It Started With My Father's Disappearing Mind
My father was a NASA engineer. He worked on the X-33 program and the International Space Station — a brilliant, methodical man whose mind was his greatest gift. Watching Lewy Body Dementia take that from him while the medical system offered our family little guidance lit a fire in me that has never gone out.
Then my mother was diagnosed with Stage 4 glioblastoma brain tumor.
Navigating two devastating neurological diagnoses simultaneously — without clear information, without advocates, without anyone explaining what was happening or what we could do — changed the entire trajectory of my life.
And then there's my grandmother, who lived to over 100 with a resilient spirit that proved to me that cognitive decline is not inevitable.
Those three people are why I do this work.
Before brain health became my focus, I spent 25 years as a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor with the Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services, specializing in vocational rehabilitation for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing populations.
What I learned in that career shaped everything I do now: people don't struggle because solutions don't exist. They struggle because the right information isn't accessible to them. My job was to close that gap — and it still is.
During seven years of intensive study in functional medicine, brain health, and hormone health, I discovered research about the estrogen-brain connection that should be common knowledge for every woman in her 40s and 50s. It isn't. It's locked behind medical journals, expensive consultations, and practitioners who don't take insurance.
That's the gap I'm here to close.
Why I'm an Educator, Not a Practitioner
I made a deliberate choice: instead of becoming another expensive practitioner serving a few dozen women annually, I would become an educator reaching thousands.
In a wellness space full of people selling you the next supplement, the next biohack, the next trend — I'm the one telling you what to do first. The foundation. The non-negotiables. The things that actually move the needle before you spend a dollar on anything else.
That's the Healthy Life Approach framework:
Build Your Base — Sleep, metabolic health, movement. Everything else builds on this.
Know Your Numbers — Understanding your labs shouldn't cause anxiety. It should give you power.
Own Your Outcomes — You are your most important health advocate. I'll give you the tools to act like it.
Credentials
Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC #15200)
Elite Brain Health Trainer, Amen Clinics
Certified Functional Medicine Health Coach
Integrative Nutrition and Health Coach
Trained in Dr. Dale Bredesen's protocols
25 years, Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services
A Speaker Who Has Been on Stages Across the Country
Long before brain health became her focus, Kristen Beasley was a sought-after keynote speaker and presenter on personal branding, professional development, and self-advocacy — bringing her message to audiences in Houston, Dallas, Hartford, Boise, Little Rock, Orlando, College Station, Georgia Tech, Boston, Bethesda, and beyond.
She brings that same energy and platform presence to one of the most urgent conversations in women's health today.
Kristen speaks to corporate wellness programs, women's health conferences, hospital systems, HR leadership teams, professional women's organizations, and menopause-focused summits.
If your audience includes women in their 40s and 50s who deserve real answers instead of another product recommendation, Kristen will leave them informed, empowered, and clear on their next steps.
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My mission is simple: get life-changing information about the hormone-brain connection out of medical journals and into the hands of every woman who needs it.
Every day, hundreds of thousands of women stand in parking lots trying to remember where they parked, sit in meetings unable to focus like they used to, or lie awake wondering if they're developing dementia at 45. The medical system offers little explanation beyond 'it's just menopause.'
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listening:
chips and guacamole
CRAVING:
The Menopause Movement
READING:
coffee
DRINKING:
Nobody Wants This
watching:
Currently
My Favorite Things
Watching Auburn football at Jordan Hare Stadium with my family! War Eagle!
my happy place!
The Beach! It's my zone of serenity where all of my best ideas happen.
For 16 years, I honed my skills as a ballerina, spending 12 of those years performing in various roles in the timeless classic, The Nutcracker. My dream of dancing alongside ballet legend, Mikhail Baryshnikov, will remain unchecked on my bucket list!
My Favorite Things
Traveling with my family. Our Christmas gift (now that the kids are older) is a trip. Gatlinburg (Anakeesta) in 2023.
Ice cream. Salted Caramel Ice cream to be exact!
my guilty pleasure
Delta! Our rescue since he was 7 weeks old. He is part Russell Terrier (mama was with him). Maybe pug and chihuahua?
coffee
BEACH
Night Owl
Alabama
Dogs
Extrovert
Captain America
TEA
mountains
Early Bird
Auburn
CATS
Introvert
IronMan
Where I stand on the super important stuff... Agree / disagree?
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