Daily Inspiration: Meet Christina Giaquinto

Today we’d like to introduce you to Christina Giaquinto

Hi Christina, so excited to have you with us today. What can you tell us about your story?
My background started in television. I studied television at the S.I. Newhouse School of Communications until I decided to leave and embark on a new path. I say this because it is part of what I teach today, so it is in that moment that my life teachings began. I listened to my soul and knew it was leading me to a new route. A little foreshadow into my future ~ when I decided to leave, I sat in the town square promenade on a cool fall October day, called my mom and said, “I want to travel the world and talk about life. That is all I want to do. Talk about the meaning of life with the world.” The expansion of this wish will be explained later in the story, so please keep that tucked away.

The TV industry was changing at that time. After a meeting at a well known media company ( through a cold call), I learned the industry was looking for more experts. I would like to think I discovered the missing puzzle piece of what expertise to focus on, but it found me. I needed $5,000 to go take a TV Hosting course in Los Angeles, and I needed to find a way to make that money fast. I wrote down three things I was good at, and decided to go with home organizing. I have always been very organized, and I thought to myself, “I can do this. I can help people get organized.” The rest was history, because my life changed forever. With a simple flyer created on Microsoft Word, people responded to the flyer, I had my first set of clients, I made the 5K, and I was off to L.A. When I returned home to NJ, I continued with my lucky flyer and became a professional organizer. I saw more clutter than one should see in a lifetime, and learned as I went. It was a wonderful journey of self discovery. I grew my client base, I started a team, and I loved running my business. The joy of seeing people go from stressed to peace was indescribable. Leading my team is still one of the greatest joys and memories of my life. Sometimes businesses are planned, and sometimes the business finds you. My organizing business found me, and I am so incredibly thankful for that.

During this time I was still TV hosting in as many opportunities as I could find. Television, sharing stories, and presenting on camera will always be one of my greatest loves! I told myself, “one day I hope to combine the two worlds of television and organizing.” Another foreshadow note ~ this is exactly what happened!

While I was helping my organizing clients, they began to open up to me. Organizing one’s home can get quite personal and I am thankful everyone I worked with trusted me to respect their home, their journey and their items. During this process, clients began opening up about their life and I found a renewed sense of passion and vigor to help people declutter and organize their life. My business evolved into a form of life coaching that focused on decluttering what didn’t align with one’s soul and to focus on what brought happiness into their life, and more importantly what brought peace into their life. I made a big decision to let go of my team and focus on my coaching. I believe very strongly things are meant to evolve, grow, expand and change. It was time to evolve into a new sector ~ coaching.

I worked with people from all around the world over the phone and guided them to understand the language of their soul ~ their intuition. My coaching focused on a very spiritual approach and I went from being called a home organizer to a life coach to a spiritual coach, to a soul guide, to what I tell people present day ~ A CONVERSATIONALIST.

I like to simplify life and at the end of the day, I am simply having conversations with people about the deeper meaning of life, of how to better understand the language of their soul and to decode what their soul is telling them. I couldn’t be more obsessed with what I do if I tried. I have an insatiable yearning to go deeper, to discover more, and to help others see that their soul always knows the answer.

Your soul is always guiding you, always leading you, and always taking you to your highest outcome.

Now remember when I said television and organizing collided ? Watch how beautiful life can unfold. While on set of a product shoot, the CEO of the closet company we were filming in came up to me and introduced himself. We began talking and I told him my background in organizing and television. After filming an audition, I received a call the next day discussing the possibility of representing the company as their brand ambassador. For four years, a new chapter presented itself where I was able to combine filming and organizing into one. Between media interviews, tv interviews and filming tips for their audience, a beautiful chapter emerged. I explain the details of this to see that life isn’t always a straight line. Especially in the creative space, our life takes twists and turns but my goodness is it the most beautiful garden that grows. To better visualize this, creatives have a garden with a myriad of different flowers and colors. Our souls are a kaleidoscope of self expression. How we do that can change and evolve over time.

Fast forward to present day and I am in Nashville Tennessee where I am focused on three things.

1.) Being a conversationalist + soul guide: I still work with people over the phone, but being in this city has changed things because I so deeply admire this city and its people that it has been lovely to work with people face to face. I organize one’s soul. I bridge the internal and external, and I can assure you we have one hell of a life talk. I work with people for a single session, a half day, a full day, or a week together. I look forward to all the expansive, inspring conversations I am fortunate to have with the people of Nashville. The city that has given me so much. The city I hope to be a part of forever.

2.) Writing: This city inspired something in me I didn’t know was there ~ writing. I took to pen and paper and haven’t stopped pouring out the messages of my soul for over a year. What started as something private and just for me, I have now decided to turn it into a book. I don’t know where this path leads, but I know it has a life of its own and I can’t wait to see what the next page holds.

3.) Private Aviation: Aviation is something I have been a part of for the last few years. My smile widens every time I am around a plane, and I have found a way to incorporate it into my life. Although my focus is on my coaching business and writing, I am expanding my work in private aviation to explore creative opportunities in this field too. You can often find me at BNA and one of the FBO’s.

The overall arc of my message is to show people that if you listen to your soul, and only your soul, your life will be the most beautiful book and movie you can possibly imagine. You can do life differently. You can walk a different path. You can live a life that no one has done before. I keep stepping toward whatever sets my soul on fire, and while I do so, I help others tap into their inner voice and see that they have the power to follow their soul too.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE JOURNEY:

– S.I. Newhouse. Left to embark on a new path.
– Studied TV Hosting in LA
– Started organizing business at 23
– Began to bridge the physical clutter and internal life clutter and help others see the correlation between both.
– Started life + spiritual coaching at 27
– Continued hosting, demo videos, hand modeling, commercial work through the years.
– Continued to do speaking events and work with the media as an organizing expert + life coaching expert.
– Contributed expert tips for publications such as: Popsugar, Women’s Health, Realtor, Apartment Therapy, Bustle, MIC, The Strategist, MSN, Huffington Post, and The Spruce.
– TV interviews as an expert source: Central Valley, Mom Hacks Central Illinois, Kara’s Cures, WGN FOX SD, Park City Television, CBS Good Day Sacramento, Day Time Chicago, Good Day Stateliness.
– Celebrities I have worked with: Dolores Catania, Odette Annable, Lauren Makk, and Teresa Palmer.
– Speaker at Woodloch Spa and Resort as organizing expert + spiritual coach for 5 years.
– Was featured on an episode of “AOL Extreme Organizers.”
– Brand Ambassador / Organizing Expert for Modular Closets from 2020 – 2024.
– Created digital media library of 50 + videos of all organizing knowledge for Modular Closets
– Experience in private aviation working with anyone from country stars to CEO’s.
– I have worked with spiritual coaching clients from all around the world.
– Nashville became part of my story in 2022.

Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
I don’t necessarily think it is possible to have a perfectly smooth paved road. Does it have to be tumultuous? No, but no path to an incredible life will be perfectly smooth and I wouldn’t change that for anything. I can say so much on the specifics of each business chapter and the challenges that presented themselves, but for this interview I am going to focus on the journey of a creative person.

I have a soft spot for creatives, because as someone who aligns with the creative self, I think it is a journey and life that is often misunderstood, and that in itself can often be a struggle.

There are careers and goals in life that have a very straight forward path. This doesn’t mean the path there isn’t extremely difficult. I know many people who are in industries with a clear path and they dedicated years of study, focus, dedication and commitment to achieving their dreams. But for the creative soul ~ musicians, actors, artists, photographers, videographers, authors, designers, and the list goes on, the path to their destination is often discovered piece by piece. You see, there is no path for us because if you ask any artist out there how they got to where they are, they will say a different answer than the next artist. Our paths are created by the very discovery of our art. Our paths unfold moment by moment with a windy road that would make any car weary of driving on. These paths are often one of a kind and have never been done before.

The struggle is seeing a path that no one else can see, and that can be a very lonely process. The beauty in it however, is that you can see it! You can see the path no one else can, and what a beautiful gift that is.

Perhaps no one else will understand your path, or see what you see, but the very fact you can see it means it is real. Hold onto that. “The very fact you can see it means it is real.” So please continue the windy road you are on, and pave the path for others. Your destination will bring tears to your eyes as the world you once saw in your heart, mind and soul is created in this physical world and you can live within it.

THAT is why I have a spot for creatives. They create whole new worlds and I think that is a very unique power to have!

Appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
I am not one thing.
I am not one title.
And I am certainly not defined by “what” I do.
I am Christina.
Not Christina from HGTV. Yes, this often happens.
I am Christina with a C.
I show up in any way I feel called to.
That looks different moment by moment, day by day.

I simply yet profoundly focus on one topic ~ life.
I yearn for people to dive deeper than this physical world ~ to see past the veil.
To re – remember.
I yearn for people to trust so deeply in their souls path that fear never enters their heart.

A No B.S. straight forward talk to remind you that if your soul is calling you toward something, it is your responsibility to go after it. There are no rules.

I aim to help others see life through a different lens and alchemize their spirit with this world. To merge your spirit with the physical world.

I work with everyone. If we are a good fit, then we will work together, but I do primarily work with men. I have always felt divinely called to work with men as I believe we need strong divine masculines in this world, and I want to ensure they are heard, listened to and embody their truest selves. For some reason, the world is trying to convince us that we do not need men and that could not be farther from the truth. We need both of us. Divine masculines and divine feminines who are both honoring their strengths and gifts to the world. I work with men to do my part in helping them align to their soul and be the strongest leaders they can be for their families, their work and their self.

WHAT TO EXPECT:
There is no schedule.
There is no plan.
My focus is to help you tap into the essence of the present moment.
Our time together will be spent discussing what your soul needs at that moment.
It is intensive, and our conversation will go on for hours but through this time we will be able to discover what your soul has been trying to communicate to you.
If you feel the nudge to begin this journey, I am ready to show up in the best way I know how ~ in a safe, judgement free environment and ready to have one long epic life talk. With coffee of course!

What quality or characteristic do you feel is most important to your success?
I didn’t even have to think about this one. The #1 thing that has impacted by success is the unwavering trust I have in my soul. It is unbreakable, and there is nothing that can break this bond. I made a life vow to myself at 11 years old to forever trust that voice, and I have never wavered. Nothing anyone says can deter me from the path my soul leads me to. Oftentimes, it makes absolutely no sense practically or logically, but the soul does not work in terms of what is practical. It works in terms of what takes you to the highest level you can reach ~ the highest timeline your soul can live through.

I am human. I am not going to pretend I have zero fear, but I do believe I am fearless when it comes to the pursuit of the highest version of myself. If my soul tells me to go somewhere, it is there I will go no matter what fear or questions may enter my mind.

Fearlessness + unwavering trust = a life penned by the Creator Himself and I don’t know any other way to live or be. I understand it can be scary to go against the grain, or embark on a journey no one else understands but the one thing I will not allow to enter my life is regret. I am 33 years old and don’t have one regret in my life and that, well that is peace. Peace is the ultimate goal.

Story time: I once ran into a very wealthy businessman. He was older ~ probably in his seventies. It was actually here in Nashville! We began to talk about life of course, and he started to look puzzled and also a little sad. He turned his head ever so slightly, and asked, “is it real?” I replied, “is what real?”
“The inner peace I see in you. The true happiness that surrounds you. Is that real?” he asked. “I can assure you it is real, I said. “Very very real.” What he said next gave me goosebumps and I will never forget it. “I would give up every dollar I have ever made to experience one minute of the peace I see in you.”

We often think happiness is the goal. It isn’t. PEACE is the goal. When you have inner peace, you can still experience happiness, but we are human so happiness is fleeting. Peace is a foundation that can live within you forever.
I personally believe the only way to peace is to live a life where you listen to your soul. It is then you can live a life of inner peace.

Pricing:

• 1 Hour Session: $250
• 2 Hour Session: $500
• 1/2 Day: $750
• Full Day: $1,500
• 2.5 Days (great for out of state): $5,000

Contact Info:

• Website: https://linktr.ee/christinawithac
• Instagram: @ChristinasJourneys and @conversationswithchristina
• TikTok @lifetalkswithchristina
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