This is not coaching.
This is not business strategy.
This is for you if:
You already have a business, creative practice, or meaningful work.
You want clarity that feels calm, grounded, and true.
You’re working on something important and want a fresh, honest perspective.
You don’t want motivation — you want direction.
You want someone to think with you, not like you.
You want clarity that helps you make decisions quickly and confidently.
You’re ready for your next step.
This is not for you if:
You want someone who thinks the way you do.
You want generic coaching.
You are looking for hype or motivation.
You don’t want to make decisions.
You want to keep circling instead of moving.
Why It Works
Clarity is a practice.
Confidence grows through practice.
Decisiveness grows through practice.
A woman becomes the creator of her life through the decisions she chooses to make.
This session helps you practice be the woman who:
Builds trust in herself through small, honest decisions
Uses cleaner language around what she’s creating
Respects her work and recognises the ripple effects it has
Sometimes one thoughtful conversation and one clear step forward is all you need.
It starts here.
Who is this?
ABOUT Melinda.
My Story
I’m Melinda—photographer, mentor, creator, and writer. A woman who has lived many seasons and held many roles, and who now brings all of that into the work I do with women.
I’ve written a book about the rawness and beauty of motherhood—Remember: Words for the Beautiful Mess That Is Motherhood. I created Vital, a portrait book honouring women over 40 and the depth in their stories, and lives. I hosted Conversations From the Gap, a podcast exploring what it means to be a woman standing between who she’s been and who she is becoming.
I’ve worked in roles, where I learned the truth of human emotion—grief, urgency, courage, overwhelm, and the quiet moments that change everything. Those years taught me to stay steady, to listen beneath the noise, and to meet people exactly where they are.
Every part of my life has shaped this work.
My Experience
My professional history doesn’t fit neatly into titles—it lives in outcomes.
I’ve built new roles from the ground up and created the systems, manuals, and frameworks that helped entire teams function with more clarity and confidence.
I’ve written strategies, plans, and procedures that bring order to complexity—documents that mattered in real moments, under real pressure.
I work in a professional position, where decisions have weight, communication must be clean, and calm thinking isn’t a luxury—it’s a responsibility. I see the whole picture, hold risk and impact in mind, and stay grounded when things move fast.
Alongside this, I’ve photographed hundreds of women. Mothers, creatives, business owners, women trying to remember who they are. Photography taught me to truly see, be in the moment to notice what is real, what is shifting, and what is waiting beneath the surface.
I’ve mentored women through business pivots, creative projects, and the messy spaces where clarity feels far away.
Everything I create—every session, review, or portrait—comes from lived experience, not theory.
Why I Do This Work
Because I know what it feels like to stand in the gap between chapters.
To sense a new direction but not have the momentum yet.
To have ideas that feel heavy or tangled.
To crave movement but feel unsure where to place the first step.
Women carry—responsibility, emotion, intuition, creativity, ambition, wisdom.(the list goes on)
We are rarely offered a space where our ideas, our seasons, and our vulnerabilities can be held with calm, grounded attention.
I do this work because I believe women deserve a space where their thinking can settle, their vision can take shape, and they can be the woman who chooses, decides, and moves. Because everything a woman does creates a ripple effect for us all.
This is my life’s work because it has been my own journey.
How I Work
I work with curiosity and the big picture in mind.
I stay calm and clear, even when you feel tangled.
I ask questions that bring you back to what is true for you.
I focus on the whole picture, and the details, at the same time.
I will always tell you the truth with kindness.
No fluff, no noise, no complicated formulas.
We will have conversation with curiosity, questions that reveal and brainstorming that opens up creativity, practical direction, and collaborative space for you to explore all that you bought to the session.
What We Do Together
1. We empty everything out
Your ideas, offers, creative concepts, questions, hesitations, and half-formed plans — so you can see the full picture instead of carrying it in your head.
2. We identify what truly matters
We sort through the noise to find the priority:
the project that’s ready, the offer that makes sense, the idea with energy, or the decision that is asking to be made now.
3. We shape what is emerging
We give structure, thought, language, and direction to the idea, project, offer, or path that feels most aligned — so you know what you’re actually building next.
4. We make the real decisions
The decisions you’ve been circling:
Which idea to pursue.
What to pause.
What to simplify.
What to release.
What step is truly yours — not what you “should” do.
5. We define the next step
A simple, clear action related to your business, your project, or your creative work — the one move that will create momentum and give you immediate relief.
6. You receive a plan
A plan that outlines what we uncovered, what you chose, and what you’re moving toward — something you can return to when things feel scattered. Personalised next steps checklist, a summary of key decisions made, idea, frameworks, offers created in the session
About this work?
This work is for women who are already creating, building, and making decisions — women who don’t need hype or motivation, but a clear direction that feels true.
You want a space to think differently, see things more cleanly, and hear the truth that’s already in you.
In these sessions, we clear the noise, look honestly at what’s in front of you, and move toward the next step that feels right.