Melinda Rothouse, PhD / Austin Writing Coach

nd creator of the new podcast Syncreate: Empowering Creativity. I am the author of two bestselling books: A Mindful Approach to Team Creativity and Collaboration: Creating a Culture of Innovation, drawing on insights from my doctoral research and my experiences working with organizational leaders and teams, published in 2020 from Palgrave Macmillan, and the co-author (with Charlotte Gullick) of the Silver Nautilus Award-winning Syncreate: A Guide to Navigating the Creative Process for Individuals, Teams, and Communities, published in 2021 from Mandorla Books. I am also affiliated with two Austin-based coaching and consulting firm Coaching4Good, where I offer executive/leadership, creativity, and career coaching to individuals and organizations. If you are looking to enhance your current professional path, make a career transition, develop your leadership skills, or infuse more creativity into your organization, please contact me to schedule an initial consultation! I did my undergraduate work at Vassar College, focusing on cognitive science and music, and graduated with a B.A. I also have a Master's degree in Religious Studies from Indiana University, and a Master's degree in Performance Studies from New York University's Tisch School for the Arts. in Psychology with a Specialization in Creativity Studies at Saybrook University in 2018. I am also certified as a coach with the International Coach Federation. Austin Writing Coach offers coaching, consulting, visioning, and content development for creative writers, artists, and musicians, as well as academics, corporate professionals, and teams. Drawing on my teaching, training, creative, and coaching experience, I work collaboratively with clients to envision, brainstorm, and manifest their creative and professional projects. My writing clients include state agencies, non-profit communications directors, medical researchers, Ph.D. students working on their dissertations, small business owners developing content for their websites and newsletters, bloggers, novelists, memoirists, screenwriters, business school applicants, actors, musicians, graphic designers, and other creative professionals.