About the Author

After a thirty-year career in the public sector, Tracey left the world of finance and management to follow her ambition to support people to achieve authenticity. She now works as a coach and psychotherapist in independent practice, based in the UK. She is accredited with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and is passionate about working from a firm ethical and theoretical base.Tracey is a great believer in psycho-education: the provision of information and knowledge to help clients understand how they think, feel and behave. If knowledge is power, then the process of sharing this empowers us all.Tracey's aspiration is to help others to achieve a life free of the constraints of external messages and conditions. A life which offers real awareness and choice; awareness of who you are and choice about what you do.Tracey aspires to have a writing shed in the garden and to spend far too much time in there. Matt was a professional musician who studied trumpet at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire of Music. Due to the uncertain nature of the world in 2019, he took the opportunity to pursue his other love; illustration.Over this short period, Matt has undertaken projects which have turned NHS staff into superheroes; designed a series of five twenty-foot murals; created promotional artwork for the Nottingham Albert Hall; collaborated with artists from around the world to create a calendar, to raise money for the fight against Motor Neurone Disease. He continues to work with clients on both personal and professional commissions.Matt runs drawing challenges on his rapidly growing Instagram account and teaches classes, both online and in person, on how to get started with drawing and the positive effects art has on your wellbeing.