Podcast Summary: Healing + Human Potential with Alyssa Nobriga

Episode: From Expectation To Expansion: How to Break Free + Follow Your Soul's Path
Date: October 30, 2025
Host: Alyssa Nobriga
Guest: Christy

Episode Overview

In this episode, host Alyssa Nobriga welcomes Christy, a coach and ICM program graduate, to share her transformative journey from grappling with external expectations to stepping into her soul’s calling. The conversation is an inspiring testament to courage in the face of uncertainty, how life’s ruptures can catalyze healings, and the power of deep self-investment. The episode is especially relevant for anyone at a crossroads, facing doubt, or feeling called to pursue a more fulfilling and authentic life.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Christy’s Turning Point: Crisis as Opportunity

[00:49 – 03:18]

• In 2020, Christy’s life unraveled rapidly: layoffs, losing her visa, leaving her partner, and relocating from Japan back to California—all in one month, leading to six moves that year.
• These changes shattered her sense of safety and identity but initiated a "six month period of self-discovery."
• While navigating uncertainty, Christy noticed others in her network—especially fellow expats and those facing career change—mirrored her own struggles, leading her to instinctively offer support.
• She began freelancing and casually offering career support, but lacked clarity on how to channel these experiences into a coaching business.

Memorable Quote:

"Having a home serves as a point of safety for me and being uprooted multiple different times... created a little bit of like, or a lot of bit of fight or flight kind of experiences paired with all the other transitions I was going through." — Christy [02:06]

2. Following the Call—Even in Uncertainty

[03:18 – 06:55]

• The idea of coaching surfaced organically. Christy was already helping people informally. The tipping point was seeing one of Alyssa’s videos pop up on her feed, addressing self-doubt and fear.
• Christy describes this as a synchronistic interaction—a reminder that “what is meant for you will find you.”
• Alyssa emphasizes the theme of “awakening to deeper freedom, purpose, and alignment” when you’re willing to follow the whisper of your calling.

Memorable Quote:

"What is meant for you will find you. And gratefully, Alyssa's video found me when I needed it most." — Christy [04:41]

3. Building a New Life and Career

[06:55 – 09:55]

• Christy joined Alyssa's ICM (Institute for Coaching Mastery) program in 2021 and launched her business simultaneously.
• She got her first paid clients via existing communities (webinars with recruitment agencies in Japan), emphasizing that you can start where you already have roots and connections.
• Within her first year, she served 35 clients, ultimately growing to over 300 people using the ICM method, through 1:1 programs, bootcamps, masterminds, workshops, and retreats.

Practical Insight:

"You can start in your communities. You don't have to, but I do think that you're going to know certain industries... you can add more value by knowing that unique niche." — Alyssa [07:50]

4. Facing Blocks and Old Conditioning

[09:55 – 16:54]

• Christy candidly shares how childhood patterns—like feeling underestimated due to her size and needing to ‘prove herself’—followed her into adulthood, manifesting as internal barriers in both life and business.
• She traces many limiting beliefs to cultural and familial expectations (linear career paths, external achievement), demonstrating how deep-rooted this conditioning can be.
• The ICM program and community enabled her to name, process, and begin to heal these patterns.

Notable Quote:

"I was given the script for life, which was like, go to a good university, get a good job, meet a man, get married, have kids... and I just didn't ever question that until I moved outside of the US." — Christy [13:02]

5. The Transformation: Self-Compassion, Agency, and Authenticity

[16:54 – 18:52]

• Transformative mindset shifts included:
  • Cultivating self-compassion and self-forgiveness ("these were not in my vocabulary before I joined ICM").
  • Realizing she could build a career aligned with her lifestyle and values.
  • Recognizing that focusing on her own healing empowered her to better serve others.

Deep Insight:

"Putting myself first, realizing that it was possible to build a career around my lifestyle, and ultimately realizing that I have agency... those three were probably the largest mindset shifts that completely changed my life." — Christy [16:37]

6. The Ongoing Journey and the Power of Community

[17:41 – 19:34]

• Christy underscores the importance of healing in community—knowing that others are on similar journeys reduces the urge to compare and rush.
• Alyssa speaks to the generational and cultural significance of this inner work: "As you focus on your own healing, that's really a gift back to your lineage... a blessing forward and backward." [18:52]

Affirming Quote:

"No matter where you are in your journey, you're in the exact place that you need to be. There's no need to rush the process." — Christy [18:26]

7. Choosing Self-Investment & Embracing Imperfection

[19:34 – 22:50]

• Christy recounts a pivotal moment joining the ICM program at 26, feeling “too young,” and how Alyssa’s reassurance gave her permission to follow her intuitive yes.
• Describes the importance of finding safety in others’ examples but also developing the muscle to give permission to herself.
• Growth is often a blend of fear and excitement—a “growth edge."

Key Quote:

"Ready is a decision, not a feeling." — Alyssa [20:51]

• By answering her calling, Christy has received not only business success but also deeper personal abundance: the ability to receive love, build healthier relationships, and anchor in her own worth.

8. Advice for Listeners and Final Reflections

[25:19 – 29:35]

• Christy’s advice for anyone hesitating on following their soul’s call or investing in themselves:
  • Investing in yourself is the most impactful decision for rewiring how you show up for yourself and others.
  • "Nothing happens without change." Embrace the fear and excitement as signs you’re on your growth edge.
  • Mindset shifts, community support, and being open to expansion are transformative.
• Alyssa reaffirms that honoring your calling—whatever it may be—is always worth it: "Ready is a decision, not a feeling," and “whatever that calling is, you can trust that."

Powerful Closing Quote:

"These small mindset shifts can really open our hearts up to stepping into alignment and being the most expansive, beautiful, loving versions of ourselves." — Christy [27:39]
"Whatever that calling is, whether it's ICM... or if you want to start art or whatever it is, you can trust that." — Alyssa [28:10]

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• The power of synchronicity:
  "What is meant for you will find you." — Christy [04:41]
• On healing as a lifelong journey:
  "You get to choose how present it is in your life and when you need a little bit of space from it. But I think that doing this in community is so powerful and it doesn't really stop." — Christy [17:41]
• Permission to trust yourself:
  "Ready is a decision, not a feeling." — Alyssa [20:51]
• The ripple effect of self-healing:
  "As you focus on your own healing, that's really a gift back to your lineage... a blessing forward and backward." — Alyssa [18:52]
• Facing your growth edge:
  "It's this really interesting, like, fear and excitement combo. At the time, I was just like, I'm scared. Like, I don't know if this is going to work out, but I knew, like, deep down... this is what I needed." — Christy [21:03]

Timestamps for Key Segments

• Opening & Christy’s Background: [00:49 – 03:18]
• Discovering Coaching as a Calling: [03:18 – 06:55]
• Building a Business Through Community: [06:55 – 09:55]
• Unpacking Blocks & Conditioning: [09:55 – 16:54]
• Personal Transformation: [16:54 – 18:52]
• Community and Ongoing Growth: [17:41 – 19:34]
• Investing in Yourself: [19:34 – 22:50]
• Abundance Through Alignment: [22:50 – 25:19]
• Advice to Listeners & Closing: [25:19 – 29:35]

Tone & Style

Throughout the episode, the conversation is heartfelt, transparent, and affirming. Alyssa stewards the dialogue with warmth and reassurance, while Christy models humility, gratitude, and authenticity. Both center the importance of honoring one’s inner knowing, even when it defies external logic or social scripts, and highlight the transformational magic of supportive communities.

For New Listeners

This episode will resonate with anyone feeling stuck or called to a new chapter but hindered by fear, doubt, or old expectations. Through Christy’s journey, Alyssa and Christy offer both practical and soulful encouragement to trust your inner voice, invest in your own healing and growth, and know you are supported every step of the way.