In this episode, Amelia Knott, art psychotherapist and author of The Art of Thriving Online, joins us to talk about how creativity can help us build a healthier relationship with social media and our digital lives. We dive into the mental health impacts of hustle culture and the online world, and why a "digital detox" isn't always the answer. Amelia shares practical tips on staying grounded and using creativity to thrive online.
About Amelia
Amelia Knott, RP, RCAT, is an art psychotherapist who specializes in the mental health impacts of hustle culture and social media. With over a decade of facilitation experience, she offers meaningful mental health care through one-on-one art therapy, group sessions, and workshops. Amelia is the author of The Art of Thriving Online, a workbook about using creativity to redefine wellbeing in the digital age. She also hosts Anti-Hustle Art Studio, digital coworking sessions to help others care for themselves with creativity and community. She lives in the Slocan Valley of British Columbia.
About me
Pascale Côté is a creativity guide, artist, and writer who helps creatives meet, understand, and express themselves by guiding them to work *with* their (creative, complex, unconventional) nature instead of against it. She helps artists, visionaries, disruptors and earth stewards break free from the vortex of overthinking and move forward with their bold, rebellious ideas. Her work challenges conventional norms, inviting creatives to explore what’s possible when they release outdated narratives and embrace their true, authentic expression. Pascale believes that art is a powerful vehicle for both individual and collective change when it’s grounded in truth—created outside the rigid systems that stifle our creative spirit.
About the podcast
Creative minds are the architects of a new world, and their art holds the keys to reimagining our reality. The challenge is, creative minds often spend just as much time crafting self-limiting narratives as they do creating their art. Dear Creative Mind is a space for creative liberation—a pathway out of the cycle of overthinking, burnout, and stagnation. This podcast is for artists & creative entrepreneurs where Pascale, creativity guide, shares grounding meditations, gentle coaching guidance and heartfelt conversations with inspiring artists. The podcast explores the real challenges that come with being creative—overthinking, self-doubt, burnout—and how to navigate them while staying true to our vision.
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A special thank you to Alexandra Moreno for the original music of the podcast.