Do you want to write something?

Writer & writing Coach

Hi. I’m Shikha Aleya. Writing has been my doorway, observation hide, trek and travel through life. I am a careful explorer, soul connected to Dog DustyRay, and to my tribe, a diverse and colourful lot.

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Lets talk about writing!

Are you a writer? Looking for one? Wondering if a writing coach is a good idea? Do you want to create the gift of a story, document family history, your life story, some experience, wisdom, love, a little laughter? I’ll work with you as a writing coach.

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The Go Guide! Free worksheet download.

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Why would a writer need a Go Guide?

You work with the energy inside you and around you. Are you ready to get going? The Go Guide is a worksheet designed to help you answer this question. Download it. The time and energy you spend on it, is your gift to you.

Whether or not you read, or you write, you have a story that is as distinctly you, as your fingerprint.

“What makes you a storyteller? Your perspective. It’s unique to you.”

Shikha Aleya
Writer. Writing Coach.
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A vertical panel of four images, with text that reads 'A book of creature wisdom!' There is a graphic of a flying bird under this text. Next to it is a part of a piece of writing that reads - 'Sun your bum. Always always find the sun, then make the time to sun your bum.' 2. Is a horizontal panel of three images, the first is a screenshot of text sharing feedback from workshop participants - 'You have given me hausla / confidence, courage. I believe now that I can do it.' The second is an image of two publications, 'The Red Book' and 'Sexuality and Disability', and the third is a screenshot of a post, with text focusing on the idea of 'the quality of the emotion'. 3. Image of the Contents page of a publication featuring a story by Shikha, called 'God's Paws', with overlaid text saying 'For Soupy. The dog who came in from the cold.' 4. Image showing a portion of a table in front of an open window, with some paper and sketches, and to the side is a couch with Dog Dusty fast asleep.
The how and why of what I do.

There’s always something. Written out, or to be written. Or a nap, walk, Bosch Legacy and Enola Holmes, Jin Shin Jyutsu.

Jump to – Why coach? Why Consultant?

I feel a great sense of wonder and appreciation for life, the people I have met and the lives they have led. The creativity, entrepreneurship, compassion, life experiences and philosophies that they have generously entrusted to my understanding, and to my writing, have shaped much of me.

writing is a process.

Dreaming, listening, planning, cooking, sketching, driving cross country with Dusty, staring at the sky and doing breathing exercises.
Why?
Writing is who I am, born of the life I live.

Testimonials

Thank you, to many people over the years. To friends, team mates, strangers. Folks who’ve read my writing, braved multiple drafts, and paid me to write, research or coach. If you weren’t there, I wouldn’t be here. You are loved and appreciated.

“Shikha meets you in the place you are as a writer then walks you through all the tough stuff to a much better book than you could have reached by yourself. Much recommended!”
Venita Coelho
“Shikha embodies the right balance of patience and push. Much needed coaching  for a new writer such as I, taking baby steps to writing routines, dealing with writers’ block and the hundred reasons to slack.”
Anna
“Shikha is a born storyteller. Her writing provokes, satisfies and intrigues the reader with its deep thought, humour, and deft turn of phrase. Never has it left me without sparking new connections to explore and unappreciated wonders to savour.”
RC

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About Me

When we work together, we design things together.

Many interconnected elements make the writing process unique to each person, and to each piece of writing. In a coaching space, we plan and pace everything together.

I enjoy exchanging stories. Click here for a bit more of mine.
Clients and collaborators.

Across not-for-profit ventures, as well as across industries, in the corporate, television & advertising, and other entrepreneurial sectors.

Some writing, learning & being!

Worked with crews in underground tunnels, explored lost forts, and sat under a tent with young people with disabilities to envision a future using crayons and paper.

Publications and projects.

Short stories, poetry, scripts, interviews, articles, reports and papers, website content, blog articles, historical research, life stories.