"I open creative flow for blocked creatives and visionaries."

Creative Process, Executive & Conflict Management Coaching

WHO I HELP

Is this you?

I use a revolutionary concept of story to unblock creatives desperately confronting empty pages—so they can discover their next great idea and make it real. My clients include:

Writers, artists, composers, directors and others who want to be truly original and who are blocked or fighting a deadline

Difference-makers, entrepreneurs and visionaries who want to improve their organizational vision or who are confronting a crisis or destructive conflict

OPPORTUNITY

Is your creative block actually an opportunity?

When you are blocked, your internal voices are spinning negative stories about you. These stories often limit you. But underneath those voices, there can be an opportunity for your own growth—perhaps even related to your creativity. Be brave, embrace the change!

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PROCESS

The B-E-R-S-T method

The real power of your internal stories is that you can use them to develop a stronger connection with the flow of your creativity. Breakthrough Story Coaching is a process with five elements. That process changes how you understand and respond to blocked—so blocked really can become an opportunity. These elements will also help you get back to flowing creativity when you lose your connection.

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AI / VR

All creatives face being blocked

Blocked is a normal part of the creative life. And every kind of creative will inevitably struggle with feeling blocked—including those who create VR experiences and those who use AI to produce works that inspire others.

MORE SERVICES

Looking for a solution to related problems?

Developing original, exciting, creative work is a process that can become as natural as breathing. But sometimes you need support to get the assignment, or perhaps with the pitch meeting, or maybe with something else that’s related. Here are some additional ways I can support your opening to new creative possibilities:

PROACTIVE MEDIATION

Coaching makes mediation work better
Give yourself a real opportunity for a constructive solution—try mediation right before you file the lawsuit. Whatever it’s about, the real cost of a lawsuit is not measured in cash, but the emotional pain and waste of valuable resources for unpredictable outcomes. I believe individual coaching produces more effective mediation solutions that have real buy-in…

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MEDIATED NEGOTIATIONS

Stop them from kicking your tires
Even for great negotiators, advantageous deals may perish on the vine for a variety of reasons or lead to results that are crippled and fail. My Deal Alchemy approach expands solution opportunities, enhances relationships, and creates a “healthy middle” that can prosper. It can be used as a supplement or alternative to all manner of negotiations….

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ABOUT

About David Pauker

Breakthrough Story Coaching is the product of the work I have been doing for 20+ years involving creativity, conflict, exoteric psychology, and client relationships with their internal and external worlds. In addition, my work in the entertainment industry with creatives, as a coach with executives and others, and as a strategic business consultant has provided a dynamic frame for opening and supporting the flow of creativity.

As a talent and literary agent and executive in Hollywood and New York, I worked with writers, directors and other creatives involved in motion pictures, television, theatre, and books – often coaching them through blocks to find inventive solutions and meet deadlines.

In addition, I have 20+ years coaching, managing, and mediating with companies, executives, individuals, and groups to creatively solve complex and consequential, large value, multi-party, high pressure situations requiring strategic vision, trust building, and negotiation expertise. As a consultant, I developed and wrote organizational and business plans that successfully increased revenues and raised millions of dollars. With full executive authority, I also turned around 25 media projects valued at $3M to $35M that were on the verge of failure.

My legal training plays a role in supporting clients to better assess situations and outcomes, expand opportunities, and evaluate risks from multiple perspectives. I am also a Certified CINERGY Conflict Management Coach with many years’ experience as a mediator. My expertise regarding causes, types, and strategies to prevent and resolve conflict is on display in articles and a book, FREE YOURSELF FROM CONFLICT (March 2021).

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CONTACT

Want to know more? Contact me!

I look forward to connecting. Whether you just want to talk, know more about my services, or have a question or comment, contact me. I look forward to beginning a dialogue, and I’ll do my best to respond within 24 hours.

Connect with me at:
david[at]btstorycoach.com