It’s never too late to be the creative person you want to be.
I’m Faye—an Asheville-based writer, librarian, and guide to whole creative living.
Our lives may have been built for burnout, but
we were born to create.
I help writers, artists, healers, and creative entrepreneurs nurture a lifelong relationship with their creativity, one breath, one step, and one page at a time.
I work with:
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Here are some of the ways we might work together.
CHOOSE YOUR WHOLE CREATIVE LIFE
Fall in Love With Your Creativity
Become a paid subscriber to Keeping Creative Time
COMMIT TO YOUR WHOLE CREATIVE LIFE
Find Your Creative Flow
Creative Rx Session aka “Pick My Brain” Hour
Find Your Creative Flow on Substack
Substack Creative Review
CO-CREATE YOUR WHOLE CREATIVE LIFE
Flourish in creative community
Tending the Flame | 3 Months of 1:1 Coaching
Crossing the Threshold | 6 or 12 Months of 1:1 Coaching
Birthing Creative Joy Through Story | 3,6, or 12 Months of 1:1 Coaching + Writing Guidance
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Workshops and events for sparking more creative joy, connection, and well-being are offered both online and in person (Asheville, North Carolina and beyond).
Approachable and engaging creative burnout education + connection practice workshops for talks, conferences, trainings, retreats, and leadership coaching.
Learn more by booking a 30-Minute Creative Questions Chat HERE.
About
J. Faye D’Avanza
J. Faye D’Avanza is an artist, writer, editor, librarian, yogi, and creative guide who nurtures creative joy—at work, at home, in the community, and everywhere in-between.
She finds purpose in offering stories and tools to help you reignite, keep, and share your creative joy with others in her indie newsletter KEEPING CREATIVE TIME, and through her work as the founder of Library of Care, creative empowerment coaching and facilitation with a relational and somatic approach to living a whole creative life..
A former public librarian turned creative educator, she is known for helping people recover and heal from creative burnout by tapping into what brings them joy through her unique blend of group facilitation, 1:1 coaching, and content creation for a growing audience of emerging and [re]emerging artists, authors, creatives, and entrepreneurs.
Her approach is rooted in bottom-up connection to creativity (body to mind) and an exploration in the interdependence that can be found when self-care is balanced with community care.
With over 20 years experience working in public libraries, managing communications and events for a woman-owned bookstore, and coaching artists and creative-based businesses through recovery after Hurricane Helene with the nonprofit Mountain BizWorks, Faye is skilled in curating and making accessible community resources, facilitating a holistic approach to the creative process, and engaging others in growing, learning, and connecting through story.
A cultural information professional, Inward & Artward certified creative facilitator, University of Chicago certified book editor, and West Asheville Yoga (RYT-200) yoga teacher-in-training, she lives among the artists, tourists, trees, and mountains of Asheville, North Carolina, and can often be found drinking a matcha latte, writing in the margins of her books, and engaging in meandering conversations with people who care deeply.
