Total Life Care Coaching

Total Life Care Coaching Facilitating self-care + community care workshops that support centeredness, calm, + connection.

I’m so honored to be a panelist for the Victoria Dabrowski Schmidt Workplace & Professional Development Symposium hosted...
09/04/2026

I’m so honored to be a panelist for the Victoria Dabrowski Schmidt Workplace & Professional Development Symposium hosted by the Associate Alumnae of Douglass College (AADC)!

Join me and an incredible line up of women to explore topics ranging from career growth to financial confidence, and your online presence to retirement. There’s something for everyone!

I’ll be speaking on the Thriving At Every Stage: Confidence, Career Growth, and Self-Care panel.

Register at the link in the AADC’s bio! And I’ll see you on Saturday, September 26th! ☺️

👀 I’m gonna watch your pockets for a second. Self-care should not be a thing that is stressing you out over how you’ll f...
09/01/2026

👀 I’m gonna watch your pockets for a second.

Self-care should not be a thing that is stressing you out over how you’ll fund it.

Aim to make HALF of your self-care routine free.

There is space for costlier wellness practices. But the base of your routine can be activities that ground you, support you, bring you joy - and cost you nothing.

👉🏽 What are your fav free self-care practices?
Mine is reading through the Libby library app! 📚 ☺️

Do you celebrate yourself? Your wins, achievements, accomplishments?Take this as a loving reminder to stop and take stoc...
08/28/2026

Do you celebrate yourself? Your wins, achievements, accomplishments?

Take this as a loving reminder to stop and take stock of who you are and what you’ve done, to celebrate it all - big or not-so-big!

Krystal, LMSW | Self-Care for Changemakers is my love but it is a part, part, part-time endeavor. Last week, I facilitated a workshop at a local nonprofit. Which is a huge win for my business.

For those in the wellness space, you know that the commitment to health, wellbeing, and wellness kinda fell by the wayside after the first few years of Covid. It all still matters! But some companies haven’t prioritized it the same way they did in 2020.

And, I also started a new full-time, 9-5 job this week. I’m in a role I’m very excited about. Still working in schools, but a little less student facing.

My dear friend Brendane asked me how I’d be celebrating. And she even sent some congratulatory cash my way. It was a beautiful gesture and the loving reminder I needed to be more intentional about celebrating all my good news. (Thank you, darling!).

So here I am reminding you, too, to celebrate yourself. All ways. Always. ❤️

Thank you, Culture Connections and Family Connections for the opportunity to present on wellness to such an engaged audi...
08/21/2026

Thank you, Culture Connections and Family Connections for the opportunity to present on wellness to such an engaged audience of clinicians, counselors, social workers, advocates, and nonprofit workers.

We discussed, defined, created, journaled, and reflected all about self-care and wellness in our homes and our workplaces. Because wellness is not limited to one context or one sphere. Who we are, how we show up, how well we treat our minds and bodies matters for the work we do and the lives we lead.

At the end of the workshop, a few attendees shared their takeaways from our session together. Many reiterated the importance of prioritizing themselves. One person said that “we cannot pour from a cracked cup.” That landed. And I hadn’t heard this phrasing before. I know that “you can’t pour from an empty cup.” But this attendee’s phrase made it even more clear that we have to be whole and well to show up for ourselves and for others.

As always, I’m so thankful and humbled that I get to hold space for other people’s wellness in this way.

Interested in bringing some TLC to your organization? Let’s connect!

Gratitude. For all things.
08/21/2026

Gratitude. For all things.

Join me THIS Friday in East Orange at Family Connections where I’ll be presenting a workshop on workplace wellness and s...
08/18/2026

Join me THIS Friday in East Orange at Family Connections where I’ll be presenting a workshop on workplace wellness and self-care.

It is free and open to mental health providers: licensed counselors, social workers, alcohol and drug counselors, recovery specialists, and behavioral health professionals.

My fellow helpers: you pour into, support, show up for, and guide everyone around you - in your professional AND personal life. Who supports you? Come get supported!

🎟️ Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cultivating-a-culture-of-care-a-workplace-wellness-tickets-1997635951907

Psst… here are some things you need to hear. 🫶🏽
08/18/2026

Psst… here are some things you need to hear. 🫶🏽

Language shapes how we experience our lives. I know this. But I recently realized I was accidentally letting “grind cult...
08/12/2026

Language shapes how we experience our lives. I know this. But I recently realized I was accidentally letting “grind culture” language slip into my self-care spaces.

For my past workshops, my community agreements used to say: “Be present in ways that feel productive.”

But I stopped and caught myself.

As helpers, therapists, and nonprofit workers, we spend all day tied to productivity, metrics, and output. Bringing “productivity” into a self-care space defeats the entire purpose.

So I changed it to: “Be present in ways that feel USEFUL.”

Useful might mean actively engaging in the discussion.

Useful might mean closing your eyes and just listening.

Useful might mean silently processing as you decide what works for you and what doesn’t.

Self-care isn’t simply about producing a result; it’s about honoring what you need.

🤔 What’s one “grind culture” word you’re ready to remove from your personal vocabulary?

Why is scheduling a doctor’s appointment for someone else so easy, but making one for ourselves feels like a hassle?Last...
08/10/2026

Why is scheduling a doctor’s appointment for someone else so easy, but making one for ourselves feels like a hassle?

Last week, I had to sit down and deal with rescheduling my own doctor’s appointment.

And if I’m being honest? It felt inconvenient. It felt like another thing on a long to-do list.

But here’s the truth I had to remind myself of: Being proactive about my health isn’t a luxury item to squeeze in if there’s extra time left over at the end of the week. It’s fundamental care.

As therapists, social workers, and helpers, we are expert care-coordinators for everyone else. But when it comes to our own bodies, we tend to put maintenance on the back burner until something breaks.

Consider this your gentle mid-week nudge:
📞 Make the call.
🗓️ Put the appointment on your calendar.
👉🏽 Protect that block of time like you would protect a client session.

What’s one personal health or wellness task you’ve been putting off because it feels “inconvenient”? Let this be your sign to get it done today.

🗓️ Reminder!
08/04/2026

🗓️ Reminder!

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