Naomi Vladeck is an award-winning author and transformational life coach who is devoted to advancing the work of women artists, creators and changemakers through her company Creativity Matters Coaching.

Naomi has been working with and around creative people for thirty years. As a performing artist, writing coach, fundraising executive, event planner and non-profit founder, Naomi has helped hundreds of women create something new from an empty stage, blank page and canvas in their work and lives.

The experience of her husband’s alcoholism and death led to her writing debut: Braving Creativity, Artists Who Turn the Scary, Messy, Thrilling Path of Change into Courageous Transformation which was a #1 New Release on Amazon in September & October 2023 and received a Non Fiction Authors Association Silver Medal Award in the category of Personal Transformation in February 2024, and a Finalist Medal in the Career category of the 2024 Next Generation Indie Book Awards.

Naomi has a Masters in Performance Studies from NYU, is a certified creativity coach with the Creativity Coaching Association. She also holds a certification in conscious leadership practice with NYU’s Mindful School and the Co-Active Training Institute (CTI).