The Artist’s Way for Busy Minds | Virtual
A 6-Week Experimental Workshop for Creative Clarity
Tues, Mar 24, 31, Apr 7, 14, 21, 28
6:15pm-8:15pm
Life is meant to be an artist date, that’s why we were created.
—Julia Cameron
If your mind feels crowded, your creativity may not be blocked—it may be asking for a different kind of attention.
The Artist’s Way for Busy Minds is a six-week, online experimental workshop for people who feel creatively stuck, distracted, overwhelmed, or disconnected from their inner voice. Rooted in the core practices of The Artist’s Way and The Artist’s Way Toolkit by Julia Cameron and thoughtfully adapted for our era of constant input, this workshop offers a gentle structure for reconnecting with creativity without pressure, perfectionism, or productivity.
Rather than pushing for output, we’ll focus on clarity: listening more closely, noticing patterns of resistance and care, and experimenting with small, sustainable practices that support creative attention. Each week invites you to try, reflect, and adjust—treating creativity as a relationship, not a performance.
This Workshop May Be a Good Fit If You
Feel overwhelmed or scattered when you try to create
Long for creative focus but resist rigid routines
Are returning to creativity after burnout, grief, or interruption
Want accountability that feels human and supportive
Are curious about The Artist’s Way but want a gentler, more contemporary approach
This workshop meets weekly via Zoom. Each week there is a blend of inward and artward activities that promote reflection, connection, and the empowerment to take another step forward in your whole creative life.
What You Can Expect
A Renewed Creative Practice
Establish morning pages, artist dates, and other habits that nurture a consistent, sustainable creative process.Increased Self-Confidence & Clarity
Learn techniques to overcome creative blocks and self-doubt, empowering you to embrace your unique artistic voice.Community & Accountability
Develop meaningful connections with fellow creators through regular check-ins, feedback, and mutual support.A Lifelong Toolkit for Inspiration
Gain practical exercises, journaling methods, and mindset strategies you can continue using long after the 6 weeks end.
This experimental workshop series is open to anyone with a beginner’s mind, you do not need to identify as an artist, you only need curiosity and a willingness to experiment with the group as we invite in creative clarity, one week at a time.
6-Week Course Outline
(Aligned with the first 6 chapters in Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way)
Recovering a Sense of Safety
Establishing morning pages and artist dates
Identifying and releasing negative core beliefs
Recovering a Sense of Identity
Exploring personal creative goals
Learning to nurture and protect your fledgling ideas
Recovering a Sense of Power
Confronting and transforming self-criticism
Navigating creative risk and gentle self-acceptance
Recovering a Sense of Integrity
Aligning your creativity with your personal values
Setting healthy boundaries for your artistic life
Recovering a Sense of Possibility
Welcoming the expansion of new ideas
Enhancing trust in your intuition and abilities
Recovering a Sense of Abundance
Embracing generosity and gratitude in creativity
Redefining success and measuring creative growth
How to Register
Register HERE through Inward and Artward’s Online School of Creativity.
Sliding Scale Registration | $275 / $300 / $325
Space is LIMITED to ensure an intimate experience. I recommend signing up early!
About the Facilitator J. Faye D’Avanza
J. Faye D’Avanza, MSLIS—is a writer and founder of Library of Care, creative empowerment coaching and facilitation with a relational and somatic approach to living a whole creative life. After experiencing chronic burnout from a career as a public librarian that led to a mid-life dark night of the soul, this challenge became her biggest catalyst for growth and creative healing. The author of the newsletter, Keeping Creative Time on Substack, Faye is an Inward & Artward certified creative facilitator, a certified book editor, and a (RYT-200) yoga teacher-in-training who lives among the artists, tourists, trees, and mountains of Asheville, North Carolina, where she 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.