About The Adult Chair
A few years ago, I stumbled upon The Adult Chair®, and it completely transformed my life. Despite my seemingly amazing external life, I had a nagging feeling in my heart that something was holding me back from standing strong in my truth and showing up authentically. I found myself avoiding conflict and playing small, unsure of how to break free from this pattern. I constantly prioritized the desires, opinions and thoughts of others over my own just to maintain harmony. I lacked the confidence to assert myself and advocate for my own worth.
Today, I courageously show up in my life without abandoning myself. I am committed to maintaining a strong connection with my true self, and I am dedicated to helping you do the same. Together, we can uncover the barriers that are holding you back and empower you to confidently embrace your authentic self.
However, thanks to The Adult Chair model, I am no longer that person. I have gained a deep understanding of the unconscious patterns that were sabotaging my growth and happiness. I have learned how to swiftly and effortlessly process triggers that arise in my life. Now, I am familiar with the feeling of listening to my intuition and standing confidently in my decisions.
The Adult Chair Model
The Adult Chair is a manual for your life. It’s a tool that helps you feel empowered, confident and equipped with a clear roadmap to your healthiest, most authentic self. Through The Adult Chair, you will understand how your life experiences have shaped you, give a voice to the different parts of who you are, gain greater self-awareness and respond to life in a healthy way.
The Child Chair
Your inner child forms between ages zero and seven, and it is the foundation of your true feelings and needs. The inner child is deeply vulnerable, which makes it the source of deep, connected relationships. It is also where early wounding can occur, which shapes our view of the world as we grow up. When seated in the Child Chair, we find creativity, passion, spontaneity, trust and intimacy.
The Adolescent Chair
In adolescence, you begin to develop your own identity and realize that you are separate and unique from the world around you. As the ego forms, so does the desire to protect yourself, whether the daggers are real or imagined. When seated in the Adolescent Chair, we become perfectionist, judgmental and controlling, and we develop a mask to hide our authentic selves from a world that seems cold and rejecting. Most of us live from this place until we awake and decide we are ready to change.
The Adult Chair
The Adult Chair represents your highest self: living in the present moment, dealing with facts and truth over stories and assumptions and being able to set boundaries from a place of patience and compassion. While seated in the Adult Chair, we can deeply connect with our inner child’s needs and feelings and objectively observe our adolescent’s behaviors. It is here, and only here, that we can become aware of—and overcome—the emotional triggers and negative patterns that hold us back.
Kristin is a great listener and her personality is calming and non-confrontational which allows me to be relaxed and comfortable.
- Cheri
