Chris joined the Identity Exchange coaching team in 2019. In 2004, he began his career with an international NGO doing relief, development, and mission work in Baghdad, Iraq. It was in Baghdad that he met Jamie and Donna Winship, who became instant friends and mentors to Chris. During that time, he also met a fellow adventurer, Jaime, who became his lifelong partner in crime.
While working in Baghdad, during a particularly volatile time, Chris began experiencing fear, causing him to wonder if he was cut out for this kind of work. Donna took Chris through the Identity Exchange principles, teaching him how to live fearlessly in his true identity, and it changed everything for him.
Chris and his wife still live in the Middle East and have since had three incredible children. They currently work with a team of other adventurers who long to see “peace” break out in the region. Chris has relied heavily on what he has learned from Jamie and Donna over the years and brings that knowledge to his coaching at Identity Exchange.
As a coach, you can expect from Chris a high degree of vulnerable professionalism, a good sense of humor, and a non-anxious, sympathetic presence. During each coaching session, you can also expect to encounter the tender Love of Papa God as Chris coaches you through a series of well-crafted contemplative exercises designed by the Identity Exchange team to facilitate connection and identity discovery.
Chris approaches coaching holistically but with the five core areas of the heart in mind: your longings, desires, dreams, needs, and hopes. These are a significant part of what makes you uniquely you. In applying the Identity Exchange principles to these five areas, you will receive clarity about your unique design as well as healing to freely and courageously walk in your true identity..
Your identity is unique and wonderful, and the world needs what you are carrying. It would be a real honor for Chris to come alongside you for a season of coaching.
(One 60-minute session)