Creative Mentorship

Spiritual, emotional, & practical support for sensitive humans.

Because your creative life is your real life.

“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

As featured in

  • Write or Die Magazine

  • Creative Mornings

  • Bottlecap Press

  • The Wellness Center Creators Podcast

  • Neon Door

  • Porkbelly Press

  • Hobart Pulp

  • Porter House Review

  • Sad Girl Diaries

  • ASAP Journal

  • The Feminist Wire

  • Black Warrior Review

What’s your creative project?

  • 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.

  • Identity & personhood

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

  • Building a new framework

    You’re ready to know what your creativity looks like on your own terms, and you’re seeking practices & 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 struggles and toward creative freedom…

Struggles you might be facing

(aka what my clients and I have witnessed)

  • You feel disconnected from your own creativity, and you worry you’ll never fully reclaim that spark.

  • You struggle to balance your needs (spoons, pacing, etc.) with your desires and ambitions. It’s like your creative life is at odds with your real life.

  • Emotional wounds and/or trauma create blocks that seem insurmountable, and leave you feeling stuck, powerless, and disappointed in yourself.

  • You feel buried by the pressures of productivity, external validation, and other capitalist demands—as if you’ll never be able to do enough. Apathy sneaks in, perpetuating the cycle.

  • You feel you must constantly re-prove your worth, or that your version of 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 provides a daily source of clarity and empowerment, fortifying your sense of self and grounding the choices you make.

  • Your creative pursuits are no longer a side hustle or afterthought, but central sources of joy, purpose, and fulfillment.

  • You navigate your relationship with the past, which informs—but does not dictate—your choices, leaving you free to build momentum once again.

  • You track your goals through authentic, accommodating benchmarks, celebrating your progress and honoring your unique pace.

  • You experience inspiration and curiosity more often, tapping into your creativity whenever you like.

Your creativity is an ecosystem.

Let’s nourish the whole thing.

How we work together

I work with clients in 3+ 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

  • “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

  • “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

  • “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?

As an autistic writer, I’ve long 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.

Yet most of us get severed from the full scope of our creativity somewhere along the way. That’s when things like self-doubt and lack of confidence take root.

What causes the severing? Everything from academic wounding + bad learning experiences to childhood trauma + systemic oppression. These things make it hard for us to tap into our creativity without a barrage of self-criticism and despair following along.

The good news is that we can put creativity back into the center of our days, developing sustainable practices and a greater capacity for inspiration and enchantment. I’ve seen it happen again and again, both personally and professionally.

How I’m different from other guides

  • As an ex-social worker, I bring trauma-informed and strengths-based lenses into creative spaces. My experiences in housing advocacy, youth services, and community mental health inform my ability to hold space for the full complexity of your lived experiences.

  • My training runs the gamut: From 1:1 to group work, from professional accreditation to self-taught learning, I’ve been writing since I was 3 years old, and I consider creativity to be my oldest special interest.

  • I am neurodivergent, highly sensitive, and I believe in supporting writers & artists holistically. Your creative life is your real life, and it doesn’t have to be in competition with your needs, limitations, and other desires.