About

Made for this.

A room of creators who refuse to do this alone.

What is Creative Minds

A Christian-led group bringing creators together to connect, collaborate, and learn.

Creative Minds brings together like-minded content creators in an inspiring environment to connect, collaborate, and learn from each other, with the goal of pushing our content in positive directions.

We've found that many creatives are extremely isolated in their creative journeys, and for the longest time believed that the solitude was a requirement to being a creative online.

We've found that not only is this not true, but that collaboration is a necessity to becoming truly successful and fulfilled, not only online but in life.

Like a puzzle, the difficulty was finding the pieces that go together. We believe we've found a way to connect the right people with each other at our retreats.

And although not a requirement by any means, many of the creators are Christian. We believe this roots us in a solid foundation and helps us connect on a much deeper level.

How it started

What started as an online accountability group turned into a lot more.

There's a loneliness epidemic with creatives. Joel had started an online group to help some friends he'd met online stay accountable to the goals they'd set. After a while, being in person felt like a much better option than staying online.

That was the beginning of Creative Minds. Joel had just come back from another retreat, Creator Camp, and seen first-hand how impactful being in person really was. So we tried it. It worked. Three retreats later, it's become something none of us want to let go of.

Creator on a hilltop wearing the 'I work to better the lives of others' hoodie

The team

Small on purpose.
Same as the retreat.

Joel Roache

Founder · Creator

Founder of Creative Minds. Cinematic creator on Instagram and YouTube, on a mission to bring more connection to the creative space.

Tiana Vee

Co-founder · Logistics

Co-founder. YouTube creator running an ASMR channel and a personal channel about the everyday lessons of life.

Praise

Logistics · Apparel

Helps run the operation, with a specific focus on apparel and the visual record of every retreat.

Monica

Social · Branding

Runs how Creative Minds shows up online. The reason the story keeps reaching the right people.

What we believe

Three things we're not budging on.

01
Faith first, performance second.
God is the foundation of everything we do. We want that to be reflected in how we act and carry ourselves, showing the light He's given us through the content we create and the way we treat the people around us.
02
Creators, not influencers.
We want people who are conscious about the work they put out, doing this full-time or trying to, appreciative of the position they're in, and eager to take advantage of every opportunity.
03
Intimate, not scaled.
We pick a small group on purpose. We want connections to last longer than the few days, and we want every person there to genuinely talk to every other person there. Too big and that breaks.

Follow along

From Joel's Substack.