You’re in motion, right now.
Life is happening, with you, sometimes at you, all the time.
Do you have your destination in mind?
Do you end up in places that you didn’t intend to go?
Are you going somewhere you’ve never been before?
CO-PILOT
Wherever you’re going, get there with confidence and clarity.
Exit patterns, course correct in real time and reach new goals with a coach who knows how to map the complex, so that you can locate your simplicity.
A 3 month coaching package + full flower essence supply.
Sometimes the horizon is hidden.
You push onwards, wishing it was less of a push.
You don’t mind making the effort.
As long as the effort compounds.
But it’s hard to find feedback that comes with any neutrality.
You don’t want another course.
You don’t need to learn how someone else did it.
You don’t have time to listen to loads of stuff that’s not relevant.
When we reach for creative excellence there’s usually complexity involved. You’re doing something BIG but your ambition doesn’t exist in a vacuum, life is still expanding in all directions at all times.
We’re bored of the ‘sacrifice it all for the vision.’ We know this is dramatic, immature and usually an oversimplification. But it still has traction because, if you don’t ignore most of your life to get your manuscript / screenplay / kitchen renovation done, how do you do it?
You could hire a co-pilot who knows how to navigate. This means, someone in your corner, listening carefully, holding you accountable if required, helping you to build the system that’s suited for you and teaching you new ways to think about what’s actually going on.
She also comes with a big bag of flower essences. Why? Because when you upgrade your process, some of your old patterns need to die - and when old emotional glitches surface, these essences act like a broom.
Once, I was deeply involved with planning a wedding.
This was a project that involved a lot of logistics and a lot of emotions. There were multiple ‘stakeholders’ many obvious, some unofficial.
It was a big wedding, the venue was the family home, a lot of community would be attending.
Everyone needed to be heard. Everything had to be, obviously, beautiful.
Much of this could be taken care of in the planning phase.
But aside from things running smoothly, what was the goal, really?
I remember clearly, the mother of the bride, whose home and garden would host both the wedding and reception, said ‘I want to enjoy the day, I don’t want loads of people coming to ask me any questions about any logistics.’
That was in some ways the real metric. Could we create a wedding that suited the happy couple, where everyone’s opinions were properly factored in, where all the guests enjoyed themselves and where no-one bothered the hostess?
This is part of what I consider to be mapping the environment aka not resisting what is. Treating that clarity as important and caring about it meant working to anticipate the things that could become loose ends and ensuring they got tied up.
The day after the wedding, the mother of the bride said to me, eyes bright, ‘Not a single question!’
Weather the storm without it weathering you.
For years I over-revved my engine at the start line and I leaked a lot of fuel as a result.
I used to be the person who would gleefully launch herself into projects that my peers found intimidating. I think I knew I was being slightly reckless but I also thought you couldn’t get anywhere worth going without a lil risk (and I still believe this to be true.)
But I was confused and compensating on certain emotional levels. Although my ambition was real and the talent was there, underneath the hood, there was too much fear running through my adrenals and it made me rush in moments where it would have paid for me to be rigourous.
Preparation when it’s done well is the equivalent of a perfectly packed suitcase; so much more than just items in a bag.
How do you know what’s essential? When you have to chose one item over another - what do you base your decision on? When seek advice, one person says one thing and the other, something else - whom do you listen to?
This requires not only a certain kind of discipline this but also a relentless capacity to discover how much you don’t actually know - and this is tough, emotionally.
But here’s the thing, when you approach all your unknowns in this way, you start to really wind the motor. You start to put gas in your tank. The more you confront yourself in the face of the unknowns and make informed decisions, the more responsibility you take and to extend the metaphor, the more horsepower your engine can run.
Of course, this is rarely happening in a vacuum. The rest of your life continues, unceasingly, hour by hour, day by day. Sometimes you can take a clear run at the work, other times it’s happening amid what feels like chaos. Under that pressure, having someone check for blind spots is invaluable.
ALT
Rushing to solutions is an easy way to exhaust yourself, especially when those solutions may not actually correlate with what you really want to change. So, part of what we work on together is refining goals and (re)defining the problem.
The reason it’s so effective to do this with a dedicated coach is because, in the face of complexity, we often seek to avoid overwhelm by defaulting into false binaries and i-can-live-with-it outcomes.
Having a structured space where you can examine both the logistical factors and the emotional aspects of everything that’s going on, is how you find the sophisticated definitions, locate new responses and arrive at new levels.
THE RESULT
Realise your ambitions while making space in your life.
Really release the things you choose to release.
Meet your goals ‘good-tired’ from the effort, but not drained.
You have a creative career or complex project that you’re currently navigating.
Could be you’re making an exhibition, maybe you’re selling a house, quite possibly you’re doing this while also raising children (aka one of the greatest creative acts.)
Either way, you’re spinning plates. Sometimes all is well, sometimes there are a lot of breakages.
YOU
ME
I’ve made feature films. I’ve created and hung art shows. I’ve been turned upside down by grief and I’ve recovered from profound creative burnout.
I’ve hired terrible coaches and I’ve hired great ones.
Flower essences have allowed me to totally reorganise my relationship with creation.
I think making art is a sport - not because it’s a competition, but because it requires stamina.
THE ITINERARY
We front-load this package with 2 x 90 mins foundational ‘mapping calls’.
One focuses on you, the other on your work.
We aim to book these in close together and as soon as we take off.
These calls aren’t necessarily drilling deep but they’re bringing us up to speed. Where you’ve been is part of your landscape. It’s the context for where you’re going. In practise this means, I’ll ask you a lot of questions, listen carefully and mix up a custom flower essence blend, usually to help ‘clear out’ any aspects of the past that are potentially slowing your roll.
After that the rhythm is 45 minute calls, every other week.
There are talking calls and working calls - you tell me what would be more useful.
Talking calls: we talk. Usually we’re covering emotional territory but nothing is off the table.
Working calls: we either address a task or look in detail at one piece of a project you’re working on.
Telegram support is provided between calls.
Bespoke blends are woven through, they’ll be sent to you as often as is required.
Investment:
3k + a handshake*
HOW IT WORKS
Fill out the application form ➜
We reply within 48 hours.
From there you have a 7 day window to secure your spot.
REACH FOR EXCELLENCE, AS YOU DEFINE IT.
* what’s the handshake?
This is a combination of informal revenue share and a move on our part to establish trust.
We know that there are no certainties, either with creative work or coaching.
3k is the fee - you can pay in full or make a payment of 1k each month. You do not owe more than this.
But, if during our time working together, or in the weeks and months afterwards, you see a distinct increase in your financial flow, you can send us a big tip.
For some people, that ‘handshake’ might be a recommendation - or a testimonial.
We trust you to know what’s best. 🤝
YOUR GUIDE
Lana P, London
…These potions are a portal to communion with the wisdom of the plant realm. I’ve had the gift of working with the flower essence blends from Portia for about 6 months and they have subtly but powerfully revealed to me depths and crevices of life’s teachings which otherwise would have gone unturned. It’s not only the blend which transforms - the quality and depth of being heard imparts it’s own transformation. Portia listens to a frequency in your voice beyond even your own comprehension and translates this frequency into a complementary vibrational drink with the flower essences. She is a seer, a listener and a creator.”
