside Prosper, I’ll offer practices to help you listen to and trust the wisdom and discernment that’s already within you, along with proven frameworks to wholeheartedly accept yourself and the way you work best.

Think of it like a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure coaching intensive, where you choose the income stream you want to create, and I share the resources, tips, encouragement, roadmaps and support to help you bring your new income stream to life. 

 What Happens In Prosper?

Prosper Is Not A Destination – It’s A Way Of Being

Be in a community of motivated, caring and inspiring Creative Hearts who are dedicated to cultivating fulfilling, purposeful lives and making money doing what they love.

  • Heart-led coaching to help you cultivate deep self-trust, self-belief and self-expression so you can show up wholeheartedly and make money doing what you love.

  • Hand-tailored teaching to help you tackle the practical aspects of marketing, pricing and delivering your creative offerings to the world.

  • Learn proven methods for navigating through fears and blocks, and anchoring into your vision and values.

  • Discover how to release perfectionism, embrace your personal rhythm and be kind to yourself so you can create more.

  • Support to prioritise your best, most important work, so you can go to bed at night knowing you’ve done what is truly important to you.

  • Structure, practices and encouragement to trust your voice, back yourself and know your creative work’s worth when it comes to pricing and sharing your offerings with the world.

  • Shape and maintain boundaries that nurture your creative expression and wellbeing, without trying to control other people.

  • Discover practices to protect your energy and find your flow.

  • Learn processes and practices to stay focused on your own lane, intentional in your next actions, connected to your heart and anchored to your creative vision.

  • My signature process to develop the confidence you need to move forward and make money doing what you love in a way that feels good to you, without all the hustle, sacrifice and stress.

 You Truly Can Prosper and Make Money Doing What You Love. 

What’s Included…

  • Coaching Calls

    3 weeks of every month we will have group coaching calls via Zoom. Recorded, so you can refer back to them again and again.

  • Creative Workshops

    Guided online creative workshops to help find clarity, develop personal strategy and bring your chosen income stream(s) to life.

  • Art Supplies Gift Pack

    Beautiful, quality watercolour and hand-selected art supplies to use in our online creative workshops, posted directly to your door. Yay!

  • Resources & Tools

    Curated resources and tools to make it easier to take action between coaching sessions and actually bring your chosen income stream(s) to life.

  • Community Lounge

    Between calls, your fellow Creatives & I are just a message away in our private community forum (that’s NOT on Facebook). Perfect for pep talks, accountability, guidance and heartfelt encouragement.

  • Action Steps & Intentions

    At the end of each call we will set tasks, action steps & intentions to keep your momentum moving forward in creating your prosperous creative life.

  • Supportive Affirmations

    Supportive affirmations to help guide you back to connecting with yourself and feeling brave to follow your heart.

  • Member’s Portal

    Private member’s area with recordings and resources from our sessions which you can download to keep once we’ve finished our work together too.

  • Audio Recordings

    Audio recordings for each of our coaching calls so you can listen again and remember the insights you’ve gained.

  • Trello Board Templates

    Systems laid out on Trello Boards to make it easier to develop, track and deliver your chosen income stream(s).

  • Checklists & Frameworks

    Applicable checklists and frameworks to help you shortcut the development of, (then remember and repeat) the delivery of your new income stream(s).

  • Love & Encouragement

    Perhaps my favourite thing to give — Oodles of love and encouragement to support you as you are brave enough to follow your heart, take inspired action and bring to life your creative dreams.

 What Will We Do, Exactly?

Here’s How We’re Going To Spend Our Time Together

Creating Your Prosperous Creative Life…

90-minute group coaching calls

Every week for 3 weeks of the month we will get together on Zoom for a 90-minute group coaching session. We will dive into your business, heart’s desires and big-hearted business dreams. We’ll gently explore and transform the beliefs or thoughts that may be holding you back, so you can take purposeful, inspired action toward your chosen income stream. I will guide you through exercises and projects to support you in following your heart’s desires and hold the space for you to truly listen to yourself along the way. After our coaching sessions, my clients have said they have felt deeply heard, inspired, clear and ready to create more. Our coaching calls will be the catalyst in supporting you to build your chosen new income stream(s) in your business and creative life.

Plus additional support

Throughout our time working together I and your fellow Creative Hearts are just a message away inside our private member’s community forum. I’m excited to support your focus, privacy and sense of calm by hosting our private forum is a space that is NOT on Facebook. Instead, we will be using a private online forum which comes with an elegant, easy to navigate app and user interface for your phone and computer. When appropriate, I’ll reply via a message or a personal video with a pep talk, encouragement, accountability or guidance, so you don’t have to feel alone on this journey.

Tasks, action steps and intentions to keep the momentum going

Before we finish each call, we will set tasks, action steps and intentions to keep you focused and moving forward during the week ahead. I will also provide any relevant resources to support you in moving forward.

Creative exercises to support you to flourish in your business and life

During our time working together, I’ll provide creative exercises, online live guided creative workshops and hand-picked projects to help you connect with your heart, discover your voice, listen to your inner wisdom and move forward with developing and delivering your chosen income stream(s).

A private Member’s Area

You’ll have access to a private member’s area with links to our call recordings, notes and hand-picked resources, which you can download and keep to refer back to after we’ve finished our work together too.

 
 
 

 CONTENT

12x online live group mentoring sessions with Nicola Newman over the next four months, plus recordings of every call to keep forever.

1x private 1:1 coaching session to help you synthesise what you are learning, get clear on your next actions and put what you discover about income streams into context for your life and creative work. 

Self-Coaching practises & tailor-made weekly check-ins so you can feel clear and confident to move through anything at any time, with out me.

Creative workshops, actionable exercises, checklists & frameworks to help you integrate the work and put into practice what you’ll discover. 

CONTAINER

Support in my private Prosper member’s online space (that’s not on Facebook). Ask me, and your fellow Creative Hearts, anything, anytime for feedback and support and to deepen your experience between our calls.

Resources, done-for-you toolkits, strategies and systems to move through challenges as they surface and streamline delivery of your chosen income stream(s).

Surprises & Bonuses… because I’m a creative heart, too, and I LOVE to make things and host experiences to surprise you with.

COMMUNITY

A tight-knit community of Creative Hearts you belong to – who want to enjoy a sanctuary where their creative work is seen as sacred, actively supported and encouraged. (The power of being in the presence of the right people is life-changing.)

An experienced creative mentor, business coach and  award-winning artist as your coach, facilitator and guide. I bring a unique (and rare) blend of creativity and business experience to the table to support you with the practical and emotional elements of making money doing what you love.

Momentum and aligned action that come from being part of an incredibly inspiring, supportive community. Rubbing shoulders with others on this adventure will validate and normalise your experience, so making money doing what you love becomes your new normal.

Your Investment

PROSPER: A 16 Week Intensive

For Creative Hearts who are ready to make money doing what they love.

PROSPER

16 Week Intensive Group Program

$5,000 AUD Upfront

Pay upfront and receive a discount.

(Plus GST for Australian residents)

OR $1,350/m AUD

PAYMENT PLAN

Choose a four month payment plan of $1350/month totalling $5,400 AUD.

(Plus GST for Australian residents)

PROSPER VIP

16 Week Intensive Group Program

PLUS 4 x 1:1 Personal Coaching Calls

$7,000 AUD Upfront

Pay upfront and receive a discount.

(Plus GST for Australian residents)

OR $1,850/m AUD

PAYMENT PLAN

Choose a four month payment plan of $1850/month totalling $7,400 AUD.

(Plus GST for Australian residents)

Nicola is the one person I call on with anything to do with business, who I know “gets” running a business that takes care of your energy.

She always gently reminds me to follow my heart, and I leave our conversations feeling energised, and as though everything I am creating is so much easier and closer to fruition than I had imagined.

This is rare.

As my colleague, my dear friend, and my mastermind companion, she’s someone I deeply admire and respect, as well as someone I send people to – for a dose of brave, gentle, nurturing creative energy, a good laugh, and the encouragement to finish, and proudly share their passions and creations with the world.

Hayley Carr of Hayley Carr | Life Coach + Lady of Adventure

 Are You In?

Here’s How We Start

Prosper officially begins in August 2021. 

However, I have an enticing & exciting incentive for you to not leave joining to the last minute.

As a special reward for following your heart and saying “yes” to your creative dreams, if you join before the offical start date, I will gift you with a place in my “Prosper Accelerator Program.”

There are ten places in Prosper, and when you join, the program starts for you.

So if this is a wholehearted “yes” for you and you decide to join this next cohort, you will be instantly placed in my Prosper Accelerator.

What that means is, before Prosper officially starts, you’ll begin to receive business coaching and creative mentoring from me. 

The calls will be held every week at our allocated Prosper time. If you are the only Creative Heart who has joined, you will get to receive personal 1:1 coaching from me, until the next Creative Heart joins, then there will be two on the calls and so on, until the beginning of the intensive. At that point, our Prosper sessions will officially begin.

If I’m a wholehearted yes for you, and if after receiving your application, you’re a wholehearted yes for me too, then I’d love to work with you. We will begin together the following week. This is literally worth thousands of dollars in personal coaching – and you will receive it as a huge bonus for taking action before the last minute. 

If this sounds exciting to you, I invite you to apply to join our intimate creative cohort.

Click the button below to apply and you’ll be taken to a questionnaire that will help me get to know your creative life and dreams. Once that’s completed, I’ll be in touch. If your responses are looking good, we’ll arrange a time to connect personally and have a conversation, so we can see if we are a good fit to work together and ensure Prosper is the right program for you. 

I’m so excited to learn more about you! If you are ready to make money doing what you love and you want to have an experience of what it’s going to be like working with me, I warmly invite you to get in touch and let’s have a conversation.

The best way to get a feel for how this program is going to support you, and to figure out what it looks and feels like to work with me, is to reach out.  Click the button below and apply now to be get yourself in the Prosper Accelerator program.

Click below to apply now. 

Prosper will support you to create new income streams and make money doing what you love.

Join me on a 16 week adventure.

Experience the creative life of your dreams.

Apply now to speak with me.

WORKING WITH ME IS POWERFUL

BUT DON’T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT…

Nicola has guided and supported me to start out as a full time artist and for that I will be forever thankful.

As soon as I saw Nicola’s website I knew I’d found my coach and mentor. 

Working with her has been a dream. 

The subtle shifts and resulting leaps have been amazing. So many lightbulb moments.

Learning about self-care, working with my own rhythms and personality traits. The Zoom calls are a great length and I especially loved being able to email  in-between calls to off load thoughts or ideas.

Jennifer Carlson of Jennifer Carlson | Artist

 

With the perfect mix of patience, objectivity and understanding Nicola has helped me uncover the desires that fuel my passion and worked with me on succinctly making a plan for their achievement in my business.

With her background as an artist and multi-passionate creative and having set up and successfully run her own business, Nicola is in the perfect position to advise and mentor those of us just starting out.

Nicola’s ability to put herself in my shoes was very reassuring and allowed her to point out each of the many paths that were available to me.

Whether you are looking for direction, knowledge or accountability I couldn’t recommend Nicola more highly.

Assisi Chant | Writer & Editor

Nicola is an incredible coach. I’ve been blessed to not only witness her coaching prowess on group calls, but to also be impacted by them first-hand myself.

Every time I’ve encountered an issue in my business or have struggled to make a decision, she has not only offered above-and-beyond support, but a fresh perspective, loads of suggested helpful resources (from a range of podcasts, books, and other useful places!), and ways I can nourish myself and my energy in the process. 

She also has this infectious energy that uplifts, inspires and brings joy to your heart. Combine all this with her gift for creativity and ability to hold you gently accountable, and that’s one powerful coaching combination. I can’t recommend working with Nicola highly enough!

Naomi Arnold of Naomi Arnold | Life & Business Coach, Founder of Dream for Others Podcast

Nicola is an excellent creative, business coach. I always feel incredibly supported, inspired, and motivated by her to keep following my heart and creativity in my business.

She understands my experiences and challenges and affirms I’m on the right track. She reminds me to be gentle with myself and with the way I approach my business, which has helped me feel more at ease in my life.

Her sensitivity, positivity, and thoughtfulness are her superpowers that make business more exciting and show me that there’s another way to do business that isn’t part of the hustle bustle.

Nicola is a beautiful example of what’s possible living a creative life and having a successful business. Gift yourself the opportunity to work with this amazing soul, you will not regret it.

Cameron Airen of Cameron Airen | Mindset Coach & Gender Consultant

 

I didn’t have the confidence to pick up a paintbrush or pencil & experiment, & even when I did try, the inner critic crushed my spirit.

What has changed is my mindset. My skills appeared when I freed myself from the inner critic & took a playful, compassionate & experimental approach. My creative practice is now Flourishing!

I’m taking time out for me, daily now.

Emma Shields | Yoga Teacher & Health Coach

Nicola has a gift for business coaching.

She’s been in business a LONG time, is uncompromising in assuring her business fits in with her life and values and is the most encouraging and enthusiastic person I know. Her child-like joy as I’ve vulnerably shared my heart’s desires with her is forever etched into my memory.

I don’t think I would have had the courage to do half of the things I’ve done in my business, without Nic by my side.

Amanda Rootsey of Amanda Rootsey & Shine from Within | Teacher & Mentor for Teen Girls, Eco Model & Writer

Prosper will support you to create new income streams and make money doing what you love.

Join me on a 16 week adventure.

Experience the creative life of your dreams.

Apply now to speak with me.

Who Is This Nicola Newman?

Award-Winning Artist, Creative Mentor & Business Coach

Nicola is a professional artist and qualified painting teacher who specialises in teaching mindfulness and creative expression in her year-long creativity school, Flourish: The Art of Creative Living. Known for her down-to-earth, encouraging and authentic teaching style, she has guided creative hearts around the world through her popular creative workshops, retreats & courses.

She is also an author, podcaster and co-host of The Gentle Business Mastermind, a twelve month experience for entrepreneurs to ditch the hustle and find their flow. Her work has been featured in Australian Country Magazine, ABC Organic Gardener, The Sunday Mail, Gentleman’s Quarterly, Nature & Health and more.

Her passion is demystifying the creative process and supporting others to be kind to themselves, follow their hearts and find meaning and fulfilment through creative living. Ready to create a business you love, where you make money from your creative expression? Join Nicola for this powerful 16 week intensive for creative hearts who are ready to make money doing what they love.

As Your Guide & Coach in PROSPER, I Will Be Your:

Creative mentor

With years experience as a professional artist, creative business owner and writer, I’m here to support and encourage you in creating what you long to create in your business and life. I’ll share insights, shortcuts and processes I’ve learnt in my own journey creating online courses, hosting events and private painting retreats, hosting a podcast, writing books and connecting authentically with my customers through content marketing. I’ll share an alternative viewpoint and guidance if you feel stuck and I’ll hold space for you to explore all your desires, hopes, fears and dreams in the process.

Heart-led coach 

If you are looking for someone to gently help you stay focused and point you back towards the tasks and intentions you have set for yourself, I am your woman. I’m here to help you trust yourself. And while I understand there will be times your desires or intentions may change or your focus will shift, I’ll help you to recognise when it might be fear holding you back or a question that simply needs an answer, and I will help dissolve those creative blocks that masquerade as resistance, so you can take action and move forward in alignment with your heart’s desires.

Most enthusiastic cheerleader

I’m naturally an enthusiastic person, but seeing clients move towards their heart’s desires makes me jump-out-of-my-skin-excited. I will cheer you on, celebrate every big (and small – I’m a big fan of small) action you take towards your dreams and get truly excited with and for you. I’ll remind you of what you are capable of, hold a big vision for your future, and celebrate with you. During our time together, you won’t have to feel like you are alone on this journey, as I’ll be with you, cheering you on every part of the way.

Strategic planner 

There’s not much I love more than creating a plan, just ask my husband 😉 Let’s write a list. Break it down. Make it achievable, doable, simple and even fun! I’m here to support you in turning your ideas into action steps. Together we will map a plan to move out of dreaming about your heart’s desires happening ‘one day’, and we will get specific about what needs to happen to bring them to life in the ‘here and now’! Often what we want is much closer than we think. We will get clear on what you want, dissolve the blocks holding you back, take action towards your dreams and stay open to big things happening as you are brave, follow your heart and create more.

Because you don’t need to do this on your own anymore…

As your coach, I will hold space for you to discover your own authentic path, shortcut your learning curve and provide the support, resources and encouragement to make building your heart-centred business and making money doing what you love more fulfilling, profitable and even fun!

Whether you want support to create your big-hearted vision, clarity on your purpose and offerings, an authentic marketing strategy or to pivot your business in a new direction entirely, together we will be brave, follow your heart and Prosper.

 Frequently Asked Questions