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Becoming The Palette
I believe self-actualization has been misunderstood.
Not as individual achievement, status, or escape from suffering — but as one common destiny, from root to fruit, where being enough and having enough allows us to help others reach their potential, fulfill the Golden Rule, and share the fruit.
It starts with teaching a human to fish.
Mine began with a DIY bucket of paint.
— Gretchen Schauffler
About
My name is Gretchen.
Not a Guru. A Guide.
I come to this work through color, not therapy.
I built Devine Color — a DIY paint experience eventually acquired by Sherwin-Williams. Helping people overcome self-doubt and self-actualize through color, space, and harmony with a bucket of paint, I learned that what we harmonize, we magnetize.
When I walked away in 2020, with a 5-year non-compete in the paint business, I asked myself if I could do the same thing without a The bucket.
Turns out I could.
My Climb →
The Trilogy
DIY modalities to self-actualization.
Sight
Harmony Through Sight
Color is the fastest way to understanding the world's harmony through beauty.
I offer a color ritual that teaches you to fulfill that harmony with paint palettes for your home.
Becoming The Palette →
Sense
Harmony Through Sense
We understand ourselves through senses, and harmony through care. I offer a care practice that teaches you to meet the needs of others, by meeting your own.
Becoming The Pyramid →
Sound
Harmony Through Sound
You can't argue with a tuning fork, Or what is felt when something is heard. I offer a lexicon that contrasts words to provide clarity and intentionally produce harmony in our lives.
Becoming The Language →
The Trove
Essays, stories, observations, and rabbit trails
on beauty, belonging, and becoming youself.
Palette Tales
Color. Beauty. Belonging.
Insights to the emotional architecture of belonging
Read Stories →
Root to Fruit
Senses. Needs. Becoming.
Revelations on trust, care, and growing humans.
Explore Essays →
Baggage Check
Observations. Thoughts. Realizations.
Rabitt Trails →
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