Coaching Questions

How will this help me if I am already coaching and guiding others? Coaching is the term we are using specific to the energy of creating a container of support between individuals. How you serve others with your coaching, healing, and teaching practices will be amplified through the use of visual technique, process, and application. By putting the tools of discovery into the client's hands, you can literally SEE what they are working with, distinct from talking/processing.  

Will I be a coach after certification? Whether you call yourself a coach or just offer 'coaching' is up to you. If you do the work you will be a certified Intentional Creativity® Coach and invited to join our ongoing Guild community of Graduates.

Is coaching still the way to go? We know that there are a lot of coaches out there right now. That is a good thing because a lot of people want to help others. Coaching as a field isn’t going anywhere; this way of working is ancient. This training will put you on the growth edge of a shifting industry by equipping you with visual knowledge. This embodied coaching experience will equip you with something to offer that MOST coaches haven't studied yet. This is an approach to coaching through creativity where the exchange involves working with image, word, and inquiry.

So when someone asks how what you do is different, you pull out a pocket full of pens and begin to tell a story....they will likely have never experienced what you will be able to offer them.

How will becoming an Intentional Creativity Coach benefit me and my clients? We hope to give you more access to your own information so you can better understand what is being shared by your client beloved. We hope for you to be intuitively empowered to source the tools you need in the moment and that your client will have the resources to respond from their deepest knowing. Our desire is AHA! Illumination! Insight, inspiration, and imagination.

What is the role of ‘embodied imagination’ in this? Imagination is faculty we ‘turn on,’ coupled with actions we take in our physical body through creating form (by drawing, writing, painting, and movement) We work with the awesome neuroplasticity of the brain to repurpose pathways previously in service to the past, to create future-forward visions and activate design thinking.

Will this work with the modalities I already use? You can apply creativity to any medium you are already working with. Any time your work involves talking and holding space, you can use Intentional Creativity.

Will this help with my business? Yes, because Intentional Creativity and making knowledge visual can be directly correlated to business and marketing. More and more people are looking for people with visual skills. This isn’t a business training specifically, and is ideal for those already working with a client base - or who are ready to! We will have an entire module on how to integrate this into your offerings and or create a custom offering with this material. It can be combined with your existing modality or exist on its own.

Questions about the Frameworks Process

Why are visuals so important to this process? We know that we are visual creatures as humans. Our eyes, as well as our heart, and our field, work with vision and energy. We process information based on what we see in front of us, and what we know about what we are seeing. The Social Science Research Network says that 65% of us are visual learners.

How does a pen and paper add to the experience? As children, crayons/pen and paper are one of our first sets of tools given to us to create. We were able to take something from inside and bring it out of us onto the paper. We usually loved this and were excited to share what we made and felt the pride of an adult. Imagine getting your crayons back...  

What if I can’t draw or my handwriting is messy? Drawing pictures is one of the most natural things. It has nothing to do with talent. Messy works fine. This isn’t about drawing or writing well, but about using the tools to get your ideas conscious. Over time, your skill improves enough that someone else may be able to read your writing on the wall! 

Will you teach basic drawing and lettering? We will teach basic line making, shape-making, and hand lettering, but from an intuitive perspective at first. If you wish to develop further, that is also included in the training. If you feel called, don’t let your fear of what your stuff will look like keep you away! You have been waiting too long to be reunited with your crayons.

How will I be working together with other students? We will be meeting weekly on Zoom for virtual live teachings and Mastermind Circles rich with practice in creativity, collaboration, and co-creation. Our meetings will be very experiential, working with drawing, writing, and inquiry. The dynamic of the group mind will catalyze our collective awakening and progress!  

We plan to have these weekly Zoom meetings on Thursdays with alternating timezones to ensure you can attend at least some of the calls LIVE and they are all recorded.

Questions about Intentional Creativity®

What is Intentional Creativity? Intentional Creativity means to create with mindfulness. Whatever you ‘make,’ you bring your awareness to it. It is very simple, but can also be missed in our day-to-day lives. The awakening is achieved through the practice of the Intentional Creativity Method.

What is meant by 'content?' Each person has their own information and when that information is shaped it can become content. Your own messages, teachings, and ways of working are your content. Often the intent of Intentional Creativity is to give you access to your content and articulate it. We don't always know what we know; working visually and creatively changes how we know what we know.  

Why is it a technology? Intentional Creativity® has been in practice in this form for over twenty-five years. It is duplicatable, efficient, and uses specific tools to accomplish a desired result. We have specialized processes and vocabulary that we consistently use to educate others about our technology.

Consciousness and Cosmic Goals

What is the inspiration? We believe consciousness can be achieved through the use of focused Intentional Creativity. Yet for something to be useful consistently, over long periods of time, it has to be duplicatable and efficient. This training aims for both so that our graduates can pass on their insights.  

Why this training, and how can it help me? The intention of the training is to awaken consciousness in you, our membership. We then hope that you will awaken those you work with through your chosen modality and that it goes out from there...that those you serve will also awaken others with what they have discovered in their work with you through coaching. Pass it on....

Why is this the intention? Our why is two-fold: we feel that the world is calling us to awaken so we can co-create the future. Many of us have concerns about how this earth story is going, and at the same time, we are excited about our part in the great unfolding. We want to create the future with conscious, caring, creative community.  

Is consciousness the goal of the course? The path to consciousness will be forged through our processes and practices of making knowledge visual. Consciousness is the voyage itself, and making knowledge visual is the mode of transport. Along the way, we want to have a really good time! 

Why does this matter? When we are asleep we don’t know who we are, and what our message is. And often, true joy and pleasure remain hidden! To become conscious and self-aware to whatever level our soul is ready for can lead to a lot more presence, clarity, and celebration. Further, our world ‘systems’ may seem at times to be run by people we do not think are all that awake...but that is a personal view.  

How does creativity help us achieve consciousness? When you really dive into creativity, and especially with metacognition, you can enter a flow state. Losing track of time and space and really enjoying where you are, is a state change. This change opens us in powerful and surprising ways.  

What if I am already conscious? Then you are our ideal member! Chances are you haven't experienced consciousness like this and in this way, where you are intuitively drawing down information in the moment onto paper or canvas...receiving insight as you go. This is a different experience than most of us have ever had. Of course, if you have been studying Intentional Creativity, then you already know what we are talking about, and how infinite it is. It allows ever-expanding, ever amplifying access.  

Why is meant by "motherboard"? Drawn from the world of technology, a motherboard is "the printed circuit board containing the principal components of a computer or other device, with connectors into which other circuit boards can be slotted." It holds the core components; the brains and heart; of a computer.  

For our purposes, the metaphor refers to your systems of belief, energies, ideas, signatures, and archetypes; basically, the core components that make up how the Self operates. By getting this 'conscious' we can move out of the default settings and work with it.  

How do I ask a question that isn't answered here? Sarah Mardell is your contact for most questions: sarah@musea.org - whether logistical, about tuition, the application or curriculum.  

If your question is personal and you wish to connect with Shiloh Sophia directly, you can email her at shilohsophia@musea.org.