Sara Sibai

Poet

Stephanie provides a beautiful balance of accountability and compassion, and it always tips towards the scale I need the most in every session. So many unexpected things happened in my life during our three months together and I know if I didn't have her there holding me compassionately while encouraging me to keep going, I'd have abandoned my goals very early on. Instead I managed to write more poems in our time together than I ever have in a timeframe like that, and performed them at an event with her there cheering me on.

I now know what I'm capable of in my creative writing, come rain or shine. But I also know how invaluable and essential it is to not have to do it alone. For me, writing has often been very solitary and an act of sheer willpower. But to have someone to lean on, someone who is following up with me and checking in on me, reading my work and giving me solid feedback, I felt like I could focus on my writing journey and not have to be my own coach at the same time. It's fascinating the resistance that shows up when you sit to create. Stephanie helped me talk through it and develop strategies to speak compassionately to my doubts and regain my power. I'm so grateful I met Stephanie and that I took the bold decision to invest in my creativity with her.