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What lies
beneath

the patterns
in your life?

I explore what shapes how we think, feel, relate, and lead—and create experiences that make those patterns more visible, so you can consciously choose what comes next.

MEET

Dr. Krista Van Slingerland

Krista is a researcher, educator, and practitioner working at the intersection of systems thinking, psychological insight, embodied practice, and intuitive understanding.

​​I have spent much of my life returning to one question: What organizes human experience – and how can we consciously participate in changing it?

I followed this line of inquiry all the way down the rabbit hole to a Masters and PhD in Human Kinetics from the University of Ottawa. Along the way I co-founded the Canadian Centre for Mental Health and Sport, published eight academic papers, contributed to national health policy through the Canadian Medical Association, explored health human resources challenges alongside Canada's medical leaders, coauthored Canada’s Mental Health Strategy for High-Performance Sport, and helped translate that strategy into programming through Game Plan. My career has spanned research, strategy, education, policy, and organizational development.

Systems-level work taught me a great deal about creating conditions for change. But over time I found myself missing the people those systems were intended to serve—and wanting to work more closely with the beautiful, uncertain, messiness of being human.

Today, I bring together research, psychological inquiry, energy medicine, and experiential practice. I am also a musician and Reiki Master, completing graduate training in counselling psychology and working towards a Registered Psychotherapy designation.

Across my work, I help people deepen self-awareness, discover the often unconscious drivers of their lived experience, and begin to intentionally build a life that allows them to thrive. 

My hope is that our shared experiences help you meet yourself compassionately —and move gently but relentlessly toward what feels more authentic and life-giving.

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A more conscious way forward.

Support to help you uncover your patterns, restore your well-being, and build the self-trust to pursue growth gently and relentlessly.

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LEAD

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SHIFT is a 1 + 90 day leadership development experience designed to help leaders see themselves differently and lead with greater intention.

The next cohort begins: October 22, 2026  | The Royal Hotel, Prince Edward County

BEFORE

A personalized starting point.

You begin with a personalized EQ-i 2.0 Assessment and private debrief that gives each leader an evidence-based starting point.

DURING

A restorative day of discovery.

Step away to The Royal Hotel in Prince Edward County, for an immersive day moving from observation to understanding, and from understanding to intentional choice.

 

Through the lenses of emotional intelligence, values work, somatic awareness, the science of wellbeing and performance, and visual thinking, we explore how and why we operate. 

AFTER

90 days of application.

Structured support to help leaders take what they've discovered back into the complexity of their work and life – to experiment, reflect, adapt and turn greater awareness into intentional action and lasting change.

Bring me a question, challenge, place, or possibility.​

 

Come as you are.

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