Sheila Chandra

I recently got invited to do the Penguin Living podcast available here This week’s episode is dedicated to clutter busting and spring cleaning – but how can we make a clutter-free life something that we carry through the whole year round? To help find the answers, Melissa Hemsley is joined by authors Sheila Chandra (Banish […]

It’s January! I’m finally launching my new creative career coaching service – just in time to help anyone professionally involved in the arts to realise their New Year dreams…. Are you an artist? What are you hoping to achieve in 2018? Do you have a concrete plan to get there? Do you know anyone who

Unless you’re naturally very disciplined and an early bird, mornings are never going to feel great. But here’s some good news. If you can streamline your morning routines, you’ll find that it’s possible to get up at your usual time, and still feel calm and leisurely as you get ready for work. How to save

Back in the day, 35 years ago, when I was starting out, the competition between artists, writers and musicians even on the same projects were fierce. Information about how to thrive was closely guarded, and smaller labels and managers took advantage of anyone’s ignorance about music business law or procedure and exploited it ruthlessly. There

Following the success of ‘Organizing for Creative People’ – which topped the Foyle’s chart recently – I became aware for the huge need for a creative career coaching and mentoring service. So I’m launching one in January 2018. A new creative career coaching website Although I don’t officially launch until January, I will be taking