Let’s connect!
As both an attendee and organizer of events, Christina knows how important it is to have a dependable and engaging speaker who is passionate about connecting with people. She is happy to fill that role for your next women’s conference, retreat, mom’s group meeting, college campus event, storytelling production, or any other fitting venue. Choose from the topics below or work together to create a talk that is customized to your needs. Fill out the form on my Contact page to start the conversation about partnering for your next event!
Good Mourning
This message is based on Christina’s first book of the same title, Good Mourning is a relatable message for anyone dealing with the hurt and heartache of losing a loved one.
While walking through the non-linear stages of grief, this message will hold your hand and your heart while helping you realize it's okay to not be okay. It reminds you it's important to lament and normal to want to shout at the person telling you "everything happens for a reason." You'll also see how there's room for hope. If you're still alive, your story is not done, and your losses can teach you, mold you, and light the path for the good things still ahead of you.
The Case for Self-Care
This message is a call to stop putting our mental, physical, and emotional needs on the back burner, stop playing the martyr or victim, and start embracing who we are and what we need as women.
This lesson was hard-fought and processed over a long period of time by Christina as she navigated life as a working mother, a prior military spouse, and a caregiver for her mother. The audience will journey with Christina as she discusses, with equal parts humor and practicality, how to let go of guilt and what the Bible says about self-care.
Hugging Your Cactus
We are all made in God’s image, beautiful and loved by Him. But that doesn’t mean it’s easy for us to love every single person in our lives. There are people, even those for whom we care deeply, who make us feel like we are hugging a cactus.
This speaking set focuses on how to love those cacti in your own life, from setting healthy expectations and boundaries to how to engage them in productive conversation. Speaking from her life-long journey as a daughter to her mother who battled various mental illnesses, Christina delivers a message of grace, forgiveness, and hope that helps you learn to better love yourself and your most difficult people right where they are.
The Beautiful Mess of Motherhood
Motherhood. What a trip. What a joy. What a….mess? Well, yes, it can be but don’t feel bad. In the land of curated social media posts, mom-shaming, and an overabundance of parenting information, being a mom can be overwhelming and quite frankly, you might feel like a hot mess. Breathe. Relax. Take a square of chocolate out of your secret stash. Repeat after me: I am a good mother and I am doing better than I think.
In the Motherhood is Messy talk, Christina unpacks the three categories of mess we commonly see while raising littles (and not-so-littles): the physical, the literal (household-related), and the emotional. We break down why each one can feel so difficult, and then Christina shares what she has learned along the way about the joys, trials, and ironies of parenting, the importance of loving yourself, and the case for grace. She will also share, in a hope-filled and encouraging way, about how we as mothers are a vital, life-changing part of our family’s legacy.