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Forging A Life with Coach Christine: Igniting Full Circle Success
2nd & 4th Tuesdays 9am PT / 12pm ET

Are you a little overwhelmed? Feeling isolated, angry, frustrated, unacknowledged, or fearful? Do you find yourself wanting to retreat from the world? Then it’s time to break down the barriers and say yes to yourself. Join Christine Clark to spark the ignition and put your life into drive.

Step into the work and make an effort. Trust yourself. Trust the process of becoming. Be part of the 1000 Project. Join the One Thousand by downloading the Galvanized Vision ... Read more

Forging A Life with Coach Christine: Igniting Full Circle Success
2nd & 4th Tuesdays 9am PT / 12pm ET

Are you a little overwhelmed? Feeling isolated, angry, frustrated, unacknowledged, or fearful? Do you find yourself wanting to retreat from the world? Then it’s time to break down the barriers and say yes to yourself. Join Christine Clark to spark the ignition and put your life into drive.

Step into the work and make an effort. Trust yourself. Trust the process of becoming. Be part of the 1000 Project. Join the One Thousand by downloading the Galvanized Vision Guide OR scheduling a personal Clarity Session (both found on ForgedALife.com) OR comment on this show. Make inclusion part of your business plan. Our first duty is to provide for our families. Our second duty is to provide for all other families.

We’ll cover how to kindle full-circle success on your terms. Right now the world feels heavy, but, you can forge through with Coach Christine. Every episode she will share a life-forging tip to spark your liberated, energized, and profoundly satisfying life. It has never been a question of “Do you have what it takes?” It’s only “Are you willing to try?”

Forging A Life is about you and our world. Emerge from your past, step into transforming fires, and flourish. As each of us forge our unique destiny we light the way for others igniting world healing transformation.

About Christine
There are still times when I wish I could have gotten to where I am now, confident in who I am and solid in how I serve the world, sooner. I know at my core there is a process to becoming. There were lessons to learn, knowledge to gain and resiliency to acquire. Here are two snapshots of my journey.

Jumping off the corporate ladder.
I started a side hustle as a Mary Kay Independent Beauty Consultant while working full-time as a property and casualty underwriter. That same year I became pregnant with my first son. At the salaried corporate job, I kept my nose to the grindstone 50 and 60 hours a week. The workload was immense. I wore the pumps, sported business skirts, carried a briefcase, and could have been flipping hamburgers for the same wage if you broke that salary down by the hours I was putting in. When my son was born I knew I did not want him raised in daycare. My husband Howard’s business as a maker of custom knives was going well. I choose to leave corporate shortly after returning from maternity leave. I did not do the strategic thing of building my Mary Kay business to replace the salary first. I just jumped. Making us a duel entrepreneurship household. To sink, to swim, to tread water, which Howard and I have for 26 years and counting.

Certified Transformational Life Coach
I clicked an ad for a free CD called Stop The Sabotage. That was the beginning of my awakening. The saying goes “When the student is ready the teacher will appear.” Somehow I understood I was sabotaging myself. At that time I constantly felt like a failure, felt inconsistent. Believed I was never doing enough or doing the “right” things, certainly not making enough money. I had no boundaries with customers. Willingly did anything, went anywhere, and bent over backward. I remember being recognized on stage as the number one consultant for a regional contest and thinking the other woman must not have turned in their stats. (Really!?) The truth is that I was operating in the top 7% of the company.

The CD opened a door to the world's self-development for me. I signed up for more CDs. Plugged into conference call courses. Attended live events. Got personal coaching. Everything made sense. As I began to untie my own knots, gain perspective, find clarity and change my language I immediately shared what I was learning with everyone around me. I began coaching my team (personal recruits). The thought blossomed in my heart “I think I want to coach.”

For two years I searched for how to become a certified life coach. I knew I did not want to be an ambassador for someone else’s program. I wanted to learn the skills. I also wanted a program and company with integrity. When I came across exactly what I was looking for the course was just six weeks out. The cost was big. It was a week-long full emersion program halfway across the country. The cost of the course, airfare, week in a nice hotel, plus meals was overwhelming. The mountain of money required loomed over me. It scared me. I waffled. My inner critic went on the attack: “That money should be used for the family” “How can you leave Howard to manage the house and kids?” “What if you suck as a coach?” “What if you fail?” For two days I went in circles. Finally, I said “Christine, you’ve been looking for two years. This is exactly what you want. Are you going to let money control what you do? No.” I answered. I came up with the money. I jumped into the most transformative experience I’ve ever had and took a total change in trajectory. I immediately stepped into a year-long coach training program and have been building my coaching business ever since.

What I know now: I am working in my purpose as a transformational life coach. This is my calling. All my experiences through life were preparing me for this.