STORIES FROM THE IN-BETWEEN

Every transition has a before and an after.
These are the stories of clients who came to me through personal style, professional change, or a life that no longer felt like their own and what became possible when they began seeing themselves differently.

Story 1: The Closet That Changed Everything

How a wardrobe session became the turning point for a senior leader and the moment that changed the direction of Christina's work entirely.

She thought she needed a new wardrobe. She needed something else entirely.

A senior leader in her mid-40s came in feeling like something needed to change — and reached for the most tangible thing she could think of: her clothes. Accomplished, polished, and by all appearances doing well, she wanted a closet overhaul to fix what felt off. What she didn't know yet was that her closet wasn't the problem.

On the floor of her walk-in closet, something shifted.

When it became clear her wardrobe was exactly right, one question changed everything: why do you think you need a new style? What followed wasn't a styling session - it was a conversation. She wasn't feeling fulfilled at work. She was going through the motions in her personal relationships. And rather than facing those things directly, she'd turned her attention to something she felt she could control: her exterior.

Her appearance was no longer what she was focused on.

The client who came in for a closet overhaul had stopped thinking about her wardrobe almost entirely, not because style didn't matter, but because it had found its proper place. She stopped outsourcing her sense of self to external things and started building it from the inside out. Her clothes were never the problem. Once she could see that, everything else became clearer.

A Note from Christina

This client is the reason I do what I do today. After that session, nothing else felt the same. The wardrobe had always been a doorway — a way in — but never the destination. That realization is what led me to transition from styling into life coaching, and eventually into the work I now do as a Life Transition Advisor. I'll always be grateful to her for showing me what was possible.

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Story 2: When the Ground Disappears

A successful business owner who lost his company and his marriage at the same time and spent a year rebuilding his sense of self from the ground up.

He'd spent decades knowing exactly who he was. Then, all at once, he didn't.

A successful business owner had recently sold his company and gone through a divorce — two separate events that arrived at the same time and took almost everything with them. The anchors that had structured his life were suddenly gone, and he didn't know where to start.

He knew what lit him up. Trusting himself to pursue it was another thing.

A clear picture began to emerge. Health, fitness, leadership, and working directly with people were the throughline of everything he'd loved most. The idea of becoming a certified personal trainer and coach took shape. But stepping into something unfamiliar after building an entire career felt daunting. The work shifted to grounding him in everything he'd already proven he could do.

We didn't start with what's next. We started with what's still true.

Rather than mapping out his future, the first priority was rebuilding his trust in himself. Together they took inventory of the qualities, instincts, and capabilities that had always made him successful - the things no sale or divorce could take away. From there, deeper values work and an ikigai exercise helped clarify what actually mattered to him now, not who he had been before.

He left with direction, self-trust, and a new chapter already beginning.

By the end of their year together, he was enrolling in a personal training certification program - a path that combined his love of health and fitness with his natural gift for leadership. More than the external decision was the internal shift. He came in not knowing where to start. He left knowing who he was - not despite everything that had changed, but through it.

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Christina is an absolute gift of a human and a sartorial genius. If you have an opportunity to work with her, do it. She will help you tap into who you were, are and want to be, and do it all with good humor, compassion and a deep knowledge of the connection between self and style.

Christine A.

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If you’re trying to figure out who you are right now, go to a concert.

Seriously. Most of us never get to test a new identity. We think it, we don’t do it the outfit stays on the hanger, the haircut stays a Pinterest board, because everyday life doesn’t feel like a safe place to try.

Concerts are one of the few places people give themselves permission to show up as a slightly exaggerated version of who you might want to become.

It’s not just the outfit. Something happens when you’re in that creative headspace, music, energy, people fully letting go around you, that mindset opens the door.

You don’t need a concert to do this. You need one low-stakes room where nobody knows the “old” you. Go find it this week.

P.S. yes, the skirt is heavy, and no, I don’t remember where I got it. It’s 3 years old. 😅

#identitycoaching #mindsetshifts #identitycoach #yourpersonalatyle

Seriously. NOBODY is thinking about you as much as you think they are.

And there’s actually a name for that: the spotlight effect.

It’s our tendency to overestimate how much other people notice us, what we said, what we wore, whether we looked stupid, whether we made the “wrong” choice.

We think everyone is paying attention.

They’re not. They’re mostly thinking about themselves.

So wear the thing.
Post the video.
Change your mind.
Try something new.
Be seen.

What’s one thing you thought would go differently this year?

#IdentityShift #LifeChanges #StartingOver #personalgrowth

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LIFE AND STYLE
By Christina

STORIES FROM THE IN-BETWEEN

Every transition has a before and an after.
These are the stories of clients who came to me through personal style, professional change, or a life that no longer felt like their own and what became possible when they began seeing themselves differently.

Story 1: The Closet That Changed Everything

How a wardrobe session became the turning point for a senior leader and the moment that changed the direction of Christina's work entirely.

She thought she needed a new wardrobe. She needed something else entirely.

Pattern recognition. Accountability. A new way of showing up.

On the floor of her walk-in closet, something shifted.

Her appearance was no longer what she was focused on.

A Note from Christina

Story 2: When the Ground Disappears

A successful business owner who lost his company and his marriage at the same time and spent a year rebuilding his sense of self from the ground up.

He'd spent decades knowing exactly who he was. Then, all at once, he didn't.

He knew what lit him up. Trusting himself to pursue it was another thing.

We didn't start with what's next. We started with what's still true.

He left with direction, self-trust, and a new chapter already beginning.

A Note from Christina

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WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING

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You're Not Stuck. You're In Transition

A simple introduction to why you may no longer feel like yourself and how to begin understanding the space between who you were and who you’re becoming. Through the Presence, Purpose, Power™ framework, you’ll identify where you are now and what deserves your attention next.

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You're Not Stuck. You're In Transition.

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STORIES FROM THE IN-BETWEEN

Every transition has a before and an after. These are the stories of clients who came to me through personal style, professional change, or a life that no longer felt like their own and what became possible when they began seeing themselves differently.

Story 1: The Closet That Changed Everything

How a wardrobe session became the turning point for a senior leader and the moment that changed the direction of Christina's work entirely.

She thought she needed a new wardrobe. She needed something else entirely.

Story 2: When the Ground Disappears

A successful business owner who lost his company and his marriage at the same time and spent a year rebuilding his sense of self from the ground up.

He'd spent decades knowing exactly who he was. Then, all at once, he didn't.

Testimonials

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING

PRIVATE ADVISORY

Take the First Step

PERSONAL STYLE TRANSITION

IDENTITY TRANSITION ADVISORY

PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY ADVISORY

DEFINE THE IN-BETWEEN

Free Download

You're Not Stuck. You're In Transition

A simple introduction to why you may no longer feel like yourself and how to begin understanding the space between who you were and who you’re becoming. Through the Presence, Purpose, Power™ framework, you’ll identify where you are now and what deserves your attention next.

Let's Be Friends

JOIN MY SOCIAL NETWORKS

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You're Not Stuck. You're In Transition.

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Every transition has a before and an after.
These are the stories of clients who came to me through personal style, professional change, or a life that no longer felt like their own and what became possible when they began seeing themselves differently.