Welcome. I’m Christie Inge. I believe that every woman has the right to love her body, to feel peaceful in her relationship with food and to be who she is.

I believe that your relationship with food and your body is a brilliant doorway into your most delicious life. I believe that your weight is an invitation to be who you are and live life on your own terms. I believe that your relationship with food should be easy rather than a tangled mess of fear, deprivation, and shame.

I believe that your body is fucking brilliant and that it is the only guru you will ever need.

I believe that you cannot hate yourself into love. I believe that the only way to true peace is through gratitude, self-compassion, self-forgiveness and self-acceptance.

I believe in digging deep and getting to the heart of the matter is where you find true and lasting peace.

I believe that our beliefs about who we are create our reality. I believe that our emotions are a beautiful gift that show us exactly what we are believing and thinking.

I believe that if you show up for yourself and do the work, change is not only possible, it is inevitable.

Meet Christie Inge, HHC

I totally get that you might not believe any of that stuff.  A number of years ago, I probably would have laughed in your face and told you to fuck off if you said all those things to me. But, I’m here today saying (and truly believing) those things and this is what I want you to know: belief is a choice. I used to believe that I was worthless and that I had no right to take up space in the world. By changing these beliefs, I have changed my life dramatically.

I started binge eating as a young child and by the time I was in my teens was binge eating and obsessively exercising everyday. I was a size 4 and thought I was fat. By my mid-twenties, I weighed 220 lbs, was on drugs and married to a drug dealer, unemployed and completely hated my life. I was so disconnected from myself that I was in complete shock when I realized I was overweight. I was wearing size 24 pants and had no clue. I was devastated and, like most women, I began dieting almost immediately.

Over the next few years, I tried every diet known to woman. I yo-yoed, deprived and struggled my way to seven pounds from my goal weight. I was completely obsessed with food, weight, exercise and would stay holed up at home in order to avoid food in the “real” world.

At that point, I had an awakening that changed my life forever.

Even though I was thin, had a wardrobe full of cute skinny girl clothes, I still hated my body. I still hated myself. My relationship with food and exercise were worse than ever before.

I knew that what I was doing wasn’t working and that something had to give.

Feeling lost and frustrated, I stumbled onto the concept of intuitive eating and quit dieting immediately. Though, if I’m being honest, at the time, I was still secretly hoping that intuitive eating would help me lose those last few pounds.

Eventually I came to realize that the reason I still hated my body, still struggled with food and exercise was because I was using those things as a coping skill. Just like I’d done with drugs, alcohol, and promiscuous sex years before. I’d never really dealt with why I was doing all of those things. I was addressing the behavior instead of the root cause.

I found that the reason I was doing all of those things was because I was completely disconnected from my body, I avoided my emotions like the plague and my head was full of all sorts of shit-tastic beliefs about my value and worth.

What I wasn’t expecting was to find, however, was the natural born healer that lives within my spirit. The natural born healer that, ever since, has helped me not only get my own act together but help women, just like you, do the same.

My journey pointed me to my life’s work, and it is beyond a shadow of a doubt that I can say that it is in finding myself that I have truly been able to make peace with food and my body.

The Professional Mumbo Jumbo

I believe that what makes me the brilliant coach that I am is my own experience in the school of hard knocks. But, I’ve also got some professional training under my belt as well. I’m a certified holistic health coach, a certified intuitive eating counselor and a certified weight loss coach. I’ve studied with great teachers like Geneen Roth, Evelyn Tribole, Anita Johnston, Byron Katie, Brooke Castillo and many, many others. I am continually on a quest to learn more so that I can share what I’ve learned with the world.

Who and How I Can Help

I  help women who are ready for lasting change make peace with food and their bodies. No quick fix diet plans. No trite tips and bullshit advice. I’m talking about digging deep and going to the heart of the matter.

I teach women how to feel their feelings, how to change their thoughts and beliefs, how to live from gratitude and compassion, how to forgive themselves, and, most importantly, how to connect with who they truly are. I do that by way of my weekly eLetter , private coaching and in the Body Love Alchemy Private Online Community which I created as a safe space for women to grow, share, learn and heal. You can learn more about this safe and private community here.