Today we’d like to introduce you to Christen Ruiz.
Alright, so thank you so much for sharing your story and insight with our readers. To kick things off, can you tell us a bit about how you got started?
Hi! I’m Christen, and I hold a master’s in psychology with an emphasis in applied behavior analysis, which basically means I’ve spent my career studying how humans behave, adapt, and grow. I quickly scaled an autism services company into the high 7 figures, leading a team of over 180 and serving hundreds of families across the region. On the surface, I was thriving. Behind the scenes, everything was falling apart.
Within a single year, I lost my mother unexpectedly, became the full-time caregiver for my terminally ill father, finalized a painful divorce, navigated becoming a single mother, and watched the business I built from the ground up collapse under the weight of burnout, misalignment, and unrelenting pressure. The day after my father passed, the movers came. I had to leave the dream property I had poured my soul into building, but I wasn’t there to say goodbye. I chose to be by my father’s side instead, knowing I couldn’t do both.
In the aftermath, I uncovered serious financial misconduct by my former business partner, compounding the devastation of an already unbearable season. I turned to alcohol to numb what I couldn’t yet name.
But I didn’t stay there. I got sober. I rebuilt. I transmuted every ounce of pain into power. Today, I help high-achieving women and entrepreneurs alchemize collapse into clarity and rise into alignment. I don’t teach resilience, I embody it.
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
After everything unraveled, the fallout was brutal. I was left facing multiple lawsuits, with my personal credit in shambles from loans I’d taken out trying to keep the business alive. The financial strain was relentless, but what hurt even more was the betrayal, realizing that not everyone I trusted had been honest, and that some had watched me fall without offering a hand.
In the chaos, I turned to alcohol. It started as a way to cope, just to take the edge off, but it quickly became a crutch. I was numbing pain I didn’t yet have the words for. At my lowest, I was grieving my parents, drowning in debt, and barely recognizable to myself.
But rock bottom gave me something I never expected: a clean slate. I got sober, faced every shadow, and began rebuilding, not just my career, but my sense of self. I stopped trying to be who the world expected and started becoming who I was always meant to be.
The obstacles didn’t break me. They stripped me down to what was real, and from there, I rebuilt everything.
Appreciate you sharing that. What should we know about The Phoenix Code Method?
The Phoenix Code Method was born from the ashes of my own collapse, and it’s designed for high-achieving women who feel like they’ve done everything “right” and still find themselves lost, disconnected, or secretly falling apart. I don’t offer surface-level coaching or trendy self-help. I guide women through deep recalibration, rewiring the nervous system, clearing generational patterns, and rebuilding identity after success has stopped feeling like freedom.
What sets The Phoenix Code Method apart is the integration of lived experience, trauma-informed strategy, and energetic mastery. I’ve led a multimillion-dollar company, survived personal devastation, and rebuilt with full integrity. My clients don’t just learn how to rise, they remember who they are and reclaim their power from the inside out.
The Phoenix Code Method combines 1:1 intensives, transformational mentorship, and energetic recalibration sessions. It’s not just about healing, it’s about initiating a woman into the next version of herself, without losing what made her powerful to begin with.
I’m most proud of the depth this brand holds. It’s not for everyone, but for the woman who’s ready to rise with nothing left to prove, this work changes everything.
Alright so before we go can you talk to us a bit about how people can work with you, collaborate with you or support you?
I’m currently welcoming aligned partnerships, podcast features, speaking opportunities, and media coverage that amplify real stories of resilience, reinvention, and feminine leadership.
For those looking to collaborate, I bring both strategic insight and raw lived wisdom to conversations around entrepreneurship, trauma recovery, nervous system recalibration, and rising from collapse.
You can also work with me directly through The Phoenix Code Method—my signature transformational container for high-achieving women who are ready to alchemize the fire they’ve walked through and reclaim their power.
To connect or collaborate, visit www.ThePhoenixCodeMethod.com or reach out via Instagram @thephoenixcodemethod.
Pricing:
- 1:1 Power Session (60 minutes): $350
- Signature 8-Week Transformation (The Phoenix Code): $7,777
- VIP Day: $2,500 (virtual or in-person)
- Keynote Speaking & Workshops: Custom pricing upon request
- Custom Consulting for Founders & Executives: Inquire for tailored packages
Contact Info:
- Website: www.Thephoenixcodemethod.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thephoenixcodemethod
- LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/christen-ruiz-0540a1280
- Other: https://www.tiktok.com/@thephoenixcodemethod
