HOW I GOT HERE:

Ten years ago, I had an experience that changed the course of my life. Until then, I had lived following a formula that was supposed to lead to happiness and “success.” I was 29, moving mindlessly from one accomplishment and milestone to another, searching for satisfaction and fulfillment.

Graduate college. Get the fancy corporate job. Travel. Get the promotion. Get my own apartment. Fall in love. Travel some more. Get the next promotion. Get a better apartment. 

But, underneath the striving, I was full of anxiety and stress. In many ways, my life was a rebellion—I didn’t want to become like my parents with constant eviction notices and trips to the pawn shop, so I modeled success based on what I thought it looked like. The longer I walked that cookie-cutter road, the more everything felt empty and eventually painful.

I DIDN’T EVEN REALIZE I WASN’T BEING TRUE TO MYSELF BECAUSE I HAD NEVER BOTHERED TO GET TO KNOW MYSELF. 

I had never asked myself fundamental questions about who I was, what I wanted, or why. And without knowing that, I was making choices that fundamentally conflicted with who I was, which left me miserable. I drank too much on the weekends and took too many prescriptions from doctors, trying to make me feel better both physically and mentally. I started to feel numb, and some days (A LOT OF DAYS), I couldn’t get out of bed. 

Despite what my life looked like to my Facebook and Instagram friends—pictures under the Eiffel Tower and yoga poses on top of a mountain—I was slowly dying a spiritual death alone in my apartment.

My world changed when I went to a women’s leadership conference in an attempt to find inspiration. I listened to Elizabeth Gilbert, Brene Brown, Kristin Neff, and many others who were opening a deeper conversation around vulnerability, belonging, and authenticity. 

I was surrounded by entrepreneurs, coaches, writers, astrologers (which I didn’t realize could be an actual career path), and women living outside the Corporate Barbie box I was in. And because I didn’t know anyone else at the conference, I wasn’t trying to be anyone other than exactly who I was at that moment. All of my protective shields came down.

I showed up completely myself, vulnerable, a bit raw from such a paradigm-shifting experience, and found a deep, meaningful connection. I found a community of women who valued and believed in the same things I believed in. I felt deeply heard and supported, and I realized throughout the weekend that much of the pain and suffering I was experiencing was a reflection of a curated image that was disconnected from my true Self. 

MY LIFE WAS A HALF-TRUTH, ONLY SHARING THE PARTS OF MYSELF THAT FELT SAFE AND EASILY ACCEPTED WHILE SELF-CENSORING THE PARTS OF ME THAT WEREN’T AGREEABLE OR HAD FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT WORLD VIEWS THAN THOSE AROUND ME.

Unintentionally, I sought other people’s approval more than my own self-expression.

I had never been taught how to understand and listen to what I needed as an individual to be happy—I mean, no one is. So, I suffered for far too long, as most people are suffering now—disconnected from myself, disconnected from my true needs, wants, and desires.

And so, I changed my life—I poured gasoline, lit a match, and set fire to what I’d spent 29 years creating. I quit my job, ended relationships, and bought a one-way ticket to Asia. In the jungles of Thailand, the shell-shocked beaches of Cambodia, and the rice fields of Bali, I took the time and space to start healing my complex PTSD, come home to myself, and start asking the questions that needed asking.

When I returned to the US, my life became radically different. I trained under a PhD Clinical Psychologist to become a Behavioral Health Coach and led a team of coaches in our mission to help people heal their past and create a more aligned future. I worked with clients, managed a team, and oversaw the company’s expansion into the online world (launching group coaching programs before life coaching became a thing.)

AS I CONTINUED MY SPIRITUAL PATH AND MET NEW MENTORS WHO TAUGHT ME HOW TO STRENGTHEN MY CLAIRVOYANCE AND OTHER INTUITIVE GIFTS, I BEGAN WORKING MORE INTIMATELY WITH SPIRIT. IT BECAME HARDER TO SEPARATE THE PSYCHIC AND HEALER FROM THE COACH AND CONSULT. 

In 2017, I started my private intuitive coaching practice.

Sanctuary by Kristen Rice was birthed with the purest intentions—to help women connect to their authentic selves and disconnect from outdated stories and external conditioning. Through mentorship, deepening spiritual connection, and energy healing, the work here creates a foundation for a life lived in integrity—a life that feels good from the inside out. 

Finding your true Self is like coming home. It feels like freedom. Authenticity drives integrity, ultimately creating deep, soulful healing on an individual, community, and global level.

When women rise to their healthiest, fullest expression, they impact the world by creating more heart-centered, empathetic conversations and loving communities. Every woman who comes home to their wholeness ultimately changes the world through their example and leadership.

I could never have imagined I’d be doing this intuitive work, but I am so humbled and grateful that I get to hold the stories of so many and help light a pathway forward. 

Loving, supporting, and serving you is part of my life’s work. I’m so happy you’re here.

Behavioral Health Coach*

Since 2015

I started training under a PhD Clinical Psychologist in 2014, becoming a Behavioral Health Coach and the lead trainer of her psychology-based coaching company. I worked directly under her in a team-based, patient-care approach for five years until I left to focus solely on my private coaching practice. I guided our most complex clinical patients providing both high-touch in-person support and facilitating online group coaching programs.

*Important Legal Notice: I am not a licensed therapist or counselor*

Human Design & intuitive Readings

Since 2017

I started my private practice in 2017 when I decided to merge previous coaching experience with my spiritual knowledge and intuitive gifts. I incorporated my passion for Human Design right away and was led to the Akashic Records by Spirit in January of 2019. My work today combines the breadth of my knowledge of spiritual practice and the combination of my continued training across many healing modalities (meditation, somatic breathwork, embodied movement).

A wholeness approach

BODY. ENERGY. EMOTION. SOUL. INTUITION.

I see the unseen—what exists behind personal narratives and the conscious mind. I work as a bridge between the ethereal, spiritual world of energy and “higher” realms and the everyday human experience. I help people connect to the energy around and within themselves for greater self-understanding that drives deeper connection.

I believe in an integrated, embodied approach to spirituality, honoring that the divinity around and within us is lived through our human experience. One of the great paradoxes of this world is that we are both fully human and completely divine.

WHERE SPIRITUALITY OFTEN TEACHES PEOPLE TO RUN FROM THE DARK AND REACH FOR THE LIGHT, IT’S THROUGH EMBRACING OUR SHADOWS WITH RADICAL SELF-COMPASSION AND SELF-ACCEPTANCE THAT WE CAN TRULY FEEL GROUNDED, CENTERED, AND FREE.

The answer to feeling disconnected, disassociated, and stuck isn’t reaching ‘up and out’ of daily experiences for enlightenment. It’s about finding the way ‘down and in’ to the unshakeable holy place your power lives.

The breadth of my spiritual knowledge and depth of holistic training helps my clients integrate and embody their spiritual lessons to live fully in their power. As a result, they often move through life with more agency, vitality, and confidence than ever before.

My approach helps people reconnect with:

• their unshakable, steady, confident sense of self

• the pieces within that need tender care

• their core values, spiritual beliefs, and soul’s essence

• their personal spiritual center and belief system

I HELP PEOPLE FIND THE ANSWERS THAT ARE ALREADY WITHIN, CHAMPIONING FULL SOVEREIGNTY AND SELF-RELIANCE THAT FOSTERS HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS AND POWERFUL CHOICES.

And if one of my clients ever finds themself in a dark place, I will light a torch and walk alongside them until they feel the wind behind their back—the only way out of a dark tunnel is through.