Barbara Bowen

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Insightful, compact guides to help empower your Creative Process.

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Hear interviews with creative leaders on the cutting edge of global change.

 
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What are Clients Saying?

"This Artist Coach enabled me to break through static in my career and put together a weighty, focused book proposal that sold."
--Donnell, Journalist

"I was stuck. Barbara's coaching helped me to relax my intellect and will, and to listen to my artist intuition, heart and body. A significant shift occurred and I am now unstuck, pure and simple. My photo documentary is back on track."
--Jennifer, Photographer.

"Barbara's tools and enthusiasm led me to clarify the genre, theme, and character development of a fictional story I had begun. Our creative interplay also cast new and exciting light on my plot. I'm gaining momentum and it feels great."
--Laura, Writer.

"In her role as Artist Career Coach, Barbara understands the relationship between stress and creative output and is terrific in finding ways to manage it."
--Jim, Architect.

"My career places high demands on my creativity. For years, moving from resistance to breakthrough on my projects has been fraught with anxiety. Barbara helped me to fashion tools powerful enough to dissolve inner core obstacles, and to allow the mirror reflection of others' belief in me to really penetrate. The tools are solid, and with repeated use, my anxiety eases, while I'm able to internalize what others see as my brilliance."
--Sheryl, Senior Editor for Feature Film Trailers.

"Barbara, your artist coaching has been such a gift to me and my nonfiction book. Thanks for your invaluable help with editing and structural concerns."
--Teresa, Author.

"Gateways Artist Coaching shook me out of believing I was stuck. It gave me clarity and a framework for deciding on a career. New strategies helped me off an old path and I've started a new career that I love."
--Smith, Letter Press Designer.

"Barbara's gentle style and Gateways Artist Career coaching tools helped me to clarify behaviors that were stalling my music career. Now I'm getting hired for paid performances, and I feel like the artist I was meant to be."
--Chandra, Singer.

"Gateways Artist Career Coaching tools have helped me to be more accepting and patient with myself in novel writing. The fear once paralyzing me as an artist is now only a twitch that I cope with easily."
--Heather, Journalist.

"Gateways Artist Career Coaching helped me to rescue my genius from confusion, to clarify my values and avoid the pitfalls of my business. I feel newly empowered to stay on track toward the goals that are in alignment with who I am."
--Yasmin, Actor.

"The Gateways Artist Career Coaching method helped me to return to my creative core. I am creating from an inner source that feels like an inexhaustible well, and the work is flowing organically and effortlessly. I found myself as an artist, and my true career is emerging."
--Seth, Artist.

"The Gateways process inspired my confidence and taught me effective strategies for developing my portfolio and discovering new clientele. I am experiencing a higher level of success in my field."
--Erin, Makeup Artist.

"Gateways Artist Career Coaching tools helped me remove layers of self-consciousness concerning my career and the issues surrounding it. I have been able to distill the essence of my creative forces and find new momentum in my jewelery design career."
--Christine, Jewelry Designer.

"Gateways Artist Career Coaching helped me to move beyond life's distractions and visualize a future that would express my talents fully. Barbara urged me to take sensible risks that empowered me to launch my own style career. I now actually get paid to do what excites me!"
--Bridgette, Style Consultant



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