Christine Wattie is a relationship transformation specialist based in Havelock North, New Zealand, and an equal co-founder, with her husband Grant, of the work behind grantwattie.com and christinewattie.com. Together they have worked with more than 5,000 couples across over 10,000 sessions, with a success rate of 85 to 90%, and co-developed the Inside-Out Method, the Phoenix Protocol, and Love Without Limits.

The moment everything changed

Fourteen years into their marriage, with young children and a business taking everything they had, Christine and Grant came close to losing each other. She sat in the yellow room of their home in the Belmont hills, heartbroken, while Grant sat in the kitchen next door. Neither of them knew what to do next. What happened in the months after that afternoon, the slow work of finding their way back to wanting their love back, became the foundation for everything Christine and Grant now teach. “I am the luckiest man alive,” Grant has written of that choice. “Not because of anything I built. Because of a choice. Made in a yellow room a long time ago.”

Christine and Grant sold their photography business and trained as counsellors, going all in on the work that nearly losing each other had shown them mattered most.

What she brings to the work

Christine brings a visual facilitation approach to the work that engages a different part of the brain than talk alone. People are asked to show what’s happening now and what they want, often producing a moment of “isn’t it obvious, how come I didn’t see that before?” For people who have spent years stuck in their heads about their relationship or their family, seeing it laid out visually unlocks action that talking alone hadn’t.

This approach shows up across the work, from couples sessions through to the family meetings Christine and Grant facilitate for founder families through Wattie Advisory, where the same visual clarity work helps families move from vague tension to a shared picture of where they are and where they want to be.

Co-author and co-facilitator

Christine is co-author of Love Without Limits and the Phoenix Protocol, and co-facilitates every couple and family Grant and Christine work with. There is no junior staff. Every session is with both of them.

If you’d like to talk with Christine and Grant about where you are, a free 15-minute call is the place to start. Book at grantwattie.com/contact

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