About Kristal
Health has never made much sense to me as an individual project.
I found my way here through endometriosis, fertility struggles, immune issues and years of trying to make my body cooperate with expectations it couldn’t always meet.
Conventional approaches helped. They didn’t answer everything.
My lived experience of neurodivergence highlighted similar things from another angle. Standard advice often assumes standard people, standard environments and plenty of spare capacity.
Real life is rarely that tidy.
Those experiences changed the way I think about health, and eventually about something bigger:
What does it actually take to build a well life?
I think in patterns.
In structures.
In context.
Health doesn’t happen separately from the life around it.
Our environments matter. So do our responsibilities, relationships, attention, capacity, expectations and the systems we live within.
I’m interested in how all of those things shape what is possible, and in why modern life makes the basics of being well weirdly hard.
That wider lens sits underneath everything I do.
Evidence-informed. Curious. No pretending.
My background.
I’ve trained as a coach across nutrition and health, women’s health and wellness, and holistic wellness.
I’ve also spent 18 years working in policy and systems, which probably explains why I find it almost impossible to look at an individual problem without wondering what is happening around it.
My work brings those two worlds together.
Health coaching, behaviour change and women’s wellbeing, with a systems brain firmly switched on.
Outside the coaching room
I read several books at once and then wonder why I can’t remember which one contained the thing I wanted to tell someone about.
I have children, a dog, two cats, a house that generates laundry at an unreasonable rate, and the recurring daily mystery of what everyone wants to eat for dinner.
In other words, I’m also trying to build a well life inside an actual life.
CredentialsMy work is grounded in formal coaching training in nutrition & health, women’s health & wellness, and holistic wellness coaching, alongside 18 years in policy and systems.
Level 5 Diploma in Nutrition & Health Coaching
Certified Women’s Health & Wellness Coach
Holistic Wellness Coach
Beautiful You Life Coach
Graduate Diploma in Professional Writing
Full member of the International Institute for Complementary Therapists (IICT).
Want to see what this looks like in practice?
There are a few ways to start, depending on what you need right now. Work with me 1:1, join a short guided program, or explore the ideas behind the work.