I’m Christina — a burnout coach and play science expert who helps high-achievers remember who they are & what lights them up.

I know what it’s like to feel stuck between who you were and who you want to be. You look the same on the outside, but inside… something has shifted. It’s lonely, isolating and impossible to explain.

When I was hit by a truck, I completely lost my identity. I didn’t know who I was now that this terrible thing had happened to me. I was numb. Frozen. Grieving yourself is one of the loneliest things — nobody tells you that’s what's happening.

Play became my bridge back. It was the spark that reminded me that I was still in there somewhere. When I talk about play as resistance, about choosing joy in dark times or burnout as a force the world imposes on us — I’m not speaking from theory. I’m speaking from a street in Brooklyn six years ago, and everything that came after.

Playstate exists because I needed it to exist. Because I know what it feels like to lose yourself — and I know that joy is the way back.

If life feels heavy right now, hear this: joy is still available. You don’t have to wait for the darkness to lift. You don’t have to earn it. You just have to choose it. Even today. Especially today.

Let me help you find yourself again. I know the way back.