Hello!
🧑🏻🎨 I'm Georgie. First and foremost, I’m an artist! But I’m also a passionate, creative wellbeing advocate and an occasional productivity coach who believes that creativity isn't just a luxury; it's essential nourishment for the soul.
My journey to Be More, Do Less began after experiencing redundancy, which became an unexpected catalyst for finally reimagining my relationship with work, creativity, and wellbeing. I gave myself the permission to be slow and intentional rather than rushed and anxious and never feeling like I was enough - doing enough, being enough, or achieving enough. It was exhausting!
Creativity Meets Slow Productivity
As a pen and ink and collage artist, creative practice has always been a source of solace and meaning for me. My experience as a productivity coach, NHS-trained mindfulness teacher, and deep work facilitator, led me to question traditional productivity metrics. The constant push for efficiency often felt at odds with real fulfilment and my experience of what is possible when we take time for our creativity and ourselves.
Through my own personal and mental health journey, I experienced firsthand the profound wellbeing benefits of creativity, something I later found echoed in the clients I coached as well as the emerging research on neuroaesthetics and creative wellbeing - now a personal passion! This intersection of art, mindfulness, and slow, intentional productivity is where my work now lives.
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My Approach
I love to blend my personal experience and art practice with evidence-based practices from three key areas:
Creative Wellbeing Research: I draw from studies showing how creative activities reduce stress hormones, activate reward pathways in the brain, and provide meaningful mental restoration - even in brief sessions.
Neuroaesthetics: This fascinating field explores how our brains respond to creative experiences, revealing that even simple creative acts can trigger neurological benefits comparable to meditation.
Slow Productivity: After years as a productivity coach and deep work facilitator, I've developed frameworks that challenge conventional productivity wisdom, focusing instead on meaningful output rather than endless busyness.
A disclaimer : Along the way, I’ve developed a keen interest in neuroaesthetics and creative wellbeing research. While I’m not an expert in the science, or an art therapist, the more I learn, the more I see how these ideas can transform how we work, create, and live.
My Philosophy
At the heart of my work is a simple yet revolutionary idea: by doing less, we create space to be more: more present, more creative, more fulfilled. This isn't about abandoning productivity altogether; it's about redefining it on human terms rather than algorithmic ones.
I believe that:
Creative practice is a birthright, not a luxury
Small creative acts have profound wellbeing benefits
Rest and reflection are essential components of productivity, not obstacles to it
Gentle rebellion against hustle culture is both necessary and possible
My Experience
Beyond my artistic practice, I've facilitated workshops on creative wellbeing and mindful productivity for organisations seeking to support their teams' mental health. Where I created supportive environments for focused work and creative practice.
My background spans both the creative and corporate worlds, giving me a unique perspective on how to bridge these seemingly disparate realms. This blend of experiences informs my holistic approach to creative wellbeing and slow, intentional productivity.
Join Me
Whether you're feeling overwhelmed by endless demands, seeking to reconnect with your creative spark, or simply curious about a more intentional creative approach to life, I invite you to join me on this journey.
Let's break free from busyness together
Why I Make Art
Six days before Christmas in 2024, I was made redundant from my job at a start-up. Another life change I had to quickly adapt to. But this time, I made the decision I wasn’t going to play to someone else’s tune anymore.
You see, creativity has always been my sanctuary, a way to process life’s ups and downs and stay connected to myself. From childhood through the pressures of my twenties, art was my constant companion. When I became a mum and life became both physically and mentally chaotic, drawing became my way to carve out moments of calm. Now, as I navigate the physical, mental and spiritual transitions of midlife, creativity remains my anchor.
In 2018, after a particularly tough period of burnout. I’d worked as a stop-motion animator and Instagram content creator, but the relentless digital grind left me craving something more tangible. I needed to create with my hands, to slow down, and to savour the process rather than chase the next post or project.
I decided to quit everything.
I retrained as a digital wellbeing coach, mindfulness teacher, and I taught myself to draw in pen and ink, rediscovering the joy in each delicate line and intricate dot. I now integrate mindfulness into my creative process, emphasising the therapeutic benefits of making art.
Through my work, I invite you to slow down, appreciate the small things, and find peace in nature’s delicate details.
Yes, you are an artist, too
I truly believe that creativity is a universal gift available to everyone, whether or not we call ourselves artists. Simple art practices can be a powerful way to step back from the noise of modern life and recharge, not just our devices but ourselves.
Stay creative 💕
