You need a personalized strategic plan.

You need tailored processes that reinforce your commitment.

You need the attention and support of someone who knows exactly what you’re going through and who cares that this work gets finished.

That's exactly what I can do for you.

Hi there. I’m Jessica.

Living a life as a serious, committed creative, shipping work on the regular without blowing up every other thing in your life is a delicate dance.

I know because I’ve taught hundreds of undergrads in art school for 25+ years. I’ve coached almost 1000 mid-career creatives to help them create comics, podcasts, novels, academic publications, blogs, courses, films, businesses…

…and more importantly, to own their identities as the makers and doers of all those things.

And I’m a creative myself: a cartoonist and illustrator, author of a dozen books, creator of three online courses, several coaching programs, and two podcasts. I’m the survivor of many a creative block and disastrous project.

I’m also married, I have two kids. I’ve moved my family abroad and lived in Mexico and France for a combined 6 years, and yes, I speak French and Spanish (badly). I have a house. I have a rather demanding garden that I probably talk about too much.

That’s a cool list, and I’m proud of it.

But what makes me most proud is not a fat resume, it’s that I’ve made creative work the center of my professional life for more than 30 years while raising kids, staying married, and getting enough sleep.

The work feeds me, both literally and metaphorically.

And that’s what I want for you.

HEAR FROM PEOPLE WHO GOT IT DONE

Q: What do all of these issues have in common?

• You need to get real about your creative business and put in the structure and foundation that will support your growth, but all the advice you see is totally out of alignment with your creative work (and the demands of your life!)
• You used to see some kind of correlation between effort and success, but now you’ve been stuck in one spot forever and you need to pull off something big to level up
• You’ve got a million possibilities swimming around in your head and you can’t figure out what to focus on or how to quit second-guessing yourself, so instead you try to do everything and finish nothing
• You’ve got a product you want to launch but it’s got so many moving parts, you’re stuck at 80% (or 20%!)
• You can spend hours every week thinking about your dream project, yet when it comes time to do the work, you’re suddenly way too busy
• You’ve been working professionally in your field for years and are amazing at what you do…but the money and the time crunch just get worse

A: They don't have to hold you back.

REAL PEOPLE, REAL RESULTS

Finish Line Coaching may be perfect for you if:

• You’re an early-to-mid-stage creative business owner who’s constantly working nights and weekends but still not getting to the game-changing (and profit-making!) projects you know need to happen
• You’re an innovator with big ideas for a business that you need to get off the ground
• You have a side-hustle you want to turn into your real job
• You have a big, juicy creative project—a book, a podcast, a film, a graphic novel—that’s withering in the corner because you can’t seem to make time for it
• You have several, or dozens, of creative projects you’re trying to juggle and you just can’t settle on one for long enough to see it through
• You’ve got complex, overlapping commitments and constraints that require a custom approach to building a sustainable creative life
• Your creative brain has a non-standard neurology and standard approaches to getting things done just don’t work for you
• You want to solve your issues by strategically choosing the right focus and building a strong foundation, not by layering on tactics and hacks
• You want to figure out how to close your income gap by working less for more money, instead of making and doing more all the time

This might not be a great fit if:

• You are just getting started and don’t necessarily identify as creative. 
• You’d prefer to use templates or simple tactics to finish your projects, and generally find that you can get good results with standard systems if you put your mind to it. 
• You want to start a creative business but you have no idea what it would be
• You’re extremely overwhelmed, but there’s nothing on your list of current commitments that you’d be willing to reconsider
• You’d rather put out fires than address fundamentals and build a strong foundation
• You’re not able to commit to finding (with my help!) at least 2-3 hours a week of time for your creative work

HEAR FROM PEOPLE WHO GOT IT DONE

Give your work the attention it deserves, and build your future.

Doing is transformational.

When you are consistently finishing your work…

You walk through your life knowing in your core:

You are the Person who Does the Thing.
No one can take that from you.

And from that core identity shift spring all kinds of positive changes.

You can offer yourself compassion, instead of blame, when you whiff a self-imposed deadline, and just keep consistently working towards the finish line.

You can create and defend healthy boundaries with the people in your life so your priorities don’t get steamrolled.

You can put work out into the world without anguishing over every detail. You don't quit or give up because you’re afraid the final product won’t meet some abstract standard.

You can make clear-minded decisions rooted in knowledge of what matters most to you so you don’t feel you have to justify yourself to anyone or second-guess yourself.

You can feel a sense of autonomy and agency, free to experiment, pivot, implement on the fly, and feel a deep, abiding connection to the work in the moment.

You can grow to trust your instincts, trust your creative community, and most importantly, to trust and believe in yourself.

This is the new reality I want for you.

And we can create that reality, together.