Christine Sanchez

  • She/her

  • I am a 47 year old female who enjoys being active/adventurous, trying new things, and strives to live a healthy lifestyle (exercise, fueling, meaningful social connection, nature, animals, etc.). I am a knowledge seeker and deep thinker who values genuine relationships/connections. I love nature and the water (swim and rowed in college), so I'm very grateful for being able to live 3 blocks from the beach and a gorgeous maritime state park. At the moment I'm very single (dog passed away last year), but seek to find a meaningful relationship with a male life partner. My next soul pup should be arriving in February, and I'm very close with my friends from college still.

    My background is in Sport and Performance Psychology (human performance focused, not mental health; Certified Mental Performance Consultant). I provide mental and cognitive skills training to a variety of performers (athletes, first responders, military service members, doctors, etc.). My primary day job for the past 15 years has been working as a government contractor within the Special Operations community providing mental performance consulting services. I have a specialty in biofeedback training (Board Certified) and I'm also in the final stages of completing my ICF certification. Executive Coaching is a capability I want to dive deeper into and transition into as I transition out of the government contracting realm.

    In summary, I help performers reconnect with their authentic self to be the best version of themselves in life.

  • I enjoy helping others develop their potential in pursuit of achieving their dreams in life. I am like navigational aid in one's journey home...whatever meaning that may take for someone.

    I do feel that another thread that runs throughout my life is mastering relationships (communication, connection) and healthy assertiveness to develop the healthy lifestyle I want. Like many I have had the opportunity to navigate challenging family and personal relationships. As I strive to develop "home/family/relationships", I am learning the importance of connecting with feelings/somatics to guide me in effectively communicating needs, and learning how to set healthy boundaries.

  • I feel I am being called to connect with my own inner wisdom and intuition to 1) more deeply create the personal life I want and 2) create/develop my own consulting and executive coaching business that supports those needs.

    I have been fortunate to rely on a W-2, government contracting job for the past 15 years. I am a subject matter expert in my field. I have had to move 3 times over the past 15 years for work. I now live in a place that I can connect with nature. If I need more culture I hop in the car to DC or a flight to NYC, elsewhere, etc.

    Unfortunately, for the job that I have I am seeing the writing on the wall. I am facing a ceiling where I’m at, and I need to have a solid Plan B in case things go south with government funding. There is also no room for growth.

    FYI: I have zero desire to work directly for/in professional sport due to hours and culture.

    I am now almost 20 years in the field. I do feel that there is a massive energy shift on horizon for me!!! Things are stirring! I’m not sure what that looks like exactly. I would like to create a career/lifestyle where I can live the life I personally want and also have the paycheck to fund it. I have zero desire to move again for a job…unless it meets my personal needs/goals.

  • Will require me to tap more into my intuition and inner wisdom for guidance. It is very, very scary financially, yet I believe this is where great things can occur.

    I am inspired by the opportunity to move closer to my authentic self, live in line with my purpose, peace, creativity, joy in life, etc.

    The ability to write my own ticket is nice, however, I need to know I have the stability as well.

  • 1) Finances. I am single and do not have the emergency savings account to venture out on my own. Therefore, I feel that I need to do a better job at juggling the W-2 job and starting up whatever this consulting & coaching

    business will look like. I need to save money into an emergency savings account while yet still having some funds for vacations for my sanity. And mental health.

    2) Confidence in self to start this consulting & coaching business. I do think I hold myself back mindset wise with the fear of not being able to pay my bills or needing everything to be in line for safety reasons (I have student loans and a mortgage). I look at so many of the male military service members that I work with and how they can easily take huge risks with entrepreneurship. I wish I could be a little bit more risk taking like that. Hahaha.

    3) Healthy assertiveness. I would like to improve my ability to communicate what I need, what I want, and what I am not OK with. I have been working on this!!!!! It’s a work in progress.

    4) Live in congruence with the personal life I want. This is related to more personal goals, I think I am working towards this. Just want to make sure I am staying consistent as I have mentioned more professional goals above.

    5) Time & energy in managing W2 job requirements/commitments with starting own consulting/coaching business…. while also holding space in my personal life and self-care/recovery.

  • I am very much willing to step outside my comfort zone. I need Kali and the group’s help with support to be more courageous in the above areas I mentioned above.

    I definitely feel a shift in a transition coming for me. I am so appreciative of the group’s help, support, push to get me there. This is why I am here.

  • This question makes me laugh. Hopefully nobody rolls their eyes when reading this. 😆

    1) I clearly did not go to school to be a professional athlete!!! However, swimming was always very important to me. It was a major way in which I relieved stress as a kid with crazy family dynamics at home. At that time when I was a teenager (ie 18/19 years old), it was very much a part of my identity. I chose to go to Virginia Tech for college because I had the possibility to either row or swim there. My bachelors degree is ironically in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (that’s another story). My freshman year I tried out for the Virginia Tech swim team and did not make it. It took a tremendous amount of courage to train on my own and go back and try out again, my software year. It was seriously the most courageous act that I had ever done at that time. I did make the team and that was massive for numerous reasons. First, I set a meaningful and challenging goal and accomplished it despite adversity. Unfortunately, I had to quit about a year and a half later because it became too much with engineering studies. Many many many years down the road, the ability to say that I was a collegiate athlete has helped me acquire rapport and respect with the population that I work with.

    2) I started my career as an engineer, however, I knew that was not really me..but I didn't know what I wanted to do. (This is another long story to be continued at another time). I felt the calling to do something else. So when I was around 26 years old I took courageous leap (for me) and changed careers into sport and performance psychology. This required me to leave a very well paying job in engineering and become a poor grad student with student loans (masters & PhD).

    I’m grateful that I had the courage to make this career change, because the current position I am in did not exist way back then. I also think I would be miserable if I stayed in engineering and living the life that that course would’ve set me on. No offense to any engineers in the group!!!!

    Trusting my intuition proved me advantageous in both these two examples.

  • After working with Kali over the past four years (crazy it’s been that long!!!), I have very much come to appreciate connecting with nature as a way to hone in on my authentic self and as a way to help others.

    Last year I completed a forest therapy guide certification course through the Forest Therapy School. It was a beautiful course and I met some pretty amazing humans. I would very much like to integrate the practice of forest therapy/forest bathing/Shinrin-yoku to help clients quiet the chatter in their brain to connect with themselves, others, nature, the world at large. Yes, this is a formal practice and I’m happy to share with anyone who is interested. I see this just as another capability...like my biofeedback training speciality.

  • 1) Ways or support to more deeply hone in on my intuition/inner wisdom for the above mentioned goals/projects.

    2) Support and accountability with beginning to offer Forest Therapy immersions locally this Fall & Winter season. Summer would be great! Let’s see what I can manage…. I do have some locations locally in mind. It’s just about setting up the connections and events.

    3) Complete my ICF-ACC certification. This has sadly taken me so much time than I ever imagined. It’s not required as part of my job, so I have to do it in my free time and that can be challenging! I am almost there!

    4) I would like to improve my Natural Horsemanship, horseback riding, and animal communication skills between now and February 2026 (when I get next dog). I’m trying to really hone in on skills I want to advance and improve upon before I get a puppy. Puppies take a lot of time and attention. I want to utilize nature & animals with this future consulting and executive coaching business.

    5) A solid plan for how to develop: 1) emergency savings, 2) future clients, & 3) community partnerships that I can work with to securely and courageously make the transition from government consulting into my own consulting business around 2027.

    6) To build a tribe. I value meeting like minded individuals. 😇🤩😍

  • 1) giving and receiving feedback

    2) honing in on my intuition or how to better tap into my somatic experiences

    3) business best practices for executive coaching

  • Remember personal and important details about me and ask genuine questions about how I am moving the needle forward. Show support and empathy. Validation for the challenges.

    Make sure I put myself out there with dating, meeting new people 😆 (personal and professional, but personal is super important). I am very extroverted, so this should not be too hard....

  • Fear of failure or lack of courage to go outside my comfort zone.

    I respond well to coaching and support/respect. I need the coaching/help/support!!!

  • I think I answered this in question number 10.

    6 months: Question number 10.

    12 months: I am in a healthy relationship with a man who shares common goals and values. We learn, grow, heal together. I am moving forward with this business plan for my own consulting and executive coaching business. My new pup 🐶 is a therapy or facility dog….or moving in that direction.

    2-5yrs out: I am making progress towards developing the community that I aspire for personally and professionally. It’s in swing & vibing!

    20yrs out: I can look back with content and gratitude for the family and community I have developed…..personally and professionally. I am a highly intuitive being who helps others and the word thrive.

  • 1) I am in a very personally meaningful relationship with a significant other.

    2) I have managed to jumpstart my own consulting and executive coaching business. I have found a way to build & thrive with personal and professional goals. I have a successful business where I can take vacation time and travel to far away lands.

    3) My new dog has been successfully trained to integrate more clients as a therapy or facility dog. I am renting or leasing a horse with clients!!!!!!!! 🤩🤯😬

    4) I have the ability to enjoy nature in my free time as much as possible.

    5) I have continued building my relationships with friends and family. I found a way to develop some kind of relationship with my dad and brother. My mom and I are continuing are strong relationship despite normal challenges.