Welcome to Practical-Magick! Your Safe Place to Get Calm, Confident and Clear on your Next Steps When You’re Going through Big Change.
Identity-shaking life changes can leave you feeling exposed and alone in your struggles … even if you’re surrounded by supportive friends.
Like Gloria said in The Barbie Movie:
“It’s nearly impossible to be a woman.”
[Cue the Gloria Monologue, with all those double binds and double standards.]
And that’s under NORMAL circumstances.
(In case you just woke up from a deep sleep –like some notable princesses– the past few years have been anything but normal!)
On top of that, we live in a world that pitches gloom and doom at us from all directions, all the time, and profits from our collective anxiety.
When you add your identity-shaking change onto all of that …
[Divorce. Illness. Empty Nest. Caring for Aging Parents. Relationship Struggles. Loss. Crises of Faith. Soul-Shaking Revelations. And more.]
Is it any wonder you’re:
🪄 lounging in sweatpants and binge-watching your favorite comfort shows
🪄 spooning in mouthfuls of Ben & Jerry’s or copious amounts of wine right out of the carton
🪄wishing you had your favorite heroine’s unwavering confidence so you could stop feeling so exposed and alone in your struggle
I see you.
You’ve built your life around being easy to get along with.
You’re selfless, and helpful.
Your reputation is book-ended on performing under pressure and toeing the line (particularly when others depend on your results.)
You hide your vulnerable bits under your general competence, a thick armor of humor, and always being there for everyone else.
And you feel like you should be able to handle this yourself, too.
After all, in ordinary circumstances, you’re strong, resourceful, and oh-so-smart!
But right now, it’s as if you’re trying to wade across a raging river. The current’s moving so fast it’s hard to keep your balance and the rocks keep moving beneath your feet.
Besides, no heroine starts her journey with all the tools she needs. Her supportive guide or side-kick comes through for her when she needs it most.
Even Stereotypical Barbie had a guide.
You can too.
These women say working with me changed their LIFE:
and my needs and ambitions and get my life back on track.
If you’re faking smiles and assuring folks you’re fine
while:
- smothering your anxiety and denying your despair by scrolling socials and binge-watching funny dog reels until your eyes glaze over … or volunteering for every single committee in your social circle
- questioning the point of everything, and comparing your life to everyone else’s socials, and wondering how in the world you ended up here …
- second-guessing every single choice you ever made, caught up in analysis paralysis so bad you don’t even know what detergent to buy at the grocery store anymore …
- asking yourself the proverbial questions, “who AM I?” and “why am I here?“
- blowing into a paper bag to calm your racing heart while shaking your fist at the sky between breaths and shouting “even caterpillars get a STICK!”
- all while giving time the side-eye, knowing the only thing slowing down is your metabolism, and panicking that you’ll die penniless and alone (even if you don’t really believe this …)
I can help you Feel Safe in Your Skin again, and Get Calm, Confident and Clear on your next steps…
… without joining an Ashram, hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, or overthrowing the patriarchy.
[Although it’s a shame that last example isn’t that simple …]
Hi. I’m Kristin
Trauma-informed Holistic Practitioner. Intuitive Soul Guide.
Crucible Coach. Meantime Mentor.
Practical-Magick Emissary.
Playful Priestess. Fur Mama. Rebel Witch. Activist.
Storyteller. Book lover. Tree Hugger.
And the survivor of more than one life-shaking change.
My personal journeys through identity-shaking change, plus a decade of experience guiding other women revealed that –just like all the heroines in your favorite stories– leaning into this “Meantime” can build your courage and grow your confidence, and your right next steps always show up when you need them.
But it sucks to go through this hard stuff alone.
That’s where I come in.
I’m here to …
🪄 guide you to get calm and align with the most capable version of yourself … even when life is throwing you curveballs.
🪄 help you clear out those layers of self-doubt you didn’t even realize are wired into your neural pathways and held clear down in your bones.
🪄 support you to lean into all the parts of yourself.
🪄 hold space for the mystery while the next steps show up … and help you find the threads so you don’t have to start over from scratch.
🪄 believe in all that is you and shine my warrior light on your path until the raging river lets go of its grip and you start to love yourself clear down to your bones.
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Looking for an experienced guide to help you get your sense of safety back and redefine what it means for YOU to live a rich, successful, and fulfilling life??
We’ll blend like peanut butter and dark chocolate if you:
Get intrigued by concepts that blend neuroscience, physiology, and psychology with the magick tools of transformation.
Are willing to slow down and go deep if that’s what it takes to gain personal growth, new insights, and a deeper understanding of yourself and your place in the world.
Want a guide with both wisdom and humor who believes you are whole and complete exactly as you are, and will hold space for you to believe that too.
Pride yourself on your strong sense of curiosity and an openness to learn.
Believe that life should be both fun and meaningful, that all humans deserve to be treated equally, fairly, and with dignity, and your idea of real success includes a kinder and more sustainable world.
Know it’s time to unlearn the “good girl protocols” society drilled into your head, and live a life of meaning and purpose that you’ll love well into your elder years.
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🪄 Embark on a transformative adventure with an experienced guide to help you reclaim your sense of safety and confidence and step into the most capable version of yourself.
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Meet Kristin
More About Me
I taught emotional intelligence and teambuilding to big Seattle companies like Boeing, Microsoft, and Weyerhaeuser.
I’m # 2 in a family of 6 kids.
You can thank my large family for my ability to relate to all kinds of skillsets and personalities.
I’ve forged relationships with folks from the highest level of C-Suite all the way down to the Skyline HS freshman volleyball team I coached for six years … and their parents.
[This is us in 2016. The whole family got together to celebrate my dad’s 80th birthday.]
My friends and I hosted a “Write Love-Letters to Strangers” party one February in 2013.
NBC News picked up the story and the next thing we knew we were trending internationally with the associated press!
It was a fun event and was just one of the many community minded events we hosted that year.
It’s always fun to be part of a sisterhood!
I was raised very Catholic.
We only missed Mass twice when I was growing up. Once the whole family was sick, and once we were snowed into our driveway. Both times my mom pretended she was the priest and led us through the WHOLE mass.
Gender equality is one of my passions. Being raised Catholic provided heavy context for this.
When I was 10, a friend and I petitioned to be allowed to be “altar boys.” We got a loud NO, but it didn’t stop me from advocating for equal rights.
Leadership- Executive MBA from Seattle University.
B.A. in English and Creative Writing from the University of Washington.
I have a passion for life-long learning, so I am always studying something new.
I’m especially interested in the intersection between physiology, neuroscience, psychology, spirituality, the expressive arts and the magick of transformation.
[That photo on the top is me with two of my nieces back in the day.]
Between 1998 and 2001, I called myself the “Bridesmaid on Wheels.”
You know that old saying, “three times a bridesmaid, never a bride?” Well, I was a bridesmaid a total of 7 times!!
I’m honored my friends and family chose me to stand beside them for their very important day.
And if you ever need advice on buying dresses or party games for bridal showers, I’m your girl!
I live with my partner, 2 dogs, 2 cats, and a roaming herd of elk on 30 acres just outside Olympic National Park in Washington State.
Our Finnish Log Home was built by his great-great-grandfather.
I met Justin when he was in first grade! We didn’t reconnect after high school until we bumped into each other at a funeral for a mutual friend a little over a decade ago.
I grew up on Lake Crescent, inside Olympic National Park.
My grandfather purchased the land before the national park was established. The NPS refers to people like us as “inholders.”
When I was 13, the federal government considered pushing out all families who lived inside National Park boundaries. We organized and fought back, and still own our home inside park boundaries.
This photo was taken soon after we moved up from the Bay Area of California. That’s me in the orange.
[I really liked bright colors!]
I volunteered as a crisis phone worker with the King County Crisis Line for 9 years, the domestic violence hotline for almost 2, and then volunteered again for the crisis text line for a few years during the pandemic.
Each of these agencies required over 40 hours of specialized training before they even allowed us on the phone!
This accumulated experience changed my life, and made me very comfortable supporting people through hard things.
Before launching my coaching business in 2012, I had over two decades of multi-industry and multi-division business experience working in education, high-tech, hospitality, manufacturing, and the non-profit sectors.