Montreal (Centre)

Montreal (West Island)

Toronto

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Linda: A few years ago, I was stressed, overworked and unhappy. Then, I took a one-year sabbatical from my 9-5 accounting job. I moved to Paris, pushed my boundaries, indulged in my passions of screenwriting and improv and achieved my dream of writing and producing a short film. 

Kim: I was also overworked and had just returned to my 9-5 marketing job after an almost year-long medical leave. I felt the urge to get the most out of life. So, I decided to take some time off to travel. I went to live Europe and Asia, met people from all walks of life and pushed myself to do things I never thought I would do. 

After our creative breaks, we both felt rejuvenated, learned a lot, and became more creative, meaning better at working, leading, adapting, innovating and seeing things through different point of views. We said “everyone should feel this way!” 

My Creative Break was initially born to help people feel this way – we motivated people to take breaks to do things for themselves.

Then, people asked us, “how did you push yourselves to become these better versions of yourselves?”

We now run workshops and events that help people work on this using our “secret ingredients” – improv and creativity exercises. With these, we bring people together to network, have fun, work on new skills, and get the support and motivation they need to work on their creativity. We also work with organizations and help teams work on communication, collaboration and problem-solving skills using creativity and team bonding exercises.