Revive Your Creative Practice: A Self-Care Odyssey

Maybe you’re too busy with work and life to make time for creativity. Maybe you’re burned out. Maybe you’re feeling stuck. Or maybe you’re experiencing all of the above.

No matter what creative conundrum led you here, rest assured you’ve found a safe, supportive space to work through it.

60+ pages of journal prompts, tools, and therapy-based creativity strategies

Revive Your Creative Practice will take you on a journey to the center of your creativity. Along the way, you’ll:

• regain a sense of creative identity by exploring your creative roots
• unpack your limiting beliefs and explore how they hold you back
• learn therapy-based strategies for overcoming limiting beliefs
• understand the roles that fear and criticism play in your creative practice
• identify who supports your art and who inspires you
• discover how you can create an inspiring environment for creativity
• create an action plan for nurturing your creativity regularly

Made for neurodivergent & overwhelmed creatives

This ain’t your average creativity resource! This guidebook is packed with battle-tested creativity strategies based on dialectical behavioral therapy skills, including:

• THINK
• Participating
• Self-soothing

You’ll learn what these skills are, see examples of how they’re used, and get the chance to practice them yourself.

(NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: I’m not a licensed art therapist or mental health professional — I live with a mental health condition. In the guidebook, I share my interpretation and approach to the skills that work for me. This content is not intended to substitute treatment or diagnosis from a mental health professional.)

Perfect for hobbyists & professionals

What's inside:

Part 1: Reconnect with your creativity

Explore your creative roots to discover why you started creating, what motivates you, and what you hope to gain from your creative practice. Dare to indulge in your wildest creative dreams to cultivate a creativity practice that excites you and actually feels fun!

Part 2: Celebrate your creative achievements

Reflect on what you’ve accomplished as a creator and learn to get comfortable with celebrating your wins regularly. You’ll also explore other, non-creative milestones to uncover how those personal achievements affect your creativity.

Part 3: Unpack your limiting beliefs and learn battle-tested strategies for overcoming them

Dig deep into your attitudes and assumptions about creativity to discover how your inner critic is holding you back. Learn therapy-based mental health techniques, like THINK and Participating, that you can use to break through limiting beliefs and get back to creating.

Part 4: Create an action plan for nurturing your creativity regularly

You’ll use what you learned in Parts 1 through 3 to identify small, inspiring steps you can take to make your creative practice more fun and consistent.

FAQs

What is the Joyful Creators Club?

The Joyful Creators Club is an up-and-coming creative community that’s all about reconnecting with the fun and magic of making. Writing, art, music, content, needlework — no matter what you’re creating, you’re welcome at the club!

What should I do if I have a problem with my download?

Please reach out to mel@joyfulcreatorsclub.com.

Will I receive a hard copy of the guide?

No. This is a digital product, so you’ll need to download it to your device using the link in your Gumroad confirmation email.

If you’d like a hard copy, you're welcome to print the PDF using your home printer (although some colors may show up differently in the print version).

About the author

Hey there! I’m Mel Lee-Smith, multi-hyphenate creative and founder here at Joyful Creators Club. Thanks for being here!

Writing was my first creative love — I’ve been telling stories since toddlerhood. Over the years, I’ve dabbled in several other art forms, including music, design, dance, content, and needlework.

My goal for Joyful Creators Club is to nurture a thriving community of creatives — whether you're doing it as a day job, side hustle, hobby, or all of the above!