Coaching
If any of the following four options interest you, please contact Christa to ask your questions and discuss how we might work together.
Personal Coaching
Are you looking for a sounding board? Needing someone to support you as you discern your values and goals as you navigate important decisions? Going through a transition and looking for clarity?
Whether it’s something related to your work life, sense of calling, relationships, or personal and family goals, a short-term coaching connection might be the answer.
A coaching relationship is designed to support a person by listening closely, asking thoughtful questions, and providing an environment where insight, clarity and confidence can be found. This is different than counseling and consulting and is a powerful tool to unlock the wisdom within you to find best-fit solutions where you seem to be stuck.
Coaching sessions can use modalities such as the Enneagram and Internal family systems as appropriate. Christa is a certified practitioner in both.
If you’re looking for a longer-term connection related specific to your spiritual life, you may want to consider entering a spiritual direction relationship with Christa. Learn more here.
Coaching “Tune-In + Tune-up!” Package - for NEW CLIENTS ONLY.
The turn of the season, as well as the calendar year is often a time to take stock, reestablish some routine, set some goals, and dive into exploring the invitation Life has for you. Having a companion, like a coach to come alongside you, whether it’s related to personal or professional development, can help you tune-in to your deeper wisdom, and tune-up parts of your life that are needing some attention.
Work with Christa to identify your specific coaching goals to be addressed in 3 sessions. This can include using the Enneagram tool or not.
$495 (includes all taxes) for three, 50-60 minute sessions to be used anytime between October 1 - December 15 or January 15 - April 30 every year.
This package is a special discount of $30 off, offered for NEW clients only.
Simply contact Christa and let her know you’re interested in the “Tune-In + Tune Up” package of 3 sessions.
Enneagram Coaching (Individuals, Families, & Groups, Staff Teams)
If you’re looking for a personal map for growth & transformation, Enneagram coaching sessions may be a great next step.
The Enneagram is gaining in popularity and is a powerful tool that supports deepening self-awareness at the psychological, spiritual and somatic levels by helping people see their unconscious motivations and habitual emotional and mental patterns.
Christa is a certified practitioner in the Narrative Enneagram Tradition. With over 200 hours of intensive training, Christa is able to:
support individuals who are having a hard time identifying their “type” pattern.
offer coaching support for individuals who are wanting to dive deeper and work with their type
provide workshops to groups to help introduce the Enneagram in a thoughtful and thorough way
work with staff teams to build collegial awareness and trust and improve workplace culture
amplify your knowledge & experience of working with the Enneagram
Sabbatical Support: Reclaiming the Roots of Rest
Are you planning for a sabbatical or currently in the middle of one? There is something sacred about a season of intentional rest, reflection, re-calibration, and revisioning. Yet, it can also be a confusing time full of disorientation and self-doubt.
Consider a short-term coaching relationship to support this important time in your life.
Receive focused resources to amplify your experience
Support to address the core values and foundations of your vocation
Helpful reading lists to encourage you
Listening, safe, and supportive environment to process your thoughts in order to proceed in your next right step after your sabbatical is complete.
Coaching Your Camino
Turn your own pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago into a powerful reflection experience.
Get the support before and after your own trip to ensure you’re paying attention to the important terrain of your “inner life” while also keeping your eye on the ball for the logistics, gear, travel, training, & intinerary.
Christa has walked on the Camino de Santiago three times.
The first time was her solo journey walking for 32 days on the entire Camino de Francais from St. Jean Pied du Port to Santiago de Compostella. The second time she returned to the same route, and walked for 17 days which included the route from Santiago to Finnisterre. The last time she travelled, she brought a small group of others to support their own 7 day pilgriamge.
Consider the “maps” you’ll need to navigate the contours of your soul on the Camino.
Birkman Assessment for Individuals and Teams
This assessment is a valuable tool for people and teams of any age, particularly those discerning their vocational path, how they are wired to work with other people, and their unique ways to contribute in team settings. Christa is a certified Grip-Birkman coach.
In particular, The Birkman portion of the assessment gives, “the highest level of insight into the motivations, perceptions, and behaviors of a person. Birkman is a premier assessment because it uncovers and interprets data about behavior, and personality. Birkman feedback is presented in a way that is user-friendly and easy to segment.”
Perhaps you’re are a young adult wondering what career to pursue, a mid-life mom wanting to re-enter the work-force, or a newly retired person wanting to maximize this next season of life - this assessment may provide support and direction.
Christa Hesselink has been guiding individuals and groups as they dig deeper into their inner life for over thirty years. She is a well-respected keynote speaker, workshop facilitator, and retreat leader, and her focus content includes transformation & vulnerability, the inner-life of an effective leader, contemplative spirituality, grief & loss, and soul care.
Christa is known for her strategic and collaborative approach to working with individuals and teams and her greatest satisfaction comes when designing compelling experiences for people to slow down so they can wake up to their own souls. Christa is a certified coach, certified yoga instructor, and certified spiritual director with the Haden Institute. She has also completed the intensive 200-hour Enneagram coach training program with the Narrative Tradition, and is certified as an IFS (Internal Family Systems) informed practitioner through the 80 hour program at Wilfred Laurier University.
She holds a Master’s of Leadership and a Master’s of Theology degree and and is the Canadian best-selling author of Life’s Great Dare.
