About ME

Hi, I'm Dr. Kristen.

I help driven, over-functioning women quiet the noise, calm the nervous system, and finally feel at home in the lives they've worked so hard to build.

No fluff. No toxic positivity. No advice that ignores your actual life.

My Story

I built the life. Then I had to rebuild myself.


For over a decade, I worked as a psychologist helping people manage stress, change unhelpful patterns, and build lives they loved.

But somewhere along the way, I realized I was doing what so many driven women do. I pushed harder. I over-functioned. I kept going, even when I was running on empty.

Eventually, I had to stop and get honest with myself. I didn't need to work harder. I needed to learn how to live differently.
That's a big part of why I coach today.
How I Work

Science-based. Practical. Actually useful.

Three things you'll notice are different about working with me.

01

Root cause, not symptom.

I know the difference between treating a symptom and actually solving a problem. We go underneath the exhaustion to find what's actually driving it.

02

Nervous system first.

You can't out think a dysregulated nervous system. We start with regulation, then build from there.


03

Built for your real life.

No 5am routines you'll abandon by Thursday. We build rhythms that work with your nervous system, your schedule, and the life you actually want to live.

Kristen Golba
The Expertise Behind the Coaching

You deserve coaching that's grounded in more than good advice.

My background combines clinical psychology, health and wellness coaching, sleep and stress education, mindfulness, biofeedback, and behavior change.

PhD in Clinical Psychology

Two decades of training and clinical experience understanding how thoughts, behaviors, stress, and the brain and body interact.

Board-Certified Health & Wellness Coach

National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC), with training in helping people turn insight into sustainable behavior change.

Sleep, Stress & Recovery

Precision Nutrition certified, with additional training in sleep, stress recovery, and nutrition.

Biofeedback

Trained through the HeartMath Institute in biofeedback and practical tools for understanding and influencing the body's stress response.

Mindfulness Meditation

Trained to teach mindfulness in a way that works for busy, real-world lives.

My goal isn't to give you more information.

It's to help you turn what you know into how you live.

a few things that have nothing to do with my crednetials

So you know who you're working with.


  • ✓I don't like coffee. But I love my morning coffee ritual.
  • ✓Recovering perfectionist. Still a daily practice.
  • ✓ I believe rest is a skill, not a reward.
  • ✓ Guilty pleasure: Real Housewives TV.
  • ✓Walking + audiobooks: my therapy and my think-time.
  • ✓ Allergic to toxic positivity and hustle culture.
  • ✓ I cheer loudly for women who go first.
  • ✓ I crochet wonky blankets. Made my love, not precision.
Let's Talk

You don't have to keep running on empty.

If you're successful on paper but exhausted behind the scenes, if you're tired of pushing through, or if you know something needs to change but aren't quite sure what that change looks like, you're in the right place.

You don't need another person telling you to try harder.

You need space to think clearly, someone who knows how to challenge the patterns keeping you stuck, and a practical way forward.

Let's figure out what that looks like for you.