How can I stop living hand-to-mouth as a musician? The ‘struggling artist’ is a well-known cliche´ and like most cliche´s and generalisations, there’s some truth in them. If you’re a musician or artist that is still waiting to be discovered or haven’t yet achieved...

Sounds good right?! Yes, it does and yes it is! When you are planning your budget and you have got your spending under control (see other blogs on budgeting) – it is essential that you allocate some money for fun. What constitutes fun?  This is money that...

Pressing Pause on your day is essential for your mental health and your sanity. Whether you call it ‘mindfulness’, meditation or just stopping and breathing – there are huge benefits.  Being in the ‘now’ moment is rare in today’s society. We are generally...

Ever wondered what coaching would be like? Watch this Artist Spotlight with Martin Wardley, one of my former coaching clients who shares his experience, what he got out of working with me and what he’s doing now. This is a transcript of the video on YouTube...

Good morning. This is Jacq from Authentic Artists and Aurate Limited. I want to check in on you. How are you? Hope you’re doing well. There’s two things I want to talk about today. Firstly, is. We’ve been getting hints now during lockdown that we’re planning what the...

Hi, Jacq again from Authentic Artists. Have you ever said this: look I’m just a free spirit? I don’t need to involve myself, dirty myself with any of that money stuff. Yeah, I don’t care about money. I think it’s just tacky. A lot of those things I hear people say are...