Tornado Energy Meets Take-a-Breath Energy — Small Hinges, Big Doors & Feeling Safe in Your Body
Episode 7 of Wellness Me Up with Mindset Coach & Registered Nurse Christina Day
Full transparency. I woke up ten minutes before this episode was supposed to start.
I came in like an absolute tornado. Christina came in like a warm cup of tea on a rainy day. And somehow within thirteen minutes I had my shit together and we were recording such a meaningful convo!
If that's not a testament to what this woman does... I don't know what is.
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Science + Mindset + Perimenopause + Financial Confidence. Yes, Really.
Christina is a certified mindset coach, registered nurse, and women's health coach with a focus on perimenopause. She blends science and mindset to help women create sustainable habits that support their physical health, mental wellbeing, and even their financial confidence.
Yeah. It's a serious charcuterie board. And every single thing on it makes complete sense together once you hear how she talks about it.
She works primarily in physical wellness, emotional and mental wellness, and life transitions — because perimenopause is one of the biggest identity transitions a woman can go through. And nobody talks about it honestly enough.
Slow Down to Speed Up
This is the thing Christina said early on that stopped me completely.
She had a client — busy executive, all the things — who came to a session and said something Christina had never actually told her directly...
"I have a feeling that if I slow down, that's what's going to allow me to actually speed up and do the things I want to do."
The client arrived at that herself. Just from being given the space to actually think.
That's the whole thing right there. When your nervous system finally feels safe enough to settle... you can actually see what's in front of you. You can make decisions from clarity instead of chaos. You can figure out what actually needs to happen instead of just reacting to everything at once.
Two steps back. One giant leap forward.
Permission Is a Wellness Tool
Here's something Christina said that I want every woman reading this to actually hear.
We need permission to take care of ourselves.
Not because we should need it. But because we've been conditioned our whole lives to put ourselves last, and somewhere along the way we started believing that taking care of ourselves first is selfish. So we wait for someone to tell us it's okay.
Christina gives her clients that permission. And once they have it... things start shifting. Quietly. Slowly. But they shift.
The changes are rarely dramatic either. It's not a lightning bolt moment. It's more like... oh. Oh, I've been pushing my body like I'm still in my twenties. That's not my reality anymore. I can slow down. I'm allowed to slow down.
And that quiet little realization? That's the hinge. And small hinges swing big doors says Christina.
Small Hinges Swing Big Doors
This is the phrase Christina dropped that made my face do the thing. The surprise face. Live on camera. I couldn't help it.
You don't need a giant hinge to swing a big door. A tiny hinge does the job just fine. Maybe it creaks a little. But it opens.
You don't have to overhaul your entire life to feel better. You don't need the weighted vest and the protein shake and the 5am workout and the perfectly optimized morning routine all at once. You need one small thing. Done consistently. And then another small thing. And then another.
She shared a client story that illustrated this perfectly. The woman came to Christina just wanting help with meal planning and food. That's it. Simple ask. Within the first two weeks they had dialled in her nutrition completely.
And then over seven months of twelve coaching sessions... she revamped her entire business. Set boundaries with family and friends. Built in a nap during the day when her body needed it. Set actual office hours instead of working at 11pm. Raised her prices.
Nobody planned for any of that. It just... unfolded. Because they created space and kept asking the right questions. One small hinge at a time.
The WTF Wheel Question: What Are People Really Looking For When They Say They Want to Feel Better?
ChatGPT delivered a good one this time.
Christina's answer was so simple and so profound that I literally hugged myself on camera when she said it.
They're looking to feel safe in their body.
Not just more energy. Not just less pain. Not just a smaller number on a scale. Safe. In their own body.
And when you reframe "what do I need?" as "what would make me feel safe right now?"... something opens up. It's a gentler question. A more honest one. And it tends to get to the real answer a lot faster.
What Wellness Me Up Means to Christina
Living in alignment with who you are now.
Not who you were ten years ago. Not who you think you should be. Not who you were before perimenopause or before the kids or before the career shift or before any of it.
Who you are right now. In this body. In this season. With what you actually have available to you today.
And her long game vision? Being the 80-year-old who can lift her own carry-on into the overhead bin and travel wherever the hell she wants to go.
What do I need to do today so that future version of me says thank you?
That's the question. And it's a damn good one.
Want to work with Christina? Christina Day is a certified mindset coach, registered nurse, and women's health coach who meets you exactly where you are — tornado energy and all — and helps you find your way back to yourself one small hinge at a time. She offers free discovery calls because sometimes you just need to talk to someone who gets it. www.instagram.com/coachchristinaday
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