The Balanced Creative Podcast
The Balanced Creative is a podcast for busy, innovative creatives who are committed to cultivating a sustainable, joyful creative practice. Through personal, inspirational stories of transformation and change, we focus on nurturing long-term creative well-being and offer small, tangible ways to strengthen your mindset, establish boundaries, and prioritize non-negotiables, helping you build a more balanced, fulfilling creative life.
Host: Chelene Knight
Producer: Mar Tezak
Listen On:
Season Two
Season One
Episode 1: What is creative burnout and how the heck can we prevent it?
Episode 2: Thriving vs Surviving
Episode 3: Three clear cut ways to make more healthy space for creation
Episode 4: Why quitting my Day Job was the best and scariest decision of my creative career
Episode 5: Three ways to BEGIN to build up your money mindset in an industry that wants you to remain broke
Episode 6: Letting go and building intentional community
Episode 7: Self Care is Community Care, with author Jónína Kirton
Episode 8: Systems & Processes as Self-Care with guest Krystal Clark
Episode 9: How personality plays a role in workplace success with Terrance Lee
Episode 10: How the evolution of Instant gratification has affected our boundaries and creative life
Episode 11: Author care in creative writing with Kim Pittaway
Episode 12: Three Ways Prioritizing for the year can help you fall in love with writing again
Episode 13: Our mind may manage stress well, but chances are, your body doesn't
Episode 14: Show Me the Money! Making a living as a creative with guest Jen Sookfong Lee
Episode 15: Saying no with love
Episode 16: Spilling the Tea on Self Promo for Writers with Sophie Jai
Episode 17: Make space for creation using your 9-5
Episode 18: Chelene Knight - Entrepreneurial by Design
Are you interested in being a Balanced Creative Podcast guest? We are looking to chat with folks who have some level of expertise in a creative field and value living a balanced creative life and kicking burnout to the curb—for life. Although we work mostly with writers we are keen to learn more about how to build healthier creative practices in general, so get in touch no matter your creative field! ↓
Reviews for The Balanced Creative
The change we need in our creative lives and industries
“This podcast is smart and thoughtful. It is led by a welcoming host who affirms the changes we need in our creative industries, where burnout and inequities are high. Some of the incredibly helpful and specific practices described are characterized by: slowing down; engaging in self-reflection; and fine tuning systems. Thank you to host, Chelene Knight, for this offering to me as a writer, arts administrator, and long-haul cultural worker. And thank you for the impact you’re making in our creative communities.”
— LeoLovegrove