My Vision Quest ~ Water insights

Here is my story about painting...  

As far as I can remember I was attracted to anything colourful that I could express myself with. I can still recall some of my first colouring books and the crayons I used to colour it with.

I have a fond memory of art class in my primary school days where the art teacher saw potential within me and encouraged me to persue my art. I knew I would go to high school and art would be my main subject and focus. My path ahead was clear to me.

But my life path was about to take a turn I did  not expect. My parents decided after a heart breaking financial disappointment to relocate us to a different city, and the high school I was about to enter did not offer art as a subject! Nothing prepared me for this devastating discovery. My own life plan ahead came crushing down. I lost all my friends, I was alone and I had to take subjects like accounting and German! Not quite the colourful high school career I imagined.

But even in the seemingly creative dead zone I entered, I managed to find ways to be creative and to express myself in a creative manner...

I focused all my creative energy on my piano lessons and soon music became the main means of creative expression for me. I painted with music. It wasn't until my senior year when a guidance counselor informed me that my aptitude tests revealed that I should study art for a career that I tried desperately on my own to get back into creating art.

Needles to say that my application to be accepted into art school got declined. I simply did not have the necessary skills to be accepted into the  fine arts academy I applied to. Again another creative door got slammed in my face.

Yet again I had to make full use of what ever means of creative expression I could find.  On and on, the spiral of life took me untill I found myself on the a creative career path of hairstyling.

But the canvas and art studio dream eluded me up until the point in my life where I understood that art for me would not just be a career... it would be an energetic healing modality. And it would enter my life at exactly the correct time for me. The teacher appears when the student is ready.

Ever since my training as a Creatively Fit Coach, my life transformed right in front of my eyes. It needed to be a step of faith for me. I had to want to step through the door and take hold of the brush and not let go of it at any cost... and the second I no longer allowed circumstances to rob me of my souls inheritance, it became mine!

Claiming your personal power back from situations that you perceived yourself as helpless in, is a powerful experience.

Beginning to paint with passion and clarity during my vision quest in the Creatively Fit Coaching Certificate course was when this all clicked into place for me.

My intention is that by sharing my journey of becoming the artist I was meant to be, and also how to become Creatively Fit, you are also inspired to open up to all the ways you are creative—we are creating our life each moment.

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Is your sacred spark burning brightly or is it more like a glowing ember? Do you feel inspired by the art that is your life or are you hoping for change? I am learning that we can create the change we want on the inside and it will ripple out! Thank you for witnessing my Vision Quest!

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My Vision Quest ~ Fire insight

In the Creatively Fit Coaching Training this week, I am guiding the new coaches in fanning the flame of their sacred spark, the FIRE element, by beginning a personal painting practice that is like meditation or energy work.

I  was super excited to get going back when I first did the training; I was finally going to learn how to paint! Little did I know that besides learning this painting made easy technique, I would also become equipped with a powerful mindfulness tool that would sharpen my awareness into the art that is my life.

As I  painted layer upon layer, I  began to feel the joy of creating with the freedom I longed for. Without fear of judgment or criticism. No longer seeking external approval and validation. I could paint and create anything I wanted at the canvas, with a regular painting practice and some persistence,  anything is possible!

After regular practice in my studio, I began to understand that just like I could make changes on the canvas... so too changes could be made in my life. I began to realise that the story that I tell about my life, was just that... a story!  And I did not have to use the colours that life dealt me... I now knew how to mix any colour, and to choose the colours that makes me happy!

I discovered that the canvas is a portal to my life, and I can apply the methods of painting used in this course as a coaching metaphor to help understand how to set goals and achieve them.

Do you paint? Would a blank canvas make you nervous, excited or scared? Are you ready to ignite a fire of passion and create a painting practice of your own?

Please share and continue to look out for more inspiration and deeper insights as we continue on our Vision Quest into
the element of Fire.

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My Creatively Journey Up Until Now

WHY MY CREATIVE PRACTICE IS SO IMPORTANT.

It was during the darkest and loneliest part of my life that I finally realised how powerful and effective creative expression was for me. I had just lost my best friend of nearly 20 years, I was single, living alone and I was working at a place where I didn't fit in, and my self worth was at the lowest point in my life.

During therapy and because of personal development courses I learnt that making art and being creative was a personal value that I have been neglecting because of a limiting belief that I was not an artist. I loved to play with colour on a canvas, and tried many times throughout my life to take up painting,  but because I had no idea how to realise my vision on the canvas, I didnt take it up as a serious hobby. 

It was durung this dark stage that I had this insight, that I felt drawn to the canvas and began to play with this medium on a regular basis. Soon I began to feel better, and my art started to look better as my confidence grew.


WHAT I HAVE LEARNED ABOUT MYSELF.

The canvas is a porthole into your life! As I began to spend more regular time at the canvas, I became aware of subtle changes in my personality. I became less defensive, I became more socially interactive and I also started to feel better and sleep better.

Up until this point I was a TV addict, suffering from anxiety and depression and I was dealing with obesity (Diabetes type 2).


I realised that I wanted to live a better life and my art made me realise that there was a lot of unfulfilled potential within me. I recognised that I have the capacity to be nurturing and caring, and began to get involved at a Lifeline community counselling and support centre. Here I learnt a lot about myself and I began to work on myself rather than to continue playing the victim in the story of my life. I began to claim my personal power back before I even knew that is what i was doing.

I felt inspired to organise and host an art exhibition and auction to raise funds for the counselling centre.

I created the "Art with Heart" event and decided to lead by example and paint something beautiful that could be added to the exhibition, not at all certain how much its sale would be able to contribute to the cause.

It's funny how when you dive deep into life so much is given back to you...

While I was painting the water lilly for the "Art with Heart" auction, I met my husband to be, and this Divine romance entered the stage of my barren life.

Everything began to change for me!

My painting fetched the highest auction price for the evening at R7500! This absolutely blew me away! My painting?!

I was not even a professional artists and amongst 12 other "professional artists" who donated artwork my creation,  ending a very successful evening with a bidding war, fetched the highest price!

I will never forget how I felt when I  came home that evening. Elated! I felt recognised and validated as an artist! Obviously I had it in me to paint a pretty picture.

But now I needed more!

Enter the Creatively Fit Coaching Certificate course with Whitney Freya, and the very first thing I learned was that...

I AM A LIFE ARTIST, AND MY LIFE IS THE CANVAS OF MY SOUL. 

That just blew my mind.

My husband and I enrolled in this certificate course with Whitney shortly after we got married and I had just began my own business as a hairstylist.

During this time I completed training in counselling and in Logotherapy (a meaning centred therapy ) and the student (me) was now ready for the teacher to appear.

The Creatively Fit Coaching Certificate course with Whitney Freya changed my life forever.

This intensive program took me to the canvas daily for a very challenging 6 month programme that proved to me that I am an artist.

It was a very powerful moment during the course where I finally saw this truth in myself and I finly gave myself permission to step into that role. I am an artist! And from that point forward the art that is my life and my artwork exploded into a depth of beauty and joy that I have only dreamed of experiencing. 

Today I am a certified Creatively Fit Life Coach and I am busy with my degree in modern applied psychology. My husband and I created the "Go Beyond" personal growth experiential training based on the principles of the CCFC training as well as Logotherapy.

Up until this point I have created an online academy and have offered numerous in person workshops along with my husband. I am currently a CCFC course guide and plan to take my virtual school and YouTube channel further through regular offerings.

WHAT THIS COULD MEAN FOR YOU:

I want to invite you to follow me as I begin my role today as a course guide. Share in my musings and witness the amazing power and potential when we allow ourselves to be the creative director of our lives.

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May your life canvas become the mirror today so you can recognise the reflection of your own beautiful rainbow 🌈  Soul!

If you want to receive personal one-on-one coaching or you are interested to host a Go Beyond event at your home, feel free to contact me. Or perhaps you also feel the call to join the Rainbow 🌈 Warrior tribe and train to become a Creatively Fit Coach? My link below is a porthole to that possibility!

Stay colourful!

Gideon Busquét-Craucamp.
Artist
Creatively fit coach
Life coach
Counsellor
Art therapist
Mindfulness Coach

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