Christina Rasmussen is a bestselling author, speaker and philanthropist on a crusade to change the way we live after loss.

As the founder of www.secondfirsts.com and www.theLifeStarters.org both organizations to help people create a pathway back to life after loss, Christina has helped thousands of people rebuild, reclaim, and relaunch their lives using the power of the human mind.

Her book of the same name — Second Firsts: Live, Laugh, and Love Again— aims to take her message even further.

Christina’s work has been featured on ABC News, the Huffington Post, NPR, The Times of India, Beliefnet, the White House Blog, and MariaShriver.com.

Christina is the mother of two beautiful girls who watched their father die of cancer and saw their mother alchemize that tragedy into a new life of joy and laughter.

She resides in San Francisco, California, with her husband, Eric, their four daughters, and their dog, Tyson.