Life Coaching with Christine Hassler
EP 555: When You Thought They Changed, but an Old Pattern Comes Back with Haley
What happens when someone you love finally seems to have changed—only for an old, painful pattern to suddenly come back? In this deeply relatable coaching session, Christine works with Haley, who grew up with a verbally and emotionally abusive father. After a period of having no relationship with him, the two spent the last five…
EP 554: When Everything Feels Hard and Nothing Feels Good with Jeni
What do you do when everything feels hard, nothing feels particularly good, and you no longer trust that the things you’ve always wanted are actually going to happen? In this deeply reflective coaching session, Christine works with Jeni, who has spent the last three years navigating an overwhelming season of loss and change. A relationship ended.…
EP 553: When Being Direct Isn’t Getting You the Connection You Want with Gaby
What if you’re saying exactly what you mean—but somehow you’re still not getting the connection you want? In this insightful coaching session, Christine works with Gaby, a self-described direct communicator who has become increasingly disappointed by the way friends and family respond when she tries to address hurt feelings or problems in their relationships. After becoming…
Coaches Corner: Why Moms Are Chronically Stressed — and How to Stop Overfunctioning with Sarah Tacy
Sarah Tacy Tangredi is a nervous system specialist and somatic guide for moms who are done with burnout and overfunctioning. She helps clients move from urgency to choice, from survival patterns to deep self-trust, and into a more human pace where vitality, clarity, and mystery can coexist. Her work blends neuroscience, somatic healing, and sacred…
EP 552: Allowing Yourself to Receive Support Without Feeling Guilty with Maryam
What if receiving love and support feels almost as uncomfortable as the pain you’re already carrying? In this deeply compassionate coaching session, Christine works with Maryam, an Iranian woman living in Norway who is struggling with grief, fear, and guilt as she witnesses tremendous suffering in her homeland while her family remains in Iran. At the…
Coaches Corner: On our Knees with Regena Thomashauer
Regena Thomashauer — better known as Mama Gena — is a bestselling author, teacher, feminist icon, and founder of the School of Womanly Arts, which she started in her living room in 1998 and has since grown into a global movement. For more than three decades, Regena has helped women reconnect to the parts of…
EP 551: The Exhausting Drain of Feeling Responsible for Everyone You Love with Jessica
What happens when loving the people in your life starts to feel like being responsible for keeping everyone okay? In this deeply compassionate coaching session, Christine works with Jessica, who is navigating several major transitions at once: the end of a 10-year relationship with her best friend and business partner, building her own creative career,…
EP 550: Grieving the Father You Wanted While Caring for the One You Have with Kelli
How do you care for an aging parent who never gave you what you needed as a child? In this deeply relatable coaching session, Christine works with Kelli, whose elderly father is beginning to show signs of aging and short-term memory changes. As the firstborn daughter and the only medical professional in her family, Kelli…
EP 549: How Making Up Stories About Things Are Making Things So Much Worse with Shannon
How often do you mistake the story in your head for the truth? In this deeply insightful coaching session, Christine works with Shannon, who has spent much of her life feeling like she’s waiting for people to leave her. Growing up with a mother struggling with severe mental illness and a father who was absent…
EP 548: When Your Soul Part and Your Human Part, Seem to Have Different Priorities and Identities with Gihan
What happens when the person you’ve always been no longer feels like the person you’re becoming? In this deeply thoughtful coaching session, Christine works with Gihan, who is navigating the space between her cultural and familial identity and the life her soul feels called to create. Living with her mother in Cairo, Gihan has been…
EP 547: When Protecting Your Child Becomes Its Own Kind of Prison with Shelley
How do you protect your child without living in constant fear? In this deeply compassionate coaching session, Christine works with Shelley, whose journey through chronic illness, mold toxicity, Lyme disease, fertility challenges, and becoming a new mother has left her feeling trapped in a cycle of hypervigilance around environmental toxins. What began as a genuine…
EP 546: How the Fear of Loss is Keeping You from Building Your Own Life with IIaria
Have you ever felt like you’ve done all the inner work… yet one fear refuses to leave? In this compassionate and eye-opening coaching session, Christine works with Ilaria, who has spent years in therapy, practicing breathwork, nervous system regulation, and inner child healing. Yet one fear continues to consume her: the overwhelming fear of losing…
EP 545: Grief, Injustice, and the Courage to Speak with Mary
Trigger Warning: This episode includes discussions of suicide, the loss of a child, emotional abuse, and narcissistic relationship dynamics. Please care for yourself and listen only if it feels supportive. What do you do when you’re grieving the unimaginable… and someone you once trusted continues to cause harm in the aftermath? In this profoundly moving…
EP 544: Struggling with Making Big Life Decisions with Asa
How do you know when it’s time to let go of a dream… and when it’s time to keep holding on? In this deeply moving coaching session, Christine works with Asa, who has spent the last 18 months wrestling with one of the biggest decisions of her life: whether to have a second child. Her heart…
EP 543: Breaking the Pattern of Managing Family Feelings with Emily.
What if keeping the peace is actually keeping you from being fully yourself? In this heartfelt and empowering coaching session, Christine works with Emily, who is preparing to release her first book—a deeply personal guide about becoming an intentional, loving grandparent called Don’t Skip the Party. But instead of celebration, Emily is met with silence…
EP 542: My Safe Love Often Feels Unsafe with Sydney
What happens when you finally find the healthy relationship you’ve always wanted… and your nervous system doesn’t know what to do with it? In this deeply compassionate coaching session, Christine works with Sydney, who has found herself in the healthiest and most emotionally supportive relationship of her life. Her partner is stable, trustworthy, and committed—everything…
EP 541: Hiding in Plain Sight — How Fear of Criticism Is Keeping You from Being Fully You with Victoria
What if the thing holding you back isn’t a lack of confidence—but a fear of being seen? In this powerful and emotional coaching session, Christine works with Victoria, who feels called to step into a more authentic and public version of herself through a new creative venture. Although she has already achieved success in her…
EP 540: It’s Not Him—It’s Your Nervous System: Dealing with Anxiety and Dating with Rebecca
What if your dating anxiety isn’t actually about the person you’re dating? In this deeply validating and eye-opening coaching session, Christine works with Rebecca, who experiences intense anxiety, panic attacks, hypervigilance, and worst-case-scenario thinking whenever dating begins to feel emotionally significant. As relationships move beyond the casual stage, Rebecca finds herself constantly scanning for danger—analyzing…
EP 539: Okay, I’ve Done the Work… Now Where’s My Person? with Rachel
What happens when you’ve done the healing, broken the patterns, and still haven’t found your person? In this deeply validating and emotionally rich coaching session, Christine works with Rachel, who is navigating life as a single woman in her late 30s after leaving an emotionally abusive relationship. Rachel has done years of deep inner work,…
EP 538: When Purpose Isn’t Paying the Bills with Karishma
What if your biggest money block has nothing to do with money? In this deeply insightful and empowering coaching session, Christine works with Karishma, a trauma-informed relationship coach who feels torn between following her purpose and contributing financially to her family in a more traditional way. Even though Karishma loves her work and knows she’s…
EP 537: Stop Over-Functioning in Your Relationship with Melissa
Are you doing everything in your relationship… and quietly resenting it? In this incredibly relatable coaching session, Christine works with Melissa, who feels overwhelmed, emotionally triggered, and exhausted from carrying the mental and emotional load in her marriage. Even though she and her husband love each other deeply and have a strong connection, Melissa finds…