CREATRIX School – 09 – Self Actualize! // SELF

Who would you be if you lived out all of your potential?

And how can you develop and live your full potential?

These are good questions, aren’t they?

Now, of course, it is difficult to answer these questions if we find ourselves in a position where we are not yet living our full potential, as this lies beyond our experience.

But the further away we are from the answer, the more important it is to ask these questions.

In the gap between living out our full potential and where we are now is where all our troubles and difficulties reside – fear, uncertainty, insecurity, doubt and so on.

Very few people on this planet are currently living out their full potential – but all of us could.

And what it takes to do that, or to get closer to living our full potential, is what we will look at in this chapter of the CREATRIX School.

We will be exploring these questions with joy and ease until we will eventually be able to know what it means to be in our full power, live our fullest potential and with that, begin to live the life we are meant to live.

Like Abraham Maslow, who coined the term self-actualization, said: “What one can be, one must be.”

When we allow ourselves to be all we can be, we can easily get into a flow state, become more creative, get more done in a shorter amount of time and do everything that we do because we enjoy and appreciate it and not because we feel like we have to.

Would you like to start exploring what that would look like and feel like for you?

Then you are invited to the CREATRIX School – to learn all it takes to live a life full of joy, confidence, love and ease and to begin to live your full potential, as your best self, or qu_ing self and start to experience what else is possible for you.

It’s the new way to live, and you can try it for yourself right here and now!

Who would you be if you were all you could be?

How would it feel if you lived according to your soul’s calling?

Is it time to level up your life?

In short: Are you ready to explore what else might be possible for you?

In this chapter, we will start by exploring the Wheel of Life (members, and non-members can download the worksheet in the first lesson) to see which areas of life we need to level up the most, so our ride through life becomes less bumpy.

Once we know where we’re at, we can begin to see where we want to go in life in general, this year and in the next three and ten years.

And then, I will walk you through the process of planning a new project from beginning to end.

We will look at how to best structure our days for success and see how we can get other people on board, as well as what it takes to follow through when things don’t work out as planned.

By the end of this chapter you will not only know where you are now and where you want to be in 3 years, ten years and at the end of your life, you will also know how to start and finish any project successfully (the Wheel of Colours will help us with that) and have begun to implement a project that will allow you to grow far beyond your current experiences – and with that get you closer to knowing your full potential.

Are you ready to start this wonderful journey?

Course Content

Learn how to set and reach any goal by exploring and following your desires and inner knowing

In the gap between who we are and who we could be is where all our unhappiness resides.

In this chapter of the CREATRIX School (or 4-week course), we will explore how we can close that gap. Who are we when we release, discover and use our full potential? How can we make this possible, and what would we and our lives look like if we started to live as our best, our highest selves? Can we live a life without regrets?

Individual courses are €35 each. Membership options providing you with access to all 13 courses/chapters start at €15/month.

Full access to all lessons is available for members of the CREATRIX School.

We will start this chapter as a group with the New Moon on December 30th, 2024 and again with the New Moon on December 20th, 2025. But as a member, you can also take it anytime you like.

Or, as a non-member, you can also buy the course individually once it’s available.

We always go with the energies of the moon and the seasons of the year in the CREATRIX School for the best results, so I highly recommend joining as a member – especially as you surely would like to have clarity, confidence and connection in all areas of your life – to thrive in and enjoy your entire life and not just some of it – and there is nowhere else where you can find a course like this – but here.

And if you like, you can also get a certificate for completing this chapter.

 

All Lessons

Self-Actualization – Week 1 – Pt. 1

Self-Actualization – Week 1 – Pt. 1

Welcome to a new Chapter of the CREATRIX School

This is going to be such an exciting chapter! Self_Actualization means to become the best version of ourselves, the version we were always meant to be. In this introduction, we will have a quick look at where we are and start developing a first idea of where we might like to go.

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Self-Actualization – Week 1 – Pt. 2

Self-Actualization – Week 1 – Pt. 2

Where do you want to go in life?

In this lesson, we think about death and dying and that our days on this planet are limited – we look at the top five regrets people have on their deathbed and begin to think about how we want to consciously create the rest of our lives.

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Self-Actualization – Week 1 – Pt. 3

Self-Actualization – Week 1 – Pt. 3

How can you live a life without regrets?

Living without regrets doesn’t mean living without making mistakes. In this lesson, we look at how we can see mistakes as something to benefit from and learn the practical steps it takes to live a life without regrets.

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Self-Actualization – Week 2 – Pt. 1

Self-Actualization – Week 2 – Pt. 1

Let’s make a plan

In this lesson, we look at how becoming our best-self, doesn’t mean that we are not perfect already, but that we, ourselves, have to see that we are indeed perfect already and can trust ourselves a lot more than we might currently think.

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Self-Actualization – Week 3 – Pt. 1

Self-Actualization – Week 3 – Pt. 1

Are you ready to face yourself?

In this lesson, we look at why it’s so important to get to know ourselves and find clarity about who we are, and then we have a look at the first steps to become who we really want to be.

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Self-Actualization – Week 3 – Pt. 2

Self-Actualization – Week 3 – Pt. 2

How to Change the World

In this lesson, we look at how we can use what we’ve learned for the greater good of the world. It’s one thing to change ourselves for the better (and the whole world already changes for the better when we do) – but we can also consciously apply the same methods we use to create meaningful change for ourselves, to create something even bigger.

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Self-Actualization – Week 3 – Pt. 3

Self-Actualization – Week 3 – Pt. 3

Your Life Matters

In this lesson, we bring our attention to the fact that not only are our lives meaningful, every thought and every word that we speak or think, is. And every person, no matter how triggering they might be, has the right to exist – and if we develop the wisdom to see our triggers as teachers – we will eventually find peace.

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Self-Actualization – Week 4 – Pt. 1

Self-Actualization – Week 4 – Pt. 1

How to handle rejection

Nothing happens in a vacuum. If we want to succeed on a personal, community or even larger level, we have to collaborate with other people. But not all may be ready for our ideas or the right people for us to work with.

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Self-Actualization – Week 4 – Pt. 3

Self-Actualization – Week 4 – Pt. 3

What would your qu_ing-self do?

It’s all about integration! Let’s have a look at how we can integrate what we’ve learned this month into our highest-self or qu_ing-self, so we can use our new knowledge most effectively.

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Practice:

Start Your Bullet Journal

Ritual:

Morning & Evening Checklist

Recipe:

sourdough
starter & bread

The Colour for this chapter is: red

The Colour Red – Trust, Passion & Confidence

The colour red is the classical first colour in the Wheel of Colours because red helps us to strengthen our belief and trust in ourselves, and to go through life confidently and passionately – something we all need to thrive.

Once you activate this colour fully, you will be able to do anything you wish for – because you believe in yourself.

And when you believe in yourself, anything becomes possible – it’s the first colour to accompany us through the first month of the year, and it connects us to ourselves – because we are the most important person in our lives.

 

If anyone can learn this, why don’t they?

Because many people don’t believe that they have the power to change their lives.

Even if they haven’t even tried — yet. Or because they’ve tried it in ways that didn’t work for them, as they likely wanted too much too fast – or didn’t dare enough.

There’s a certain comfort in not taking full responsibility for the situation we’re in, by blaming our circumstances, upbringing or current world events – and believing that it’s not up to us to create the changes we need and seek.

But if we want to create changes, it’s always up to us to start – and if we initiate a positive change once, we also know we can do it again.

The CREATRIX School invites you to find out for yourself, that you have the power to change anything you don’t like about your life, by giving you the right exercises to try and see for yourself, what else could be possible if you dare to be your true and authentic self.

It’s revolutionary, yet also very practical and down to earth.

And it’s not like you will not eventually be able to figure this all out by yourself, it might just take you a lot longer. So if you want guidance and get going now, this is for you.

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I’d be happy to gracefully guide you through the process of your self-actualization, and to make this journey as easy, fun, exciting, surprising and successful for you, as possible.

Because I’ve just went through a lot of these changes myself.

From my experience, I know that, to create the changes, we wish for in our lives, we have to begin by taking full responsibility for our thoughts and actions and start being honest with ourselves.

From here we can find our own unique ways to be ourselves, to laugh, to love, to learn, to open up and to enjoy trying something and failing at it, as much as we enjoy mastering it.

Everything in life happens for us, not to us.

Every experience, everything we try and fail at, helps us to learn and grow and be better next time.

Because, as humans, that’s what we are here on earth for:

To grow and to learn, and to show and share our unique gifts and beauty, so we can contribute to the whole in our own unique ways and for the highest good for all.

If we begin to recognize our purpose and see our journey through life as a self-actualization journey, that will eventually allow us to be our highest, truest, most relaxed and abundant qu_ing self, it also allows us to open up to joy and love and abundance in our lives a bit more every day.

Anyone can do this, really – and it can even be a lot of fun.

But it can also be hard work, to face our shadows and begin to transform them into light.

And to do this confidently and continuously until we reach true inner peace might take some practice and encouragement, which can be difficult to bring up on your own.

Most people simply don’t know where to begin or what to do exactly, or don’t have the money to work with a personal coach or teacher on these topics individually.

Which is precisely why I founded the CREATRIX School.

This way, I can guide you through every step you need to take to get to where you want to go and bring clarity, confidence, joy, relaxation, abundance and playfulness into every area of your life – without having to pay full price for a personal coach.

Yet with the same success.

As every good coach will tell you, we are here to ask you the right questions, the answers you will always have to find for yourself.

And you do already have the answers.

You just haven’t taken the time, or had the right guide, or the confidence, to ask them and to listen for your answers.

But this can all change right now.

Is this the right course for you?

Take a second to imagine what your life will look like when you are happy and free and allowing all of your potential to surface and be put to good use.

How does that feel?

Now imagine that you would also know that you could get there in a predictable period of time, by inviting gentle but effective changes into your life, developing a clear vision of what you want, training your mind, body and soul to support you in the best possible way and then simply watch as things unfold in the best possible way for you.

Wouldn’t that be nice?

You have everything it takes to live the life your soul desires, that makes you happy and fulfils you.

And the more you recognize and live that truth or knowing, the more confident you will become in walking your unique path, and the more balanced your life will become.

To live a fulfilled, happy and successful life, we each have to ask ourselves some questions and find our unique answers to them.

These questions have been asked again and again by wisdom seekers all around the world in all centuries of human history, and are as easy or as difficult as: “Who am I? Why am I here?”

Or: “What do I need to eat to be healthy?”

Or, as we will see in this chapter: “How can I use my thoughts, beliefs and actions to create the life I was always meant to live?”

And now it’s your turn to ask yourself these questions so you can walk through life having your own answers and with this knowing build a deep-rooted confidence and the understanding that you belong here and are exactly right as you are.

Once you have answered these questions for yourself and by yourself (though with guidance I provide for you in the CREATRIX School), you will find peace and calm and a sense of safety and clarity, that is difficult to imagine possible before you do.

Other people’s opinions, guidance and wisdom can be great and super helpful, but they never match your unique situation 100%, and so no guidance will ever be as good as the one you find within.

The trust, wisdom and confidence I experience now is something I wouldn’t have dared to imagine possible before I started my own self-actualization journey.

Real freedom, confidence & success are possible – for anyone who dares to look within and try new ways.

I feel incredible now, but I was pretty insecure, doubtful and unhappy in my past.

Without that past, however, I wouldn’t be here now – I wouldn’t know what it takes to get here and what kind of change is possible.

I’ve learned a lot because of the hardships I endured in my past, especially from the most difficult parts.

Today, I am genuinely happy about everything that has happened in my life, even the challenges that hurt really bad.

With every hurdle I overcame, new powers emerged and with every valley I crossed, the horizon opened up and showed me new options.

Today, I truly enjoy every step I take because I know it is and will continue to be worth it.

And I’d love for you to be able to develop this sense of ease and joy about everything that happens in our lives as well, because we are all here to explore, learn and grow and not to have it all figured out already.

If you believe new opportunities are waiting here for you, if you’d like to start building a deep-rooted trust in yourself and your abilities – then this is the right course for you.

All you have to do is get started.

Isn’t it selfish to focus on myself?

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Especially when there are other people out there who are struggling much more?

If you ask this question, aren’t you struggling yourself?

Don’t you find it difficult to sleep peacefully at night because you worry about your personal situation and/or the state of the world?

The thing is, we can only safely reach out a hand to other people if we stand strong ourselves.

It’s the same reason why we are told to put an oxygen mask on ourselves first, before we help others – because if we don’t have air, or energy or love, or food, or hope to sustain ourselves, we cannot inspire and support other people – sustainably.

Equally, we can only create a better and more equal world, if we ALL have access to all the resources we need to live free, happy and abundant lives.

It’s why I will always encourage you to share everything you learn in the CREATRIX School with other people.

Sharing what you’ve learned deepens your knowledge and holds you accountable, and it opens doors for others to see things in a new and more self-empowered way.

If we think that we can or need to change the opinion of others to create change – we enter into a frustrating and often violent game – and, most of the time, cause more damage than good.

If, however, we live what we preach and set an example, show other people how it can be done, we are so much more likely to succeed.

The undeniable truth is, that to create change on the larger scale, we always have to start with ourselves – we have to be the change.

If we are strong, we can act powerfully, if we know how to be healthy, we can share that knowledge with others, if we love ourselves, we can share and give and receive love freely.

By embodying what we wish for, sharing what we have and giving freely, all that we want more of, can multiply indefinitely.

So, to create the change we wish for, we can only start by meeting our own needs first.

If we want to help other people, we have to know how to take care of ourselves.

Looking at it this way, we can realize that it’s never selfish to learn how to take good care of ourselves.

Everybody can have their dream job, live in their dream home and experience peace and joy – we just don’t all know how yet.

The reason why we have wars, exploitation, hate, fear, devastation, sickness, is because the people involved in these actions, don’t know how to solve things peacefully.

They are ruled by their egos.

But we, you and me, have a choice.

We can side with them, take sides, hate one and love the other – and with that continue to keep up a system that thinks killing, discrimination or exploitation of others can be justified – or we can feel helpless in the face of all the devastating things going on in the world, and so overwhelmed that we ignore it altogether or break down and become depressed.

Or we can choose to strengthen ourselves, to gently overcome our ego and begin to live a life in service for the highest good of all.

Which option do you think will bring the best results for you and all those whose lives you touch?

We can each make a start and begin to learn what it takes to live in peace with ourselves so that we can also live peacefully with other people.

Once we’ve found our purpose, our calling, our strength, our power, our unique gifts, we can share our knowledge and experiences with confidence so that, over time, all people who are interested and ready, will have access to the knowledge and can learn to live self-actualized, happy, healthy and successful lives.

In the end, it is up to each one of us to decide if it’s time to start living a life in which we can fully become ourselves, develop all our skills and ideas and grow with ease to live a life that matches our desires – and with that contribute to the well-being of all, or not.

No one will stop you, from becoming your true self, but you.

If you let other people and their opinions or judgement hold you back, it will not make you or them any happier or help you or them.

But if you want to begin changing your life for the better and inspire others to do the same – because they will see you change and shine and thrive, then you now have the opportunity to join the CREATRIX School, to bring peace, clarity, confidence, joy and abundance into every area of your life.

And you can easily find out if this is the right thing for you, by taking advantage of the free 30-day trial.

Do you want to begin living more joyfully and peacefully?

Is now the best time to start?

You will know that now is the right time to tap into your full potential when you are curious to meet yourself in new ways, when you find yourself asking what else is possible for you or think that there must be more possible for you in life than what you already have.

Now is the right time, to open this chapter in the CREATRIX School, and in your life, if you want to bring clarity, confidence and connection into your life and create the rest of your life in a way that allows you to be all that you can be.

Now is the right time, if you would like to base your life and your interactions on love, on understanding, on forgiveness and be able to deal with whatever comes up feeling empowered and able to handle it, instead of insecure, or intimidated.

To dare to change something that we’ve been doing a certain way for as long as we remember might seem scary or challenging.

Yet, I dare you to try, as it is very possible to change things, and it is very freeing to feel empowered in a situation, that you thought you could not change.

Excuses as to why now is not the right time will always come up, but they are just what they are: EXCUSES.

In the end, the sooner you start to create a life according to your soul’s desire and align your body, mind and soul for your highest good and that of all, the sooner you will be able to fully enjoy your life as well.

So, let me give this question back to you:

Is it time for you to live in a way that nourishes you and makes you feel safe, happy, loved and at ease?

Is it time to start creating and living the life of your wildest dreams?

Then, yes, this is the very best time.

Am I the right guide for you?

Hi, I’m Verena. I will be your guide and teacher in the CREATRIX School, and I’m going to help you to recognize your full potential and to begin to live it.

For most of my life, I did not live out my full potential and had to deal with the resulting consequences: insecurities, confusion, phases of depression and anxiety and a pretty pessimistic world view.

But at some point, I realized that I did not want to continue like that and began to find out what it takes to live my best life.

To be honest, I’ve entered on my journey to become who I am now because I just wanted to be a little bit healthier and happier.

And so I began to look for ways to be that, which quickly turned into a couple of years of research and training.

Verena Spilker stands smiling and thinks: Let's make this happen!

I love sharing what I know.

Verena Spilker stands smiling and thinks: Let's make this happen!

I have an M.A. in cultural anthropology and political sciences, so how people work in this world has always been my main point of interest.

If you’re interested in my formal qualifications, you can find them on the about page.

I believe that we’re actually super lucky to live in a time and place where we can choose how we want to live and can learn from each other, instead of having to stick to the limitations previous generations have set for themselves.

But I did not only learn about his from books, I also lived in different places and continents myself, so I got to experience the beauty and variety of different customs and points of view first hand.

On top of my own experience and what I’ve seen and learned in my past, what I found out in the last couple of years of research, from the latest scientific discoveries, which also matches ancient wisdom, is, that with just a few specific changes in the way we think and act, everything in our lives can change for the better – and this is true for anyone who is willing to be honest with themselves and who is not afraid of change.

We can all live abundant, happy and healthy lives – all we have to do for this is to find out how and then practice it – and the how is waiting right here for you in the CREATRIX School.

Verena Spilker stands smiling and thinks: Let's make this happen!

And I am happy to share with you what I know about successfully implementing change.

We all need to learn who we are and what we’re meant to do on this planet – because it is essential for everything else.

And we do that by creating a healthy relationship with ourselves, tuning in to our desires and inner knowing, becoming more confident and loving and, most importantly, by allowing ourselves to receive and enjoy.

So if you are looking to be better resourced, open, receptive and relaxed so that you can become all you can possibly be (and a lot more than you might now allow yourself to be now) then I’d be happy to guide you through this process of self-actualizing, becoming your best self, or your qu_ing self and begin to live the life, you know you are meant to live and open up to live and love fully and freely.

And I can’t wait to welcome you to the CREATRIX School and to invite you to our wonderful community of people who dare to be generous, happy and free!

🌈 You have the power to create your reality.

Are you ready to go deep?

The CREATRIX School isn’t for everyone.

But it’s for you if you are ready to go deep and (re)discover all that you’ve been hiding and running away from.

We can all live in Heaven on Earth, but first we have to learn how to forgive and love ourselves and begin to understand that everything in life happens for us, not to us.

We can become the CREATRIXES of our lives, but for that, we have to be honest, clean up our messes, become aware of how much power and influence we have through every thought we think and every word that we say.

If you are willing to take full responsibility for your life, and are ready and brave enough to begin living, acting and speaking as your authentic self, then, this is for you.

You don’t need to bring anything, I’ll guide you towards the questions you can ask yourself to begin to become your own best guide, trust your intuition and allow yourself to be fully YOU – and possibly find love, happiness, freedom, creative expression and all that you’ve been wishing for on the way.

How Does the creatrix school work?

Every course covers a different topic or area of our lives, but is structured similarly:

In the first week, we assess what we have in life right now regarding each topic and begin to think about what we would like to have instead.

In the second week, we turn to our past and clean up, so we can let go of what doesn’t serve us any more, find hidden assumptions that have been blocking us and drop the baggage that has been making our lives difficult and heavy.

In the third week, we focus on what we want to create now and begin to take the steps that will get us where we want to go. That might mean acquiring new skills, reaching out to new people, cleaning up our homes, doing exercises, making art, taking on new practices and so on.

In the last week, we reflect and integrate. Because that is just as important as doing the work if we want to create lasting change.

 

Each week is split up into three separate lessons, which you find on this page.

To read the content takes between 5 and 20 minutes, depending on whether it’s more practical or theoretical.

To follow along 30 minutes will be your minimum weekly time investment.

But just reading the content will only bring you minimum results.

Every lesson comes with exercises and questions for you to work on.

The more time you invest here, the deeper you go, the better your results will be.

Don’t let this time commitment discourage you, though.

This is an investment you make now, which will save you tons of time in the future.

Because if you invest time now, to find clarity about your life and your desires, you will win this time back many times: by not making the same mistakes over and over again, by knowing what to do and how and by simply being good to yourself instead of boycotting what you really want with distractions, avoidance and procrastination.

What else is included?

Each course or chapter comes with a playlist, recipes and rituals, so we can use all our senses to joyfully integrate the topics we are working on.

This also helps to make the changes we create on the inside visible on the outside.

We will also refer to some chapters of my upcoming qu_ing book, which you will get access to through the course content, and in some chapters we will work with the Archetype Oracle Cards Deck I created.

The cards and descriptions we’ll be using will also be made available to print if you join the CREATRIX School.

There is a private Facebook Group you will be invited to join, and I offer bi-weekly Q&As, so you can get all the questions answers that might come up along the way.

In some chapters, we will also look at our individual Wheel of Colours, as it is a super useful tool to bring more clarity into our lives and to find out what we each need in certain situations.

As I make the Wheel of Colours individually for each person, it’s not included in all course packages, but you will get a discount if you join the CREATRIX School. And you can also participate without knowing your Wheel of Colours. It might just be more fun.

Now all that’s left for you to do is to join and see for yourself.