wellness for creatives

Feel Better. Create Better. Live Better.

Wellness for Creatives™ blends art, movement, and mental wellness into experiences that help creatives, students, teams, and communities show up as their best selves.

About Wellness for Creatives™

Wellness for Creatives™ is a creative wellness ecosystem blending art, movement, cultural storytelling, and mental health practices. Founded by multidisciplinary artist and cultural strategist Byron Linnell Edwards, the platform unites lived creative experience with formal education in psychology, wellness, and performance.

Anchored in Experience

Our approach is shaped by professional training, formal education, and years of work across art, media, community strategy, and wellness programming. Byron’s unique background blends creative leadership, wellness expertise, and cultural work.

Certifications & Formal Education

  • National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) – Certified Personal Trainer
  • Road Runners Club of America – Certified Run Coach
  • Yale University – The Science of Well-Being
  • UC Berkeley – The Science of Happiness
  • B.A. in Communication, George Mason University

Creative, Cultural & Wellness Work

  • Artist whose work has been licensed by Showtime, purchased by Viacom, and commissioned by Visa
  • Creative strategist behind award-winning cultural campaigns, including BET and The Shade Room
  • Program leader for youth, community, and workplace wellness experiences
  • Fiber artist and founder of Hooked with Byron, merging slow craft with mental wellness
  • Wellness facilitator for museums, hotels, schools, and cultural institutions

Partnerships & Collaborations

  • SoHo Hotel
  • Chrysler Museum
  • Getty Museum
  • Operation Smile
  • Jack & Jill

Programs

Inkwell™

Guided journaling + coloring for emotional clarity, grounding, and self-reflection.

Color with Creatives™

Creative conversation + artmaking sessions centered on identity, culture, and mental wellness.

Run Your Best Mile™

Movement-based wellness rooted in resilience and emotional regulation, led by a certified run coach.

Hooked with Byron

Fiber-art–based grounding and restorative creative practice designed for stillness and reset.

Founder

About Byron Linnell Edwards

A multidisciplinary artist, cultural strategist, certified wellness practitioner, and founder of Wellness for Creatives™. Byron’s work sits at the intersection of wellness, identity, storytelling, and creative recovery.

Byron Linnell Edwards blends 15+ years of experience across entertainment, design, community engagement, and the arts. His background spans BET Networks, Roc Nation, public art, museum programming, fiber arts, and mental wellness advocacy.

His work has been commissioned by Visa and appears in private and institutional collections including Viacom and Showtime. He has led cultural programming with the Chrysler Museum, Dream Hotel, Jack & Jill, and a range of youth, hospitality, and corporate partners.

Certifications & Credentials
  • NASM Certified Personal Trainer (National Academy of Sports Medicine)
  • RRCA Certified Run Coach (Road Runners Club of America)
  • Yale University – The Science of Well-Being
  • UC Berkeley – The Science of Happiness
  • BA in Communication – George Mason University
  • Professional Creative Wellness Facilitator
Speaking

Speaking with Byron Linnell Edwards

Talks and moderated conversations exploring art, culture, race, identity, creative wellness, and the stories that shape who we are.

Byron speaks at the intersection of art, personal narrative, race, identity, and emotional wellbeing. His lived experience across entertainment, fine art, wellness, and community work gives him a rare lens: creative but grounded, culturally sharp but deeply human.

His talks help audiences reconnect with themselves, understand their story, and see creativity as a tool for healing, expression, and self-definition.

Common topics include:
  • Art as identity and self-storytelling
  • Race, culture, and creative expression
  • Using creativity to heal emotional exhaustion
  • Rewriting your story through wellness and reinvention
  • The role of artists in community care

Track record

Selected Partners & Features

Organizations, institutions, and brands that have partnered with Wellness for Creatives™.

Visa
Viacom
Showtime
BET
Dream Hotel
Line Hotel
SoHo Hotel
Jack & Jill
Chrysler Museum
Getty Museum
Norfolk Arts
Operation Smile
Press

Highsnobiety – For Byron Linnell Edwards, Wellness Is Part of the Creative Process

Modern Luxury – Mind, Heart, and Soul

VoyageLA – Rising Stars: Meet Byron Edwards

Canvas Rebel – Meet Byron Edwards

Neiman Lab – Community storytelling & cultural impact

Contact

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