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.
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.
The Methodology Behind The Mindful Mixer®
Build your wellness around your capacity, not your guilt.
YOUR SEASON
What is life asking of you right now? You may be moving through a demanding chapter, restoring after something difficult, recalibrating after change, creating steadiness, or feeling ready to expand. No season is better than another. Each one asks for a different kind of support.
YOUR CAPACITY
How much do you realistically have to give? Capacity is not motivation, discipline, or willpower. It is the time, energy, physical resources, emotional bandwidth, and support available to you in this chapter. Your capacity changes and your wellness plan should be allowed to change with it.
YOUR WELLNESS INGREDIENTS
What does your particular mix need right now? Movement. Nourishment. Rest and recovery. Stress support and regulation. Mindfulness and reflection. Connection. Joy. We all need these ingredients, but not in equal amounts at all times.
The Mindful Mixer® began with intentional alcohol-free drinks, but it was never only about what was in the glass. The mocktail became a vehicle for something deeper: a reason to pause, use your senses, breathe, learn about nourishing ingredients, connect, and create a small ritual in the middle of a busy life.
Today, this work is growing through immersive workshops, speaking, personal training, nutrition and wellness coaching, books, and digital programs. The format may change, but the mission remains the same: to make wellness feel more human, personal, and possible.
My professional training includes:
• NASM Certified Personal Trainer
• NASM Certified Nutrition Coach
• NASM Certified Wellness Coach
• Mind Pump Elite Trainer
• Mental fitness and Positive Intelligence® training
• Author, speaker, and founder of The Mindful Mixer®
• Facilitator of 50+ wellness experiences serving more than 1,000 participants
You do not need to earn your wellness by doing more. You are allowed to reassess. You are allowed to adjust. You are allowed to create a different mix
