Chrystal Bell
Chrystal Bell

“The one who is willing to walk courageously on the path of leadership is undertaking the journey of a lifetime. It is challenging, heart-opening, and profoundly fulfilling. How we choose to navigate this labyrinth is where we find out who we are and what it is possible to create.”

Chrystal Bell

Coach & Facilitator

Bio

Chrystal is an executive coach and facilitator with a passion for supporting individuals to work well and live well. She has worked with clients and organizations across the spectrum, from founders to emerging leaders, and in the private sector, non-profit, and public service realms.

Bringing a well of practical experience along with listening, inquiry, and multi-disciplinary knowledge, Chrystal creates a connected space where discovery, reflection, and action occur. The result is that clients feel empowered, resourced, and supported in their growth. Clients who work with her say they develop better skills to lead, navigate life transitions, handle conflict, manage stress, and come into alignment with themselves.

To those that know her, it comes as no surprise that Chrystal did her first science experiment at the age of three before she could properly pronounce the letter “r.” Her natural curiosity and love of good questions have been enduring themes, both in her previous career in forensic science and as a coach. Uncovering what lies beneath or is just beyond what’s visible is one of her superpowers that results in big unlocks and insights for clients. Clarity, bold next steps, and that sense of coming home to one’s self are often on the other side of those breakthroughs.

Coupled with her own experiences, Chrystal’s background in equity, inclusion, and belonging creates a space for folks who want to work with a coach who understands the myriad ways identity impacts one’s life and work. She can skillfully work across those dimensions and is as comfortable coaching clients who might be “the only” or one of a few, as she is with anyone.

Prior to Reboot, Chrystal spent two decades in public service. As a director, she set strategy, built and led teams and operations, and fostered peak performance in a high-stakes environment, while doing it with extraordinary care for the organization and the public.

Chrystal is certified through the International Coaching Federation and is a Core Practitioner of Presence-Based Coaching.

Hear What Chrystal's Clients Say About Their Work Together

“Chrystal has helped me observe competing commitments, prioritize taking care of myself, and setting better boundaries so I can upskill my approach to executive leadership. Coaching allows for me to intentionally slow down, reflect, and be the leader I say I want to be. It is so easy to rush from meeting to meeting, fire drill to fire drill, and ultimately not prioritize the most impactful activities. Chrystal is an amazing coach and human. She has a profound impact on me and my organization.”

KP Trueblood

COO & President, Brooklyn Museum

“Chrystal helped me process an unhealed area of my life. I had a traumatic surgery three years ago, and I've held a lot of pain and anger around it. Chrystal helped me understand my grief and the loss of self that accompanied that experience, offering a breakthrough that has proven crucial to my ability to move forward. Secondly, she has been such a patient guide as I seek to understand how the areas of my life and career intersect, ultimately instilling in me new faith in my leadership. I am infinitely appreciative of her coaching. She hits me with zingers that reflect what I've said but wasn't able to hear--those whispers of insight I didn't know I had. She's helping me figure out who I want to be in the world and who I am. She's truly gifted at this."

Samantha Williams

Executive Director, Birmingham Promise

"Working with Chrystal was deep work. She asked pointed questions that led me to discoveries about myself and my whys. And this informed my growth during an inflection point in my career. Through her listening, adept use of questions and reflection, and genuine support, I was able to explore my growth paths with non-judgmental curiosity. I would recommend Chrystal to anyone who is wanting transformative work and a coach that moves nimbly between wisdom, research, and intuition."

Erin Hallows

Kit

“Chrystal has helped me observe competing commitments, prioritize taking care of myself, and setting better boundaries so I can upskill my approach to executive leadership. Coaching allows for me to intentionally slow down, reflect, and be the leader I say I want to be. It is so easy to rush from meeting to meeting, fire drill to fire drill, and ultimately not prioritize the most impactful activities. Chrystal is an amazing coach and human. She has a profound impact on me and my organization.”

KP Trueblood

COO & President, Brooklyn Museum

“Chrystal helped me process an unhealed area of my life. I had a traumatic surgery three years ago, and I've held a lot of pain and anger around it. Chrystal helped me understand my grief and the loss of self that accompanied that experience, offering a breakthrough that has proven crucial to my ability to move forward. Secondly, she has been such a patient guide as I seek to understand how the areas of my life and career intersect, ultimately instilling in me new faith in my leadership. I am infinitely appreciative of her coaching. She hits me with zingers that reflect what I've said but wasn't able to hear--those whispers of insight I didn't know I had. She's helping me figure out who I want to be in the world and who I am. She's truly gifted at this."

Samantha Williams

Executive Director, Birmingham Promise

"Working with Chrystal was deep work. She asked pointed questions that led me to discoveries about myself and my whys. And this informed my growth during an inflection point in my career. Through her listening, adept use of questions and reflection, and genuine support, I was able to explore my growth paths with non-judgmental curiosity. I would recommend Chrystal to anyone who is wanting transformative work and a coach that moves nimbly between wisdom, research, and intuition."

Erin Hallows

Kit

Reboot Podcast Episodes featuring Chrystal

Extras #19 – Centering in Three Dimensions: A Practice – with Chrystal Bell

Extra 19 // December 22, 2022

Extras #19 – Centering in Three Dimensions: A Practice – with Chrystal Bell

In this recording, Chrystal Bell shares a simple practice for feeling into the three planes of the human body – length, width, and depth. May reconnecting to your dignity, belonging, and sufficiency support you in feeling more grounded and centered.

Wisdom for Work #14 – Micro-Practices for Leaders: Finding Ground & Setting Intention – with Andy Crissinger & Chrystal Bell

Wisdom for Work 14 // March 22, 2023

Wisdom for Work #14 – Micro-Practices for Leaders: Finding Ground & Setting Intention – with Andy Crissinger & Chrystal Bell

In this Wisdom for Work, Andy Crissinger and Chrystal Bell consider the importance of cultivating lasting practices that link to your values and how these ordinary rituals can support you. The duo shares some simple micro-practices for grounding, centering, and setting intentions, and describes how adopting any of these practices can support you in becoming your best adult self.

Extras #20 – Anger As Messenger – with Mollie West Duffy, Chrystal Bell & Ali Schultz

Extras 20 // March 8, 2023

Extras #20 – Anger As Messenger – with Mollie West Duffy, Chrystal Bell & Ali Schultz

What is your relationship to anger? For many of us, anger is information. Often, it tells us when an important boundary has been crossed or alerts us when a value we hold dear is being threatened. The challenge of being an adult is finding healthy and generative ways to express our anger without hurting ourselves and others.

Check Out Chrystal's Written Work

The Body-mind: Working Somatically for Lasting Change

The Body-mind: Working Somatically for Lasting Change

How developing a rapport with our bodies keeps us connected to our aliveness, vitality, creativity, imagination, and longing.

Tune Into Your Somatic Self: The Three Breaths Exercise

Tune Into Your Somatic Self: The Three Breaths Exercise

How turning to your breath can work magic on your present state. Chrystal shares a subversively simple practice to turn to often.