Hi I’m Christie
I am clinically trained with a Master’s in Social Work from the University of Kansas and I’ve spent most of my career working in a wide variety of grassroots non-profit settings, ranging from runaway and homeless youth to adults with traumatic brain injuries. Finding myself unexpectedly divorced and unhappy in my late 40s brought some major life shifts. I had lost my sense of passion and direction in both my career and personal life. I was at a serious crossroads approaching my 50’s. My personal journey led me to reconnecting with my body and healing my own mind-body connection post divorce that ultimately inspired my work in the area of sexual wellness and intimacy with women. My first real exposure came in the form of an immersive women’s sexual wellness program with the Back to the Body™ team of Somatic Sex Educators. Rediscovering pleasure, finding my voice and reconnecting to myself as a woman erotically transformed my life.
I am a graduate of the Somatica® Institute Advanced Sex & Relationship Coaching Program & I am part of the Back to the Body™ Collective of sex educators. I am also a certified facilitator of the Lotus Lift Meditation© created by Pamela Madsen, founder of Back to the Body.™
I consider it my personal mission to help those that identify as women live full erotic lives by giving language, skills and removing sexual shame in my small part of the world. I consider sexuality to be an essential part of overall health and wellness. Our culture overlooks pleasure in the sexual equation and we all have a basic need for touch and connection with others. I am passionate about helping women live more connected and fulfilling sexy, intimate lives.
MY PHILOSOPHY
WE ALL DESERVE AND ARE WORTHY OF INTIMATE CONNECTION.
You are the architect and expert on your life and relationships. As your coach I am trained on intimacy & pleasure and bring with me a tool box as a sex educator to share. I look at it as a privilege to be included in your journey and hear your story. Simply put, I am here to listen with my whole body offer somatic experiences and tools to help you explore connection with self, integrate this knowledge into your life in your own unique way that helps you have the kind of intimate relationships you desire.
We live in a world with a shame problem. Shame has been used to maintain social order and conformity around sexuality, behavior and identity for those socialized as women. Shame shuts down our full self expression of who we are. As a coach, I create a safe space inviting my clients to fully show up and share all parts of themselves by being a champion of deconstructing those deeply held societal messages with you.