About Christine

A Life Coach

I clicked an ad for a free CD called Stop The Sabotage. That was the beginning of my awakening. The saying goes “When the student is ready the teacher will appear.” Somehow I understood I was sabotaging myself. At that time I constantly felt like a failure. I was inconsistent in my work. Believed I was never doing enough or doing the “right” things. I certainly was not making enough money. I had no boundaries with customers. Would willingly do anything, go anywhere and bend over backwards while being stressed out pursuing perfection. I remember being recognized on stage as the number one consultant for a regional contest and thinking the other women must not have turned in their stats. (Really!?) The truth is that I was operating in the top 7% of the company but could not see my value.

The CD opened a door to the world self development for me. I signed up for more CDs. Plugged into conference call courses. Attended live events. Got personal coaching. Everything made sense. As I began to untie my own knots, gain perspective, find clarity and change my language I immediately shared what I was learning with everyone around me. I began coaching my team (personal recruits). The thought blossomed in my heart “I think I want to coach”.

At the end of the Mary Kay parties I did a compliment time with the women around the table. Two rules. First the woman receiving the compliments could only say "Thank you." Second the compliments were to be sincere. I saw how women deflected the praise. I saw how some women could not give a connectional affirming compliment. I wanted to reach into all of them and turn up the worthiness, self love and inherent value. I wanted to have deeper impact on them and their lives. I was in the wrong uniform.

For two years I searched for how to become a certified life coach. I knew I did not want to be an ambassador for someone else’s program. I wanted to learn the skills. I also wanted a program and company with integrity. When I came across exactly what I was looking for the course was just six weeks out. It was a week long full emersion program halfway across the country. The cost of the course, airfare, week in a nice hotel, plus meals was overwhelming. The mountain of money required loomed over me. It scared me. I waffled. My inner critic went on attack: “That money should be used for the family” “How can you leave Howard to manage the house and kids?” “What if you suck as a coach?” “What if you fail?”

For two days I went in circles. Finally I said “Christine, you’ve been looking for two years. This is exactly what you want. Are you going to let money control what you do?” “No.” I answered. I came up with the money. I jumped into the most transformative experience I’ve ever had and took a total change in trajectory. I immediately stepped into a year long coach training program which required 90 hours of peer and client coaching along with the course work, live trainings, and mentor check ins. I was the first in my class to complete all the requirements finishing the course in eight months. I have been building my coaching business ever since.

What I know now:

I am working in my purpose as a transformational life coach. This is my calling. All my experiences through life were preparing me to be The Coach For The Entrepreneurial Life.

I love what I do. We humans are amazing, brilliant, skilled, talented, loving, miracles. We also are very good at burying our brilliance under self judgement, ridicule, sabotaging stories and not enough. Walking beside people, guiding, being the catalyst to release the blocks is deeply fulfilling. My work has a significance that I could have never guessed was possible. I am a natural in group settings training and leading discussion. Creating a safe space for people to share candidly, hear themselves in others, and grow together is a rush. However, the best part for me has been doing my own deep work. I keep going back to the immersion trainings to work on my own shit.(seven certifications and counting) I've had some amazing skilled coaches guide me and pull out of me my tangled self righteous protections that have block my growth.