ABOUT CHRISTINA CONGLETON, EdM, PCC
My passion is bringing out the best in committed, altruistic leaders so they can meet the world’s needs with their personal gifts and potentials. I help you identify and work with obstacles within yourself and your environment; expand your understanding of self and systems; and engage in practices that will challenge and change you.
I know a different world is possible and we can build it together
I’ve always been fascinated by human beings – what makes us tick and brings out the best in us. This led me to study psychology and the brain as a college student, then to work in neuroscience laboratories at Harvard Medical School and the University of Denver. In my mid-twenties I discovered Integral Coaching. When I saw a master coach in action, working deeply with clients to evoke insight and inspire change, I knew that’s what I wanted to do. From that time I have been fortunate to study with some amazing minds in human development, including as a master’s student at Harvard University and by engaging in my own deep psychological and spiritual work as a student of the Diamond Approach for over a decade. Along with my formal training I am a mother, wife, mountain-hiker and cat-lover living outside Denver, Colorado.
I’ve learned a lot, and I bring all of it to working with leaders who are leaning into the big thorny problems of our times.
I believe shifting the paradigms that underlie our current environmental and humanitarian crises starts with ourselves. I’ll meet you there.
Education and Certifications:
BA, biopsychology, Oberlin College
EdM, human development and psychology, Harvard University
Certified Integral Coach, New Ventures West
Professional Certified Coach (PCC), International Coaching Federation
Licensed Immunity to Change Facilitator
Extensive coursework in Adaptive Leadership
Certified:
Hogan Assessments & Hogan 360
WorkPlace Big Five Profile
Center for Creative Leadership Benchmarks
Scientific co-authorships:
Kim, P., Capistrano, C., & Christina Congleton. Socioeconomic disadvantages and neural sensitivity to infant cry: role of maternal distress. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 11(10), 1597–1607.
Hölzel, B.K., Carmody, J., Vangel, M., Christina Congleton, Yerramsetti, S.M., Gard, T., Lazar, S.W. (2011). Mindfulness practice leads to increases in regional brain gray matter density. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 191(1), 36-43.