Life Coaching with Christine Hassler
Coaches Corner: From Insight to Embodiment: Why Your Next Level Isn’t Just More Work
You’ve attended the retreats, read the books, done the therapy—so why does everything you’ve learned still live in your head and not your life? In this episode, I introduce Emerge 2025, a 3-month intimate group coaching and teaching container design Subscribe in iTunes | Stitcher | SoundCloud | Android | Google
Coaches Corner: Why Your Inner Critic Won’t Go Away (Even Though You Understand It)
Do you ever feel like you’re too self-aware? You can name every childhood wound and pattern… yet your inner critic still takes over? Welcome to the Awareness Trap. In this episode, Christine guides you through a 5-minute somatic shift so you can stop mentally analyzing your Inner Critic — and start embodying freedom from it.…
EP 518: How to Deal with an Expectation Hangover with Mischa
In this heartfelt and relatable session, Christine coaches Mischa—a high-achieving, only child who’s used to getting what she wants and is now navigating a season where nothing seems to be going her way. After leaving a toxic job and experiencing disappointment in love, Mischa feels stuck in what Christine calls an expectation hangover: the emotional…
EP 517: How to Know Your Next Step with Christina
In this soulful and courageous session, Christine coaches Christina—a woman in her mid-40s navigating a season of heartbreak, transformation, and rediscovery. After years of deep personal work, Christina finds herself between two worlds: the part that longs to repair a relationship marked by betrayal and the part that knows it may be time to let…
EP 516: How to Get Your Needs Met in a Long-Term Relationship with Kevin
In this powerful coaching session, Christine works with Kevin, a husband of 21 years, as he explores the delicate balance between healthy relational needs and unresolved childhood wounds. Kevin opens up about longing for deeper intimacy and appreciation from his wife—and wondering if those desires are truly valid or rooted in his past. Together, they…
Coaches Corner: Why We Fawn & People Please with Dr. Ingrid Clayton
The survival strategy of fawning may have once kept you safe, but it can leave you disconnected, resentful, and exhausted. In this powerful conversation, Dr. Ingrid Clayton, psychologist and author of Fawning: The Cost of People-Pleasing and the Courage to Break Free, joins Christine to unpack trauma and specifically the trauma response of fawning. …
EP 515: What May Be Stopping You From Pursuing Your Dream with Jessica
In this episode, Christine coaches Jessica, a multi-passionate entrepreneur who struggles to follow through on her vision. Jessica shares how she often throws herself into new ideas with enthusiasm, only to lose momentum when life shifts or self-doubt creeps in. Although she feels deeply called to help mothers raising children in challenging family systems, she…
EP 514: Maybe There Isn’t a Problem at All with SJ
In this tender and powerful coaching session, Christine works with SJ—a single mother who has done tremendous inner work but still wonders if something is blocking her from partnership. Together, they explore the difference between apathy and protection, generational patterns, and the fear of letting someone see you at your most vulnerable. As SJ opens…
Coaches Corner: The Gut-Brain Paradox with Dr. Steven Gundry
Steven R. Gundry, MD is a world-renowned heart surgeon turned nutrition pioneer. Once the chairman of cardiothoracic surgery at Loma Linda University, he now focuses on reversing modern diseases through the power of food and the microbiome. He’s the bestselling author of The Plant Paradox series, Unlocking the Keto Code, and his latest book The…
EP 513: Should You Keep Going After Your Dreams or Go Back to What’s Safe with Andi
In this candid coaching session, Christine works with Andi, a coach who left a stable engineering career to pursue her true calling—but is now questioning whether to keep going or retreat back to what feels “safe.” After years of effort without financial stability, Andi wonders if she’s chasing a pipe dream. Christine helps her uncover…
Coaches Corner: The Truth About Narcissism and High-Conflict People (and How to Protect Yourself)
Do you ever wonder what really defines narcissism and high-conflict behavior — and how you can protect yourself when faced with it? In this episode, I sit down with Rebecca Zung to break it down in a way that’s clear, empowering, and practical. Rebecca’s journey is remarkable: once a college dropout and single mom, she…
EP 512: Stop Being Afraid of Being Afraid with Wendy
In this inspiring session, Christine coaches Wendy, who has felt stuck and frozen by fear—especially when it comes to making decisions in her relationships and career. Wendy shares her history of physical challenges, overprotective parenting, and bullying, which shaped her belief that fear and love always go hand in hand. Christine helps her see that…
Coaches Corner: The Biology of Healing with Dr. Aimie Apigian
Aimie Apigian, MD, MS, MPH, is a trainer, speaker and physician, double board-certified in preventive and addiction medicine with masters degrees in biochemistry and public health. Beyond her conventional medical and surgical training, Dr. Aimie has training in Psychosomatic Medicine, Functional Medicine, and Mental Health Nutrition. Her extensive training in trauma therapies, including the Instinctual…
EP 511: How to Feel Connected After Feeling Disconnected with Elle
In this heartfelt coaching session, Christine supports Elle, who has done years of personal growth work but still struggles with feeling disconnected—especially in intimate relationships. Despite building a chosen family and strong friendships, Elle worries she may never find a romantic partner she feels both safe and attracted to. Past experiences of abuse and neglect…
EP 510: Increasing Self-Worth and Confidence with Erin
In this deeply supportive session, Christine coaches Erin, who has struggled with self-worth, self-trust, and confidence throughout her life. Recently assessed as neurodivergent, Erin has experienced both relief and grief—relief in finally having clarity, but grief in recognizing how much self-criticism and self-betrayal she carried for years. Christine guides Erin through understanding how childhood modeling,…
Coaches Corner: Why My Women’s Retreat Matters Now More Than Ever (with a Special Cameo)
In this intimate Coach’s Corner, Christine pulls back the curtain on what really happens at her long-running Signature Women’s Retreat. She shares the breakthroughs, emotional releases, and paradigm shifts women experience—and why this work is more essential than ever in today’s world. Christine also reveals how nearly two decades of facilitating retreats have evolved to…
EP 509: Stepping Into Your Gifts, Even If It Scares You with Tessa
In this powerful coaching session, Christine supports Tessa, a psychic medium navigating the challenges of fully owning her intuitive gifts after leaving a successful engineering career. While her spiritual sensitivity has deepened, she still struggles with confidence, financial consistency, and the fear of stepping fully into her calling. Christine helps Tessa uncover how early life…
Coaches Corner: Myths Women Buy Into — And How to Ditch Them with Vanessa Bennett
This is a juicy one! We talk about motherhood, marriage, self-abandonment and much more. Vanessa Bennett, LMFT, is a licensed depth psychotherapist, author, and facilitator known for her no-nonsense yet compassionate approach to personal growth and healing. She is the coauthor of the successful relationship book It’s Not Me, It’s You (Harper One), and her…
EP 508: Navigating Regret with Lucia
In this tender and eye-opening session, Christine coaches Lucia through the heartbreak and confusion of a breakup she now regrets. While the relationship was loving and emotionally safe, differences in values, lifestyle, and follow-through led to a mutual decision to part ways. Now, Lucia is wrestling with second-guessing herself and holding on to hope—while also…
EP 507: Getting Clarity on a Decision That Feels Blurry with Catherine
In today’s real-time coaching session, Christine works with Catherine, who is navigating a pivotal life decision about whether to continue a long-distance relationship that is heading toward a significant next step—or to step away. As someone who struggles with indecision and fears making the “wrong” choice, Catherine is looking for clarity, confidence, and security in…
Coaches Corner: Harnessing the Power of the 8/8 Lion’s Gate Portal
In this episode, I guide you through the powerful energetic gateway known as the Lion’s Gate Portal, which peaks every year on August 8th. You’ll learn what this cosmic alignment actually is, why it affects us physically and emotionally, and how to consciously work with its transformative energy. We’ll explore: The spiritual and energetic purpose…