More than barely making it through the day.
More than working just to pay the bills and survive.
More than just doing what it takes to get by.
At The heARTwork Studio, we learn to
regulate the nervous system, build emotional resilience, and expand our capacity for what matters most in our lives.
We end the cycle of existing in survival mode, and learn to create a life we love.
Over 12 weeks of coaching, we will harness the power of neuroplasticity using scientifically proven neuroscience techniques that use creative handwork and journaling as a vehicle for positive change, to connect to who God made you to be, and to create nourishing rhythms and habits that support the life you desire.
Ephesians 2:10
Christina Knisley
Certified Life Coach
Healing the Heart Through Creative Movement
Handwork connects your heart (true self) and emotions through movement that also satisfies our creative urges to produce something meaningful. This energy flow between heart, hands and creation facilitates healing.
In the grounded moments of working with our hands by stitching, knitting, painting, journaling, gardening, or even cooking from scratch,
a space clears within our overstimulated minds and bodies that allows us to feel, process, and release the things that have kept us feeling stuck, sick, and exhausted.
With this clearing, we are now free to expand our capacity for things like connection, abundance, and joy. Energy that was otherwise spent in survival mode holding our lives together is now free to be spent on the things that bring us happiness, contentment, and peace.
This is the process of
heARTwork Studio Coaching that moves us
From Coping to Living
From Surviving to Thriving
From Tolerating to Choosing
From Living Small to
Expansion into our fullest potential.
The heARTwork Studio
Coaching Framework
We begin right here, where you are now
First we identify the mental barriers and cycles that are keeping us in survival mode so we can finally move forward. By applying the principles of neuroplasticity, we align our mindset with God's unique and divine purpose for us. Then we develop a life-giving framework of new habits and rhythms to navigate challenges with grace.
THOUGHT WORK
EMOTIONAL REGULATION
Our intentional thought work invites us to embrace every emotion, well beyond just the comfortable ones. Often, our most profound breakthroughs occur when we finally offer space to those heavy feelings that we have tried to manage alone. This process of allowing our feelings to exist without judgement is how we create emotional resilience and grow our capacity for the life we dream of living.
CREATIVE HANDWORK
As we engage in creative expression and journaling, we invite God to transform our inner world. This tactile process helps us safely navigate deep emotions, physically releasing them so our hearts can find true stillness and peace within.
Thoughtwork builds capacity so we can remember, receive, and embody our True Selves.
We create safety for our True selves and our Emotions, which facilitates Expansion and Growth.
If you are ready for change, let's meet on a Discovery Call. I will answer all your questions and we'll talk about your goals and where you'd like to see yourself in 3 months. Then I will work with you one on one in a private session (via video call) for 45 minutes, once a week for 12 weeks. You will be supported and guided every step of the way as we design a life you love, and actually start living it.
Handwork regulates our nervous systems WHILE we do this work, so that we CAN do this work, and so that we can "Be Still and Know." (Psalms 46:10)