Kia ora I am Christina Baird,

Psychologist. Kindness Consultant. Wise Woman on a Mission.

I founded The Kindness Workshop because I believe work can be a place of support, creativity and delight, not exhaustion and burnout.

Because burnout is not a personal failing. It’s the outcome of systems that lack care.

I was never meant to just sit within a system, supporting struggling people and propping up the status quo.

I trained as a psychologist, and mastered the art and science of helping people regain vitality. But I knew that although symptom relief and helping people rediscover relate to themselves with more compassion was important - it still wasn’t enough.

I wanted to start something larger. Something that changed systems, changed culture. Changed how we work.

One of the first times I delivered resilience training, I spoke about teams and systems. How if we wanted resilient workers we needed to create supportive connected, understanding team and leadership structures. That was received with silence. That organisation wasn’t ready to change, to become more attuned to the need for kind interactions.

But at that moment I knew that I couldn’t just keep working in the system.

That if I wanted to see workers who were thriving and delighting in the impact they were making, I needed to be creating workplaces where care and support was foundational.

So I stopped twisting myself to fit a model that never fit.

I stopped chasing belonging where I had to shrink.

I stopped being quiet about what I know:

Kindness is what the world of work needs most.

Kindness isn’t a tone of voice.

Kindness isn’t a reward for good behaviour.

Its not a soft skill.

Kindness is a strategy for systems change.

It allows us to be powerful and human, Flourishing not just functioning.

I learned this the hard way

I can remember being young and full of conviction, but I didn’t know how to rebel well. I could feel what wasn’t right: the systems that prized the way we’ve always done it over an imaginative engagement with the future. But I didn’t have the experience or the confidence to navigate it with grace.

So I swung.

Between biting my tongue too long and then blurting out my truth too forcefully.

Between swallowing discomfort and then accidentally spilling it out sideways.

Between wanting to belong and aching to be true to the future I saw.

I’ve learned the hard way that hiding what you believe to be true doesn’t protect you — it just builds pressure. And I’ve experienced that pressure leaking out in frustration, fatigue, and cynicism.

My work now is shaped by those swings.

➤ I don’t coach women to be louder — I coach them to be truer.

➤ I help them find the place inside where kindness, self-care and clarity live side by side.

➤ Where they can speak with conviction without having to harden.

➤ Where they don’t have to choose between belonging and self-respect.

Because I’ve struggled with those tensions. And I know the quiet power of reconnecting to yourself and expressing that with wisdom. Even now, in this work I love, as I help women reconnect to themselves and their values and to prioritise self-care in the face of systemic pressures. I still feel the pressures. To perform. To be ’business-like.’ To do what has worked for others, rather than doing it all in a way that feels true to my values and vision.

But I am following the fire in my belly.

I work with people who care deeply

Women like you, leaders and carers who are intelligent, intuitive, and deeply committed to serving others deserve more than just surviving the week.

➤Women who lead with heart.

I coach women who are done with performing leadership and are ready to redefine it. Because you deserve to lead in a way that honours your values and your nervous system. You deserve to belong to yourself, not just your role. You deserve to follow your fire without burning out, leading with clarity, conviction and care.

➤ Teams who long for more humanity.

I train teams who want to replace cynicism with care, in organisations that are ready to make kindness the foundation, not an afterthought. With warmth, clarity and gentle provocation I help your team move from tense to collaborative, from disconnected to engaged.

➤ Helpers and healers whose compassion has been stretched too thin.

I hold a supportive and restorative space to rest, realign, manage your energy and rediscover your vitality, passion and compassion.

Kindness isn’t soft, it’s powerful

I don’t offer quick fixes. I create spacious, thoughtful fields where reflection leads to realignment, and realignment leads to action that feels like you.

This is not self-help with a smile. This is system-level reimagining with warmth and rigour. My work is grounded in evidence, shaped by intuition, fuelled by imagination and carried by the quiet determined force of radical kindness.

Whether you’re navigating overwhelm, longing for leadership that feels more you, or trying to bring more care into your corner of the system — you're in the right place.

Kindness isn’t soft. It’s practical. Powerful. Impactful. And when we lead with it courageously, consistently, and without apology we can change everything.

If you’re holding a vision no one else can quite see yet, but you can’t put it down

welcome.

You’re not too soft, too gentle, or too kind.

You already have what you need. Let’s remember it, together.

Let’s walk the path of radical kindness.

Lets talk about what is possible in your leadership, your organisation and in your wellbeing.

It would be nice to get to know each other a little bit before we start working together wouldn’t it? We could start by connecting on social media. Or you may like to subscribe to my fortnightly newsletter - being wise and kind. In it, I share valuable insights about how to develop radically kind leadership and spread kindness at work and in the world.