Creative Wellness supports heart-centered women and men who want to write and reflect for wisdom and well-being.

Creative Wellness events and products are designed to help you take time for YOU.  Time to get clear, grounded, and centered.  Time to connect with your own story.  Time to align with what really matters most to you.  Time to nourish your creativity, feed your soul and deepen your sense of overall well-being.

Creative Wellness clients are interested in mindful, inspired, and healthy living.

Creative Wellness clients are individuals, groups and organizations who give a lot in service to the needs, health, learning and well-being of others AND who value personal growth, self-care and well-being.  Some of my clients have written for themself for years, others are picking up a pen and journal to embark to the blank page to write for themself for the first time.  You start where you are at in the moment and go forward from there.  

Creative Wellness Clients

I have worked with hundreds of individual clients within my twenty year social work/coaching/training career. My clients include social workers, therapists, counsellors, psychologists, life coaches, mental health nurses, midwives, health and healing professionals, life coaches, hospice workers, educators, emergency service professionals, crisis intervention workers, change agents and the supervisors, managers and leaders within occupational groups of this nature.  I work with many ”helpingpreneurs” – helping professionals who are self-employed through their own businesses/private practices.

Creative Wellness clients are dedicated helping and healing professionals  who often work with high stress, high emotion, and at times trauma, within the nature and heart of their work.  They know that taking care of themselves is foundational to success and satisfaction in their lives and work AND that caring for self while being in service to others is a balancing act. They want greater work-life balance, less stress, as well as feelings of accomplishment and meaning in the important work that they do.  They also want fulfillment, satisfaction and purpose in both life and work. They care about pausing and listening within.  They write/journal, or are curious about the power of writing as a tool for self-awareness and personal growth.

The act of moving the pen across the page can be meditative, creating a calming state. ~ Henriette Anne Klauser

Creative Wellness clients also include health, human and social service organizations who are committed to offering their employees messages of care and recognition.  Creative Wellness client organizations prioritize employee well-being and offer professional development that helps staff to reduce stress, prevent burnout and connect with the meaning in their work, in their lives.

“Lynda and Creative Wellness’s ability to be flexible and responsive to our agencies needs was tremendous! The staff are excited about developing self care plans and look forward to working with Lynda again.”

Chris Leischner M.S.W., R.S.W. Executive Director, PEERS Victoria

“Three words come to mind when reflecting on the work provided by Lynda Monk: Passion, Commitment and Innovation. Lynda leaves a trail of legacy, our ministry has certainly benefited from our partnership with her in the areas of training and organizational health.” John Campos, RSW Ministry of Children and Family Development

The Challenges – When can I help?

Do any of these circumstances feel true for you?

• “I constantly feel overwhelmed by a high workload and constant pressure. I feel overwhelmed and exhausted a lot of the time.”
• “I want to have a greater sense of purpose, meaning and passion in my work but it is so busy all the time I never have a chance to come up for air.”
• “I feel burnt out and really crave a chance to reflect and replenish.”
• “I would like to take better care of myself and enjoy my life and work more but I’m not sure where to start.”
• “I am always the person supporting other people, sometimes I really wish I just had someone to listen to me for a change.”
• “I have dreams and goals I want to accomplish both personally and professionally. I wish I had more time to pursue these things.”
• “I want more creative expressive time in my life.”

If any of these statements ring true for you, you are not alone!

Successful Clients

Creative Wellness clients who have been successful in overcoming these challenges and reaching their goals have shared common commitments, characteristics and beliefs.

Individuals who…

• want to move towards higher levels of success, fulfillment and well-being in their lives and work
• value the importance of self-care, healing and wellness from a holistic perspective – including emotional, physical, psychological and spiritual health
• see change and personal development as opportunities for growth
• are open minded and motivated
• share an interest/curiousity in journal writing, life writing, creative self-expression and self-reflection as tools for well-being and personal growth

Organizations who…

• care about their employees
• embrace reflective practice and transformational leadership
• strive towards high employee retention, satisfaction, and engagement
• include employee health and wellness as core values and are taking action in this important area of organizational development
• know that taking care of the people who do the work is the bottom line to providing quality care and service to clients or patients
• realize that while results matter, quality of life and the quality of the journey are equally important

Client Organizations

I have have served a wide range of client organizations within multiple occupational groups - I have worked as a trainer, facilitator, coach, curriculum writer and/or consultant to numerous organizations including the following:

Creative Wellness clients served…

• Maples Adolescent Psychiatric Treatment Centre
• The Public Guardian and Trustee of British Columbia
• The Ministry of Children & Family Development, BC (since 1995)
• The Justice Institute of BC
• Caring for First Nations Children Society
• Mheccu, UBC
• Community Living Services
• Child Welfare League of Canada
• Niagara Distress Centre
• Salt Spring Fire Department
• SWOVA: Salt Spring Women Opposed to Violence and Abuse
• Usma Nuu-chah-nulth Family and Child Services
• Corrections Services Canada – Prairie Region
• RNABC: Registered Nurses Association of BC
• Midwifery Program, University of British Columbia
• PEERS Victoria

During my long standing associate role with Fisher and Associates, specialists in organizational health and employee wellness, I also served the following client organizations:

• Ministry of Employment and Income Assistance
• Ministry of Children and Family Development
• Ministry of Tourism, Sports and Arts
• Ministry of Community Services
• Children’s Aid Societies – Ontario
• Corrections Canada – Pacific Region
• BC Custody
• Alberta Solicitor General
• Vancouver Police Department
• Victim Services – Tisdale, SK
• ROOF – Reaching Outdoor Friends – Kitchener, Ont.
• Department of National Defense – CFB Esquimalt

Thank you to all of these clients for your ongoing efforts towards creating and awakening greater wellness within your workplaces!

Now that you know the kind of clients I work with, the challenges I help them resolve and characteristics that ensure their success, click on this link to learn more about how I work.