Christa

Welcome to my virtual home, I’m glad you’re here.

A little introduction to me – there’s a video of it here, if you’d rather listen.

My name is Christa, and while I am many things, I am first and foremost a human being. Just like you.

I’ve made my home in KwaZulu-Natal on the east coast of South Africa for several years now though I’m originally from the United States. I ended up in South Africa following my lifelong calling, or ubizo in isiZulu. I’ve written a whole memoir about it, called UBIZO – A Story of Coming Home by Christa Gumede Buthelezi, which you can find via Amazon, Takealot and independent bookstores worldwide.

I am a lot of things – a mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, auntie, and friend to a rather spectacular array of wonderful people. And I’m an artist, a writer, a lifelong photographer, an experienced renovator of buildings and lives, and an intuitive/psychic/medium/channel/witch/sangoma – whatever you call it, I’m pretty tuned in to life and the experience of being human. Always have been though I didn’t realise it was a gift for a long time.

(I am also, yes, a certified life coach. Of course I am.)

I had a bit of a challenging start in my life, and continue to live a life which has included many experiences which scare the heck out of most sane people but that’s the path I’ve chosen and it certainly has led me to most interesting people and places. I wouldn’t trade it for the world. Really. And it has made me a strong vessel, someone who has an enormous capacity to sit with those who are confused, lost, traumatized or struggling with the changes life brings. Which is likely most of us these days!

Much of what I do involves helping people become fully who they truly are, rather than what they were told they should be, directly or indirectly. I feel privileged to do what I do, and hope you’ll find inspiration here and on my social media pages, artwork or photography to have in your home or that you’ll contact me if you’d like to have good conversation and input for you alone.

  • All the details are here– if you have questions, just email me at info@thisbeinghuman.co.za

  • Here’s a link though your local indy bookstore can order it for you too. And in South Africa, it’s available on Takealot.

  • You can find me @christacreating on IG, Threads, Facebook and TikTok, where I post little inspirational videos quite often.