The Alchemy Of Creative Living - by Jen Knox

COURSE

The Alchemy Of Creative Living

With Jen Knox

In this four-day course, we will learn to live more creatively, evoking a renewed sense of wonder and joy. With talks, meditations and writing exercises, we'll explore new and creative ways to interact with the world and reach our creative goals. This course will offer simple steps to release comparison, ground and focus, find creative momentum, and learn to trust our unique voice. Music is "Adrift Among Infinite Stars" by Scott Buckley


Meet your Teacher

The co-owner of Unleash Creatives, a holistic arts organization, Jen Knox is an educator and storyteller who teaches writing, leadership, and meditation. She is the author of We Arrive Uninvited (Steel Toe Books Award Winner) and The Glass City (Press Americana Prize for Prose). She has also co-written two books on creativity, Living Art and Create & Curate: 500 Ideas for Artists and Writers. After earning her BA from Otterbein and MFA from Bennington in Creative Nonfiction, Jen went on to work in the nonprofit world where she directed a writers-in-communities program that supported at-risk populations to find and share their voice and use writing as a tool to explore difficult subjects on the page. While teaching creative writing to adults and children for over a decade and leveraging her community experience to teach leadership and personal empowerment at The Ohio State University, Jen also earned her 200hr Teaching Certification through Uplifted™ Yoga YTT and her KYT from RaMa Institute. She began studying meditation techniques with various instructors around the world and ultimately began to combine her passion for creative expression and leadership with mindfulness practices.

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4 Days

1.8k students

4.8 stars

11 min / day

Clarity

English


Lesson 1

Releasing Comparison And Competition

We'll begin this creative journey by meeting feelings of comparison or competition with compassion. This lesson is about learning to honor others' unique voices so that we can more honestly honor our own voice.

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Lesson 2

Ground And Focus

Day two is about learning how to avoid distractions and focus on what is in front us in order to drive a more creative life. This talk and meditation will be about reclaiming focus in a complex world.

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Lesson 3

Keeping Creative Momentum

Where and how do we find and sustain creative momentum? Day three is all about fostering a lifestyle in which creativity itself and the ability to creatively problem solve become constant companions. This lesson is about exploring our life experiences and understanding how to find new perspective through creative acts.

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Lesson 4

Your Unique Creative Voice

This final, short session is about cultivating self-trust in order to learn how to share your unique creative voice. Along with a short final mediation, this lesson concludes with an assignment to set a single creative goal and begin to take steps toward it.

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Ask your teacher

This course includes 18 community questions and 5 audio replies from Jen Knox. The community classroom and teacher audio replies are only available via the app.

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Recent Reviews

Laura

May 22, 2025

Great! It got my lazy creative juices flowing. It woke up and supported my already creative endeavors which are always in process

TY

November 10, 2024

Thank you very much for this course! I feel more empowered

Brian

October 30, 2024

Great course which helped me to express my creativity in new ways. I am committed to living more creatively, to live more from my heart and reconnect with my inner child. I have grown.

Jennifer

June 26, 2024

As a burgeoning artist, I loved this course so much! 💜 She really encourages us to not only meditate but also take action by journaling, writing, dancing, painting etc. I will listen to this again! ✨

Michelle

May 18, 2024

Thank for your encouragement and enthusiasm for our creative process and voice 💕 I’ve always felt creative and recently I’ve taken a deep dive into acrylic painting. The creative process, especially when new in the learning curve, is confronting so your encouragement is really appreciated. Thanks for putting this course together!! Love, Michelle

Jason

March 16, 2024

Really nice, thank you

Kate

February 9, 2024

Thank you! Some very inspiring lessons. 🩷🙏🏻

Rob

November 28, 2023

Thank you, Jen. I have longed for more creativity in my life (since my professional work doesn’t afford much of it), but I struggle to trust in my own intuition. You have given me the confidence to refocus on the form that I have always been drawn to (writing), to not judge myself for the quality of my output or for ‘lacking’ in other areas, and to take inspiration from others without feeling a sense of competition.

Donna

October 24, 2023

A wonderful course that has helped me step back and reflect on what is important to me and what I want to spend my time doing. 🙏🏼💙🕊🦋

Aislynn

September 14, 2023

I really enjoyed the imagery and the anchoring quotes that was offered. Highly recommend!

Chantal

August 28, 2023

A lovely course full of tips to help you become more creative. 🙏❤️

Anju

August 21, 2023

Love all the courses by Jen! They are always so gentle, spot on and encouraging! Thank you !❤️

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