In October 2022, I sat in a lawn chair and stared at a fence for a week.

It was the most pivotal thing I've ever done.

I'd just been fired.

It was Colorado, and winter had set in. I wrapped myself in a blanket, sat outside, and stared at a privacy fence.

Somewhere in there I made a decision on my back porch that something had to change. I texted my sister exactly that. She told me to try meditating.

Meditating was so far off my radar that I laughed to myself — and then did it anyway.

I noticed a calmness I had never felt before.

Then I wanted to know why it worked. That's how I found Dr Joe Dispenza's research on meditation and the brain — and once I understood some of the science, I got curious about everything else.

Then I learned something nobody had told me

Our beliefs are formed in childhood. And they can be changed.

My brain exploded. How had I never known that? Why had nobody told me?

Maybe the Universe knew I was finally open and ready.

The beliefs I was handed

I'm the youngest of eight. I was raised in a closed religious community with strong teachings.

I absorbed beliefs I never agreed to — and one of them was that I wasn't important. That there was nothing about me that was special or unique.

That became I'm not worthy. That belief expressed itself in relationships. I didn't show my vulnerability.

That ran my decisions for forty years. Every relationship I had. Every choice I made.

I'm not telling you this to say where I came from was wrong. I'm telling you because most of us are carrying something we never chose — and almost nobody knows it can be put down or rewired.

I've since coached women from all kinds of backgrounds and many different religions, and I keep meeting the same beliefs underneath:

You shouldn't think too much of yourself.

It isn't humble to want more.

You should be seen and not heard.

Wanting money says something about who you are.

I don't teach religion or spirituality, and I don't encourage or discourage anyone's faith. That isn't what this work is.

What I do is much simpler: find the things you're carrying that don't support the life you actually want to live, and show you how to rewire them and put them down.

What I did next

After two and a half weeks, they offered me my job back with back pay. I took it.

Except I wasn't the same Christi anymore.

I went back to sixty and seventy hour weeks. Good money, full benefits, a retirement. A beautiful house and an SUV. The American dream, and it no longer meant anything.

In May 2023 I took the leap and went on leave. For the first time in years I stopped the long hours, took off my watch — literally — and worked on being present.

I removed my limiting beliefs out of my way like boulders in my path, one by one.

It was unnerving. No regular income. Having to ask for help. Trusting that I was exactly where I was supposed to be.

My family saw I was on a journey. It looked nothing like the Christi they knew — and they supported me completely.

I wasn't paddling upstream. I was in the flow, and it felt supported. Once I understood how beliefs are formed and how they can change, I wanted other people to have that same path — so I trained as a coach to teach it

Who I am now

I'm analytical by nature — I need to understand why something works before I'll trust it. If that's you too, we'll get along.

I work mostly with women untangling beliefs formed in childhood, midlife career changes, and the dynamics that come with big families and closed religious communities.

TRAINING

Certified Life Coach

Somatic facilitator

Year-long certification, SOLignment® Institute under Julia Mikk

Mind Movies Method Academy

Certified Transformational Coach, trained under Natalie Ledwell

Both taught me a great deal. The coaching I do is my own.

"Christi held space for me in a way I didn't know I needed. Through our sessions, I uncovered deep truths, broke old cycles, and found the strength to begin truly healing."

— V. ANDERSON, RN

If any of this sounds like your life, let's talk →

Beyond the work

I'm a mother of two. I travel, I snowboard, I hike, and I like to fly. I write books and, lately, songs.

I grew up the youngest of eight in a small Texas town, which is where I learned to be quiet in a loud house. These days I go looking for quiet on purpose — Alaska, a Colorado trail, three days with no cell signal.