Christine Halbe-Moore

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Christine H. Moore is a grateful person in long term recovery and celebrated 8 years on 3/15/23. I am humbled to share with you my personal story of addiction to prescription pills and my journey through recovery to her current stage as a Certified Peer Recovery Peer Specialist, Certified John Maxwell Public Speaker and Peer Recovery Trainer.

I grew up in a Dallas, Texas in stable home with both parents present in our family home. I was a competitive gymnast and ballet dancer throughout High School and studied Theatre and Dance in College. Accomplishments in dance and sports were the only way I received love and affirmation from my those close to me. I became obsessed with making myself into the best competitive gymnast possible, then went to the University of Texas in Austin in 1999 to study Theatre and Dance to perfect my skills and knowledge of dance as a ballerina. After graduating from UT, I became a dance instructor and met my future husband at a local gym. My husband was an avid body builder and he introduced me to the world of fitness competition. Competing in women’s fitness competitions gave me the chance to use my skills in ballet, gymnastics and to be on stage and receive the love and affirmation I so deeply craved. Not long into my fitness competition training, the pressure began to mount and out of curiosity and desire to escape the feelings of lack and self-doubt. I took one of the pain killer pills, loved the confident, invincible feeling it gave me. I felt that with these pills, I could be free of the feelings of scrutiny and the shame that I felt from a lifetime of seeking conditional love through competitive performance.

My addiction to pain pills soon grew into a need for sleeping pills at night and anti-anxiety drugs during the day. I began to spiral into the cycle of addiction which lead me to multiple accidental overdoses. My husband served me with divorce papers and restraining order. I lost custody of my two young sons, my marriage ended and everything I cared about was destroyed. That was the day I submitted to an in-patient rehab program is when I made the decision to surrender to my healing.

Today I have 8+ years in recovery and I'm beyond grateful for the journey I have been on. I have been blessed to turn all of the pain and loss into purpose and growth. It is my passion to help people through their recovery process and see them join a beautiful community of people who are successful in long term recovery. I am passionate about and dedicated to the Recovery Community and to the destigmatize addiction through education and compassion and community.

I love working with people and the challenge of understanding and connecting with each person I interface with on an individual level. I am a natural connector of people and I truly thrive in roles where I touch the lives of others.

Current position (2)

Certified Peer Recovery Coach & Sobriety Advocate

Recovery Link

Certified John Maxwell Speaker/Trainer/Coach

John Maxwell Group

Degrees (1)

BS Theater and Dance

University of Texas

1998 to 2001

Presentations

Presentations (1)

My Story of Addiction

I have a powerful testimony of how I overcame an addiction to prescription pills. I grew up in a good home, was a competitive gymnast and ballet dancer. I had it all and one day I was introduced to prescription pain pills.
It led me down a very dark road. I lost everything and struggled with addiction for over 15 years. I finally decided to truly surrender and began my journey of recovery. God has set me free and has restored everything I lost and blessed me with a story of inspiration and hope that I now get to share with others.

Workshops (1)

15 Laws of Invaluable Growth

30 minutes

Lunch-n-Learn where I teach principles from John Maxwell's book "15 Laws of Invaluable Growth"

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My story of Recovery!!!

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Books & Articles (5)

The Mindset We All Want

5 Social Media Tips for Women Leaders

How to Achieve Success Over and Over Again

Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are

Silver Spoon VS Scrapper – why the best hires may not have the best resume

Expertise (10)

Entertainment & Art

Business

Clients

Recovery Link

THRIVE Addiction Recovery, Peer Coaching, Sobriety Advocate

La Hacienda Treatment Center

Toastmasters International Arboretum Chapter

Fabulous Ladies of Austin Luncheon

Bryan Federal Prison for Women

Santa Barbara Women in Recovery

Riverbend Women's Group

Recovery Unplugged Outpatient Training Seminar

Women's Church Conference in Sacramento

Podcast The Determined People Podcast

Austin Women’s Magazine

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Testimonials (1)

Christine is an incredible asset to anyone she works with. I've had the pleasure of working with her on several occasions and cannot thank her enough for how much I've learned from her. She runs an incredible recruitment firm that brings out the best talent to be found. She's an amazing partner to have and work with in the talent space as far as experience, expertise, knowledge and know how. I'd also like to add that she generously shares her knowledge and experience with others, giving talks and at public speaking engagements for various events. I highly recommend Christine as a speaker, a mentor, a coach, a recruiter and an absolute asset overall!
Ben Nader

Why choose me?

My personal background gives me the advantage of being able to relate with a wide range of people.