“We’re all normal when we have emotions, when we struggle in life,” says Christy Maxey, MC. “Those are normal things in life and it’s part of the human experience."
So are feeling sad, overwhelmed, stuck, having negative thoughts, and relationship challenges.
Knowing how to process those feelings, thoughts and struggles—essentially elevating your “emotional resilience”—so that you can thrive is something that Maxey has dedicated her career to teaching.
She has a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s of counseling, both from Arizona State University, and spent 20 years as a therapist in a private psychotherapy practice. From working with thousands of clients during that time, she realized there were common recurring themes—feeling depression or anxiety, relationship issues, unhappiness with their lives and themselves, and feeling stuck.
Knowing that she wanted to help a broader audience she decided to transition into coaching, becoming a personal development coach.
“I realized I wanted to be part of a movement for people who didn’t need a diagnosis, but needed skills or healing from the past,” she says. “This is for anyone who wants to do any kind of inner personal growth work. Personal Development Coaching will help you with the relationship you have with yourself, with others and with your life.”
Maxey explains that many times people have unresolved issues because they don’t know how to address them.
“Nobody teaches us how to work through things appropriately,” she says. “I work with people who are successful in their business or career, who might be married with three beautiful children, and who still feel they don’t measure up or feel fulfilled. What I teach people is how to manage their emotions—everyone should learn how to manage their emotions so that they can become emotionally resilient—and how to clear limiting beliefs that keep them unhappy. You learn about yourself and you learn skills that help you create a life you want.”
Maxey works with men, women, and, if it’s the right fit, teenagers. Her treatment specializations include personal development, relationships, self-esteem, confidence, and trauma coaching. She has also taken her training, education, and experience and created the MaxxMethod: A Psychological Framework for Self-Mastery, a method that she uses to help her clients become the master of their thinking, their emotions, and their dreams. She has written a workbook using this framework that will be available on Amazon early this month.
She works with people and couples locally, nationally, and internationally, both at her office (she has one at Camelback Road and 32nd Street in Phoenix, and one in Mesa) and via Zoom, and offers an intensive 8-week program as well as one-on-one coaching.
“I love what I do because people make changes,” she says. “They learn how to build a foundation of true self-worth, and that’s priceless. It’s easy to work with people who want to make change and feel better, but they just don’t know how to do it.”
When Maxey isn’t coaching others, she’s an avid hiker and loves being adventurous and traveling to places like Montana and Colorado.
“Life is meant to be enjoyed, and that’s what I like to help people with,” she says. “People suffer needlessly because they don’t know how to make it better. I like to help people so they can enjoy their lives and their relationships. Building a foundation of self-awareness and emotional intelligence will help you do that.
For more information, visit ChristyMaxey.com or MaxxMethod.com.