Life Beyond the Lemons
Why Catholic Moms Experience Divorce Differently
As a Catholic woman, you aren’t just grieving the loss of a marriage…
you’re grieving the loss of a sacrament you believed was blessed by God.
You asked God to bind your life to another.
And now everything is undone.
That’s a deeper kind of wound — and it requires a deeper kind of healing.
I was exactly where you are right now.
After 28 years of marriage, four children, and a life built entirely around my family and my Catholic faith — my world ended in a single weekend. An unwanted, unexpected divorce I never saw coming and never would have chosen.
I had no degree. No career. Not one dollar outside the marriage. I was a stay-at-home mom, homeschooling our youngest. And I found myself standing at the beginning of something I had no roadmap for.
I lost 45 pounds in one year. My body was carrying what my heart couldn't hold.
I remember sitting in the back pew at Mass — because I couldn't bring myself to sit anywhere else — convinced that everyone around me could see my failure. I felt like I was wearing a scarlet letter. I was drowning in shame, questioning everything I believed about myself, my worth, and God's plan for my life.
I tried everything I could find. Therapy — many times, over a long period. It helped the emotional wounds but couldn't reach the spiritual ones. I leaned on a trusted friend, on my family, on constant prayer and journaling. Each thing helped in pieces. But none of it addressed the full weight of what I was carrying — the emotional wounds and the spiritual ones together.
It wasn't until I began working with my own life coach that everything started to come together. He reunited me with myself — my values, my voice, my sense of who I was apart from the marriage I had lost. I had no idea how completely I had disappeared inside that marriage until someone helped me find my way back.
But even then — nothing I found held both the emotional healing and the Catholic faith together in one place. So I built that place myself. From everything I had lived, prayed through, journaled about, and learned through coaching.
There was no program like this when I needed it. So I built it.
That program is Faithful & Free. And I created it so you wouldn't have to wander through the fog without a map.
14 Weeks. Three Transformative Phases.
A roadmap that starts exactly where you are.
Faithful & Free is not a general program with a Catholic coating. It is a structurally different approach built on the recognition that when the foundation fractures, the entire structure must be restored together — not patched piece by piece.
1. Phase One
Surviving - Making Sense of What Happened
The earliest work is the hardest. You are still in the fog, still processing the shock, still trying to understand what happened and why. This phase gives you a starting point — spiritual grounding to stand on, emotional tools to begin processing your grief, and the beginning of community with women who are in the same moment you are.
You'll begin restoring your identity as a daughter of God before anything else is built on it. Because when that foundation is unstable, nothing else holds.
Modules Welcome – 4
2. Phase Two
Rebuilding - Restoring What Has Been Lost
The middle work is the deepest. Forgiveness — of yourself, your former spouse, and the situation — is addressed honestly and without minimizing how hard it is. Your identity apart from the marriage is excavated and restored. Your children's healing is addressed alongside your own.
This is the phase where the fog begins to lift. Where the back-pew experience starts to shift. Where you begin to reclaim your rightful place in the Church you never left.
Modules 5–9
3. Phase Three
Rising - Dreaming Again
The final work is the most hopeful. You are not just recovering from what was lost — you are building toward what is possible. A vision for the future that is genuinely yours. A life that you want to wake up to. A sense of purpose and calling that extends beyond the marriage you lost.
By the end of week 14, you will have established a foundation that your future can now stand on.
Modules 10–Wrap Up (week 14)
The complete Faithful & Free program
14-Week Program
Weekly Group Coaching Calls
Weekly Group Coaching Calls
Detailed weekly lessons, guided reflections, and practical action steps — all inside your private Members Only content hub. Yours to revisit at any time, long after the 14 weeks end.
Weekly Group Coaching Calls
Weekly Group Coaching Calls
Weekly Group Coaching Calls
Every Wednesday at 12 noon Mountain Time. Bring whatever you are carrying. Replays are available inside the Facebook community for any call you cannot attend live.
Three Private 1:1 Calls
Weekly Group Coaching Calls
Private Program Community
Three 45-minute private coaching calls with Chrissi — at the beginning, middle, and end of your program — to make sure your roadmap is working for your specific circumstances.
Private Program Community
Private Program Community
Private Program Community
Access to the private Faithful & Free Facebook community for the duration of the 14 weeks — where your fellow program participants, group calls, and replays all live.
Starting Point Assessment
Private Program Community
Starting Point Assessment
Complete this at the beginning of the program so you have a clear picture of where you are today. At the end of 14 weeks, you will look back and see exactly how far you have come.
Ongoing Community Access
Private Program Community
Starting Point Assessment
After the program closes, your permanent home is The Catholic Mom's Divorce Recovery Community — Chrissi's free, ongoing Facebook group where you are always welcome.
Maintenance Plan
Maintenance Plan
Maintenance Plan
Before you finish, you will create a personalized Maintenance Plan to guide your journey ahead. You and Chrissi will review it together on your wrap-up call so you leave with a clear path forward.
Investment $1997
Book a Consultation Call First
Not sure if this is the right fit? Book a free Catholic Mom Divorce Recovery Consultation call — a real conversation about where you are and what a genuine path forward might look like for you. No pressure. No obligation.