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Creative Courage is co-founded by Ma'raj and Marleen — two equal partners who bring complementary depth, warmth, and lived experience to every session.
You've achieved a lot. Built a career. Created the life everyone would be grateful for. And yet — something feels slightly off. Creative Courage is the 9-week journey back to yourself.
Identity is not something inherited or fixed — it is an act of conscious, courageous creation.
— Creative Courage PhilosophyCreative Courage is a 9-week group container designed for people ready to step into a bigger, more authentic version of themselves. We blend evidence-based social-emotional learning (SEL) with somatic practices, creative exercises, and collective witnessing.
Each session builds on the last — from identity and limiting beliefs through breath, voice, boundaries, yearning, and ultimately the full, embodied pleasure of your aligned life.
Each session is a doorway into a deeper dimension of your authentic self — building on the last, culminating in a life of full, embodied YES.
How you define yourself shapes who you become. We explore identity not as fixed, but as a conscious, ongoing act of creation — and begin authoring the self you wish to embody.
What you believe determines what is possible. We examine the hidden narratives that constrain your growth — and transform them into liberating beliefs that expand your agency.
What you practice becomes who you are. We design small, intentional behaviors that reinforce your emerging identity — with courage, creativity, and meaningful daily action.
Yearning is the soul's deepest longing. We connect with our core desires as a compass pointing toward expansion, and begin moving toward what truly calls us forward.
Every aligned "yes" requires a grounded "no." We examine where energy has been overextended, and establish clear boundaries that protect your focus, values, and creative power.
Breath is a powerful key to nervous system regulation. Through guided breathwork with guest teacher Melodee Solomon, we release stuck energy and restore flow in body, mind, and heart.
Your voice is a living expression of who you are. With guest opera singer Alex Nowakowski, we use breath and embodied awareness to release tension and speak with authenticity and power.
Connection expands our capacity to grow. We challenge the myth of going it alone and engage in structured partner witnessing — giving and receiving feedback to step into our next best self.
Aliveness is a measure of alignment. We explore pleasure as the embodied signal of living in integrity with your desires — and reclaim the full, wholehearted joy of your authentic life.
Every investment in Creative Courage is an investment in the truest version of you. Choose the path that calls to you.
The full 9-week live group experience — the heart of Creative Courage.
The full group experience PLUS personalized 1:1 support throughout the journey.
Beyond the group container, we offer personalised journeys and team experiences built on the same Creative Courage framework.
A personalised 1:1 coaching engagement using the Creative Courage framework. For leaders, creatives, and changemakers ready for deep, individual transformation.
Bring the Creative Courage framework to your team, organisation, or university. Custom workshops designed to cultivate psychological safety, creative resilience, and genuine human connection at work.
