EP 523: Stop Trying to Change Your Parents with Sarah
Life Coaching with Christine Hassler
Release Date: 01/07/2026
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_outlineMoving back in with family can awaken old wounds faster than years of personal growth can prepare us for. In this first coaching episode of 2026, Christine supports Sarah, who recently returned to the United States after six years abroad and is temporarily living with her parents. What she expected to be a short transition has turned into a deep emotional reckoning with childhood patterns, triggers, and the urge to “fix” family dynamics.
Christine helps Sarah understand how protector parts, formed in childhood, take over when old environments reactivate unresolved trauma. Together, they explore how to release long-held anger safely, set boundaries that are actually enforceable, and begin reparenting the inner child with compassion rather than control.
If family interactions leave you feeling dysregulated, angry, or guilty, this episode will help you see those reactions through a new lens and give you tools to stop trying to change your parents and start changing how you care for yourself.
Consider / Ask Yourself:
- Do you feel like all your growth disappears the moment you go home?
- Are you the family fixer, peacekeeper, or emotional mediator?
- Do you struggle with guilt or rage after spending time with your parents?
- Are you trying to set “boundaries” that you cannot actually control?
Key Insights and A-HAs:
- The urge to fix family dynamics often comes from a childhood protector part trying to create safety.
- What feels like “I can’t help it” is usually a trauma-based habit, not a true lack of choice.
- Asking someone to change is a request, not a boundary. Boundaries are about what you will do.
- Rage is often stored grief from unmet childhood needs and must be safely released.
- Your inner child learns to trust you only through consistency, not intention.
How to Deepen the Work:
- When you feel the impulse to fix, pause and thank that part for trying to protect you.
- Create a release valve for anger such as screaming into a pillow, shaking your body, or release writing.
- Practice leaving triggering situations instead of confronting them in the moment.
- Reparent your inner child through consistent safety rather than promises of change.
- Ask yourself: “What can I do right now that I actually control?”
Coaching with Christine
Christine currently has just two remaining openings in her private one-on-one coaching practice. She has been coaching individuals since 2004 and only works with a small number of clients at a time to provide deep, personalized support.
If you feel called to work with Christine, email jill@christinehassler.com to inquire.
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