HEALTH & WELLNESS CONVERSATIONS WITH KRISTA STRYKER

Health and wellness conversations are most powerful when they begin with honesty.

In this special series with Krysta Stryker, members of the Breaking The Chains Foundation team share personal stories from their own lives — opening up about healing, identity, body image, mental wellness, caregiving, cancer, resilience, and the moments that shaped their journeys.

These conversations reflect the heart of BTCF’s mission: creating space for people to feel seen, heard, understood, and less alone. By sharing their stories, our team hopes to encourage deeper connection, reduce stigma, and remind others that healing is not a straight line — and no one has to walk it by themselves.

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Krista Stryker is a journalist, entrepreneur, and world-renowned fitness expert. She is the creator of the 12 Minute Athlete app, used by over 500,000 people worldwide and the author of The 12-Minute Athlete: Get Fitter, Faster, and Stronger Using HIIT and Your Bodyweight.

From trying her first push-up in college, to teaching herself to do pull-ups and handstands, Krista is living proof of her philosophy that everybody is an athlete. She is passionate about helping others become stronger inside and out through the intersection of mental and physical fitness. Krista regularly writes on well-being, healthy living, positive psychology, and high performance.Krista has been featured in The New York Post, The Washington Post, SHAPE Magazine, Train Magazine, Muscle & Fitness HERS, and on ESPN and Mindbodygreen, among many others. She is also a faculty member at the Center for the Science of Human Potential where she teaches for Transcend, the online course teaching the latest science of positive psychology and self-actualization taught by Scott Barry Kaufman.

In addition to training the masses, Krista is also an amateur boxer and has traveled the world studying the fine art of handstands. She has a degree in International Affairs from Lewis & Clark College. You can find her online at 12minuteathlete.com and @12minuteathlete. https://www.12minuteathlete.com/