Individual Coaching, Mentoring & Consulting
Creativity • Generativity • Breakthrough
with Judith-Kate Friedman
There’s still time for 2024 to be your breakthrough year!
I work with creatives, change-makers, healers, teachers, and organizers of all ages and backgrounds.
We share a common desire to live more vital and healthy lives, to lift our own voices and the voices of others, and to contribute to the well-being and creative power of all.
“Each of us holds a part of the great puzzle of what’s needed at this time for the well-being of all.
As we honor all of who we are, personally, and as a society, everyone wins.”
—Judith-Kate Friedman
Do you feel creative impulses you don’t follow?
Do you start projects you can’t finish, even when you can envision them?
Do you blame yourself for feeling over-pressured or under-expressed?
Creative coaching may be what you need for a breakthrough.
The truth is: Each of us is tremendously gifted.
Every artist—every person—experiences gaps and setbacks.
None of us are meant to create and express alone.
You deserve a champion for your creativity.
And it’s never too late to have a breakthrough.
My coaching meets you where you are.
Together, we set conditions for creativity to bloom.
My approach is transformational, allowing you to more fully trust yourself, your unique voice, intuition, creative callings, and personal style.
You have creative abilities and gifts that are timeless and potent.
And they’re meant to be experienced and expressed.
I bring 40+ years as a music and performance coach and 35+ as a performing and recording artist, producer, consultant, and teacher. I’ve worked with thousands of people at all stages and ages of life - across the continuum of physical, cognitive, and emotional/mental health. Schedule a breakthrough call with me if the breakthrough you’re seeking is in:
• Creative Artistry
• Vitality
• Livelihood or Retirement “Encore” Careers
• Greater Meaning and Purpose
• Love
Or, if you wish to increase your:
• Freedom of Expression
• Joy, Ease, and Delight
• Support for clients and loved ones through the arts
• Resources to transform boredom, loneliness, grief, and isolation
Individual Coaching and Mentoring
tailored to support your personal transformational breakthrough
“Your work has so much soul and life to offer all who tune in.”
— D.S., Coach, Educator, Creative, NC, US
“Working with Judith-Kate has changed my life….She tends to the fullness of the person…As one on her own self-work journey, she has been able to lovingly and honestly point out when my still-often-unconscious woundings of ‘taking on too much’ or ‘taking on what isn’t mine’ were coming into play.” — A.D., Multi-Modal Artist, Curator, Facilitator, NY, US
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In this initial 90-minute activation session we will discuss your goals, visions, and areas of priority for Breakthrough. You’ll describe your current zones of experience, artistic and otherwise, and we’ll assess your creative resources. I'll guide you in creating your 2024 breakthrough action plan with a step-by-step map to a specific, measurable creative–or life–goal: the breakthrough you wish to achieve. Together, we'll identify needs, tools, exercises, and resources to support your success. Toward the end of the session we’ll explore next steps including the individual package, creative group cohort, or combination of resources that can best support you to fulfill your vision and have a breakthrough year in 2024 and into 2025.
Note, this Activation session is a pre-requisite for continuing with single coaching or mentoring sessions or with 3, 5, and 10 session coaching packages. This individual Activation session is not required for the Creative Breakthrough Cohorts in the Your Breakthrough Year program, however this session can be added to enhance decision-making or to customize your Breakthrough plan, following the free 15-minute breakthrough call.
The Activation session price will be applied toward fees for any continuing program I offer in 2024, including the 3-, 5- and 10-session coaching or mentoring packages, and Creative Breakthrough Cohorts.
90-minute Intake Activation Session
$200 -
Get an overview of Creative Breakthrough Coaching or hone in on a specific issue in a one-time session.
Held on zoom or in-person in Port Townsend, WA
60-min Single Session
$150 session -
Get started on your way to breakthrough success!
Session 1: Coaching Assessment + Power Plan (90min)
Session 2: Coaching for your Transformational Breakthrough
Session 3: Coaching + Harvest Celebration (90 min)
Held on zoom or in-person in Port Townsend, WA
3 Session package:
$480 ($120/per hour) -
Give yourself the support package you. deserve and go further on your way to breakthrough success!
Session 1: Coaching Assessment + Power Plan (90min)
Sessions 2, 3, 4 : Coaching for your Transformational Breakthrough Session - option of 60 min or 90 min sessions
Session 5: Coaching + Harvest Celebration (90 min)
Held on zoom or in-person in Port Townsend, WA
5 Session package:
$660 for 6 total hours ($110/hour)
$880 for 7.5 total hours ($110/hour) -
Maximize Support for your Creative Transformation and Breakthrough!
Session 1: Coaching Assessment + Power Plan (90min)
Sessions 2-9: Coaching for your Transformational Breakthrough
(option of 60 min or 90 min sessions)Session 10: Coaching Wrap-Up + Harvest Celebration (90min)
Held on zoom or in-person in Port Townsend, WA
10-session package paid in full
$1,100 - 10-session package (11 total hours) ($100/h)
$1,350 10-session (10, all 90-min sessions, 15 total hours, $90/h) -
Judith-Kate offers mentoring for songwriters, performers, emerging mythtellers, community/social practice and multi-modal artists.
She currently has openings for three adults and three teen/young adult mentees.
Mentorships are co-created specific to your focus. Formats can include in-person private sessions (1-3hrs), online zoom calls (60-90mins), and small group workshops with fellow artist-mentees. Frequency can be monthly or weekly. Pricing is based upon individual coaching rates.
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Sessions can be expanded to include loved ones, clients, and constituents. Create a couple or small group package and support your transformation expontentially!
Pricing is based upon individual coaching packages (above) with additional savings for groups of three or more.
“Judith-Kate brings incredible value to people through her weaving of song, storytelling and the arts, and in her offerings, courses, and coaching.” — K.T. Community Leader
Consulting, Community Creative Engagement,
Teaching Artist Trainings, and More
~ Catalyze your constituents! ~
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Judith-Kate offers individual coaching and mentoring for community teaching artists.
Pricing is based upon individual and mentorship coaching rates. (see Individual Coaching and Mentoring, above/left).
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Judith-Kate offers small group coaching and mentoring for community teaching artists and students of socially-engaged arts.
Mentoring can include elements of any Teaching Artist Training or the full trainings and can be integrated into undergraduate and graduate-level curriculum.
Past clients include the University of Cincinnati Schools of Music and of Medicine (OH) and Arts WA (the Washington State Arts Commission).
Sessions can take place online (zoom) or in person. Specific mentoring project design is determined in collaboration with hosting agency and funding partners.
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An immersive training for teaching artists at all levels of experience who wish to more deeply serve their students and constituents across the continuum of physical, cognitive and emotional health.
Judith-Kate has taught extensively on best practices working with older adults and intergenerational groups using the Songwriting Works™ method which she originated in 1990.
The success of this research-vetted process with more than 3500 participants gave rise to the non-profit Songwriting Works Educational Foundation. 8 Principles is the core Songwriting Works™ training for facilitators and is applicable to teaching artists working in all modalities.
Held on zoom or in-person in Jefferson County, WA
A Songwriting Works Teaching Artist training is being planned for late Fall 2024. For more information contact us at: songwritingworks@gmail.com
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Judith-Kate Friedman co-founded and co-directed the Psalms, Songs and Stories™ (PS&S) project with Rabbi Sheldon Marder at the San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living (2003-2019).
The experience brings participants on a journey into one or more liturgical texts through diverse translations and related artwork. They then co-compose original musical compositions using the Songwriting Works™ approach.
PS&S™ is now available as a co-facilitated experience in which Judith-Kate and a clergy person or scholar well-versed in Psalms or other wisdom literature collaborate together to serve specific community needs.
Past projects have engaged elder Jews (average age 88) residing in long-term care settings , rabbinical students and community elders co-writing together, congregants of all ages composing songs for holidays, and interfaith groups using the study and songwriting experience to share diverse perspectives, listen deeply to each other, and turn their heartfelt understandings into memorable songs.
Held in-person.
All arrangements made in collaboration with Project host(s). Pricing varies.
Learn more at
judithkate.com/heritage-celebration
and songwritingworks.org
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An immersive experience in mythopoetics (myth-making) based upon the teachings of mythsinger Daniel Deardorff (1952-2019).
Join Judith-Kate Friedman for a journey into Deardorff’s memory-awakening approach to mythtelling and into the ancient stories he carried.
As steward of the Mythsinger Legacy Project, and Deardorff’s life partner for 14 years, Judith-Kate is representing his book The Other Within: The Genius of Deformity in Myth, Culture & Psyche (3rd ed., Inner Traditions, 2022) and crafting myth-centered events and workshops for communities worldwide.
Co-created with hosting artist or organizations. Held in person or on zoom. Pricing varies. Learn more at: mythsingerlegacy.org and mythsingerlegacy.org/podcasts
Send inquiries with “Myth and Memory” in the subject heading to: mythsingerlegacy@gmail.com
or schedule a breakthrough call with Judith-Kate
*Enliven your teaching artist and facilitation team skills, increase competence and confidence, deepen creative engagement for yourself and those you serve.
Judith-Kate brings her 35+ years of social artistry expertise and program design across sectors, generations, and the physical, cognitive, and emotional health continuum. She crafts trainings with you to enhance your community-based work, support you or your team’s leadership, and create memorable, transformational outcomes for your clients.
Partnerships can also include Songwriting Works Educational Foundation and/or the Mythsinger Legacy Project, both non-profit organizations which Judith-Kate founded, and currently stewards. Pricing varies according to project scope. Musical and multi-media commissions are available, including tribute projects engaging communities in composing original music together to honor a place, person, or a an occasion (birthdays, retirement, business launches, grand openings, memorials, holidays).
Contact Judith-Kate about social artistry special events, for your arts, education, or wellness organization, business or agency.
Ways to Work Together:
All paths of coaching, mentoring, and consulting begin with a Breakthrough call.
In this free 18-minute conversation, we explore how your deeper purpose, creative gifts, skills, empowerment, and transformation can be supported by the work we do together. Or how artistic expression and experience can enhance vitality, confidence, and breakthroughs for those you love and serve.
We’ll get clear on how and whether what I offer can serve you, and begin to map out a path to your vision and goals.
Next Steps:
After an initial consultation, we craft a coaching or mentoring power plan that suits your specific needs.
Individual coaching or mentoring begins with an initial assessment and activation session (90 mins).
We meet one-to-one via zoom, assess your needs, resources, and desires, determine your focus and design a plan to support and sustain your progress and breakthroughs. Individual coaching can then take place in single follow-up sessions or in a series of three, five, ten, or more sessions (either 60 or 90mins).
In each series, we design an arc of transformation focusing on a short term goal or opening new vistas of empowerment and possibility. The “Free Your Voice/Speak (or Sing) Your Truth” series can also include hands-on studio time in-session and specific accountability structures between sessions to increase your confidence, courage, and breakthroughs — from fulfilling a dream project to expanding skills and artistic satisfaction.
Consulting and special projects start with a short discovery call in which we determine your project needs and scope. We then meet to develop a timeline and detailed plan to fulfill your project’s intention. I bring my 35 years of expertise and a range of research-vetted solutions and resources to support the success of your already established program or agency, or your new endeavor. (For examples, see consulting, above* or visit songwritingworks.org/research-resources)
Consulting can include production support, curriculum design, training, facilitated community-engagement arts experiences, performative events, commissions, exhibits, festivals, publications, or supporting your teams’ creativity. I also offer musical commissions.
Immersive coaching for women:
For those interested in blending Dr. Claire Zammit’s 7-week Feminine Power for the Awakening Woman course at your own pace, with coaching and guidance from me, there are 3 spaces currently available.
If you’re interested in a group experience paired with individual coaching, enrollment is now open for Oct/Nov 2024 Your Breakthrough Year creative cohorts. Each cohort “package” includes one or more individual coaching sessions. See details on the Your Breakthrough Year page.
EARLY BIRD SPECIAL PRICING when you book and pay in full before OCT 2, 2024:
***Save 20% on any coaching package of three or more sessions.***
***First time clients receive an additional $20 off for a 5-session series.***
***Refer a friend and upon enrollment, both you and they will receive an additional $10 off of any coaching or cohort program Judith-Kate offers in 2024.***
5% off for Patreon patrons.
Payment in full via Paypal, Venmo, or Check is due before the first session unless other arrangements made in advance.
Please add .3% to all Paypal payments to cover processing fees.
Questions about pricing or need to address costs?
Contact Judith-Kate via email at judelsings@gmail.com with Subject: Coaching and Mentoring or schedule a breakthrough call today!
Special circumstances will be considered on a case by case basis.