What do you do?

As a life coach, I help women get out of survival mode and into their lives.

What does that mean?

I specialize in helping women end the cycle of living in "fight or flight" nervous system responses to daily life and create a new mode of operation that supports who God created them to be.

The deepest voice in us is the voice of God
calling us beloved. -Henri Nouwen

Me before coaching (sound familiar?)

Depression (lifelong)
Anxiety since teen years
Chronic fatigue since age 20
PTSD in my 40's

At age 51, I found Life Mentoring School (LMS) which changed my life. Over the past 2 years, I have been practicing the tools I learned (and will continue practicing for the rest of my life) and became an LMS Certified Life Coach so that I can teach these life changing tools to other women.

At 53, I realized that every heartbreak, every trauma, every loss, every failure, every closed door and every

nudge

wish

desire

job or career choice

every class or workshop

all of my education and professional training

all of my dreams

every book I've ever read

has all been in preparation for what's to come. It was His plan.

For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. -Ephesians 2:10

How do we do this?

We use creative handwork (artisanal crafts, art, journaling, gardening, cooking from scratch) as a tool to

access our emotions and beliefs that have been keeping us stuck
create calm for overstimulated minds and bodies
learn to hear ourselves and our heart's desires
uncover patterns that perpetuate what we don't want in our lives
create space to begin living how we do want to live

We rewrite our stories, create new beliefs, and rewire our brains and nervous systems to safety.

What does that look like?

It looks like less depression, and more joy.
Less anxiety, and more agency over our lives.
More clarity of purpose and direction.

It looks like getting healthy and losing weight.
Deeper connection in relationships.
Controlling our finances instead of our finances controlling us.

What's to come?

I want to create a refuge, a place of safety so we can take time and energy to rest and recharge, to connect, sigh relief, breathe, feel God's presence and love, and experience beauty. This refuge is The heARTWork Studio. It's starting as 1:1 coaching. Next year it will grow into an online group coaching program. From there we will create a physical retreat center in a farm and forest setting, with studios and workshops and gardens and horses. We will create together, heal together, teach each other, and radiate self-expansion so that we live our lives wholeheARTedly.

Will you join me in building this community?

All my love,

Christina Knisley

Certified Life Coach

Masters Degree Creative Arts Therapy Counseling

Teacher

I hope you say yes. Yes to your self. Yes to your purpose. Yes to living the life you once dreamed about. Yes to healing. Yes to JOY. Yes to creating.