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HELLO & THANKS FOR STOPPING BY😊 MY NAME IS CHRISTINE AND I'M A MAMA BEAR, NATURAL SKINCARE MAKER, TRANSFORMATIONAL LIFE & BUSINESS COURSE CREATOR, ENERGY HEALER & PROFESSIONAL ASTROLOGER IN TRAINING. MY OFFERINGS & SKINCARE HAVE BEEN DESIGNED TO AWAKEN WELL-BEING IN THE BODY, MIND & SPIRIT & TO INSPIRE RADICAL SELF LOVE - KNOWING YOU ARE ENOUGH AND ALWAYS HAVE BEEN ENOUGH!

 

Okay, so how did this little biz come to be?

 

My intention with sharing this long backstory, is to show you just how much taking "messy, uncertain and no idea what I'm doing" action helped me transform my life. My hope, in sharing my journey with you, is that it will remind you, that you too can go forth on your highest vision for life - no matter the story of your past because your past does not define your future - YOU DO!

 

Let this story act as your permission slip to start taking messy action in the direction of your highest vision for life, knowing you are worthy and deserve it.

 

You see, part of my past, is I grew up in an emotionally and physically abusive, neglectful and alcoholic home, where I was eventually placed with a foster family due to neither parent willing to care for me. This experience penetrated my subconscious mind where I downloaded the false belief that I don't matter and am not worth being cared for.

 

All I knew was the feeling of being neglected and so I also went down the path of neglecting myself & attracting mirrors of this pattern into adulthood, even though I was free from the abusive environment. This resulted in me not knowing how to properly love and care for myself as an adult and making decisions that reflected that pattern... that is until I had a major wake up call that led to my spiritual awakening (explained below)!

 

Before we get to that, in my early adulthood, I did the university route and worked as a primary therapist and certified exercise physiologist in injury rehab and vocational planning for 9 years. Although that career offered stability and "golden handcuffs" so to speak, it also limited my capacity to be of service in my own unique way .. the way my Soul was nudging me to do.

  

It was 10 years ago, that a series of events took place that led to my first round of spiritual awakening and dark night of the soul (yes, you can go through this more than once)! You see, back then on my 29th birthday, I had gotten black out drunk and fallen down my staircase resulting in a traumatic brain injury, skull fracture and loss of consciousness. It sounds awful but was a major blessing in disguise and the dramatic wake up call I needed to truly assess how I was living, take an honest look in the mirror and ask myself is this the life I actually most desire?

 

A side effect of that brain injury is that I lost 100% of my sense of smell and to this day I have been unable to smell anything (this is called anosmia). What is synchronistic about this happening, is that I was working on the traumatic brain injury team in the corporate sector, helping clients recover, while I too sustained my own brain injury! 

 

Another interesting side effect of this experience, is that my energetic sensitivity dramatically started to increase as if one of my sensory perceptions had to make up for the loss of another. This happened while I was on a new journey of self-discovery and self-love, learning how to actually cherish myself.

 

By the way, I named my company Bodycherish as the word cherish is the antonym (opposite) to the word neglect... I was committed to transmuting this pattern and even alchemizing it into a higher purpose, where it could be of service to others.

 

One thing that became quite clear is that my relationship with alcohol was not helping my growth and evolution.. only hindering it. I felt immense shame and guilt around my alcohol use back then and especially as I had started the risky habit of drinking alone versus only in social situations.

 

Anyways, I knew in my heart I had to make a change and was committed to ending the addiction cycle in my family tree...and part of that was deciding to abruptly remove myself from my friendship circle who I always drank with since I was 14!  It was the norm in the group I grew up with and we didn't have any other way to connect and spend time with one another other than drinking. I knew I wouldn't succeed in my goal to get sober unless I went into hermit mode for awhile... and that I did! I was willing to be loner for as long as it took if it meant I could free myself from what was destroying the lives of those who came before me in my ancestry.

 

I should mention, during that metamorphosis chapter, I also had a long term relationship end, sold my house and downsized into a tiny shoebox apartment that was just 390 square feet! I felt like my life up to that point was built around trying to "keep up with the Jones" and I decided to swing the pendulum in the opposite direction for awhile so to speak. Here's my tiny shoebox where I lived for 2 years and actually loved it so much!

 From the outside looking in, I am sure it looked like I had gone crazy. Some people literally told me they thought I had! I mean, I had exchanged my white picket fence life for something that didn't make sense to most people. It was during that time, in that humble apartment, I came back home to myself and discovered my spiritual side, my unique passions and my most authentic self. It was in that little space that I felt more alive than I ever had!  I started to believe in my "unrealistic" dreams and I felt the world was mine to create.

  

This included getting the inspired idea one fateful day to build my own organic skincare line and infuse my recipes with crystal essences. This idea came to me like a lightening bolt down into my crown chakra while driving on a windy road in Sedona (where many energy vortices are and known for being portals for insights). This happened the evening after a exceptional day in nature where I had explored the grand canyon earlier.

 

I should give context and explain I had been on a 2 week road trip and camping adventure (circa November 2014) from Alberta through to Montana, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and finishing in Oklahoma. I was having the time of my life and definitely stepping outside my comfort zone! This was also the first time I had tried to get sober and being someone who drank a lot since I was 14 years old, it was a very big deal that I had gone multiple months without using. Looking back, I feel all of these factors that opened me up to receive an inspired "download". Pictured below is me hiking the Grand Canyon that day.

 I should mention, I had never thought I would become an entrepreneur .. I mean that was for "other" people but not for me. Also, I never would have entertained I could create a skincare line given I had no sense of smell from the brain injury. I have still never smelled anything I have created but trust the intuitive downloads on how to formulate with just the right ratios. I believe perceived "barriers" fade away and are no longer roadblocks when you trust your intuition and allow inspiration & passion to take hold. 

 

 When I returned home to Alberta I started working on my skincare formulations (testing and trialling different concoctions), learned how to meticulously craft gemstone essences to add to the recipes and also embarked on label design and web design. Flash forward to November 2015 (1 year later) I launched Bodycherish High Vibrational Skincare. Pictured is my first market of about a hundred since!

I am happy to share Bodycherish has been shared with thousands of customers across Canada and America since and has healed many skin conditions, including my own past challenges with eczema. Check out testimonials here!

 

 Shortly after getting Bodycherish Skincare going, I was guided to become a Reiki Practitioner and Certified Crystal Healer. Remember how I shared earlier that I had become energetically much more sensitive? Well, at this point I was soooo attracted to working with and studying the healing benefits of crystals and they later became an integral part of my energy healing offerings which launched in 2016. 

 

After years of offering this wonderful service to clients, I had to put it on the back burner due to moving and lack of time. However, after a 5 year hiatus, I am thrilled to share this service just opened back up and you can learn more here or book yourself an appointment here!!!

Early 2017, I then decided to embark on my coaching business and bring forth to the world a program I had been envisioning called "Elevate Your Life" This was the main reason I quit my corporate employer to go forth on on my full-time soulpreneur dream. Working with clients in the corporate left me feeling restricted in how I could be of service and so I knew it was time to break free and create transformational offerings on my terms.

Picture below is some of my clients from back in 2018 at a live event held in Edmonton, Alberta.

 Side note: it wasn't until May 21, 2017 that I stuck my sobriety landing. Meaning, I had relapsed and started using again after previous attempts failed (or I convinced myself I didn't actually have a problem and could start using again which is something sneaky the ego does to keep us stuck in self-limiting behaviours). I knew there was no way I was going to succeed as an entrepreneur, in the world of self-development of all things, if this unhealthy vice and addiction continued to be part of my life. I am also sharing this so you can see that you can still move forward on your dreams even when your life isn't perfect or you're still working through somthing!

 

I have to attest to the concept of "you go first and the Universe responds" because I quit my "golden handcuff" career BEFORE I sold a single coaching program. What is beautifully synchronistic, is that the very first morning I woke up (unemployed and now working for myself) was when my first coaching client sale. Thank you Universe!!

 

Another side note: at one point, I found myself entangled with a narcissist who would reprimand me daily that I was not good enough for him. This was my first romantic relationship with a narcissist and so I missed the warning signs until I was in over my head & felt trapped. As things escalated, I realized I was replaying the pattern from childhood, experiencing the same gaslighting, intolerance, shaming and put downs, as if I was 8 years old again.

 

With this experience, I started connecting the dots and realized we attract what we are familiar with even though we don't want it. So, even though at this point I had made major progress in my life and had remodelled many sectors, I was humbled to learn just how much our subconscious beliefs (that we are consciously unaware of) can perpetuate a pattern, even when we think we've healed it. 

 

It was this experience that brought me to entry point of my 2nd round of going through a spiritual awakening and muddy terrain of another "dark night of the Soul." I have to admit, this experience was the most painful one to date. It illuminated so much that was demanding to be seen and healed from childhood. There was no more running or hiding from these shadows.

  

Flash forward to late 2023, after almost 7 years of mentoring (and now my beautiful 3 year old in tow), I decided to put a pause on the coaching sector of my business. I do still desire to work with people and be of service but it will be in a new way....⁣⁣I am excited to share that coming summer 2024, I will complete my training to become a professional astrologer!!⁣⁣⁣⁣  woo hoo!

 

You see, if there's one thing I've had a consistent love affair with the last 10 years, it is astrology. All of my clients will attest that I always bring up what's happening astrologically on their calls! 

  

 ⁣⁣⁣I have to admit, if there is something that really helped me get through these last few years (while navigating my 2nd round of spiritual awakening and dark night of the soul), it is understanding what was going on in my chart - both my natal (what position EVERYTHING in the sky was at the moment I was born) and also my transits (where every planet and asteroid is moving now and what exact angles these placements all make with one another). 

 

Astrology is not simply your sun, ascendant or moon sign.. it is FAR more in depth than that and extremely intricate with every detail based in mathematics. The more I have learned about my own chart and transits, the more I have understood the series of events in my childhood and adult life. 

 

The more I have understood what is at play in my chart, the more empowered I have become to make wise decisions that are in alignment with the energies at play.⁣⁣⁣⁣Also, the more I understand these profound astrological influences, the more peace I am able to make with events that have already unfolded, seeing how they actually make sense given the themes, energies and dynamics that were at present.⁣⁣

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What I can say for sure is I have never left an astrology reading without excitement and genuine optimism about my future and for that I am so grateful for coming across this ancient system. If you'd like to be put on a list for this service, when it is ready to be shared, feel free to sign up for the notification list.

 

My first 15 client sessions will be provided as case studies for further practice for 50% off so be sure to reserve a spot!! (so far, there are 5 spots left for this reduced rate as I let my newsletter subscribers already know about it)⁣⁣.⁣⁣ Sign up for newsletter below if you'd like to scoop up one of the last spots for 50% off!

 

Lastly, thank you for reading all the way to the end :-) 

Biggest hugs and blessings!

XO Christine