I reached out to Christine after listening to her episode on caregiver burnout — the quiet moment when you realize the work is no longer sustainable. The way she talked about the tension between service and self-preservation, and the invitation to actually listen to the subtle signals that something wants to shift, stopped me mid-walk.
It felt familiar. Not just as someone who teaches this stuff, but as a woman who spent years performing fine while her nervous system was running on fumes.
That’s the thread that runs through both of our works, honestly. The gap between how you look on the outside and what’s actually happening underneath. The way high-functioning people are the last ones anyone thinks to check on — including themselves. Christine comes at it through Ayurveda and conscious caregiving. I come at it through nervous system mechanics and the Spiral. Different maps, same terrain.
We got on a call, talked for a while before we hit record, and by the time we actually started the episode, it felt less like an interview and more like two people who’d been circling the same thing from different angles finally getting to say it out loud together.
If you’ve ever kept going long past the point your body was asking you to stop, this one’s for you.
Learn More about the work Christine is doing at Sacred Window on her website.