It's time to get control of
your creativity

What's holding back your creative progress?

**Come for the teaching. Stay for the community.**

Talent isn't mystical magic or a genetic superpower.

Talent is a mental muscle that can be trained.

Hello, fellow creative...

I’ve been where you are: caught by a passionate creative dream that sends me stumbling through the dark, hit by the gale force winds of self-doubt, limiting beliefs and legions of bad advice.

The pressure to give up is thick. Some let go of their dream. Other's push through, only to find their gains smaller than expected and their dreams more distant in the descending fog.

But here’s the thing—struggle isn’t the enemy. It’s the proving ground. It's the heavily worn path to true creative flourishing. It's closer than you think. Yet, it requires courage—creative courage.

But here’s the thing—struggle isn’t the enemy. It’s the proving ground. It's the heavily worn path to true creative flourishing.

My name is Todd Shaffer, and for the past 35 years I've been a screenwriter, director, animator, artist, designer, and filmmaker.

I’ve worked with, directed, and nurtured professional artists, animators, writers, designers, actors, filmmakers, composers, actors, dancers, and storytellers. Together, we’ve made magic for Disney, Netflix, Warner Bros, and many other studios.

My four children have followed in my footsteps and have worked professionally in their craft.

I’ve seen and experienced the reality of creative struggle and creative flourishing. I know what it is to be inspired to create, and how condition yourself to create from 9 to 5 to meet deadlines and to lead productive creative teams.

If you have a small creative spark, I can help you fan that into a flame, and to keep it from blowing out in the relentless struggle to create something great.