Creative License: Find Your Voice. Free Your Genius.
What would it feel like
to finally unlock the door to your secret ambition?
What’s that “if only” ambition that’s just out of reach, still on the “someday-maybe” wish list — or a bit too scary to explore?
What would it feel like
to finally unlock the door to your secret ambition?
What’s that “if only” ambition that’s just out or reach, still on the “someday-maybe” wish list — or a bit too scary to explore?
Most of us have a big goal or crazy dream - or kind of wish we did.
You know, the kind of thing that gives you butterflies to think about? Something you KNOW would bring deep meaning and big rewards, but…
…you can’t quite bring into focus?
…you dare to hope for, but don’t dare to start?
…you keep kicking down the road because the time never seems right?
I’m talking about the kind of new endeavor that would exceed all your expectations, but you maybe worry - for now- exceeds your ability?
Imagine discovering an even bigger, better version of yourself.
Imagine how it would feel if you could step through that door, and:
expand beyond your current job or role and accomplish something great.
explore your creativity and bring something new and valuable into the world.
dare to stretch your limits and test your ability to have a bigger impact.
accomplish one of those "back-burner dreams" and leave your mark.
The good news is you already have all you need to unlock that door.
Maybe you’ve been dreaming about…
...Writing a novel or a screenplay...
...Starting a podcast or YouTube channel...
...Launching an entirely new business...
...Creating a digital archive of your family history, writing a book about your life...
...Exploring a side hustle...
...Getting a promotion, going fully remote, or switching careers altogether...
And yet, you push these dreams away over and over.
You tell yourself it’s stupid or silly—or something a smarter, a younger, or more capable person would do.
As a result, you feel…
Stuck.
Like you’ve been standing still for so long, and keep kicking the can down the road as they years go quickly by.
Frustrated.
You have so many wishes and wants, but no idea where to start. So you just keep doing what you always have.
Behind.
You worry that time is running out and you have nothing to show for it, that everyone’s ahead of you.
Ashamed.
You dread the question “What are you up to?” because you thought you’d be further along by now.
The reason you haven’t gotten closer to these wishes and dreams is simpler than you think:
You’ve believed what others have told you - and what you’ve told yourself:
The world has told you:
Be reasonable, responsible, realistic.
Choose what is most practical, logical.
Be grateful for what you’ve got.
Stay in your lane - leave it to the experts.
And you’ve told yourself:
I’m not smart, experienced, or confident enough.
I’m too old to start now - it is too late.
I wasn’t blessed with enough natural talent.
I lack the discipline and motivation.
It’s so easy to do nothing and leave
the door bolted shut.
It is so much easier to avoid the risk. Put it off and (try to) be happy with what you’ve got.
You can tell yourself it wouldn’t have worked out anyway.
You’ll live. You could just keep doing what you’re already doing, what you’re used to, for the next 5, 10, 20 years. Life will go on.
The truth is:
Every one of us longs for a life of meaning and purpose.
We all have that human urge to express, create, or share something of value with others - to impact their lives, to leave a mark. To matter.
And, we all have a proverbial locked door between us and that dream, that ambition.
Why? Because if it were easy, it would lose some of its value. Being challenged, overcoming challenges, and proving ourselves is part of the meaning.
But, it is scary. We don’t know what’s behind that door? Will it be worth it? Will we be able to rise to the challenge? We tell ourselves we can’t unlock the door until we have more answers.
Good news: You don’t have to know what’s behind the door to unlock it.
Now, stop reading.
I know you didn’t expect this, but I’m going to ask you do something right now.
Take out a pen. For real. Grab a napkin. An envelope. Open your Notes app. Set a timer for 2 minutes. And write out—yes, literally—your answers to these questions. Don’t think! Just write. Fast.
You may not know exactly what is behind the door, but you can know:
If nothing changes, how will your life look a year from now? Don’t think, just write. Capture whatever images come to mind.
If you do open the door, and try something big, how will you feel in a year? What would be the very best, can’t-believe-it’s-happening version of your life?
What if you could do something that really matters to you?
Do something new, something big, and share it? Get reinvigorated and engaged in your life again? Expanded your vision of what’s possible? Have the impact you’ve always wanted to have. Unlock your creative genius?
How would you feel if you could...
Find Your Voice
Clarify your values, and vision, connect with your unique voice, and learn to make it powerful.
Tap New Energy
Connect with a deeper part of yourself and release tons of energy you didn’t even know you had.
Make Real Progress
Create the momentum that comes from being fully present and moving forward with time on your side.
Get in the Flow
Learn to create an environment of ease so you can truly enjoy the acts of discovering and making.
Trust in Yourself
Experience confidence through trusting yourself to learn - even though you don’t know everything.
Free Your Genius
Let go of beliefs that have kept you stuck and learn the creativity strategies that work best for you.
INTRODUCING
A program that helps you crack the code to your creativity, unlock the door to your potential, and turn your secret ambition into a reality.
In Creative License, I will teach you how to:
Break through blocks to access your creative genius
Expand your perspective beyond what you thought was possible
Find your own voice and build confidence in sharing it in a bigger way
Lay the groundwork for your creative project
Connect the dots between your expertise, ideas, and offering
Identify and articulate your personal brand
Use goals and values to develop your vision and discover your path
Don’t spend another year dreaming.
Join me for Creative License—and unlock the door to your secret ambition today.
Why Creative License?
To take “creative license” means to ignore the conventions or rules that normally govern a given art form.
Your best, most fulfilling, and fruitful work won’t happen by copying what someone else does or following someone else’s exact formula.
By taking creative license, you set aside what everyone else is doing, and make the decisions that best highlight your skills, talent, and personal brand.
The goal is to take agency in your work and ideas so that you can finally allow that secret ambition to take shape.
Hi! I’m Terri.
Question for you: How many times have you wished you started—to write that book, to launch that new business, break ground on a creative project…and then stopped.
And how often have you then quickly dismissed the idea altogether, believing that you don’t have what it takes, don’t know where to start, and are too old to figure it out anyway?
Maybe you feel the draw of this secret ambition, but then chicken out because you’re not even sure what “it” is? Let alone how to do it?
Or: You gave it a shot, and got stuck, believing it would never work.
You tell yourself you’re better off ignoring all that, and just keeping busy doing what you do.
Only, you’re not better off.
No one’s life is better as a result of stifling a creative idea or urge.
For the past decade I’ve helped people, and organizations, find and articulate their unique, meaningful message - helping them to connect with the people who need and want what they have.
The people I work with all have at least one thing in common: They want to do more, to reach more people, to make their brands, their work, and their lives matter.
They would often assume there was only one right way to do that—a podcast. A blog. An online course. A book. A cool logo or website. Or, that any ONE of these things would “do” that.
They might have even tried at one point and said it “didn’t work.”
None of these things “work” on their own. The problem was that they didn’t ask the critical questions that lay the foundation for their best, most powerful work.
It was as if they were throwing seeds all over the place and wondering why they didn’t have fruit yet—without ever considering the soil itself, and what those assets were planted in.
Creative License is precisely that: A plan for cultivating rich, fertile soil where your most ambitious projects can not only take root, but also bear fruit.
I’ve essentially taken the work and processes I’ve developed with private clients and workshops over the past 10 years, and distilled it all into ONE program that will work for you regardless of your background - no matter what kind of project you ultimately want to create.
The Creative License process draws on a range of disciplines, from creative writing to brand consulting, publishing to public speaking, and informed by the Gateless Method, which I’ve been certified in and practicing for a decade, and which creates a supportive, judgment-free container for our work.
The investment in this program pays for itself over and over again because it continues to feed and inform all your ideas, efforts, and projects.
If you skip this step, you’ll be forever copy-pasting what you see out there, hopping on trends, and trying to force-fit your genius into “proven,” pre-fab formulas instead of discovering and innovating what is uniquely yours.
I cannot wait to do this with you.
What’s on the back of your napkin?
Every book, product, project, or business began with someone writing something down — on a Post-it, in a journal, or on the back of an electric bill.
It didn’t start with the final, finished thing, but the whisper of an idea, the initial sketch, the first bloom of inspiration.
You don’t have to know precisely the what and how of what you’ll make in order to start the creative process.
Join me now to open the door to your brighter future.
Don’t let another year go by. Learn how to create the foundation for accomplishing the bigger, more creative, more impactful work - that matters to you!
What does the Creative License program look like?
In this 3-part, self-paced program, you’ll be given a framework, guidelines, and process that I’ve honed over many consulting hours and workshops to access your creative genius and ideas.
You will:
Start a powerful writing practice to unleash creativity and quiet your critic
Find your voice and boost your self confidence
Reexamine your goals and values to support your dream project
Capture stories, themes, and ideas—and connect the dots in your work
Lay the groundwork for your next project, product, book, offering, side hustle
Identify the best approaches and platforms based on your preferences and style
Tap your inner artist and keep the creativity flowing
Create a story matrix to fuel your creative and marketing efforts
Walk away with a personal playbook to fuel and feed your creative project
Here’s what you get:
30 video lessons with in-session, real-time exercises, plus audio and downloadable transcripts
A month’s worth of audio writing prompts you can do over and over
Three 90-minute live, interactive calls (with recorded replays)
30-page personal workbook
The 25 Questions to Your Next Big Idea Guide
Access to an online, self-paced learning portal