PIT STOP
Motorsports: a stop at a pit for servicing and refuelling, especially during a race.
informal: a brief rest, especially during a journey
WHY?
A 1:1 Session and Flower Essence Blend for
artists navigating modern professional industry.
Making creative work requires your sensitivity.
But sensitivity can be a double edged sword when you take your creative work to market.
It can get bruised when you interact with the industry at large.
Your creativity is natural but the practises of the industry are manmade.
The tension between the two can impact your momentum, your feeling state, your confidence.
You don’t do your creative work solely for yourself.
You do it for the satisfaction of sharing it with an an audience.
You do it to get paid.
You like success and you like your sensitivity.
Pit Stop is a combination of a powerful 1:1 session and Personal Blend.
The call is an opportunity to pause, assess, recalibrate
and then get back on the road - with a blend to support your future laps.
PIT STOP
WHAT
Pit Stop is a versatile coaching conversation.
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This call is great for anyone working on a chunky creative project - especially those with a deadline of some kind.
Book proposals, post-production on a film, developing a one woman show - have all been through the Pit Stop.
(But truthfully, our perspective here is that almost everything is a creative project; parenting, getting your taxes done, decluttering your inboxes, it’s all transformation of some kind.)
This call adjusts according to you and your circumstances, because when you’re working in and alongside the creative industries, usually both practical and emotional support is required.
LET’S RUN SOME DIAGNOSTICS 🔦
Sometimes the root of creative burnout is a long-established emotional tension.
Sometimes major success arrives hand-in-hand with unforeseen personal challenges.
Sometimes finishing a project, even if everything went to plan, triggers grief.
Me? I’m curious, enthusiastic and I like to be thorough.
When I talk things through, I do my best to get to the root of the problem.
This means when I put all my focus on you it can be pretty potent.
By contrast, the flower essences are subtle, profound and gentle.
Together we are a great combination. 🤝
You? You are a self aware human who is taking your creative work to a marketplace.
Some weeks, months, years are easier than others.
You care about your process and you care about the outcome of your process.
How you feel as you create and how your creation fares in the wider world, both matter.
It is a paradox. 🙃
“Portia has an in depth knowledge of both flower essences and the nature of a career in the arts, and the combination is transformative! I was blown away by Portia's accurate insights into my current situation, and her ability to tease out areas where I was feeling stuck. She gave heartfelt guidance into moving forward, was supportive and warm in the session, and it felt like the flower essences followed through with even more support. I'd recommend a session and essences from Portia in a heartbeat - she's so special!”
Liz G - London
WHO AM I
Portia
She/her
Filmmaker & Visual Artist
Advanced Flower Essence Practitioner
Fully Insured
Trauma Informed
b 1984
grew up between the UK and the US
in London since 1996
very good at watching movies
very average at roller-skating
Cancer Sun/ Aries Moon/ Virgo Rising
4/6 Sacral Generator
I’ve worked in Film across multiple departments for 15 years. I’ve made my own work on micro budgets and crewed on a £200mill feature. I’ve also produced Visual Art, worked in Commercial Casting - been Freelance my whole professional life.
Pit Stop is the call that I wish had been available to me.
A coaching session that recognises the importance of meeting the deadline,
while still caring about the emotional shape you’re in when you meet it.
I know from experience; if you prioritise output over everything, you burnout.
If you never leave your comfort zone, you make ‘safe’ work.
For me, honouring both these truths has been possible since I started working with Flower Essences.
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Flower Essences are a vibrational remedy. You work with them to rebalance emotional issues.
This could be anything from deep seated shame to establishing more resilience.
When you work with Flower Essences, you are, to some degree, embracing the mystery.
They are Yin Energy. The Blackness. That which cannot be measured.
They are an opportunity to let Nature be your guide.
The intelligence of these frequencies is supreme.
It is my joy and privilege to offer them to anyone who is interested 🤠
Based on the ground we cover on the call,
a Personal Blend will be mixed for you.
It will include 6-8 Flower Essences, chosen to fuel your onward movement.
Your blend comes as a 30ml bottle which lasts 6 - 8 weeks.
Portia is trained across 4 extensive and well established ranges;
Bach, Bush, FFE/Nature Spirits & Saskia’s Flower Essences.
All of these become available to you at the Pit Stop.
Flower Essences are made with alcohol as a stabiliser/base.
They are safe to take alongside medication.
Blends can be mixed with vinegar or vegetable glycerine as an alternative base.
A trace of alcohol will still be present.
At the Pit Stop
nothing is too unusual
to be expressed.
Look at the flowers,
a lot of them are strange, strange, strange -
and they blossom without apology.
Passion Flower
“I’ve had several consultations and bespoke blends from Portia for burnout. She holds space beautifully and fully meets you wherever you’re at. Portia has a broad range of wisdom and knowledge sources to draw on which inform a rich dialogue. Over a series of months my burnout has lifted, in part through a deep support by the flowers, which have allowed me to tune into a different way of being.”
Clare C, - London
You will be asked to fill out a form designed to gather
specific information for the call, via the link here
FAQ’S
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The call is 60 minutes. Sometimes we go over by 5 - 10 minutes.
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Yes, a form to collect relevant information has been designed specifically for the Pit Stop Call, to direct the focus of the session with care.
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Once you press ‘Select & Continue’ on a timeslot in the booking calendar the form will appear (i.e. before checkout)
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Yes! The fee is slightly higher for international clients to accommodate for postage costs. (Brexit did us no favours)
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No. It’s an actual phone call. Just voices.
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Also, no. I find this focuses the call and encourages both of us to show up in full presence. Some clients like to be prepared with a note taking device.
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Absolutely. Some of our clients like to work with their blend for an extended period of time. A bottle of a repeat blend costs £22 plus postage
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Sure! We can make big leaps without the essences. There will be a discount on rate if you don’t require a blend.
We keep the booking form process as simple as possible, so if this is you please email directly at newwooindustries@gmail.com stating your timezone and best available time slots. -
We will do our best to meet your availability, please email newwooindustries@gmail.com telling us when you would like a session
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48 hrs+ if you change your mind about Pit Stop, or are unable to attend the call, you will receive a full refund.
Less notice than 48hrs will incur a 50% cancellation/reschedule fee.
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.”
WHEN IT’S YOU AND THE BLEND
Consistency is the key.
It only takes a moment to take your drops.
Not all moments are equal.
Some people keep them by their toothbrush.
Some people keep them in their handbag.
The main thing is,
trust the essences,
while they remind how to trust yourself.