MEET the ALCHEMIST
A message from Kristen
In 2006, I was diagnosed with Lupus and told I’d be managing a chronic illness for the rest of my life. But something in me knew there was another path.
I turned to holistic healing and worked with a powerful healer for seven years. This began the process of transmuting illness from the inside out.
I didn’t just recover; I reclaimed my happiness and my freedom to be ‘ok’ with myself. This belief system led to my physical body healing itself—a journey that led me around the world. I lived in the Himalayas and Bali, learning directly from local healers in their homes.
I’ve spent over 20 years helping others heal—traveling across cultures, boardrooms, and belief systems to integrate the wisdom of both Western medicine and Eastern traditions.
Along the way, and because I am human, I also burned out twice in the corporate world. Recovery wasn’t just physical; it was a redefinition of how I worked, lived, and valued myself.
To me, healing is discovery. It’s dissolving what no longer serves, evolving into who you truly are, and remembering that we’re not meant to be sick. The body knows how to heal—we just need the right tools, space, and support to let it. Healing can happen in moments and seconds when you are truly ready to heal.
I see with sound, so I use sound healing as a core part of my work. It helps me tune into what words can’t always reach, and supports you in releasing what your body is finally ready to let go of.
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At the heart of my work is a simple belief: people don't need fixing. They need the right conditions to reconnect with the wisdom, resilience, and capacity that have been there all along. Whether I'm working with an executive or someone navigating serious illness, my purpose is the same: to help people suffer less, think more clearly, and reconnect with the life they want to live.
That belief has been shaped by decades of working with leaders, individuals, and people navigating life's hardest moments. I've learned that lasting change happens when the mind, body, and nervous system begin working together instead of against one another. I draw on neuroscience and sound-based practices as one integrated approach, helping people move beyond overthinking so they can access greater clarity, resilience, and intentional action.
That diagnosis of Lupus helped me understand this, and so did the 25 years I've spent advising Fortune 100 leaders through change, innovation, and leadership. I've sat in boardrooms, and I've sat in silence with people meeting their own mortality—not in place of their medical care, but alongside it. Both rooms need the same thing: a nervous system that's regulated enough to think clearly and make decisions from a place of steadiness rather than reaction.
CREDENTIALS & TRAINING
Breathe, and know you’re in good hands.
300-Hour Sound Healing, Ayurveda, & Yoga
Kailash Tribal School
Dharamshala, India
2015
Voice & Sound Alchemy Training
With Amma Sophia Rose
Bali
2016
Gong Certification,
Level 1
With Sanjay Hall
Bali
2016
500-Hour Professional Certified Coach
International Coaching Federation,
San Francisco, CA
2025
Published
Book Contributor
Leadership in the Age of AI
2025
MY ETHOS
Discover mysignature approach that shapes our work together.
✦ Healing isn’t about fixing what’s broken. It’s about returning to what’s true.
✦ Recalibrate how you live. In a world obsessed with output, optimization, and achievement, I offer a recalibration at the root level. Not just a space to pause—but a scientifically grounded, energetically intelligent process that reconnects you with your deepest power.
✦ Your body holds ancient intelligence. And when you learn to listen to it, you stop outsourcing your truth.
✦ Burnout isn’t a time management issue. It’s an energetic mismatch between how you’re living and who you really are.
✦ Real healing doesn't come from templates. Or protocols, or generic plans. Your healing is as unique as your story.
✦ Honor your lived experience. Root-cause transformation needs to honor your lived experience to create sustainable shifts that last.
✦ Sound is powerful. Sound is one of the most powerful tools we have to shift what talk alone can’t touch.
✦ Clarity isn’t something you find by doing more. It’s something you unlock when your nervous system finally feels safe enough to receive it.
✦ The strongest people don't need more strategy. They need a nervous system capable of executing it. Otherwise, even the best strategy stays theoretical.
✦ You don’t need fixing. You need resonance. A frequency that brings you back into harmony with the life that’s already calling you forward.