ready to ditch your unhelpful patterns & come up with your next act?

Viv Fantin

Professional Coach, Registered Counsellor, Comms Coach.

Welcome. I'm so happy you're here!

My name is Viv and I am a professional accredited coach, comms coach and a registered counsellor who works specifically with people in the music and creative industries – from the creators to their support network. I’m here to help you engage from a place of wellbeing and thriving. If that sounds good, I’d love to help you to create your Next Act.

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Helping you thrive in our industry.

I know what keeps us up at night: endless hustle, lack of boundaries, scope creep, imposter feelings, the evil twins - perfectionism and procrastination, endless comparing, fear of uncomfortable conversations, and accepting less than what we deserve.

My lived experience in our industry combined with professional coaching and counselling training, will help break down these barriers and discover what matters to you most.

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My Services

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Coaching

Coaching is a game-changing personal development and performance tool. It can help you sort out what you really want to achieve in your life and then help you get there.

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Comms Coaching

Communication is everything. I help people communicate clearly and assertively, navigate uncomfortable conversations, and move beyond limiting beliefs so they feel more empowered across all aspects of our lives.

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Counselling

I am a Registered Counsellor, with a passion for helping people in the music industry with any worries, problems, or psychological difficulties they may be facing.

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Testimonials

Working with Viv has been hugely beneficial for me during a hectic and challenging time at work. I was tasked with leading the company I work for while our director was on a long leave, and I was struggling with limiting beliefs and self-doubt. Viv’s guidance during our coaching sessions helped me feel empowered and equipped me with the necessary tools to overcome those negative beliefs and switch up my behaviour. Viv is an excellent coach who genuinely cares. She is kind, compassionate and resourceful - I can’t recommend her coaching services enough!

Layla Carrol, Scrabble PR

Viv was recommended to me by friends in a point of my life where I was looking at finishing at my dream job after experiencing burnout and feeling lost as to where to go next. Viv helped me navigate this terrifying and transitional time in my life, helped give tips and tricks to take into my new workplace and helped provide clear goals for going out on my own.

Cassie Walker, Music Curation at Marketing Melodies & @soundtrackyourbrand + founder @itsupcycledmerch

Viv was so great to work with! A very supportive coach who helped me focus my goals and refine the way I work. Would highly recommend to anyone!

Jono Steer

Running my own artist/tour management and booking agency in the Australian music industry for the past thirty years has left very little time to stop to reflect on and review my own journey and changing priorities. Under Viv's expert care and guidance I was able to explore aspects of myself in a safe environment. The experience was inspirational and potentially life changing.

Jill Shelton, Play On Presents PL

Viv is an amazing human and coach. Our time together was so valuable and I feel like I'm leaving these coaching sessions with a friend and mentor whom I can call upon when I really need. It is so hard to find female role models in the Australian music industry, but I am so glad to say I can add Viv to that list! I was struggling with knowing how to align the value I was giving with financial return and after digging into the deeper reasons behind this with Viv, I feel more conviction in asking for what I deserve. I'm so appreciative of our time together and would highly recommend her services! Thanks so much Viv, you are incredible!

Leesa Snider, Digital Marketing Manager/Founder/Artist Manager

Next Act Coaching helped me get a lot of things straight in my mind. I was able to set up some long-term goals with Viv and I'll be forever grateful.

Anna Laverty, Music Producer/Founding Director of the Music Producer and Engineers' Guild of Australia

Viv's warm approach and broad experience make her an incredible coach. In our sessions her expert guidance created space for reflection, self-discovery and breakthroughs. Working with her has lead to greater clarity and direction in my professional life. For all this I am very grateful! Thanks Viv!

Anna Jacobs, Senior Music Festival Professional (Artist Services - Event Management - Marketing & Promotion)

Being a person who fall into the "creative" category, I suffer from the same feelings as so many other creative types - we are not worthy of any accolades that come our way; we are "duping" the public into paying anything for our output; one day we are going to be exposed as a "fraud"... Viv really brought me around to a much more positive way of thinking about myself and my work - helping me to convince myself that my weaknesses are opportunities for improvement (they are NOT failures), and my strengths are far more powerful than I give them credit for. I would recommend sessions with Viv to anyone who is looking for that path forward towards achieving goals and eliminating the negativity that results in things grinding to a halt.

Phil Burton

Yes! I gained so much in such a short time from my sessions with Viv. She is a warm, kind and compassionate soul and so easy to talk and work with. Viv helped me recognise the importance of my goals and values and how to positively apply them to every aspect of my life with awesome results. I now work better and more efficiently, I don’t get stressed anymore and I have my confidence back. This experience was actually life changing for me and I would 100% recommend her services Thanks Viv! Xx

Cassie George

Viv was incredible at understanding where I was at in my career and the paths of conversations to stimulate growth and development. She has instilled knowledge that will help me maintain a high level of motivation and drive for the years to come which was definitely lacking previously. Viv's approach is gentle yet direct, and full of wisdom. I'm so grateful to have had these sessions and to see what I've achieved since beginning them. I would highly recommend Viv's coaching to anyone needing clarity, direction, motivation or even just to have someone to bounce ideas off. Thanks VIv!!!

James Lang (Karuah)

Viv is the dream coach. Holistic, practical and challenging. She will really push you to make goals and achieve them. Could not recommend more highly. (Can't wait for my next sesh) x

Emily Ulman, Programming Director ALWAYS LIVE, Co-Founder Managing Director/Programmer Isol-Aid Festival

I love the way that Viv operates - she is supportive and grounding but provides frameworks for clients to get the answers they need themselves, rather than pointing them out. I felt really empowered after each session, because Viv knew the right questions to ask, to help me put a plan together that really worked. She could understand situations really easily, and empathise, and put a strategy together to work through things. I would 100% recommend Viv and already have, to others.

Sarah Hamilton, Founder One of One

So basically, I can’t thank you enough! I really have grown a lot over the past year and a bit, and our work together has really impacted me.

Emma McGarry, Music Marketing Specialist

Viv provides such an empathetic and practical approach to her coaching. It's both her thought provoking practical tasks, and deep emotional understanding that build such a cohesive learning experience. Viv helped me understand parts of my professional, and personal behavioural processes that I may never have seen, and our sessions have allowed me to calm my inner critic, and become far more self aware and pragmatic in my decision making. It's been such a wonderful experience, I highly recommend her services to anyone needing some professional guidance.

Blaise Sherrie, Label Manager @ Mushroom Group. I Oh You. Soothsayer
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