​Are you a good fit for coaching with Val Gilman?
​If you are curious about whether coaching would be useful to you or if I might be the right coach for you, this set of questions might help.
Are you a good candidate for coaching generally? 

  • Do you have the sense that you are not living up to your full potential as an artist or creative, or that you are capable of more than you have been doing to date?
  • Do you feel that you could use help clarifying and sticking to your goals and realistic next steps?
  • Does the idea of sharing your hopes and dreams with someone who is listening deeply, asking questions and helping you clarify your path and believing in you sound lovely and rich?
  • Do you believe (or want to believe) that you have something of value to offer the world (even if it is not clear at the moment) and real desire to see it come to fruition?
  • Are you prepared to spend time, effort and money to clarify and move toward your goals?
  • Are you not currently struggling with addiction, depression, or mental health issues?
  • Are you are ready to make serious forward movement?
  • Do you have the fear that, despite what other people say, or your level of education and experience, either you may not be a "real" artist, or your art may not be all that good?


Are you a good candidate for coaching with Val Gilman? 
  • Do you tend to be fairly self-reflective and find fascination in discovering things about yourself and others?
  • Do you enjoy trying new things, experimenting with new ways of thinking, trying on different perspectives?
  • Are you a bit of a day dreamer with lots of creative ideas to the point where sometimes you can get overwhelmed with too many directions or begin to feel like you are a failure because none of them get fully realized?
  • Do you find yourself overwhelmed or depleted by all that is going on in the news and want to be on the side of healing in a way that is true to who you really are (even if what that means specifically is not clear at the moment)?
  • Have there been times in your life when you have had a creative practice such as visual art, music, writing, performing, and found it to be deeply rewarding and soul nourishing?
  • Do you sometimes have difficulty pursing your art (in the broadest sense) or investing in it fully because it seems selfish in the face of all the other needs of the culture, planet, family, community?
  • Do you have a respect for the spiritual, but need it to be balanced by the practical?
  • Do you sometimes struggle with self-doubt, procrastination, internal roller-coasters, or overwhelm?
  • Do you believe in the value of exploring the creative unconscious, and are you curious about what you might find there?​
If you answered yes to many or most of these questions and you are feeling inspired to have a conversation, I would welcome the opportunity to talk! I offer a free initial conversation. It lasts from 45 minutes to an hour, and is a great way for us to connect, have a great conversation and see whether we both feel that we could be a good fit to work together. Most people find that it is both enjoyable and also deeply helpful in itself.

If, after we talk, we are both feeling a fit, I will ask if you want to talk about what it could look like to work together. There is absolutely no obligation.