Mandurah coach solves business 'stuckness' at her easel

"Your brain will help you if you let it relax. While you're relaxing your brain will actually do it for you, you don't have to force it."

Her way to relax is to make art or to walk around the gardens of her Parklands acreage and "feel the health of the flowers".

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For someone else that may be exercise or meditation or just something away from their business.

"Art is great because it's like an active meditation - while you're painting you're solving all sorts of other problems in your business - or not," she says.

"There are so many people who say to me, I used to do art but I don't do it anymore. You need to do it, it's just so wonderful for you."

She used to paint in her earlier years but stopped when life got too busy.

"I let it drop until about two years ago until in 2019 I saw some people painting and I thought, that looks joyful," she says.

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Those artists were at the Worldwide Paint Out in Mandurah - an annual event that's happening in Mandurah again later this month.

While she took up painting in pastel "just for the pleasure" she says it has made her more creative in the business world and for her clients.

Pauline - a long term Mandurah local - has been in business for a long time.

In her early 20s she started a a graphic design business and then one business after another from there.

"Some were great, some not so much," she says.

Much of what determined the success of the business was understanding the financial side of it and having a product or service that matched what the market was looking for.

"The best businesses were those that were for a specific market rather than being too general," she says.

Now she has been a business coach for more than 16 years helping tradespeople, industrial suppliers, accountants, consultants and more.

Just like she's passionate about inspiring others to paint, she loves inspiring others to find and do well in their niche business.

"With more people working from home, there are more opportunities for people to teach others what they know and impart knowledge," she says.

"Every industry is different and everything is changing - those who continue to do well in business foresee some of the trends and changes happening in their industry and step into that early."

Her advice for someone wanting to get back into art, is to join a group.

"I knew if I didn't join a group, I wasn't going to do it, I would let life get too busy again," she said. "Setting aside that time for myself is so lovely."

She says a good place to start is the outdoor painting festival Plein Air Down Under, which returns to Mandurah from September 25-27.