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Hi! I’m Cristíona, originally from the west of Ireland. My journey has taken me across the world, from studying and working in law, to spending years in modelling, dabbling in acting, and now to where I feel most aligned—mentoring and coaching high-performing individuals to optimise their health, energy, and longevity. I’m a licensed personal trainer, with certifications in Plant-Based Nutrition from Cornell University and Health Coaching from the London College of Naturopathic Medicine. My approach blends science-backed strategies with a holistic, personalised method that supports both physical and mental well-being. But the lessons that shaped me didn’t come from textbooks or careers. They came from experience, resilience, and deep personal growth. I’ve loved deeply, navigated challenges, and evolved with every season of life. Divorce, reinvention, and redefining my purpose have taught me that true well-being goes far beyond just training and nutrition—it’s about mindset, self-trust, and long-term vitality. Through it all, I’ve learned this: The most important investment you will ever make is in yourself. This reel is a glimpse into the first half of 2024—highs, lessons, and the people and places that have shaped me. I’m endlessly grateful, and I know this is only the beginning. If you are ready to step into your strongest, most energised, most confident self—with a coach who understands the nuances of high-performance health, personal training, longevity, and self-mastery—let’s talk. You don’t need another quick-fix program. You need a bespoke strategy that fits your life. 📩 DM me or book a call to find out how we can work together. The best investment you’ll ever make is in your future self.

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Sundays are my exhale. I make zero plans (here in Bali at least - no family). Walks, a stretch if my body asks for it, sun on skin, fruit or whatever I’m craving, sea air. A glass of wine… maybe two. Just enough to feel warm, not foggy. I don’t crash into rest anymore. I choose it, so the week ahead feels clean, grounded, and strong. Slow living isn’t laziness. It’s strategy. Rest isn’t my escape – it’s part of my discipline. Long game energy only.

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When you go to the gym during Easter holidays + you realise you’re the only person above 21 😂 And everyone your age is at home married with kids 😅

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I’ve read every single message and I want to say thank you. The kindness, support and shared stories have meant more than you know. 🤍 This evening I’m sharing the full article because I wanted to speak honestly about something so many women experience, yet so few talk about openly. There have been moments over the past few years when I’ve felt heartbroken, angry, hopeful, determined and completely exhausted. Sometimes all in the same day. But if this journey has taught me anything, it’s that life rarely unfolds the way we planned. We all carry disappointments, grief and dreams that haven’t yet come to pass. The choice then becomes whether we allow those experiences to harden us, or whether we keep our hearts open and continue moving forward. I choose hope. I choose to believe that life can still surprise us. That healing is possible. That happiness can exist alongside uncertainty. And that it’s never too late to rebuild, reinvent yourself, or create a life that feels meaningful and true. If you’re carrying something heavy right now, I hope this reminds you that you’re not alone. Keep going. Keep believing in a better life. 🤍 Thank you @lisamfbrady for reaching out to me to tell me story for the @dailymail Talking about something is so much better than keeping it inside!

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This one took courage to write. It’s for all you sisters suffering in silence with no words for your pain. It feels good to finally open a painful wound and shine light on it. Seven years. The marriage I left. The grief I carried alone for a very long time. The doctor who told me last week to go home and grieve the child I would never have. I am forty-five years old. I have not come this far to grieve. Thank you to the wonderful @lisamfbrady @dailymail at the Daily Mail Ireland for reaching out and giving me the space to tell this story. It means more than I can say. Full article live now - link in bio.

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The video I normally delete. I want to talk about discipline. Because I think it’s one of the most overused and misused words in wellness and I say that as someone who has been in this industry for over twenty years. You’ll hear me nearly re-rack that bar. You’ll hear me talk myself back in. But here’s what that moment actually was. It wasn’t discipline. It was knowing the difference between my own loud, doubting mind looking for an exit and a body that actually needed to stop. That distinction is everything. And it’s one most of us were never taught to make. Grit. Because discipline - the way it’s used in fitness and wellness culture - is often gaslighting. Of yourself and of others. It tells you that rest is weakness. That taking a day off training counts as recovery. That pushing through exhaustion is strength. It isn’t. Real rest is not a rest day from the gym. Real rest is something much deeper. It’s nervous system restoration. It’s screen free time. It’s nature, stillness, genuine connection. It’s sleep that actually repairs you. Skipping a training session while you’re still stressed, scrolling, overstimulated and running on empty is not rest. Your body knows the difference even when some in the wellness industry pretends it doesn’t. Nothing has made this louder for me than continuing to train while trying to conceive. The noise inside my own head is relentless. Should I be doing this, oh, I’ll just stop, am I sabotaging my chances of conceiving? And yet I have twenty years of training in this body. I know my limits. I know when to push and when to pull back. I trust my mind body connection. That trust in yourself - built over years - is what grit actually looks like in your forties. I’m still practising it too. Are you still training while you’re trying to conceive? Are you getting enough real rest?

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I’m more confident in a bikini at 45 than I ever was at 25. In my teens and into my twenties I struggled with bulimia. I had a really negative relationship with food and with my body. Every evening I forced myself out for a run before bed. Imagine how further damaging that was to my hormones. This was disguised as fitness, but really it was punishment. There’s always a reason behind it. For me it was self-worth, control, and never feeling like enough. My healing came from lifting weights, which made me strong not skinny and the extra muscle was a rocket for my metabolism… and from doing the inner work, long before I discovered breath work or meditation. I remember lying on my back, rubbing my tummy, talking to my inner child. Telling her she was okay. Giving myself the love I’d been searching for everywhere else. And I want to talk to you about orthorexia too. Because I see it everywhere on this app. The obsessive relationship with “clean eating” that looks healthy from the outside but is quietly controlling your life. Rigid rules, anxiety around food, the feeling that one wrong meal undoes everything. That’s not wellness. That’s just a different cage. It is not going to hurt you to sit at a table and eat a meal made for you with love. It will not undo you to enjoy an ice cream on a summer evening. Food cooked by someone who loves you is nourishing in every sense of the word - and no rigid rule is worth missing that. The vast majority of the time I eat food that makes my body feel absolutely top notch. Real, whole, unprocessed food. And I don’t see that as restriction - that’s nourishing my body in a way I can feel my best. Nutrient focused as opposed to calories focused. And that balance took years to find. It’s also why I don’t do “what I eat in a day” posts. Real eating isn’t a performance. It’s just life and I share it all the time on my stories. No guilt or strict rules - just freedom, once you know how to eat to nourish your body instead of restriction 🤍 If you’re struggling with anything I’ve described in this post please reach out in my DM’s.

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Food to my soul 😉💯🌅😎 What about you?!

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The 90 Day Rebuild is live. I’ve designed this programme for the woman who has tried everything and is done settling for fine, or worse. Private 1:1 coaching across every area of your health. Not just food and exercise. Your nervous system. Your hormones. Your sleep. Your mindset. Your daily rituals. The full picture. Three months. Three phases. Regulate. Rebuild. Reinvent. Weekly 1:1 calls. A personal protocol built around your health history. WhatsApp support throughout. The full depth of 20 years of training and lived experience, applied entirely to you. Nobody gave me a roadmap. I built one. And now I walk alongside you through every step of yours. The next opponent is you. Are you ready? Wellness Strategy Call. 45 minutes. Link in bio. Facial tool @thefacialcuppingexpert 👌🏼

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If you’re in your 40s and TTC, this one’s for you 🤍 This is simply my experience. Yours may be different. Some days I think I must be completely mad. My mind throws every dirty trick of negativity my way. Some days feel pretty heavy. You don’t know whether you should work out or rest, cry or laugh, relax with one glass of wine or avoid it altogether. Let’s be honest - TTC in your mid-40s is not for the faint-hearted. But we’re not faint-hearted women, otherwise we wouldn’t be here trying. The monthly disappointment when another cycle doesn’t go the way you’d hoped can be incredibly hard. So this is what I do. I focus on my health. I come back to the fundamentals that help me feel good. I wake up with a clear head, get my morning sunlight, go for a walk, and eat food that genuinely nourishes me. I lift weights. I do the odd sprint session. I go hiking in nature. I read my book in bed. I meditate. And sometimes I cry. Sometimes I feel sad. Sometimes I feel hopeful. Sometimes I feel happy. It’s all allowed. It’s all part of this crazy journey we call life. And I think we need to give ourselves permission to fall apart sometimes, knowing we’ll put ourselves back together again. 🤍

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The human body is the most incredible thing in existence. No Formula One car comes close. Given the right conditions, it knows exactly what to do. It knows how to heal. It knows how to thrive. It knows how to create life. Sadly, in this modern world, we are not giving our bodies those conditions. And as a society, we are getting sicker and sicker. Even with our best efforts it’s challenging. But are we doing everything that is in our power, most of which are free, to take responsibility for our health? And I am tired of supermarket shelves lined with chemical-laden products so far removed from nature I wouldn’t even call some of it food. Tired of the toxins in our homes, in what we put on our bodies, in what we wear every day. The endocrine disruptors in our perfumes, our fragrances, our car fresheners. Throw it all out. Healthier alternatives exist. Move your body. Let your blood circulate. Let oxygen into your cells. Feed them the nutrients they need. Your mitochondria are the powerhouse of every cell - they need to be nourished with real wholefoods. Heal your microbiome. It controls your immune system. It controls more than most people realise. And every course of antibiotics destroys it. It takes months to rebuild. Most people are never told that. We reach for medicine at the slightest cold. The slightest cut. Forgetting that the body already knows how to heal - if we just give it what it needs. The same is true for fertility. Your body knows how to make a baby. As long as you are ovulating, there is a chance. You still need contraception right up to menopause. It happens. It is possible. Something needs to change. Our mentality needs to change. We need to start working with our bodies, not against them. Let’s talk about how we improve the environment in which an egg matures. In which a pregnancy implants. These are the conversations we should be having. Send this to someone you care about. Someone who needs a boost of confidence in their body. Love to hear what you think and if you’re on a healing journey ⬇️

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A fertility Dr told me I had a 0.0001% chance of having a baby. He asked for my passport. Confirmed I was born in 1981. And suggested I grieve and go home. I told him I could still control the environment of the eggs coming into maturation right now. He said nothing I do will change my chances. I was looking for his help & guidance to improve my chances. I know they’re slim. And he dismissed me. That is a failure of care. I walked out, initially very upset at his approach. Later I regained my centre. What I know. There are many ways to live a life & whilst my soul wants a baby, I refuse to let it define me. What’s good for your body is good for your eggs. What’s bad for your body is bad for your eggs. This is not just a fertility topic. Ovarian health is one of the strongest indicators of longevity. Your eggs are not separate from your health. They live inside you. They are affected by your inflammation levels, your mitochondrial function, your metabolic health, your toxic load, and how well you sleep. There is no test for egg quality. Age is the best marker we have. And we cannot reverse our age. AND here is what we can do - decrease inflammation, increase healthy nutrients, and support the metabolic function of our eggs in the 290 days before ovulation. That is our window. That’s not taking into account all the wear & tear of 45 years since I was born (with all the eggs already in my ovaries), but that’s done, out of our control. What I like to focus on in life is what I can control, and what I cannot control I try my best to surrender. If you have a low egg count, you should absolutely control all the other factors you can to optimise your fertility. You cannot change your age. But you can change your environment.