Creative Mentorship

Spiritual, emotional, & practical support for creative humans.

“Working with Sarah is like being in a literary salon with a philosopher, a psychologist, an activist, a painter, and a friend all at once.”

~Abigail N. Rosewood, Author

What’s your creative project?

  • Identity & personhood

    You’re updating your definitions, reclaiming your agency, and listening closely to what your creativity really wants to say.

  • Showing up to the page

    To write the book. Or the newsletter. Or the poem sequence. Or the graphic novel. Or the proposal. Or the personal essay. Or...

  • Healing & unlearning

    You’re tired of things getting between you and your creativity, and you want to address the blocks, release the bad advice, and heal your creative wounds.

  • Building a new framework

    You’re ready to know what your creativity looks & feels like on your own terms, and you’re seeking practices and resources that will accommodate that truth.

Hi, I’m Sarah!

I’m a lifelong writer, autistic human, and ex-social worker turned trauma-informed creative mentor.

I help people like you—neurodivergent folks, creative weirdos, purpose-driven artists, & sensitive souls—move past creative struggles and toward real possibility…

Creative struggles you might be facing

(aka what my clients and I have witnessed)

  • You struggle to maintain access to the wellspring of creativity inside you.

  • Old wounds, past discouraging experiences, and/or trauma create blocks that feel insurmountable.

  • You feel buried by the pressures of productivity, external validation, and other capitalist demands.

  • You struggle to balance your needs (spoons, pacing, etc.) with your desires and ambitions.

  • You feel you must constantly re-prove your worth, or that your creativity “doesn’t count.”

“Sarah has helped me build a sacred connection and relationship to my creativity.

Your life will change if you venture down your own journey with her support.”

~Sarah Baldwin, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner

What’s possible

(aka client milestones)

  • Your creativity plays a daily role in your sense of self and your decision-making.

  • You’re on good terms with your history, which informs—but does not dictate—your work.

  • You track your progress and goals through authentic, accommodating benchmarks.

  • You experience inspiration and momentum more consistently, and more often.

  • Your creative pursuits feel undeniably worthwhile.

Your creativity is an ecosystem.

Let’s care about the whole thing.

How we work together

I usually work with clients in 3 or 6 month containers.

During this time, we dive deep into three main areas:

  • From habits to skills to time management, we’ll identify the practices that accommodate your authentic, holistic self.

    Whether you’re working on a specific project or just dipping your toes back into your creative waters, we’ll identify clear, actionable steps to move you forward on your unique journey.

  • As a trauma-informed and strengths-based practitioner, I know firsthand—both professionally and personally—that creativity touches all of it: our wounds, our gifts, our sensitivities, and our needs.

    As such, our work together will honor and attend to the emotional realities that intersect with your creative channel, making space for the full scope of you.

  • What role, if any, do ritual & magic play in your creative practices? How do you understand—and articulate—your sense of purpose? How does your connection with the natural world inspire what shows up on the page?

    Your creative ecosystem wouldn’t be what it is without these ephemeral, harder-to-account-for aspects of who you are. Let’s make space for the enchantment, too.

1:1 Creative Mentorship

$700 / month. Payment plan options. Sliding scale rates currently available.

Each month includes

  • Two hour-long mentorship calls

  • Two standing invitations to share work with me

  • Asynchronous support via email & voice note

  • Prompts, book recs, and other invitations personalized to your journey

Let’s step forward together:

The next step is to schedule a free intro call. This “vibe check” helps us make sure working together will be the right fit at the right time:

Client testimonials

  • “Working with Sarah is like inviting Creativity to a loving family therapy session. For me, she has brought the breath of air when my embers are threatening to smolder out. She does this through careful listening, presence and insightful questions. I believe that asking the right question at the right time is an art form, and Sarah is a goddamn wizard at it.”

    ~Kat HoSoo Lee, Spiritual Business Mentor

  • “I would absolutely recommend consulting with Sarah—she is an incredible, active listener, a thoughtful mentor, and a wickedly great writer to boot!

    Sarah’s insight and perspective constantly inspire me.”

    ~Katie, writer

  • “I came to Sarah because I was creatively stuck, frustrated and blocked. I had spent a full year trying to write a book proposal for my publisher but no matter how hard I tried, I just couldn't do it. Everything felt so hard and impossible, until I met Sarah. She has helped me build a sacred connection and relationship to my creativity. If you are wanting to come home to this sacred part of yourself or if you are wanting an incredibly gifted and wise writer and editor on your side, Sarah is that person. Your life will change if you venture down your own journey with her support.”

    ~Sarah Baldwin, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner

  • “Sarah is a dream to work with. In my time with her, I developed a strategy and mindset for completing my first manuscript that enabled me to meet deadlines and feel confident that I was delivering quality material. Our time together was highly personalized and I learned so much about myself, both as an author and as a creative human being.”

    ~Maria Minnis, Author & Tarot Reader

  • “I just signed up for another three months of coaching with Sarah because I could not bear to let her go after our first three! I needed someone to walk with me to the finish line—but not just anyone. I hired Sarah because she possesses an extraordinary combination of trauma-informed approach and editorial brilliance. She’s an eagle-eyed, deeply intelligent reader who champions your work and asks the right questions, with empathy.”

    ~Erin, writer

  • “Working with Sarah is magical. Our sessions together help me dive deeper into my relationship with creativity. At the moment this means writing a book about feminine authority, postpartum and motherhood. I love how Sarah sees into the writing and helps me draw out the pieces that I can expand on and write more about. I feel so safe with her, and love to swim in the waters of creativity together.”

    ~Candice Elliot, Founder of Fortress and Flourish

  • "I worked with Sarah to create a Mission Statement that would encompass both my personal core values as well as the values of my small business. What started as a coffee date to discuss my mission statement turned into an introspective, almost therapy-like session that had me leaving with so much gratitude, inspiration, and confidence to show off this powerful message I had to share. Sarah is so gifted with her ability to find the perfect word to summarize a bunch of different emotions and ideas. Her style of coaching is very supportive and she really provides a safe space to allow you to explore her teachings and your own creativity."

    ~Kaahreena, small business owner

  • “I love how Sarah cares so deeply about a writer’s journey. She was in the process with me and made such beautiful connections to help propel my writing forward. By the end of the session, I felt so seen and supported. If you're looking for someone who is gentle, reflective, and sees all of your potential, hire Sarah!”

    ~Nisha Mody, Trauma-informed Life Coach

  • “Working with Sarah is like being in a literary salon with a philosopher, a psychologist, an activist, a painter, and a friend all at once. She penetrates the writing because she listens deeply to the soul of the writer, to what they’re saying, and especially to what they’re not saying. Sarah is among the species of editors that are going extinct, her empathy profound, her insights piercing, her generosity almost saintly because it came from a place of having been wounded herself. Any writer would be lucky to have her on their side.”

    ~Abbigail N. Rosewood, Author

  • “I came to Sarah for help with an inner war between my creative self and my business/work self. I was stuck in a bind because I felt that I was being forced to choose one over the other in how I present myself to the world. Sarah helped me reach clarity about what each of these parts was afraid of and how they were needing support. I was able to take what we uncovered and fully process it with my therapist. With Sarah and my therapist's help, the inner war is over, and now my inner creative self and business self are playing on the same team. It is so freeing!”

    ~Natalie Ross, Marketing Steward

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Sarah Teresa Cook, a creative mentor and writer in the Pacific Northwest, holding a rock broken in half.

Who am I?

I’m an Autistic writer: Since the age of 3, I’ve been mesmerized by the physical act of putting words on a page, which helps me see myself more fully in this neurotypical world. I view writing as a combination of magic, discovery, and fortitude of the self.

I love bugs, hiking, game shows, and not drinking alcohol. I love that my sun & moon are both in Taurus. I love having two middle names: Teresa Leonora. I love the desert, the ocean, and I love getting tattoos.

I hold an MA in English, with emphases in poetics and creative writing, and a minor in Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies.

I believe in borrowing lenses from the social services field, where I spent about 8 years in housing advocacy, youth services, and community mental health. I am both trauma-informed and strengths-based in my work.

I spent a lot of time believing I would never be successful on my own terms, and that I wouldn’t be a real writer until I could check off certain boxes. But it was my own creativity, paired with mentorship, therapy, and other healing modalities, that brought me back to my full self and my real terms.

I trust that writing is always at least a little bit spiritual: you take your imagination, which lives in your body yet isn’t confined to it, and you use it to build and examine your tender self and all your weird, wonderful ideas. What else in life can provide us with medicine and play in such equal amounts? We put words on a page and, over time, come to inhabit our lives differently. Like magic! But also: like choice.