About Coach
Cynthia Morris
You've done the inner work. You've built something real. And yet there's a part of you that still feels like you're managing around something you can't quite reach. Old patterns, fears, and beliefs that no amount of effort has been able to shift taint the happiness you deserve to enjoy.
You're looking for someone who understands that. Not just the methodology, but the landscape. Someone who knows what it's like to be accomplished and still stuck, to be growth-oriented and still carrying something old, to have tried everything and still crave a deeper peace.
I'm Cynthia Morris. I've been in that landscape — as a coach for 26 years, and as someone who lived it myself.
How I got here
For most of my career, I helped my high-achieving, smart coaching client by using the tools of traditional coaching — focus, accountability, creative process strategy. And these tools worked.
But they took a long time. Because at least half of every meaningful creative or leadership endeavor isn’t about strategy. The work that moves the needle is about navigating the inner obstacles: insecurity, confusion, fear of vulnerability and exposure, worry that you and your work aren’t good enough.
I could discuss these obstacles with my clients. I could help them develop strategies for working through them. But I could never completely shift them at the root.
QEC changed that.
QEC: an approach that brings real change
I found Quantum Energy Coaching after publishing my second novel, when I was struggling with post-publication emotional pain that no amount of prior inner work could touch.
Over the years, I had tried talk therapy, hypnotherapy, group therapy, EMDR, plant medicines, BodyTalk. I was deeply committed to being fully myself, and even though I can claim success with my published books, thriving coaching practice, and life-changing creativity retreats, inside I was still stuck in old patterns.
What happened through QEC astonished me. In a series of sessions, beliefs I’d carried for decades dissolved. “It’s better to hide” became “I am here to speak up, to serve and inspire.”
Social anxiety that had plagued me for years vanished completely. I became more fully and consistently the person I had always known I was underneath: calm, patient, spacious, trusting.
I knew immediately that this was the missing piece in my coaching practice. I enrolled in the practitioner certification program, learned and healed more along the way, and earned my certification directly from QEC founder and trainer Dr. Melanie Salmon.
Now, all my clients begin with QEC. Once the inner obstacles are eradicated — not managed, not white-knuckled through, but actually released — the path to meaningful work becomes remarkably clear.
It takes far less time and energy to be a fulfilled creative, a grounded leader, a person who actually enjoys their success when QEC has cleared the way.
At a Glance
CPCC (Certified Professional Co-Active Coach)
QEC Certified Practitioner (Quantum Energy Coaching)
Author of two published novels
Author of seven books about creativity, writing and travel
Visual artist
26+ years coaching executives, authors and creatives
Based in Denver, Colorado
Sessions available worldwide via video
Cynthia Morris
Adventure Resume
Was on a plane to France instead of at high school graduation, 1985.
After my student year abroad in France, I fell in love with a Brit and moved to the south of France to live in a camper, working as an illegal dishwasher.
Got a French degree instead of a journalism degree, 1991.
Moved to Edinburgh, Scotland to work in a health food store, 1991.
Ended up in Denver where I live to this day.
Took a yoga class in 1996 and still practice yoga.
Took a solo road trip from Denver to Miami and back at age 26.
Trained to become a coach in 1999. Certified in 2001.
Worked as a hot air balloon chef in Switzerland and France, 2000.
Won the funniest essay contest from Alliance Française of Denver.
Received an art and culture grant from the Alliance Française for my novel, Chasing Sylvia Beach.
Published my first book, Create Your Writer’s Life, in 2003.
Took a life-changing Co-Active Leadership training, 2004.
Started leading creativity workshops in France in 2005.
Published Go for It: How to Lead Tours for Fun and Profit, 2006.
Published Cross the Finish Line, 2007.
Shed my life in Boulder and moved to Portugal in 2008.
In Lisbon, I fell in love with a young rock climber. Became briefly a rock climber.
Housesat in the south of France for two months.
Traveled to Panama to speak at the International Living conference
Published The Graceful Return.
Won a yoga contest by holding horse pose for 70 minutes in 2010.
Took a big leap to apply for the Good Life Project Immersion.
Published my first novel, Chasing Sylvia Beach in 2012.
Became faculty for Good Life Project Immersion 2013 - 2016.
Became an artist in 2013.
Illustrated a book called How to Sell Your Art Online, 2015.
Made and sold my first illustrated deck, Writual Blessings, 2015.
Published my favorite book, Visit Paris Like an Artist, 2017.
Got married for the first time at 50.
Experienced a devastating flood in Hawaii on our honeymoon and were airlifted out in a Chinook.
Put everything I know about how to write a book in The Busy Woman’s Guide to Writing a World-Changing Book, 2019.
Co-led Paris Sketchbook, 2022, 2023, 2025, upcoming: 2026.
Co-led Capture the Lisbon Wow, 2024, 2025.
Published my second novel, Her Lisbon Colors, 2025.
Certified as QEC practitioner, 2026
Know someone who
is ready for change?
If you know someone who would benefit from this work, I’d be grateful for the introduction. The most meaningful way my practice grows is through people who’ve experienced the transformation themselves and recognize it in someone they care about.
You can simply send them to originalimpulse.com or share my name. I’ll take it from there.
Rave reviews
“Being coached by Cynthia highlighted my unrevealed gifts. Our time together has revolutionized the way I work and lead my companies. Her wisdom about creativity and productivity has added value to every area of my life from personal health to creativity and generating wealth. Cynthia’s coaching is like supercharging a normal engine; there is no comparison.”
— John Marsh, Founder, Marsh Collective
"I couldn’t have chosen a better coach. Cynthia has such a great understanding of what it is to be a creative person and an artist. She knows our mindset, our pitfalls, our dreams, and most importantly, our needs and how to respond to them.
I recommend working with Cynthia if you want to feel empowered, understood, and creatively stimulated! She is extremely professional, there is support even between calls, and it makes a huge difference to know you've got Cynthia (whom I greatly admire) out there really rooting for you!" Andrea Wedell
“Because of my work with Cynthia, I have been able to embrace my artist’s path and choose a lifestyle that truly speaks to my soul. Instead of trying to be and do everything, I now follow my true desires with courage, joy and serenity.
Cynthia is intuitive, down-to-earth, and honest. She can read between the lines, and she never lets me run away, give in and give up.”
— Maya Sofia Preston, Photographer
Books by Cynthia Morris
The Busy Woman’s Guide to Writing a World-Changing Book — Everything I know about writing a book, distilled into a practical, encouraging guide for people who don’t have time to waste.
Her Lisbon Colors A novel inspired by a true-life adventure — moving to Portugal and falling in love with a young rock climber. A story of daring, risk, and disappointment.
Chasing Sylvia Beach A Paris historical novel, 13 years and 17 drafts in the making. My first novel.
Visit Paris Like an Artist An illustrated guide to accessing your creativity in Paris and everywhere. My favorite book I’ve made.
Create Your Writer’s Life My first book. A guide to building a life that supports your writing practice.
Cross the Finish Line For creators who start strong and struggle to complete what they’ve begun.
Go for It: How to Lead Tours for Fun and Profit Born from my years leading creativity workshops in France.