Wayfinding.
Helping awake folk navigate hard things
(like burnout & collapse)
Wayfinding Coaching and circles
I work with kind sisters and genderqueer folk who’ve had it with capitalism and other fuckery, are called to move into deeper alignment with their values, and long to feel more connected, alive, and free.
A holistic Coaching Approach✦ Wayfinding’s Specialties ✦
Transition
Transitions like perimenopause, midlife crisis, and other thresholds are portals for transformation. Wayfinding helps us navigate these changes.
Burnout
Capitalism demands that we produce like machines and overcome our cyclical nature while devaluing our unpaid labor. Wayfinding unravels this conditioning.
Polycrisis
Polycrisis is a byproduct of unrestrained capitalism that’s compounded by other fuckery. Wayfinding is, ultimately, about being the change our world needs.
Wayfinding coaching
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what we do in Wayfinding coachingWe’ll answer the questions that keep you up at night.
Your inner knowing has the answers you seek or the wisdom you need to move forward with integrity and confidence in any situation. And it’s my job to help you access it.
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We’ll get crystal clear on what YOU truly want and use this clarity to craft a vision that ignites your soul.
We’ve been conditioned through culture and by those closest to us to want certain things — things that are usually tied to consumerism or security (think “make 7 figures!”, status, etc.).
But wants and goals rooted in external markers of success — while seductive — are not things your soul likely longs for, things that will bring you genuine contentment.
And when your soul’s left longing for something more viscerally real, regardless of how many success markers you’ve attained, you will feel unsatisfied, restless, and discontent — the opposite of fulfilled. We see this dis-ease everywhere, and it’s destroying our planet.
To be clear, I don’t believe that the problem lies with the pursuit of some external markers of success. BUT to make external markers the vision or greater goal misses the point.
Fulfillment comes from (a) honing your vision to the point where it’s in absolute congruence with your core values and soul’s deep longings, (b) recognizing that the journey to get there is usually the whole damn point, and (c) enjoying the external markers of success when they are the byproducts of having pursued that which makes you feel most alive.
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We’ll explore your resistance with kindness and curiosity, inviting it to speak. Because when we understand what underlies resistance, we are in a much better position to address it without having to fight it.
Opening communication with your resistance allows us to find alternative ways to meet a scared part’s needs. It also encourages us to identify turtle steps that help bring more ease to forward movement. And it allows us the opportunity to recalibrate if we’ve veered off course.
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Having a regulated nervous system is everything when you’re experiencing burnout or overwhelm. Wayfinding is about moving into deeper integrity with your soul, which is generally pretty regulating in and of itself.
But there are times when your inner knowing will ask you to do hard things, like set boundaries or have a difficult conversation. When this happens, we’ll prioritize keeping you regulated — or as regulated as possible — using approaches that work for you.
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I use the term body compass to capture the myriad of ways that your inner knowing communicates with you. Often this communication is delivered via physical sensations described with words like tight, expansive, constricted, tense, etc. Other times, this communication is delivered via a deep sense of knowing.
We’ll rely on your body compass to help you make decisions with confidence, knowing that they are in integrity with who you are. We’ll also rely on your body compass to see where you’re out of integrity so that we can recalibrate as needed.
✦ Client ✦ outcomes
answered the question plaguing her for years: "do I want to have a child?"
courageously shared her art and found freedom in doing so, despite her fears
quit her job, downsized her home, and found freedom working for herself
Hi! I’m Kristi.It makes my day when clients report feeling more alive.
I know what it’s like to feel trapped by other’s expectations…and how liberating it feels to move into right relationship with myself. I know what it’s like to experience debilitating burnout…and the work it takes to recover from it. I know what it’s like to feel overwhelmed by polycrisis…and how empowering it is to be the change.
I’ve been wayfinding since the 90s, became a coach in 2021, and am now a wayfinder master coach who helps clients move into deeper integrity with who they are — to be the change. When clients share their life-changing insights from our sessions — like Emily did in this letter — or tell me how alive they feel, I’m reminded just how meaningful this work is.
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love from clients ✦
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✦ Gained clarity ✦
"Our one-hour wayfinding session together was a pivotal point in my life. I hope you know how meaningful your work is."
-Emily S. (read her letter)
✦ Felt lighter ✦
"After our conversation, I felt lighter and clearer and capable of taking a turtle step...I'm feeling more ready to take on the week than I have in a while."
-Madi R.
✦ Experienced Release ✦
"In just a short session, she helped free me of carrying this weight in my lower back, stomach, shoulders, and hips."
-Courtney Wennerstrom
✦ Cut through resistance ✦
"Kristi isn't a coach, She's a lion tamer...I considered myself to be very allergic to the prospect of [promoting my book] until my coaching session with Kristi."
-Mads Hennen
Think you might want to wayfind?
Whatever the thing is that keeps you up at night, wayfinding helps you navigate it while staying true to who you are.
Talking circles
what we do when we gather in circleWe hold space. We laugh. We cry. We connect. We get real.
We gather in circle to remember who we are — in community with others.
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It’s been this way since Day 1, with many circles spanning three generations and a few spanning four.
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Everyone receives equal time to share. Some share with words, while others share in silence. No one is rushed. No one dominates. No one is left out.
We make agreements about how we hold space. We never offer unsolicited advice. We see each other. And we are seen.
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Unless explicitly noted otherwise, our talking circles welcome sisters and our genderqueer kin. As much as we love our men and children, they are not invited.
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Unless explicitly noted otherwise, alcohol is not invited.
Phones should be put away and silenced for the duration of a talking circle.
I may offer readings from witches, Indigenous healers, or other spiritually-focused authors.
We are not apolitical and generally lean left-of-center (some of us more so than others).
Most circles are held at my home in Chicago’s Far North Side (near Pulaski & Foster).
In most cases, financial assistance is available for paid talking circles. Please ask if it’s not noted in the circle’s listing!
I have no clue who these sisters are but have anointed them as mascots!
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✦ self-care ✦
“My intuition led me to sign up for a Sacred Sister Circle online with Kristi. It sounded like it would be supportive and so I signed up without a lot of thought. Two weeks later I found myself in some fresh grief and confusion the day before the circle. I couldn’t help but think about how likely the universe had my back when I had signed up two weeks earlier.
I went to the circle and felt incredibly supported by Kristi’s gifted facilitation, I was grounded by the slow intentional unfolding of the circle and I left the circle with more connection to my own wisdom, and was really encouraged by the other women in the circle. Attending this circle is my new favorite form of self-care!”
-Anna Marie
✦ Something magical ✦
“Kristi, you are truly gifted in what your heart moves you to do. I feel so grateful and fortunate to be in your tribe. 🧡🙏🏻 and loved meeting the women you bring into the fold. I know you will continue to bring together amazing women and their lives would be richly blessed for having met you.
I have experienced something magical and ethereal during the cacao ceremony…where it felt the time stood still and I was completely at one with my sisters and the universe, but when I came out of it, I was met with peace and tranquillity. Love to you and to all the ladies who were there. Blessings.”
-Emma Jung-Beeman (RIP, dear sister)