Writer Well-Being and Support
Need a sidekick to help keep you on track
with your health and wellness
while you pursue your writing goals? Let’s chat.
The writer’s life: that unique roller coaster of anticipation, stress, and relief as you perfect your project and get published.
I’m a writer, too.
I get it.
Aleisha Theisen
Mayo Clinic
certified
well-being
coach
With a background in journalism and health care, I know how easy it is to get overwhelmed and burned out when under pressure, whether it be trying to perfect your work or meet tight deadlines. Our wellness can get pushed to the background. But it doesn’t have to be that way.
Do you need to recharge your creative spirit? Reduce stress? Boost your energy? I’m here for you. I’ll be your “guide on the side” each step of the way, helping you keep your well-being in check while pursuing your writing goals.
Don’t go it alone
My writers’ well-being services will help you create a joyful vision for your road to publication. Then we’ll break down the steps to ensure your path is paved with positive self-regard, social support, and wellness practices to ground you while your creative spirit soars.
Writers’
well-being packages
Create strong wellness
and writing habits
Creativity is part of wellness, and habit forming is a coach’s jam. Together we’ll create your writing and wellness vision and set “SMART” goals to reach it. I’ll be here guiding and supporting you every step of the way.
What’s included:
Initial vision-creation session: Writing and wellness can feed into each other in positive ways. What do you want your road to publication to look and feel like? I’ll help you craft a vision that will drive you and motivate you to reach your wellness and writing goals.
SMART goal-setting session: Pave the road to your vision with bite-sized steps.
Four follow-up sessions chuck full of support, brainstorming, and accountability to help you stay focused on your wellness and keep that creative spirit burning bright.
Improve your well-being while in the query trenches/out on submission
It’s tough out there! Successful writers say persistence is key, but all that struggle and stress can take a toll on one’s health and well-being. I’ll help you stay on track with your writing goals without neglecting your self-care.
What’s included:
Vision session: What do you want your road to publication to look and feel like? I’ll help you craft a vision of this that will drive you and motivate you to reach your goals.
Power of Threes Session: You’ll identify three wellness priorities, three writing goals, three challenges, and three support systems that make up your querying and wellness journey.
Four follow-up sessions focusing on key wellness topics that I provide or that you suggest. Examples:
Nurturing the creative spirit
Stress management and social support
Fueling the brain and body with nourishing foods
Movement that refills your cup
Countdown to publication
well-being and sanity-saver
Congratulations! You have a deal! The ink is dry; now the countdown begins. Keep your eye on the finish line and make sure you also feel great when you get there.
What’s included:
Vision session: We’ll determine what you need most to keep your wellness in check as you approach publication day.
Four monthly sessions: Establish “anchor” wellness practices that will keep you feeling good and grounded:
Wellness basics: quality sleep, keeping your body strong and mobile, and fueling your brain and body for the marathon that is publishing.
Mantras, mindfulness, and mindsets
Big-picture thinking
Identifying your wellness angels (friends, family, agent, etc.,) and internal strengths that are going to help you cross the finish line.
Two biweekly sessions leading up to publication. Topics will include anything listed above or new needs that come up as the big day approaches.
Daily text messages of support and encouragement during publication week. I’ll also help you prioritize the three key wellness practices you’ll use to feel amazing all week and keep that published writer’s glow going long afterward.