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Unlock Your Creative Leadership: Start by Leading Yourself

14th May 2025

As a creative professional, you know how much of your work depends on navigating ambiguity, harnessing inspiration, and staying productive under pressure.
But here’s the truth: before you can lead bold projects or creative teams, you must first learn to lead yourself.

At Fire & Light Coaching, I work with creative leaders, designers, strategists, founders, writers, and dreamers who thrive in ideas yet sometimes struggle with focus, clarity, or consistency. Especially if you’re neurodivergent or navigating ADHD (diagnosed or undiagnosed), this balance can feel elusive.
I know it because I’ve been there.

Lead With Your Strengths

I believe in a strengths-first approach. We shift the focus from “fixing what’s wrong” to leveraging what already makes you unique and brilliant.

For me and many of my creative clients, ADHD or divergent thinking brings:

  • Boundless curiosity to explore new ideas and possibilities

  • Pattern recognition to connect unexpected dots

  • Energy and originality to push into new creative frontiers

And yes, there are challenges too:

  • Ideas come faster than execution

  • Focus can fragment under pressure

  • Others may struggle to keep up with your thinking

Coaching helps you channel both the fire and the light:

  • Stay the course on core goals

  • Make space for idea exploration without derailing the essentials

  • Build systems and rhythms to capture your creativity without feeling trapped by structure

  • Communicate clearly with collaborators, clients, or teams on what’s critical vs. experimental

Those wild sparks often become the gold.
They lead to innovations, bold creative moves, and connections no one else sees. The key is learning how to manage the balance.

Energy + Structure

Vision + Accountability
Curiosity + Clarity

That’s what creative coaching with me looks like.
I use coaching methodologies designed for ADHD and creative leadership, rooted in character strengths, practical neuroscience, and coaching psychology, to support you to lead with confidence and creativity.

This is about showing up fully with the talents you already have, while also building the tools to manage what can hold you back.

If you’re a creative professional ready to explore how coaching can help you balance vision with action, I’d love to partner with you.

Let’s unlock what’s already within you.
Book an initial discovery call today.

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About Catherine Lightfoot

Certified ADHD & Executive Coach helping adults & professionals embrace their strengths, manage overwhelm & thrive at work & life. Founder of Fire & Light Coaching & Consultancy. Neurodivergent-led, ICF member, Bristol based & global.

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