Speaking coaches for creatives
Compare 20 speaking coaches. Besides their main focus, the most common focus areas are public speaking, storytelling, fear of public speaking and interpersonal communication. They most often work with creatives, founders and business owners and professionals. Most charge $80 to $250 per hour or session.
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Ariana Monell
Ariana Monell is a communication and confidence coach in Arizona. She helps business owners, high achievers, professionals, and creators speak with more confidence. She holds the ICF Professional Certified Coach credential and works as both a life coach and an executive coach. Her coaching draws on Ontology, mindfulness, and CBT principles. Her focus areas include public speaking, presence on video, executive communication, and brand storytelling.
Cristóbal Colón
Cristóbal Colón is a communication coach and public speaking mentor based in Puerto Rico. He also mentors podcasters. He works in both Spanish and English. He created The K.E.Y. Method, which helps clients find their inner fire, shape a unique message and share it in person and online. He is a Distinguished Toastmaster. His podcast won the Self Improvement category at the Latin Podcast Awards in 2020 and 2021.
Natasha Krol
Natasha Krol is an executive and leadership coach who also works as a licensed psychotherapist. She founded Colibri Works in 2023. Before that she spent 5 years at McKinsey & Co. and was a Senior Principal at ghSMART, where she evaluated C-suite talent and coached executives. She has been published in the Harvard Business Review and has spoken at Culture Amp and the Financial Times. She is also trained as a designer.
John Lepp
John Lepp is a business coach who works with charities, fundraisers, graphic designers and marketing directors. He is an expert in direct response, marketing and graphic design. He has 25 years of experience working with charities around the world. He helps them tell better stories and inspire donors to give, both online and offline. He wrote the book Creative Deviations and speaks to audiences internationally.
Jonté LeGras
Jonté LeGras is a Los Angeles-based acting coach who helps actors with auditions, self-tapes, scene preparation and on-camera work. He is a SAG-AFTRA actor with more than 20 years in television, film and theatre. Director Ava DuVernay picked him to be the on-set acting coach for the youngest lead actor during the five-month shoot of Disney's A Wrinkle in Time. He works with young performers, developing actors and experienced pros.
Kaitlyn Marshall
Kaitlyn Marshall is a life coach who works with ADHD and autism. She also coaches confidence, public speaking and performance. Before coaching, she worked as an actor for over 10 years, mostly in theatre, with some TV and film work. She uses her voice and movement training in her sessions. She holds a COSCA counselling certificate and works as an Autism Consultant. She also supports the families of autistic people.
Melanie Golding
Melanie Golding is a coach and qualified counsellor who works with musicians and performing artists. She also coaches on anxiety and autism life coaching, and works with teens. She has spent more than 30 years in the music industry as a singer-songwriter and toured the United States and the UK with her albums. She wrote the book 'Facing My Own Music' about the effects of the music industry. She helps artists rebuild confidence and a sense of self.
Darius Frasure
Darius Frasure is an accountability and anxiety coach who works with leaders, artists, businesses, and organizations. He helps high-functioning people and teams build lasting habits of presence and engagement. He holds an ICF Associate Certified Coach credential and an Evidence Based Coaching Certificate from Fielding Graduate University. He is also a professor, speaker, and published poet with two poetry collections and a spoken word album.
Greg Jones
Greg Jones is an accountability and anxiety coach in New Zealand. He helps business owners, entrepreneurs, creators and inventors get out of feeling stuck and take action. He is a Certified Creation Coach and is certified in the Magnetic Mind method. He left his professional career at age 47 to study how consciousness works. He then built a coaching company with clients around the world, along with his own programs and a masterclass of over 80 recordings.
Amanda Reill
Amanda Reill is a life and communication coach in Oregon. She helps creatives and innovators beat imposter syndrome and build more courage in their creative work. She works with individuals and teams. She is an author and speaker, and she writes for Harvard Business Review and Entrepreneur Magazine. Clients come from all over the world. Her style is humorous, down-to-earth, practical, and logical.
Delaney Nelson
Delaney Nelson is a mental wellness and creativity coach in Louisiana. She helps people with anxiety, stress disorders and triggers. She also works with artists who want to connect with their creative energy and enjoy writing, painting or making music. Delaney holds a Bachelors in Psychology. She is also certified in life coaching, EFT healing and Reiki. Her mix of psychology training and energy healing tools sets her approach apart.
Laurel Alper
Laurel Alper is a business and communication coach who helps small businesses with marketing, networking and social media. She runs 6 Facebook business networking groups with over 40K members. She helps clients build their own Facebook group communities and teaches them how to network well. She also makes social media content, including Canva graphics, and builds Facebook ad campaigns. She has over 9 years of experience with Facebook groups and pages.
Libero Antonio Di Zinno
Libero Antonio Di Zinno, known as Tony, is a photography expert and coach who works with college students and others who want clear direction in life and work. He is a professor emeritus with a career of more than 30 years. He worked as a photojournalist in over 88 countries. His subjects ranged from the Dalai Lama to Air Jordan. He also has ties to ArtCenter College of Design and Nike.
Melissa Sandfort
Melissa Sandfort is an Internal Family Systems coach based in Illinois. She works with coaches, therapists, leaders, creatives, and parents, and she also helps with relationships. She has been a Certified IFS Practitioner since 2010. She has logged over 6,000 hours of her own IFS practice. She finished all three training levels in both the core curriculum and the Intimacy from the Inside Out couples curriculum. She also writes a Substack that shows how she does IFS work.
Mialena Zachary
Mialena Zachary is a life coach in Charlottesville, Virginia who works with creatives and changemakers. She helps clients find their purpose, see more options, and clear away what blocks their potential. She also works as a natural healer, intuitive counselor, and psychic channel. She is a Certified Reiki Master Teacher and an ordained metaphysical minister. Her coaching is built around what she calls dealing with your "shiFt."
Rionach Aiken
Rionach Aiken is a communication and energy coach who helps business owners and creatives become more visible. She is based in the Netherlands. She overcame decades of shyness to become a poet, speaker and transformation leader. She holds three certifications in transformation and retreat leadership. Her work combines visibility mentoring with energy reading, and she clears blocks at personal, collective, ancestral and soul levels.
Shari McGriff
Shari McGriff is a certified book coach who works with Christian writers. She helps new and struggling writers find their voice, structure their books, and locate their story point. She is also an author and professor with a Master's in English and a Master's of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. Her work includes book coaching, writing classes, workshops, manuscript evaluations, developmental editing, and accountability for writers. She leads a community called Write Into Your High Calling.
Kelli Murbach
Kelli Murbach is an anxiety and communication coach who works with women and men. Her clients include artists, engineers, scientists, students over 18, and people going through life transitions. She also coaches childhood trauma survivors, people with cPTSD, LGBTQIA+ clients, and neurodiverse clients. Kelli holds a Master of Social Work and an advanced trauma recovery coaching credential. She is training in parts work. Her practice is called Grow in Any Light.
Stacey Hagen
Stacey Hagen is a business and marketing coach for female entrepreneurs. She works with coaches, creatives and healers who want to be more visible in their work. She holds an MBA and a trauma informed certification. Stacey helps clients work through imposter syndrome and perfectionism. Together they build a personal marketing strategy based on the client's strengths. She is an introvert and highly sensitive person, and she uses that view to coach clients who find visibility hard.
Liubov Kaskova
Liubov Kaskova is a business and communication coach in Ukraine. She helps experts turn clarity into action. She also works with creators, entrepreneurs, employees, HR staff and people in IT. She brings system thinking from her IT background and combines it with deep listening. She looks at each client's context and patterns, and at what sits under their decisions. She holds ASPICE, CAPM and SAFe credentials.
Side by side
| Coach | Focus | Hourly rate range |
|---|---|---|
| Ariana Monell | Public speaking and Presentation skills | $125 to $210 an hour |
| Cristóbal Colón | Public speaking and Storytelling | $90 to $175 an hour |
| Natasha Krol | Executive and leadership coach and licensed psychotherapist | $100 to $175 an hour |
| John Lepp | Business coach for charities, fundraisers and marketing teams | $75 to $160 an hour |
| Jonté LeGras | Acting coach for auditions, self-tapes and on-camera work in Los Angeles | $110 to $200 an hour |
| Kaitlyn Marshall | Public speaking and Voice and delivery | $100 to $175 an hour |
| Melanie Golding | Fear of public speaking | $120 to $225 an hour |
| Darius Frasure | Accountability and anxiety coach for leaders, artists, and organizations | $225 to $300 an hour |
| Greg Jones | Fear of public speaking | $90 to $180 an hour |
| Amanda Reill | Life and communication coach for creatives and innovators in Oregon | $130 to $190 an hour |
| Delaney Nelson | Mental wellness and creativity coach in Louisiana | $120 to $190 an hour |
| Laurel Alper | Business and communication coach for small business social media | $75 to $160 an hour |
| Libero Antonio Di Zinno | Photography coach and professor emeritus for college students | $80 to $150 an hour |
| Melissa Sandfort | Internal Family Systems practitioner and coach in Illinois | $110 to $190 an hour |
| Mialena Zachary | Life coach for creatives and changemakers in Charlottesville, Virginia | $115 to $190 an hour |
Common questions
How much does a speaking coach cost?
Most speaking coaches charge $80 to $250 per hour or session.
What else do these speaking coaches help with?
Common focus areas include public speaking, storytelling, fear of public speaking and interpersonal communication.
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Last updated September 2026.