Christine is a physician traumatologist, lifestyle medicine and family doc, and author of The Modern Trauma Toolkit. She’s a member of the TikTok community, where she shares mental health information with >130k followers. A lifelong leaner and educator, she did a Masters in Medical Education in creating a residency in Health Equity. In 2024, she completed her Doctorate in Professional Studies by Public Works in Transdiciplinary Studies. A passionate speaker, she has done two TEDx talks: one about community expertise and one about the collective dissociation related to the climate emergency. She is passionate about social justice, working with refugees and in addiction medicine. She is a social innovator and social entrepreneur – her company Safer Spaces Training helps professionals and organizations learn how to be trauma informed and deal with emotional regulation on the worksite. She has worked overseas in a dozen countries as founder of a non-profit Global Familymed Foundation that supports primary care. She is an avid hiker and skier, and dreams of being a potter and hand-pan player. She also writes poetry and fiction.