About Me
Saskia Bartscht, Founder & Creator of Empowered-Art at “SoulfoodArt”, Coach, Teacher, and Mentor
“Saskia is a great force of infinite love and enormous imagination for the beauty of the cheerful, diverse colors and shapes of flowers, nature, animals, muses, and the universe. She lives with nature in harmony with our Earth, the cosmos, and all living beings. Growing up in the countryside with a loving mother and four siblings, she relished nature, beauty, and creativity. In all things, these truths manifested wholeness, connectedness and love for others as well as her passions.”
In my childhood, as well as in my school years, many craft methods were shown to me, and I was allowed to try my hand at wood carving, crocheting, knitting, cooking, baking, gardening, pets, painting lessons, dance lessons, playing an instrument, and making music. These always brought me a lot of joy. From this creative force, my why emerged. Even before embracing a new pursuit, I fulfilled another great calling, which was to support and care for patients in my 20-year professional career as a certified nursing specialist in various fields such as surgery, surgical day clinic, dialysis, and neonatal ward. In these years, I gained a lot of experience both professionally and personally. I am rich in these past treasures and add them to where I have now found my second calling, in my life path as a painter, coach and teacher. My why is to inspire people to create daily making the world a happier, more colorful, and brighter place. My goal is empowering everyone to be themselves, to feel loved and protected, and to bring beauty and joy into their hearts and lives. It lies in finding courage, strength, and joy in every difficulty; creating joy, and transforming wounds and dramas into new opportunities, allowing joy into one’s life, recognizing oneself, and feeling good in heart, body, and soul.
My question about the meaning of life has accompanied me early in my existence. I have been writing diaries since I was 12 years old reflecting on my existence. In my writing, I began to search for inner peace, to alleviate inner suffering and heal my childhood drama, failed relationships, childlessness, a severe accident and subsequent illness. Only when I suffered a severe stroke of fate where I was in a very hopeless, dark place, where I did not care about anything, was I able to overcome my shame and guilt to seek help. Thus, my path cleared to self-discovery, personal growth, and self-healing. On this journey, I encountered several people who helped me and who continue to support me as a coach and mentor to this day. During this time, I found my calling and regained personal joy in life. I am an intuitive and imaginative painter and poet. My second professional path is that I have trained as an Intentional Creativity Coach, Teacher, and Inquiry-Based Coach. This enables me to offer individual coaching sessions, group sessions, painting workshops, and “SoulfoodArt” retreats. After these valuable years, which enabled a change in my consciousness and allowed me to transform my experiences into knowledge, I am happy to share my services with others through my own webinars, seminars, and SoulfoodArt.com events and retreats as a coach, mentor, and teacher.