TIME TO DO YOUR THING
a workshop on the courage to finally live your creative life
TIME TO DO YOUR THINGIs this you?
You’ve always been creative, always felt a little (or a lot) like an outsider… so you’ve dimmed the parts of you that feel like too much.
You’ve done the vision boards, the affirmations, you’ve even entertained the That Girl routines… and you realized you were curating an image of a life rather than fully living yours.
You want to care less about what other people think and feel more filled up on what you most care about… but explaining yourself across a dinner table — to your family, to strangers — still makes you want to change the subject.
You pour everything into work that you love… but you're exhausted from wearing every hat and wondering when it will all come together.
You want to dance in the kitchen and feel content when your head hits the pillow… but most days feel like something to get through.
You’re ready now more than ever to take the risks that are yours to take and trust that you will figure out whatever happens… so that who you are and how you live are finally the same thing.
You KNOW that it’s time to stop waiting for life to happen
It’s time to stop scrolling other people’s highlight reels
It's time to stop grinding like it's the only way through
It’s time to stop playing smaller than you know you are
Now is the time to do your thing.
The creative coach you’ve been looking for…
I’m Maggy - I’m an artist, writer, creativity researcher, and devotee of living out loud. Always sensitive and observant, I used to let self-doubt rule my world. I'd stumble over my words, second-guess everything, get caught in comparison, and gather inspiration all day long while never feeling ready enough. Being myself meant feeling like an outsider in so many ways.
I've stubbornly made the "impractical" choices and broke rules I thought I had to follow in order to be successful and accepted, so that I could keep saying yes to my truest life. These day, I run a creative research studio called Regarding Dew. Through creative coaching and group courses, the women I support stop waiting for permission to do their thing. They resolve core fears that kept them frozen in creative resistance for years and start making choices—big and small—that honor their creative self.
Here’s what I know to be true
It is safe for the things you most want in life to work out.
Your creative dreams exist for a reason. Taking your creative dreams seriously is an embodiment and expression of wholeness.
Fear and failure don’t mean your creative dreams aren’t meant for you. Huge resistance is a natural and expected part of the process.
I have unwavering trust in your creative dreams and your ability to honor those dreams, especially if you’ve tried so many times before.
I'm here for you as you meet fears that are as big as your creative longings.
Your authentic self is welcome here.
Your creativity is important and needed.
“For most of my adult life, I was in corporate. This was a big part of my identity…there were decades when I didn't even think I was creative because everything else in life took precedence... My inner critic doesn’t hold me back now. I'm TAPPED IN. There's a real sense of wonder in my life that was lost for so long. I was nervous to get a coach because it I thought it was self-indulgent, but I also knew I needed to do this for myself. Maggy helped me to live inside out. That's the only way I can put it!”
Ellen
“I went from believing I couldn’t write, let alone establish a writing habit, to a person who enjoys expressing herself through ‘printed’ words. Because of my work with Maggy, my grandchildren and perhaps others will have the opportunity to know me better through my written stories.”
Gail
“Maggy has created a space that is not only creative but filled with gentle curiosity and endless opportunities for new perspectives. I felt seen, heard, held, and encouraged all within an hour and a half. I left Maggy’s workshop with a renewed lust for writing and sharing!”
Elizabeth
Our work together will support you to prevent the top regret people have at the end of their lives: not having the courage to be yourself.
You don't have to wait to be more you.
“There has been a profound shift for me in the way I perceive and experience creativity. I feel lighter, less weighted down with negativity. The group of women are truly warm and real and kind and I so appreciate being able to share space and thoughts with them. In my mind, I have dubbed you The Queen of the Great Questions. You have an uncanny ability to listen deeply and to ask questions that get to the heart of the matter. That’s a gift.”
Dana
“If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I am here to live out loud.” Émile Zola
“Witnessing others and their vulnerability and process has been so healing and affirming in this process. I have found myself regarding myself in a wholly new way. A refresh. I am regarding myself as an important and creative person.”
Tooya
“I have been completely changed… Maggy's gentle encouragement, complete presence and wholehearted belief in my process has instilled in me the belief that writing is for me, that I deserve to live the creative life I have always wanted, and that it is possible. I have gone from being afraid and deeply resentful of writing (because it was hard, because it was vulnerable, because it was scary) to embracing it as a vocational call, and as something that is an important part of me. It's gone from being a burden to a gift. I never, ever thought that would happen…Working with Maggy has changed my life entirely for the better.”
Réka
“You’ve cultivated an (in my experience) unmatched sense of safety here, a place that welcomes big emotions within clear and reasonable boundaries + humor when it feels right.”
Growing a Writing Practice participant
“What I found really interesting was that when we started, I really felt quite unable to write. Now that I think back, I actually made a commitment then to myself, that I wanted to come back to a regular writing practice and... that kind of just happened. I've not made plans. I've not allocated specific times or made a big deal out of it, but it's just happened.
And also lots of other things like reaching out to people, meeting up with people, doing things differently, thinking about things in a different way, sharing work, taking care of myself, even writing differently somehow and... just spontaneously acting on things. I'm daring to be a bit more vulnerable around what I share and that feels quite tremendous.”
Katrin
“I felt really comfortable sharing and a sweet sense of belonging. It felt like there was room for everyone. I was touched by how everyone showed up and how present everyone was.”
Tooya
“The biggest thing I've learned is that I can literally do anything because most of the things that I need to do consist of very small actions. The stakes are never that high for pretty much anything that I want to do. I decided that nothing stops me.”
Daria