Testimonials
Listening and learning from [Alex’s] experiences … gave me the motivation to kick start my own career, something I’ll always be grateful for. Ask questions and expect answers filled with encouragement, insight and loads of first-hand knowledge. Alex knows and loves writing, it’s evident from the minute she greets you.
Alex has an incisive mind that cuts through the static.
She has gently but powerfully nudged me in the direction of clarity and purpose.
Courtesy of Elizabeth Hart, 2019.
Thanks, Alex! I have been a teacher of creative thinking for over 40 years … and this approach of yours is one of the most refreshing approaches.
I know nothing’s perfect, but I can’t think of how this class could get any better! Maybe just more of it!
Alex guided me through a simple yet profound exercise. It was basically an exercise to uncover my deepest truths about my life passions. Although simple to administer, it seems to be based in mathematics, neuroscience, and more, creating greater clarity and self-awareness with the goal of helping to realize my true passions. A profound experience in an easy and practical exercise – that’s genius!
I thoroughly enjoyed the time spent in each session of Third-Layer Creativity. Prior to the course, I felt like I was working my way through a dense forest with my creativity. The skills learned in the course helped me create a path. There’s still a journey ahead, but at least I have a road to travel now!
After our session last week, I walked around … in amazement that what we were doing was not only getting to the third layer of creativity, but a deeper level of healing. Creativity is vulnerable, freeing, scary, playful. [I get now] why there are steps in the ladder, because I need to go through each phase.
I can’t recommend Alex more highly for the developmental editing she did for me for my in-progress memoir. Not only were her comments insightful and extremely useful, but her upbeat tone made the constructive criticism feel great, not painful. Plus, she’s hysterical and I laughed out loud a few times.
I will highly recommend Alex, as she is not only a highly trained professional, but one of the most positive people I have ever met! Thank you, Alex again. I will never forget this experience!
Alex is an outrageous and brilliant coach and consultant, and she made my work a lot of fun, too. She’s quick and to the point and called me out when necessary. Her coaching was invaluable to me in my business. I thought I knew what to do and she intuitively asked the right questions and found my weak points and helped me strengthen them. I always hated homework and I looked forward to hers, that’s how good she is. Since everything is psychologically intertwined, I needed a shaman thrown in there too, and Alex came through! I give her the highest recommendation and I am really picky.
After my agent sent my memoir manuscript out on submission, and we received lots of compliments but no offers, I had this nagging feeling that there was still something to be done with the book. Enter Alex and her magical brain (work with her for more than 10 minutes and you’ll know what I mean). Alex was able to articulate my nagging feeling with insightful feedback that instantly resonated, and gave me hilarious and constructive point-by-point direction on how to tackle a revision. I know that no stone has been left unturned, and it’s a measurably better book than when it first went out on submission.
I’ve worked with Alex in her capacity as a writing coach during two career transitions. What sets Alex apart, in my experience, is her very strong intuition, which she combines and, when necessary, tempers with, very strong logic and reasoning abilities. She listens carefully, and listens on multiple levels to what a client is saying.
As a to-do list lover, I enjoyed developing my lists and creating action plans. The real value came with opening up that third layer. I saw that the lists won’t really help until I’m clear on what’s at the core of what’s really important to me.
Working with Alex helped my writing career tremendously! During my MFA thesis, Alex sincerely and with much knowledge gave support during the writing and creation of my first novella. It was such an accomplishment; but not only did I write a novella with Alex’s help, I also shared fond and enriching moments on creativity and the writing process with her!
Alex was a great pleasure to work with. She took me, a novice writer with no publications to my name, and made my blogging and writing crisp and compelling. She was hands-on and detailed, while allowing me the freedom to find my own style. I am a stronger and more confident writer because of my experience with her.
