From Stuck to Start: Understanding Avoidance, Prioritization, and Task Initiation Through Expressive Arts
Mark your calendars, you won’t want to miss this!
Feeling overwhelmed by your to-do list or struggling to figure out where to start? Join us for From Stuck to Start, a 60-minute virtual, interactive experience led by Shayne Swift of SwiftLyfe Coaching and Consulting.
From Stuck to Start is an engaging, experiential session designed for individuals who often find themselves overwhelmed, avoidant, or unsure where to begin. Through expressive arts and reflective coaching practices, participants will explore the root patterns of avoidance, reframe how they approach prioritization, and access tools to spark task initiation with greater compassion and confidence.
Anticipated Learning Outcomes
- Recognize personal avoidance signals and patterns.
- Understand common barriers to task initiation.
- Use practical prioritization choices to focus on what matters.
- Identify one personally meaningful next step to take.
Agenda (60 Minutes)
- 0:00 Welcome & Orientation: Set intentions and create a supportive space.
- 0:10 Understanding the Skip Reflex: Explore avoidance patterns with curiosity and compassion.
- 0:20 The Art of Starting: Explore accessible ways to begin and build momentum.
- 0:30 Prioritizing What Matters: Clarify what's meaningful and make intentional choices.
- 0:45 Interactive Expressive Arts Experience: Engage in a guided, accessible creative experience.
- 0:55 Reflection & Close: Integrate insights and identify next steps.
ABOUT THE FACILITATOR
Shayne Swift, M.S., ACC, CACP, EXA
With nearly 30 years in education and student development, Shayne Swift is a certified ADHD and executive function coach, and expressive arts practitioner. She blends science, creativity, and compassion to support students, professionals, and educators in building clarity, confidence, and capacity.
As a neurodivergent professional with lived experience, Shayne offers real-world strategies through a strengths-based, affirming lens that honors the whole person—mind, body, and imagination.