Nonfiction Book & Embodiment Coaching
for Coaches & Consultants, Thinkers & Creatives
Expert nonfiction book coaching for coaches and consultants who want to share their expertise through publishing.
Take your ideas from ‘impossible’ to possible.
Open up doors as you move with your unique creativity and confidence.
Reach your people. Make an impact.
And all with a sense of ease.
A little bit about you. And me.
Coaches & Consultants: You are a founder, or you are a leader within an organisation. You’ve served others over many years’ experience. Your assured sense of self, and your nonfiction book, will attract people who you love to work with, into your orbit . You write, and enjoy it, but don’t know how to write a book yet, or want to feel more comfortable in your skin while you do it. You are looking for a guide who will lead you through the entire book writing process.
As a nonfiction book writing coach, I can help.
Thinkers & Creatives: You have a day job, or you are earning from your passion and curiosity – either way, you are a bit left of centre. You’re an ideator or creator. You want to progress your process. How? By dipping into your deep well of life and work experience! You suspect that thinking and traditional learning are not the pathway to lasting change or effective decision-making. Learn how your bodily responses impact your way of showing up to work and making. and experience wellbeing and deeper creativity.
My embodiment coaching services are suited to individuals, and groups.
Jane Hardjono: That’s me above, cracking up while feeling awkward about having my photo taken, in front of a New Zealand native kawa kawa bush. The leaf that comes from this plant is my logo. It represents returning to wholeness through imperfection and integration. I am indeed based in Aotearoa New Zealand, offering in-person book and embodiment coaching in Christchurch, and virtual coaching internationally.
what shall we do together?
About 80% of all books published are nonfiction, and about 20% of authors write nonfiction. We also live in an age where we are uncovering how dissociated and traumatised we are (for example undiagnosed neurodiversity and intergenerational trauma) and many people are seeking a sense of being whole. There is so much scope for writers to get comfortable within their body-mind containers and to help them express their stories. In short, there are few brave writers writing so many of the books, which means there is room for you at this table. People are hungry for your wisdom and experience. Perhaps you want first to prepare yourself to share your expertise.
Nonfiction Book Coaching
We (I and coaches/consultants) work on your nonfiction book dream, wherever you are in the writing process and cover some or all of the following.
- Explore your writing potential
- Make a plan for your nonfiction book
- Write forward
- Develop and polish your (existing) manuscript with professional guidance
- Transform your expertise into a published nonfiction book
Make your ‘impossible’ book possible with me, by working on a structure, your practice and ideas around the process whether you are a coach, consultant, and identify as a thinker or creative.
Available 1:1 and in a group setting, in person (Christchurch/New Zealand) and online (worldwide).
Embodiment Coaching
We (I and thinkers/creatives) work on developing the creative process and explore the act of creating.
- Connect thinking and doing approaches to making
- Embody concepts from different modalities within your discipline
- Selfless writing, creating and making
- Teach your ‘old nervous system and brain new tricks’
Together we explore practical approaches to challenging decisions or questions. Teased out of the mind, you try new ways to discover how you store meaning. We might delve into whether there is even a you.
Available 1:1 and in a group setting, in person (Christchurch/New Zealand) and online (worldwide).
Not a Reader But a Talker?
Do you have an idea that is wanting to get out from you onto paper? Are there ways of expressing yourself you can’t quite release yet? Do you want to explore ways of being that are always available to you, but nobody modelled them for you? What are your burning questions that can only be answered in say, a video call? Do you see yourself working with a writing coach for consultants, or trying out embodiment coaching – coaching that incorporates the body and movement?
The things people say …
“What makes working with Jane different is her personal approach and emotional intelligence. She doesn’t shy away from connecting with her clients and striving to empathise with and understand them, their backgrounds, and their visions. Writing is a lonely business, and Jane helped make it into a conversation, an intimate relationship between writer and reader that is so difficult to come by.
“Jane shape-shifted constantly during the writing process, from creative researcher to writer to coach. Her writing is superb as is her level of dedication. She is knowledgeable about the writing process and a joy to work with. Jane simply makes projects better.”
“Writing a book is a huge undertaking, but even as an experienced writer, working with Jane is the best decision I ever made. Not only is she a pleasure to work with, but Jane also points out important things you’ll never see on your own, which will make a huge difference to the quality of your book and your experience writing it.”
“She’s technically brilliant. She elevates your language in a smooth and subtle way. She sees the overall project and helps you understand how to put it together. And ultimately she has this gift of never letting you lose sight of your motivation – something which, on the writer’s journey, is very important. Not working with Jane is your loss!”
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Location
Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Available worldwide via Zoom
Timezone NZDT: last Sun in Sept – first Sun in April