Episode Details

“Does your story serve your future?” — Kristen Crabtree

Episode Summary
After 22 years in a psychologically abusive marriage, Kristen Crabtree did the thing most people only talk about — she left. Not with a plan, not with a strategy, not with clarity. On her bathroom floor in the middle of a panic attack, with the bear behind her finally scarier than the abyss in front of her. In this episode she walks Jeanne through what it actually took to rebuild — and why she calls the work self-recovery, not self-help. 

Kristen is a Certified Divorce Coach, the creator of the Paramour Paradox self-recovery framework, and the author of Be the You That's More You Than You've Ever Been. She talks about emotional sobriety as breaking an addiction to your own chemistry, monkey mind as the chatter that runs every conversation we have with ourselves, and the moment she realized that the story she was telling about her past wasn't serving her future. There's a confetti story you won't forget. There's a Roomba. 

And then there's Two Truths and a Lie — where one of Kristen's three headlines turns out to involve the FBI, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and a case that's now taught in law school. The lie is somewhere else entirely. 

Kristen's Bio
Kristen Crabtree is a Certified Divorce Coach and the creator of Paramour Paradox, a self-recovery framework grounded in lived experience. After 22 years in a psychologically abusive marriage, she built her own path back and now works with people moving from trauma to truth. She's the author of Be the You That's More You Than You've Ever Been and the companion True You 2.0 Field Journal. 

Kristen's Links
Website (Paramour Paradox):  https://www.paramourparadox.com
Website (Coaching / Book a Call):  https://www.you2point0.com
Facebook:  https://facebook.com/paramourparadox
Instagram:  https://instagram.com/paramourparadox
LinkedIn:  https://linkedin.com/in/kcrabtree8/

Kristen's CTA
If something Kristen said landed for you — to agree, to push back, or just to talk it through — book a free call at you2point0.com. There are also about nine free downloadable tools in the shop at paramourparadox.com.

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