The Artist’s Way for Healthcare Workers - Fall 2025
“Success occurs in clusters” - The Artist’s Way
You became a healthcare worker to help others. You trained hard, sacrificed, and devoted yourself to caring for people. You may even be in a caregiver role at home too. But somewhere along the way, the system demanded so much that you lost touch with your own creativity, imagination, and sense of self. Didn’t you used to have… hobbies?
The healthcare system prioritizes efficiency and productivity, leaving little room for self-expression, much less, creative exploration.
You feel disconnected from your inner artist/self, overwhelmed by moral distress, and stuck in a cycle that drains your energy and joy.
Healthcare workers deserve to feel whole—not just as professionals, but as creative, imaginative humans.
We’ve been there. We know what it’s like to edit out your own dimensions for the sake of your career. At Introspective Spaces, we believe that healing our creativity as healthcare workers can help heal our moral distress and reclaim our agency. That’s why we offer The Artist’s Way for Healthcare Workers—a 12-week community journey to rediscover creativity, reflection, and play.
Read about my experience as a nurse and doing the Artists Way here
Here’s how it works:
✅ Join a small pod (3-7 people) for weekly connection and accountability.
✅ Read & reflect asynchronously—one chapter per week for 12 weeks
✅ Engage in creative practices through guided exercises.
✅ Connect with a private WhatsApp community of healthcare workers on the same journey.
✅ Receive a weekly newsletter tailored to the healthcare experience.
✅ Earn 3 Continuing Education (CE) credits (optional).
✅ Celebrate! Attend an in-person or virtual reception upon completion
Only materials required: The Artist’s Way book, a pen, and a notebook.
“For the helpers and caregivers out there who draw from the bottom of their wells day in and day out, I hope you may consider filling your own cup by joining this community journey. When we tend to our creative selves, we can come back to life. It has been an honor and privilege to journey alongside others who understand on a level hard to find anywhere else”
-Lyndsey, RN (Fall 2024 Artist’s Way Participant)
12 Week Virtual Accountability Individual Sign up with access to accountability group and exclusive Introspective Spaces Artist’s Way Substack
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3CEs + 12 Week Virtual Accountability Individual Sign up with access to accountability group and exclusive Introspective Spaces Artist’s Way Substack
12 week accountability group with self-facilitation guide provided to your non-profit organization or self-organized group. Maximum 8 participants. Includes 3 CE per participant. Once you register, we will create a coupon code for your organization so your participants can register individually free of charge. Please inquire for Non-Profit Pricing.
Cohort 3- Fall 2025
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Fall 2025 Locations
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Los Angeles
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Bay Area
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Sacramento
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NY/NJ
FAQs
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Absolutely! We can add you to an asynchronous group.
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You will be assigned to a weekly live accountability group via zoom. This will be peer-led with a provided facilitation guide. The goal here is to check in on how the reading and tasks have been going.
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You are right to understand this is a significant undertaking. However, we are working with the book to tailor it to our busy clinical environments and workloads. If you participate at 10%, you will still be greatly enriched.
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Although it can feel like you need to have an art practice, this journey together is more about reconnecting with your inner self by exploring your past, what gives you joy, and self-reflection. All of this aids in us becoming more creative.
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Religious Aspects of Artist's Way
Julia Cameron uses religious language in the artist's way to describe the spiritual nature of creativity. She encourages folks to replace the word "God" with the word universe, spirit or nature. It is designed to be open to folks who have religious and non-religious beliefs. There's been a lot written about how to ensure atheists or folks who are non-religious can engage comfortably in the Artist's way. We are happy to speak with anyone who has any concerns about this! Anu is a Buddhist and replaces the word "God" with "universe" in her engagement with the book.
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The book is not included in the registration fee because it is readily available in most libraries or many participants already own it! If you don’t own it, we do highly recommend buying your own copy so you can take notes or underline passages that resonate with you!
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Introspective Spaces is a Board of Registered Nursing CE Provider # 18000 . Those who sign up for the CE option will receive three webinars (recorded) exploring the topic of moral distress, creativity, and healthcare. Each webinar is 1 CE.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing CEP 18000 for 3 CE
The objectives of the CE webinars exploring the intersection of arts and health will be posted here shortly.
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If you get too busy after you signed up, we can bump you to the next cohort for no additional fee.
You can cancel for a full refund anytime up to one day before the start of the program. After that, no refunds will be issued.
You must ‘attend’ all three virtual webinars (Will also be recorded to watch later) to attain CE credits. The webinars are optional otherwise for all attendees.
Without space to attend to our inner experiences, burnout, disconnection, and moral distress will continue to take their toll. The healthcare system won’t change overnight, but we can change how we engage with it—by nurturing our imagination and rediscovering our agency.
Imagine a healthcare system where workers feel present, where humanity is valued as much as efficiency. Imagine reconnecting with the part of yourself that dreams, plays, and creates—where you no longer feel drained, but inspired.
This is not just about art. It’s about reclaiming the fullness of who you are.
✨ Join us. Your people are waiting.
MD Participant
During our 12 weeks together, surrounded by compassionate colleagues who share a similar vision, I've found renewal. Together, we peeled back the layers of institutional expectations, rediscovered our authentic selves, and prioritized our well-being. This is not selfish—it is necessary. By tending to our own wholeness, we become more present, more empathetic, more effective caregivers
Nurse Participant
When I first became a nurse, I had this hope and vision of finding a community of healthcare workers that I could reflect with on the spiritual meaning of our shared work. I had forgotten about this dream until recently when it occurred to me that it has been realized in all of you!
A Special Note To Groups, Membership Organizations, and Workplaces:
Looking for an innovate way to engage your members, foster connection, and bring creativity into your organization? The Artist’s Way for Healthcare Workers has successfully driven engagement and connection in professional groups, hospital units, and membership organizations.
We’ve partnered with organizations like the Oncology Nursing Society, National Hispanic Nursing Society, and the Washington State Hospital Association, and have seen firsthand how this program revitalizes teams, sparks new ideas, and helps members feel more connected—not just to their work, but to themselves.
Whether you're a membership organization, hospital unit, or leadership team, we’d love to explore how this can support your community.
Looking for a gift for the healthcare worker in your life?
Gift the amazing healthcare worker in your life the opportunity to join our Artist’s Way Book Club - a 12 week book club for healthcare workers focused on accessing your inner artist! Join an amazing virtual community (with opportunity for in-person meet ups) and create space for creativity!
“When people ask me what I think is the single most important factor in an artist’s sustained productivity, I know I am supposed to say something like ‘solitude’, or ‘an independent income’ or ‘childcare’. All of these things are good and many people have said so, but what I think is better and more important than any of these things is what I call ‘a believing mirror’” (someone who believes in you and your creativity)”
— The Artist’s Way
Proud partners in the Artists Way for Healthcare Workers
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