14 sessions over 6 months that will deepen your relationship to creative practice.

WHY CREATIVE RECOVERY

Creative Recovery is about giving ourselves permission, space and accountability to explore those creative projects and ideas that keep calling to us. That book or film or painting idea that you keep daydreaming about, that performance or class you keep imagining yourself doing. The workshop uses The Artist’s Way workbook as a jumping off point while going deeper into archetypes of scarcity and abundance, relationship to power, the constructed narratives of our lives, and grounding in the rhythms and our relationship to nature. Having support and a space to let creative dreams and visions come into being is one of the most gratifying parts of life.

TESTIMONIAL

“Almost exactly a year ago, I was tearing myself apart for not getting that job and feeling like a failure. Today, I’m pitching my film—standing in a similar place, but feeling centered, happy, excited, and fully in my power and my voice. I owe so much of that transformation to you. Thank you, Elliat.” – Marisa Woo Grattan

WHAT TO EXPECT

Cohort members should expect to explore a contemporary creative project or visions they have struggled to create space for in their life. It can just be an idea with no experience needed per say, just a desire and commitment to get unstuck and to create meaningful change. This work focuses on opening up creative flow, curiosity and being open to an outcome of transformation of creative self and overall quality life. 

STRUCTURE

Sessions are 2.5 hrs each and will be offered virtually. Participants should come to each session with two notebooks – one for notes / creative exercises and one for morning pages – as well as their own copy of The Artist’s Way book. Additional source material will be provided by the instructor throughout the course.

DATES

Sessions will take place March-August every other Monday beginning March 2nd, 6:30-9pm PST. Workshop dates include: 3/2, 3/16, 3/30, 4/13, 4/27, 5/11, 5/25, 6/8, 6/22, 7/13 (not 7/6), 7/20, 8/3, 8/17, 8/31. If you either apply when the course is already full or have schedule conflicts with these dates, note that this course will be offered again in the near future.

COST

Cost for this workshop series is $89 per 2.5 hr session, totaling $1,246 for the 6 months. Payment in full at the start of the workshop are offered a early bird discounted rate of $1,200. If you have questions about incomes-based work-trade options, please write to livingdreamlab@gmail.com.

INSTRUCTOR

The workshop facilitator is Elliat Graney-Saucke, a documentary filmmaker, organizer and educator, currently teaching “Ethics of Storytelling,” and “Foundations of Documentary Storytelling” at UW CommLead master’s program and “Change Leader Institute” with ArtsWA / Washington State Arts Commission. Elliat has a body of work spanning 13 countries including 2 feature films, 20 shorts, 100+ client pieces and organizing 10 international queer, arts and heritage gatherings representing 45 nationalities. Elliat has won multiple awards including the SIFF Grant for Courageous Documentary Filmmaking, multiple 4Culture art project grants, an Artist Trust Fellowship and GAP grant, Seattle Office of Arts and Culture funding and more. Elliat also is a lifelong learner and is a standing member of a NYC-based documentary cohort, a student of two personal power, energy and boundary work lineagues, as well as ordained in an ongoing training with two teachers in Ireland focused on folklore, language, relationship to land and transitional ancestral knowledge. Learn more at elliat-creative.com

Registration closes February 2, 2026 at 11:59pm PST. The 12 cohort spots are available until filled so it is recommended to apply before the deadline.