The Artist’s Way for Busy Minds (Online)

The Artist’s Way for Busy Minds: A Six-Week Experimental Workshop for Creative Clarity
CLASS | Tuesdays, March 24, 31, April 7, 14, 21, 28 from 6:15-8:15pm EST
📍ONLINE delivered via ZOOM
Facilitated by J. Faye D'Avanza (I&A Certified)

Sliding Scale Registration | $275 / $300 / $325
Please pay what you’re able—when you’re in a position to support more, your contribution strengthens our community and makes creative learning accessible for all.

2026 Workshop Dates/Times
Tuesdays, March 24, 31, April 7, 14, 21, 28 from 6:15-8:15pm EST
Online via Zoom

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Cancellation and general policies can be found here.

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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.

• Weekly Guideposts

  6-Week Course Outline
  (Aligned with the first 6 chapters in Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way)

  1. Recovering a Sense of Safety

     • Establishing morning pages and artist dates

     • Identifying and releasing negative core beliefs

  2. Recovering a Sense of Identity

     • Exploring personal creative goals

     • Learning to nurture and protect your fledgling ideas

  3. Recovering a Sense of Power

     • Confronting and transforming self-criticism

     • Navigating creative risk and gentle self-acceptance

  4. Recovering a Sense of Integrity

     • Aligning your creativity with your personal values

     • Setting healthy boundaries for your artistic life

  5. Recovering a Sense of Possibility

     • Welcoming the expansion of new ideas

     • Enhancing trust in your intuition and abilities

  6. Recovering a Sense of Abundance

     • Embracing generosity and gratitude in creativity

     • Redefining success and measuring creative growth

  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 to Expect

  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.

• Who This Is For

  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

• Meet the Facilitator

  J. Faye D’Avanza, MSLIS—is a holistic creative empowerment facilitator and coach who shares a relational and somatic approach to living a whole creative life as the founder of Library of Care, educational resources and support for creative audiences, and is the author of the newsletter, Keeping Creative Time—a writer’s journey in conversation with what it means to live a whole creative life. An Inward & Artward certified creative facilitator and 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. After experiencing her own burnout that led to a mid-life dark night of the soul, she found her creative joy at Story Parlor. Connect with Faye at jfayedavanza.com.

Facilitated by: J. Faye D'Avanza (I&A Certified)
Photo by Elin Oom Photography