Meet Christina Chambreau

We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Christina Chambreau a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Christina, we’re thrilled to have you on our platform and we think there is so much folks can learn from you and your story. Something that matters deeply to us is living a life and leading a career filled with purpose and so let’s start by chatting about how you found your purpose.

I think purpose may be better than resilience.

My purpose is to empower people to heal themselves and their animals in ways that heal the planet.

From age 11 I seemed to be led to the purpose that I fully realized in my mid to late thirties. Living on an air base in Japan, I visited the base veterinary clinic to get help with a science fair project on worms and became interested in what was going on there. After a summer of working (base pay for kids was a quarter per hour) in the clinic I knew I wanted to become a veterinarian. Our next base was in New Jersey and I continued to work in clinics, then going to Colorado for my pre-veterinary classes (driving cross country alone, pulling my horse in a trailer and camping out). In 1970 I was told not to apply to vet school because they only took two women in a class of 100 and my grades were good for a man, but not for a woman. After helping my family in New Jersey, I decided to attend pharmacy school at the University of Georgia in case I could not get into their veterinary school. A year later I matriculated in the veterinary school and took the est training in NYC, which later introduced me to The Hunger Project. After graduating, I was introduced to Homeopathic Medicine for animals and became one of the first 20 or so practicing in the United States. Concurrently I was loving leading Ending Hunger Briefings for The Hunger Project and training new leaders.

When a client asked me to speak to her home church group, I felt comfortable in front of the room and had a lot of fun. Within three years I was clear that the universe/angels/light beings/my karma – had clearly propelled me to my purpose – “to empower people to heal themselves and their animals”. As time went on and I more constantly lived in relationship with all life, looking for more sustainability, I added “In ways that heal the planet.” Recently, working with Landmark Education’s Wisdom Course I realized while that was my purpose, my goal is that every person on the planet would know there were many approaches to health and any one of them may be needed for each animal, plant, person, ocean water, etc.

Thanks, so before we move on maybe you can share a bit more about yourself?

As my commitment to my purpose and to my personal health evolved over the last 45 years as a veterinarian, I spoke with thousands. Then I realized there were enough virtual homeopathic veterinarians that I could stop being the personal veterinarian for families. Also to know is that I contribute at least 15% of all my income to groups who are helping the planet, animals and people with healing.

For the last 10 years my one on one practice has shifted to coaching, or advising. People have a wide range of concerns. In the virtual call, people start to shift from getting rid of a symptom (itching, diarrhea, aphids on the roses, spindly plants, etc) to soothing the symptom while working to deeply heal the body so it lives long and symptom free. They learn specific soothing approaches for the specific issue at hand and how to prevent future illnesses. I love when people getting new animals call to get started on a healthy path. Each one is matched with a veterinarian/s selected by me to best fit their treatment needs.They can save a lot of money as well.

My new launch is to more personally support people in small three hour webinars where groups of ten can get their specific questions answered. For the best food for your dog and cat webinar, people would see me making a meal from fresh ingredients I have for dinner. They can ask specific questions that apply to their family such as: We have no time; We live in a big city and do not have a kitchen; We have big dogs and cannot afford the meat. Also packages of multiple one on one calls for on-going support are now available to maximize health journeys.

I am also excited to reach out to practitioners using holistic approaches to treat humans and ask that they remind clients that most of the same treatments can be used with animals. More tiny blurbs after articles about holistic human treatments in magazines that remind it can be used with cherished companions, as well. I continue to look for places to speak to excite people about living really wholistically on the planet.

There is so much advice out there about all the different skills and qualities folks need to develop in order to succeed in today’s highly competitive environment and often it can feel overwhelming. So, if we had to break it down to just the three that matter most, which three skills or qualities would you focus on?

Being willing to ask for help in any and all areas. Veterinary specialists gave me new information so I could better evaluate the needs of my patients. Asking other holistic veterinarians (phone, person, conferences, on-line) for specific suggestions. Listening carefully to answers, even if at that time I might disagree with them.

Getting started before things were perfect is key. Deliver a speech – then learn what worked or did not work. My first website was written because I learned HTML and there were many glitches in it, yet there were people who shifted to Wholistic thinking by coming to the imperfect website. Taking that first, second and third steps even when not sure if perfect is the only way to learn. Artists, singers, jewelers know colleagues who never tried to sell a piece because it was not perfect.

More and more I am open to the voices of the universe, or some may say to coincidences. Listen to a wide range of people and even take notes to review decades later. When I picked up a natural health magazine in a store and opened to a page on flower essences for people, I realized there needed to be a line about their use in animals, too. A note in facebook about a rescue on the Navaho reservation was remembered when I traveled through that area, and a meeting with the founder promoted holistic help with their work. Listening to someone in the swimming pool helped me find places to stay on my travels. Stay open. Pay attention.

Is there a particular challenge you are currently facing?

Technology and marketing myself are major challenges for me. One of my books, The Healthy Animal’s Journal is sold on Amazon and the picture of the cover has disappeared. Persistence and creativity are my tools. So far no results and I am still asking everyone I meet if they have a book on Amazon.

A big step was to hire a virtual assistant to help me with marketing. Many of my talk for summits or other free events ask me to promote on Social Media and to my list. While I tried to do it in some fashion, my wonderful VA now gets all those emails and we work together on it.

Creating my new website (repurposing my current one) for better marketing and to spread the word is surprisingly difficult. My ideas are not flowing. I have brainstormed with some friends and now have asked a company to do a consult with me, so I can give guidance to my VA. Apple support is always wonderful help for my technology challenges. Patience is critical as not each person has the same expertise. They are in a little cubicle for 8 hours so I also try to make it light and a little funny for them – and speak my gratitude.

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