Kristi was raising four boys when her life began to spiral out of control. “I became an addict,” she said. “I was addicted to heroin and cocaine, and I ended up losing custody of my children. I ended up homeless.”
When she ended up in jail on a drug charge, she felt she had nowhere left to turn but to God. She felt Him say that He was not finished with her yet. She asked God to take the pain of addiction from her, and she felt that was the beginning of a change in her life.
Not long after, she saw a commercial for CrossPurpose and was curious enough to sign up. “When you walk into CrossPurpose, it’s like a warm hug. People are smiling, and everybody’s so friendly,” she said. “It made me feel like I was home.”
As she was navigating the challenges of sobriety, she didn’t believe that people could see her as anything other than an addict. “But when I got to CrossPurpose, it was like they actually saw the person that I was. Throughout personal development, I learned so much about myself and how to cope with my emotions and how to be 100% unapologetically me.”
Kristi realized that she could use the negative experiences in her life–and, more importantly, her lessons learned while overcoming those challenges–to serve other people.
After completing her administrative assistant training in the Leader program, she found work in assisted living facilities caring for the elderly and newly sober. There, she realized that residents needed to address deeper needs and trauma to experience freedom.
“When I was in sober living, I didn’t really want to do anything,” she said. “My nervous system was shot. I was either very, very emotional or not emotional enough.”
By then she was working at the Don’t Look Back Center as a Director and realized she had a business idea on her hands.
Kristi returned to CrossPurpose to participate in the Change Agency program, a program for Leader graduates focused on entrepreneurship where they work with staff and coaches to build a plan and launch their businesses.
After nine months of hard work, Redeemed Kreations now offers a 28-day recovery experience designed to help people reconnect with themselves, regulate their nervous system, and build a life they could stay present in. Kristi utilizes pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) technology to help the body and nervous system reset and communicate more effectively through gentle, low-frequency signals.
Her heart for others shines as her motivation. “As creations of God, we need to be redeemed, whether it’s through addiction, through mental health, or in senior living settings, we need to feel that hope,” she reflects. “They need to feel that love and to feel like they are being seen, heard, and no longer forgotten. It’s not just about the person and getting them sober or getting them out of the room and into activities. It’s about changing their insight and letting them know that people love you, people care about you, and getting the opportunity to help them love themselves as well.”
In addition to building her business, Kristi’s sobriety and exceptionally hard work led to her regaining custody over her sons–which is her greatest triumph of all. Her dreams now extend beyond herself and her own self-sufficiency; now she is working for her boys too.
“I would love for them to not necessarily follow in my footsteps, but be better than I am,” she said. “I want them to do better than me because I know that they can.”
