The Atlanta Creator Check-In 🍑✨
​About The Event
The Atlanta Creator Check-In is a feel-good event bringing creators together to talk real-world wellness and mental health. Expect practical strategies for protecting your peace, navigating burnout, and building sustainable creative careers, without losing the joy that brought you here.
​We’ll kick off with mingling and mock/cocktails, then a candid conversation with creators and industry pros who keep it honest about boundaries, balance, money, and meaning. You’ll leave with tangible tools, new connections, and a reminder: your well-being is not a nice-to-have—it’s the engine of your best work.
​What To Expect
​Curated mixer to meet fellow ATL creators
​A guided meditation from a very special guest
​A no-fluff panel on mental health, burnout, and sustainable growth ft. Shira Lazar, Jayde Powell, Roxanne Kaiser and Shaine Griffin, Director, Contract Strategic Initiatives & Podcasts at SAG
​Light bites, good music, and a community that gets it
​Plus, Pack your mental health: A tasting & stamping bar Ft Proxy Wellness and Wildly Better Mocktail Bar by Proxy Wellness
​Who It’s For
Creators, influencers, creative entrepreneurs, movers and shakers, and anyone building on the internet who wants longevity without losing themselves.
Meet The Hosts
Jayde I. Powell is a social media strategist and creatorpreneur with over 12 years of experience in marketing and advertising. Leveraging her industry knowledge and people-connecting skills, Jayde built Creator Tea Talk to bring creators and brand professionals together for conversations that champion transparency and push the creator economy toward a more equitable and sustainable future.
Nefatari Cooper is a creator and digital marketing expert who connects brands with mega creators and celebrity partners, focusing on unique opportunities for brand clients that increase awareness and engagement through Instagram and TikTok marketing. Her experience in fashion, beauty, and entertainment includes facilitating partnerships with talent such as Kelly Rowland, Jordan Thee Stallion, and Shawn Johnson.
Shira Lazar is an Emmy-nominated digital culture expert, keynote speaker, and mental health advocate with over 1 million followers across platforms. She is also the co-founder of Creators 4 Mental Health, an initiative dedicated to supporting the mental well-being of the creator economy through education, content, services, community, and research.
Our Sponsors
Buckhead Art & Company stands as a beacon of artistic excellence and community engagement. Nestled within the prestigious setting of The Shops of Buckhead Atlanta since September of 2016, the gallery is a mission-based establishment with a goal to use art as a tool for storytelling, joy-building, and community empowerment, particularly for historically marginalized individuals.
Influential is the world's largest influencer marketing company. Trusted by over 60% of Fortune 500 brands, Influential uses the industry’s richest data, powered by the smartest AI and human intelligence, to precisely match audiences with creators delivering ROI and measurable business outcomes for brands.
SAG-AFTRA is a union of 160,000 professional actors, announcers, broadcast journalists, dancers, DJs, news writers, news editors, program hosts, puppeteers, recording artists, singers, stunt performers, and voiceover artists. They are a community united by shared work in entertainment and media. By supporting each other and coming together, they work to raise standards for creative professionals across industries.