Wellness Refocused Coaching and Consulting

Wellness Refocused Coaching and Consulting I’m a board certified and trauma-informed health coach. I help you honor your experiences. Hey there!

I’m Cristina - a trauma-informed board certified health and wellness coach and nonprofit consultant. I'm also have certifications and certificates in nutrition and training. I'm queer, and use she/they pronouns, but that doesn't mean I only work with the LGBTQAI+ community. I've been a coach since 2016 years, and have had the chance to work with hundreds of folx between the ages of 18 to 70 on a v

ariety of health goals. I've also worked with over a dozen nonprofits focusing on social justice and public health missions. As a coach, I honor clients experiences as they inform how we set goals and create plans to accomplish them. My clients are primarily those who are:
- neurodiverse
- have experienced trauma
- live with anxiety or anxiety-related disorders
- want to improve their relationship food, exercise and themselves

As a consultant, I recognize how organizations are run by humans and how that impacts how they can show up on a daily basis to impact actionable change in those organizations. I have experience drafting organizational strategic plans, position statements, community needs assessments, fundraising and marketing campaigns including annual and major giving, grants and social media management. I love executive leadership development and integrating public health perspectives into organizational work.

04/20/2026

Today’s win was getting a grant finalized and submitted. I put in at least 16 hours into this grant application, but I’m really excited to add some of the content to my research folder for future grants.

Grant writing can feel like a research paper. I save all my applications and supporting research so I can use it for future grant applications and decrease drafting time.

04/08/2026

Join on Tuesday, April 14th from 8:30 to 12ish (maybe a little later) for a protest and rally for LGBTQ+ rights and reproductive freedom.

We’ll be meeting on the West Grounds (along Assembly St) and showing lawmakers that there are more important things they should be discussing like the fact that our su***de rate has increased 27% over the past 2 decades or that 90% of maternal deaths are preventable.

We know it is super tough to be at the steakhouse during the work week, especially for students who have classes, but it’s also important that we show up when lawmakers are there so they can see us.

Like and share this post, show up and bring a friend.

04/05/2026

For a long time now, I w been battling a really interesting relationship with weightlifting.

For a long time it was something I deeply enjoyed and made me feel better. It was an outlet when everything else felt big. Then it became an escape, which helped me to compartmentalize other things.

While I was finishing grad school and taking on a new role - both full-time, it became something that was easy to push off. The mental energy I was expending became heavier and more exhausting, so expending physical energy was not something I wanted to do.

Then came embarrassment, frustration, shame, anxiety and depression.

These have been emotions that have held me back from getting back in the gym. They have also made it easier for negative body talk to creep back.

Needless to say even coaches and leaders struggle. They struggle even while lifting others up.

So while everyone was at their church, I was finally back at mine.

I have no idea what this part of my journey is going to look like, but I would love to talk about it because it’s the byproduct of my day job and the political climate we’re in.

04/03/2026

If it doesn’t bring me joy, I’m not posting about it.

Educating others does bring me joy, and so does correcting and sharing accurate information.

And let me tell you, there is so much ass backwards, trash information out there - especially about LGBTQ+ rights (read: trans rights), reproductive care, impacts of bad policy on mental health.

I’m Cristina. I have a masters in public health and a masters in nonprofit management. I have 15 years of nonprofit experience.

I’m a board certified heath and wellness coach, certified trauma informed coach and in a past life, a powerlifting coach.

Talking about public health - especially food insecurity, LGBTQ+ rights, abortion and reproductive access, mental health are my jam.

See you soon

04/02/2026

Donate using bit.ly/defendlove

03/27/2026

Harm reduction is the name of the game right now.

While we shouldn’t be legislating bathrooms, we know a version of this bill will pass, and it’s important a less harmful version does.

Advocates have been fighting since January to prevent its passage, but in South Carolina the Republican Party is the super majority in both the House and the Senate.

Use this link to call your SC Rep: bit.ly/CALL4756 (make sure CALL is in all caps)

Happy 16th-anniversary-of-turning-21 🎂
03/20/2026

Happy 16th-anniversary-of-turning-21 🎂

01/22/2026

This bill prioritizes the ideology of a few over clinical recommendations and the safety and wellbeing of LGBTQ+ youth. It treats LGBTQ+ identities as inherently harmful and problematic.

Inclusive education isn’t indoctrination. Acknowledging that LGBTQ+ people exist and that some students and families are LGBTQ+ is not harmful. What is harmful is pretending that these students don’t exist and are too controversial to be acknowledged.

On trails. Over mountains. Into caves. ❤️📍Sedona, AZI hope everyone is getting a chance to breathe, and reset. Whether y...
12/29/2025

On trails. Over mountains. Into caves. ❤️

📍Sedona, AZ

I hope everyone is getting a chance to breathe, and reset. Whether you’re someone who sets new goals or continues to make small changes consistently - a new year can be a great time to reassess what you truly want, but the planning starts so much sooner.

We got a hike in while traveling, and it helped me clear my head about my own goals this upcoming year. I’m excited and nervous and hopeful.

Vermont was the 4th state to legalize same-sex marriage. In the spring of 2009, the state’s legislature voted to pass a ...
11/11/2025

Vermont was the 4th state to legalize same-sex marriage. In the spring of 2009, the state’s legislature voted to pass a law allowing marriage equality. The governor vetoed the bill and the legislature overrode his veto. The law went into effect in September 1, 2009.

This is was a main factor when we decided to get married in Vermont last month. The second was we really wanted a true fall wedding 🍁🍂

Yesterday, SCOTUS decided to reject Kim Davis’s petition, and it’s bittersweet that it happened on our 1 month wedding anniversary. This petition, and this administration, is why we were so thoughtful in when, where and how we got married.

For those who think “oh that won’t happen”, try thinking “I wonder when that could happen, what circumstances need to exist?” Every one of us is impacted by the decisions being made by policymakers whether you realize it or not - and many of them are hoping you’re not realizing it.

apple spiced cake with caramel buttercream for a fall elopement in Killington, VT4:30a wake up for a 2m round trip hike ...
10/10/2025

apple spiced cake with caramel buttercream for a fall elopement in Killington, VT

4:30a wake up for a 2m round trip hike to say I do.

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