About Christine

When starting with a coach of any type, it’s very important for that relationship to ‘click’.  Obviously, we need to chat a bit so we can determine whether we feel as if we will work well together.

I am a GRITS (Girl Raised In The South), being raised in South Carolina with my three brothers.  My pace is a balance between southern (slow) and northern (fast).  As a result, my manner comes across as calming and focused, while still energetic, which appeals to many people.  My personality is warm and caring - and from time to time you can even hear a bit of my southern drawl! 

I have a keen interest in people as people – learning about them and what they want out of their life, their dancing, and their image.  Being strongly interested your goals enables me to best serve you by catering an Out of the Ordinary solution just for you!

 Life Coach

 My work and life experience have laid a natural foundation for my coaching skills.  I moved right out of college into restaurant management, immediately applying my undergraduate Business Administration (Management) principles into real life.  After that first work experience, I moved into department store operations management, then into human resources.  My experience in HR spans the retail, restaurant, insurance and chemical industries in positions of progressively greater responsibilities.  Being a veracious learner, I acquired along the way a professional certification as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), had the privilege of attending the Center for Creative Leadership, and conquered a Master in Business Administration from Centenary College.  Before leaving the corporate environment to launch Break Out of the Ordinary, I enjoyed two years as a successful sales coach.

 Coaching, as a profession, is in total alignment with my personal philosophy of relating to people:  Find out what they need and help them get it.  This philosophy has been further developed through my education in and graduation from Coach U’s Core Essentials program.  Contact me to Illuminate You!

 Dance Instructor

 As a little girl, I learned tap and ballet and was later able to apply that learning of body movement to gymnastics and springboard diving.  My dad was in the military and I often attended dances as his companion.  As a young adult, I learned social ballroom and country dancing, both of which enabled me meet like-minded people in the places I lived.

 When I discovered West Coast Swing, it was a great challenge to me because it isn’t like the structured, repetitive steps I found within ballroom and country.  WCS allows musical interpretation and improvisation along with fun partnering opportunities within the basic framework of the dance.  Learning the foundation of the dance came through hard work and practice.  Once I had the solid follower foundation (and because of the shortage of leaders!), I eventually began to lead the dance as well.

Now, ten years later, I’m still dancing WCS because each dance with each song with each partner is a different and unique experience.  I’m excited to combine my work experience in training and facilitation with this amazingly fun dance and offer workshops that appeal and apply to all levels of WCS dancer.  Contact me for more information or visit the WCS Dance page for the next upcoming workshop.