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Hi, I’m Cristi Kaido.

I'm the founder of The Mindful Mixer®, a wellness coach, nutrition coach, certified personal trainer, author, and speaker. I’m someone who believes wellness should support your life, not become another source of pressure. I help people understand the season they're in, recognize their real capacity, and create a personal mix of wellness ingredients that fits the life they're actually living.

Work With Cristi

Why This Work Is Personal

For years, I believed wellness meant checking every box. I exercised, ate well, and built a career helping others…yet underneath it all, I still felt disconnected.

Then, in 2020, a near-fatal six-inch blood clot near my heart changed everything. It made me deeply aware of how quickly life can change and showed me that wellness is not simply about exercise, food, or checking off healthy habits. It is about how we care for ourselves while we are actually living.

That experience eventually became the foundation of The Mindful Mixer®.

Over the years, I intentionally studied wellness from multiple directions. Personal training taught me how movement and strength support the body. Nutrition coaching taught me how nourishment affects energy, health, and everyday life. Wellness coaching showed me how sleep, stress, recovery, relationships, environment, and behavior shape our well-being. My work in mindfulness, stress regulation, and mental fitness showed me why knowing what to do is often not enough.

Each area gave me an important ingredient, but no single ingredient was the full answer. That is why The Mindful Mixer® is not only a mocktail company, personal-training business, nutrition program, or coaching practice. It is a wellness company built around the belief that every person needs a different mix.

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Capacity-Based Wellness™

Build your wellness around your capacity, not your guilt.

YOUR SEASON

What is life asking of you right now? You may be navigating a demanding chapter, restoring after something difficult, creating steadiness, or feeling ready to expand. Each season asks for a different kind of support.

YOUR CAPACITY

How much do you realistically have to give? Capacity includes the time, energy, resources, emotional bandwidth, and support available to you. As your capacity changes, your wellness mix can change too.

YOUR INGREDIENTS OF WELLNESS

Movement. Nourishment. Mindfulness. Connection. Restoration. Creativity & Joy. We all need these ingredients, but not in equal amounts at all times. Mental fitness and reflection help us notice patterns and choose how to respond.

FROM THE GLASS TO EVERYDAY LIFE

The Mindful Mixer® began with intentional alcohol-free drinks. A mocktail offered a reason to pause, use your senses, breathe, connect, and create a small ritual in a busy day. Today, that same philosophy guides workplace experiences, personal training, nutrition and wellness coaching, speaking, and books.

MY PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

• NASM Certified Personal Trainer

• NASM Certified Nutrition Coach

• NASM Certified Wellness Coach

• Mind Pump Elite Trainer

• Mental fitness and Positive Intelligence® training

You are allowed to reassess, adjust, and create a different mix. Wellness should support the life you’re actually living.

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