Creative Care : Episode 3 :: Understanding and Avoiding Burnout with Emmanuelle Meunier

Artists’ lives and careers can be rewarding and challenging, as ever changing schedules, interests and working conditions can attest to. This episode addresses burnout, prevention and self-care with art therapist Emmanuelle Meunier. 

Emmanuelle Meunier is a creative journaling artist and trained art therapist. She loves working with various individuals and ethnicities and has a niche working with youth from 5 to 17 years old. She researched the topic of self care and burnout prevention while in graduate school (Concordia University) and is passionate about sharing her results with artists and the general public.

For more information on some the issues discussed in this episode, see:

Article about the myth of the tortured artist:
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/world-mental-health-day-tortured-artist-dangerous-myth-pain-art-depression-suicide-a8576971.html

National library of medecine'article about protective factors to burnout:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7301947/

Creative journaling:
https://journalcreatif.com/en/

For more information on Emmanuelle:
https://artistedesavie.ca/
Where to find Emmanuelle’s podcast:
https://jesuisart-therapeute.baladocanada.ca/

Acknowledgements

Hosted by Louise Campbell, this podcast was recorded at ELAN’s Community Digital Arts Hub, with mixing by Tyler Rauman and editing by Ariel Piermont. Music featured on this podcast was composed, performed and produced by Louise Campbell. To listen to the complete works, click here: https://redshiftmusicsociety.bandcamp.com/album/sources.

The Creative Care podcast is funded by the Government of Quebec’s Secrétariat aux relations avec les Québécois d'expression anglaise, and managed by the Community Health & Social Services Network (CHSSN). The views expressed herein are based on the experience and professional training of each guest, and supported by information on mental health and wellbeing that were current at the time of recording in March 2024. These views do not necessarily represent the views of ELAN or CHSSN.

Creative Care : Episode 3 :: Understanding and Avoiding Burnout with Emmanuelle Meunier

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