Christina Carlson, Life Coach20 hours ago2 minHonoring EndingsI have found it interesting since leaving religion to explore the ideas around endings. Within Evangelicalism it seemed that endings were...
Christina Carlson, Life CoachFeb 223 minHow do I start to love my body?So many of us who were raised in toxic religious communities were deeply impacted by purity culture (If you’re not sure what that is, I’l...
Christina Carlson, Life CoachFeb 153 minMaking FriendsIn Evangelicalism there was this assumption of friendship. You could join a small group that would meet every week and those people would...
Christina Carlson, Life CoachFeb 93 minMy Survival SkillsBeing raised as a girl within evangelicalism I observed that my options for safety and connection were within relationships. The boys aro...
Christina Carlson, Life CoachFeb 25 minWildishIt was a hot midwest summer in July and I was getting to go to summer camp! I had been a part of the bible program called AWANA since bir...
Christina Carlson, Life CoachJan 223 minMy Journey Out (part of it)When I was in the height of my deconstruction I used to take these long walks. I would listen to podcasts like the liturgists, Rob Bell, ...
Christina Carlson, Life CoachJan 133 minOvercoming PerfectionismWhat pops into your mind when you hear the word perfectionism? So many of us see perfectionism as one very specific thing: everything cle...
Christina Carlson, Life CoachJan 82 minYou are here for more than sufferingBeing a woman raised in religion I was told I would suffer and that I would suffer specifically because I was a woman. I was told to alwa...
Christina Carlson, Life CoachJan 82 minSocietal Self-CompassionI don't think we as people, or society as a whole can really move forward until we move away from control thinking. Most of us were raise...
Christina Carlson, Life CoachJan 82 minWonder WomanI watched the new Wonder Woman movie last night and within the first two minutes I was crying. It was like this feeling of relief and joy...
Christina Carlson, Life CoachJan 81 minWelcomeWelcome to my Blog! My name is Christina and I am studying to be a Life Coach! I will be taking clients starting this upcoming Spring 202...
Christina Carlson, Life CoachJan 82 minSelf-Compassion BasicsLiving with a mindset of self-compassion has to involve letting go of judgments and a judgmental mindset. In my experience a mindset of s...
Christina Carlson, Life CoachJan 83 minHow Do I implement Self-Compassion?Self-Compassion radically changed my view of myself and relationship with humanity as a whole. Coming from a black and white religious ba...