Hello, I'm Kristen

It has taken me a long time to fully honour the path I am on now. I spent more than twenty years in Australia’s corporate media industry, leading teams, delivering results, and doing everything I thought I should do. On the surface it looked successful. Internally, I felt exhausted, disconnected, and far from myself.

Energy healing, meditation, and working with aromatic plants and sacred smoke have always been the quiet threads running beneath everything. They felt like home. But like many people, I carried self doubt and the fear of being seen in my true work, so I stayed in the background longer than I needed to.

Eventually the pull became stronger than the resistance. The world is changing, and so are we. Many of us are being asked to slow down, listen inward, and return to what feels real. Calma Places is the expression of that return for me.

Today my work blends energy healing, meditation, and incense alchemy, offering a sensory and energetic approach to helping people calm their system, reconnect with their inner guidance, and remember who they are beneath the noise. I craft natural incense from woods, resins, and botanicals, aligning each blend with a person’s intention and energetic needs. It is a way of helping people work with plants as medicine, both physically and energetically.

I support clients who are ready for clarity, grounding, and gentle but meaningful change. My approach is simple and human: slow down, breathe, tune in, and let the body and energy field show us what needs attention. When we do this, healing happens naturally. Alignment returns and things begin to make sense again.

Calma Places exists to help you create a sense of calm within. A space where you can feel yourself clearly, soften the mind, reconnect with your intuition, and move forward with steadiness.

I am grateful to do this work, and I would be honoured to walk alongside you.
If you feel drawn, let’s connect. I offer introductory calls so we can meet, feel the resonance, and explore what support might look like for you.

 I offer introductory calls to connect and chat and see where the conversation takes us.

Written for Calma Places by Kristen Budd — Energy Healer & Incense Artisan