EP 518: How to Deal with an Expectation Hangover with Mischa
Life Coaching with Christine Hassler
Release Date: 10/22/2025
CC: When Being ‘Responsible’ With Money Is Actually Fear
Life Coaching with Christine Hassler
Struggling with money stress even when you’re being responsible? In this episode, I explore how your relationship with money is shaped by subconscious beliefs, nervous system regulation, and childhood conditioning—and how shifting these patterns can lead to more ease, alignment, and financial freedom. Join Kate Northrup’s free Good with Money workshop here:
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EP 532: When Grief and Loss Become Your Norm—and You Don’t Know How to Live Again with Tiffany (Part 1)
Life Coaching with Christine Hassler
What happens when loss isn’t just one event—but becomes your entire reality? In this deeply emotional and raw coaching session, Christine works with Tiffany, who has experienced an overwhelming series of losses in a short period of time—losing her father, her longtime partner, her beloved pet, her home, and a major part of her physical body through surgery. When grief stacks like this, it doesn’t just feel heavy—it can begin to feel like your new normal. Tiffany shares how she feels untethered, disconnected, and unsure how to move forward. Even with a background in personal growth...
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CC: Get Good with Money: It’s Not What You Think with Kate Northrup
Life Coaching with Christine Hassler
In this episode, I’m joined by my friend Kate Northrup for a conversation about why more money doesn’t always create the sense of security we think it will. We talk about the deeper patterns that drive how we earn, spend, and relate to money—and how our nervous system plays a much bigger role than most people realize. Because if you’ve been doing all the “right” things but still don’t feel the way you expected to, you’re not alone. Kate shares how real change comes from creating internal steadiness first, so that growth actually feels sustainable—not stressful. She’s...
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EP 531: I’ve Done the Work—So Why Does My Nervous System Still Feel Rattled? with Kate
Life Coaching with Christine Hassler
You’ve done the therapy. You’ve learned the tools. You’ve processed your past. So why does your nervous system still feel like it’s on edge? In this relatable and validating coaching session, Christine works with Kate, who has spent over a decade deeply committed to her healing journey. Despite major progress—healthy relationships, career growth, and emotional awareness—she still experiences intense nervous system reactions like anxiety, overwhelm, and shutdown. If you’ve ever felt like “I’ve done so much work… so why am I still triggered?”—this episode is for you....
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EP 530: When Life Feels Colorless and You're Not Sure What to Do with Amber
Life Coaching with Christine Hassler
Have you ever done the work to leave situations that no longer serve you—only to find that life still feels strangely flat? In this deeply honest coaching session, Christine works with Amber, who has spent the past five years navigating major life changes including a divorce, a difficult relationship that activated childhood wounds, and the grief that followed. Even though she has maintained friendships, hobbies, and healthy routines, something still feels missing. The joy she once felt has faded, and life feels muted—almost like she’s going through the motions. Through their...
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Why You Keep Repeating the Same Patterns (And How to Finally Rewire Them)
Life Coaching with Christine Hassler
Today’s episode is a little different from my usual format. I’m going to start by sharing why inner child work matters so much, why so many people struggle to change patterns even after years of insight and therapy, and what actually needs to shift at the subconscious level for real transformation to happen. And then after that, I’m going to play a recording from a live Q&A and alumni panel that I hosted about my program, Rewired. In this conversation you’ll hear people who have actually gone through the work talk about their experience — what changed for them, what surprised...
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EP 529: How to Re-Parent the Inner Child with Amanda
Life Coaching with Christine Hassler
Why do we keep repeating relationship patterns even when we know better? In this honest and insightful coaching session, Christine works with Amanda, who recognizes a long-standing pattern of choosing partners with narcissistic traits, emotional avoidance, or chaotic lifestyles. Despite strong intuition warning her early on, she finds herself staying in these relationships until they reach a painful breaking point. Christine helps Amanda uncover the deeper root of the pattern: the inner child seeking to recreate familiar dynamics from childhood in hopes of finally receiving the love,...
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EP 528: When the Answer Is “I Don’t Know” with Yasmine
Life Coaching with Christine Hassler
What if the most honest answer right now is… I don’t know? In this thoughtful and vulnerable coaching session, Christine works with Yasmine, who is navigating uncertainty in her relationship. She deeply values the emotional connection she shares with her partner, yet finds herself triggered by his financial instability and questioning whether this is a deal breaker. Christine helps Yasmine explore something deeper than “Should I stay or should I go?” Instead of rushing toward certainty, they unpack the childhood programming around independence, financial security, and self-reliance...
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CC: I'm In the Hot Seat! (What Inner Child Work Really Looks Like)
Life Coaching with Christine Hassler
In this episode, I’m on the other side of the mic. I was interviewed by coach and podcast host Andy Hoffer about inner child work — not as a theory, but as the deep patterning that continues to shape our relationships, decisions, and self-trust as adults. We talk about why so many people can be successful, self-aware, and still feel stuck… how childhood survival strategies quietly show up under stress… and what it actually takes to untangle these patterns in a way that creates real change. If you’ve done a lot of personal growth work but notice the same reactions, habits, or...
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EP 527: Why Forgiveness Isn't Always the Anwser with Sylvie
Life Coaching with Christine Hassler
What if forgiveness isn’t the next step? In this deeply honest coaching session, Christine works with Sylvie, who has been trying for years to reach forgiveness after a profound betrayal involving her ex-husband and a longtime friend. Despite therapy, spiritual work, and understanding that “forgiveness is for you,” she finds herself stuck. Christine helps Sylvie uncover something powerful: sometimes forgiveness isn’t blocked because we’re not spiritual enough — it’s blocked because we’ve skipped a step. When betrayal runs deep, especially when it touches childhood wounds of not...
info_outlineIn this heartfelt and relatable session, Christine coaches Mischa—a high-achieving, only child who’s used to getting what she wants and is now navigating a season where nothing seems to be going her way. After leaving a toxic job and experiencing disappointment in love, Mischa feels stuck in what Christine calls an expectation hangover: the emotional crash that comes when reality doesn’t match our hopes.
Together, they explore how unmet desires are not punishments but powerful invitations to grow. Christine helps Mischa see how her childhood pattern of being soothed by “getting what she wanted” now limits her ability to self-soothe and find peace when life doesn’t deliver. This episode invites all of us to stop labeling difficult seasons as problems—and instead recognize them as sacred opportunities to develop resilience, self-worth, and inner stability.
If you’ve ever felt like you’re doing all the work but life just isn’t “flowing,” this conversation will help you see that you are in flow—just on a deeper, soul-centered level.
Consider/Ask Yourself
- Are you in a season where it feels like you just can’t get what you want?
- Do you find your worth tied to achievement, attention, or validation?
- When life doesn’t go your way, do you resist or allow yourself to feel the disappointment?
- What might shift if you learned to find safety and love within yourself—no matter what’s happening externally?
Key Insights and A-HAs
- Expectation hangovers aren’t setbacks—they’re realignments.
- True freedom comes when we stop needing things outside us to validate our worth.
- Discomfort is not failure—it’s emotional strength training.
- We repeat childhood patterns until we consciously choose new responses.
- Flow isn’t always about ease; sometimes it’s about deep integration and recalibration.
How to Deepen the Work
- When things don’t go your way, pause and ask: “What is this season teaching me?”
- Sit with disappointment rather than rushing to fix or distract from it.
- Journal about times when you’ve equated love or safety with “getting what you want.”
- Practice self-validation by naming three things you’re proud of—no external approval required.
- Reframe “stuckness” as a recalibration period where your soul is upgrading your inner strength.
Upcoming Program
Emerge 2025 — A 3-Month Integration Journey for Women
Christine’s newest program is for women who already know their patterns but still feel stuck repeating them. Through live coaching, somatic breathwork, and embodiment practices, you’ll integrate what you’ve learned and create sustainable transformation.
- Starts: Spring 2025
- Format: Live online coaching container
- Learn More & Register: christinehassler.com/emerge2025
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