Hi! I’m Coach Christine👋
You don’t have to figure out parenting alone.
I believe parenting works best when we approach it as a team—making home a safe place to solve problems, build respect, and have fun.
I’m Coach Christine—a mom of three, Mom Coach, Certified Parent Coach, and Child Development Specialist. I’ve spent nearly 30 years working with children and families—as a teacher, an Education Director at a learning center, and, for the past 12 years, as a parent coach.
I’ve helped parents in my community and across the country navigate toddler meltdowns, tween and teen independence, power struggles, big emotions, and everything in between. And I’ve learned something along the way:
When parenting gets hard, let’s figure out what’s really going on—and then find practical tools to know what to do next.
That’s where I come in.
Be the Coach of Your Family Team
Whether you’re married, single, divorced, remarried, a foster or adoptive parent, or somewhere else in your parenting journey, I want to empower you to confidently step into your role as the Coach of Your Family Team.
Together, we’ll work to:
- Build respectful, responsible, resilient kids who grow into people of good character.
- Build a strong family team where everyone matters, everyone contributes, and you face challenges together.
- Build close, positive relationships with your kids that last far beyond the parenting years.
- Build confidence in yourself—so you can recognize your strengths, see the good in yourself and your kids, and be your awesome self.
- And through all of it, know you’re not alone.
Parenting isn’t easy. There will be seasons when you feel frustrated, confused, overwhelmed, or just plain tired.
You don’t have to figure those seasons out by yourself.
We’ll figure out what’s really going on, understand what your child needs, understand what you need, and find practical tools that fit your family so you can move through the hard stuff with love, support, connection, and confidence.
Because you don’t need to be a perfect parent.
You need to be you—the parent your kids need, with the confidence to lead your family your way.
I’ll be cheering you on
~Coach Christine
Meet My Team…
My team includes my husband, Brad, of 26 years, with whom I constantly quote Friends; our three awesome (and exhausting) kids, now 18, 15, and 12, from whom I shamelessly hide brownies; and a handful of quirky rescue pets: Rizzo, our anxious dog; Ozzie, our one-eyed cat; and Pierre, our 18-year-old turtle.
Family time is a top priority for me. I love honoring our fun (and sometimes crazy) family traditions, creating new ones, and spending time outdoors (hiking or kayaking are my favorite!). I also treasure quiet times with God, catching up with friends over wine, and the occasional date night with Brad when we can steal a little alone time.
My Background
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MS in Psychology (Child & Adolescent Development)
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BS in Education
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Certification in Parenting & Child Discipline
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Author: Go Family and Learn As You Go
My Community Service & Experience …
- Partnered with Carle Hospital’s Healthy Beginnings Home Visiting Program, providing specialized training for home visitors and parents of infants and toddlers
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Member of Crisis Nursery Advisory Committee, Champaign County
- Implemented & Lead a Parent Support Team Program for families (K-12) in the Georgetown-Ridge Farm School District 2022-2025
Special Certifications
- Bullying Prevention Education
- Marriage & Family Coaching
- Christian Life Coaching for Women
- Christian Life Coaching for Men
- Mental Health Coaching (in progress)
- Mental Health Coach for Youth (in progress)
Special Trainings
- Suicide Prevention
- Childhood Trauma and Epigenetics
- Supporting Minorities in Mental Health
- Impacts of Father-Child Relationships
My Story
My heart for coaching parents was born out of my own hardest seasons of motherhood.
After four years of infertility and deep depression, I finally became a mom—something I had prayed for and longed for. But when motherhood arrived, so did overwhelming anxiety, unresolved childhood trauma, and later postpartum depression. I loved my children fiercely… and yet I felt completely undone.
When my kids were toddlers—three little ones under the age of five—I struggled daily. The noise, the mess, the tantrums, the constant needs. I felt angry, overstimulated, overwhelmed, and out of control. I yelled. I shut down. I didn’t know how to handle their BIG emotions when I could barely manage my own. I scared myself at how frustrated I got with them!!
Many nights, I sat outside their bedroom doors after bedtime, crying and replaying the day, wondering why motherhood felt so hard and why I felt like such a failure. In my exhaustion and desperation, I prayed: “Lord, please help me. I just can’t do this anymore!”
And He did.
God gently led me to learn what young children truly need—and what parents (especially moms) needed too. I learned all about child development, behavior, and the brain. I became a life coach, parent coach, earned my master’s degree in Psychology, and began building practical tools that helped me parent with more calm, confidence, and connection.
Those toddler years were the most challenging season of my life—which is why I have a deep passion for helping parents (especially moms) during these early years. But every stage of parenting brings its own joys and challenges. (I have 3 tween/teens now–so I know!)
If you’re overwhelmed, discouraged, frustrated, or wondering why parenting doesn’t look like you imagined, I see you. I’ve been there.
During my hardest parenting moments, I learned to find guidance, support, and practical tools that helped me parent with more calm, confidence, and connection. I want to walk alongside you, meet you where you are, and remind you that you’re not alone. I’m still learning and growing — right alongside you, every step of the way.
As a single parent, I had a lot of guilt
about my toddler’s behaviors and skills and how much my parenting, the loss of his father, and the pandemic may have impacted his development. You helped me to feel less frustrated with my toddler’s behaviors. I feel like I am able to stay calm much more of the time because I always have a tool to use to address the situation. Now I can be more present with my kids and to focus on what is really important in my kids’ development.
Anonymous, Mom of 1
You changed my parenting journey.
I honestly don’t know what I would’ve done without you. I learned so much that I still use today!
Christy, Mom of 3
practical and wonderful tools
Great stories and examples to reinforce tools. These will change our family in so many positive ways.
Amy, Mom of 3