Contrive to Thrive

Welcome to Contrive to Thrive

You have more control over your life than it feels like.

You deserve to feel confident, grounded, and like you're actually building the future you want — even in the middle of a complicated, messy, beautiful life.

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"The future is the only thing we can have some control over."

— Krystina Amos

Geoscientist. Trainer. Coach. Thriver.

Krystina Amos knows what it means to start over from scratch. She left an abusive marriage, raised a daughter as a single mother while earning her degree, built a career in a field that doubted her, and eventually designed a life she genuinely loves.

Now she helps others do the same — with clarity, practical strategies, and zero sugarcoating about how hard the journey actually is.

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What we work on together

Three areas of transformation

Mindset & Belief

Identifying the stories you've been telling yourself that are quietly running the show — and building the evidence that rewrites them.

Clarity & Direction

Getting specific about what you actually want, not what you think you should want — and building a realistic path toward it.

Strategy & Action

Turning vision into practical steps that work in real life — not a perfectly organized, obstacle-free version of it.

What people say

Words from the community

Krystina's course is, without a doubt, the most realistic look at setting yourself up to achieve goals in the middle of a real, normal, messy life. I will be referring back to it often.

Viv Brewerton — Designer

I highly recommend Krystina. She is very good at what she does — prepared, knowledgeable, and can explain material in different ways to help people who may be struggling.

Wayne Wyant

Krystina was hands down teacher of the year. If she can teach an old roughneck like me, I'd say she can teach anyone.

George Rieck

You Have More Control Over Your Life Than It Probably Feels Like Right Now...

You deserve to be happy, feel a sense of control over your life, and you DON'T have to settle for what life randomly throws at you...

You deserve to be happy and to feel confident that you're creating the future you want EVEN while managing the chaos of life right NOW...

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Hi, I’m Krystina! 👋🏻

I’m a geoscientist, a trainer and consultant for the oil + gas industry as well as an empowerment coach.

I love helping women who feel stuck in life figure out how to break free of the situations they can't see a way out of so that they can take better care of their families and THEMSELVES.

Nowadays, I have my dream job (two of them, actually!), I’m taking postgraduate engineering courses online and I'm also giving my daughter a stable life, with many adventures together both in the US and abroad...

But alas, it wasn’t always like this...

In October 2006, I found myself at a crossroads...

I Was at a Crossroads...

I was depressed, in an abusive marriage, and only making $10 an hour.

This was not the life I wanted for my daughter or for myself.

My life needed to change drastically.

So drastic changes are what I made...

I enrolled in college, got a second job, separated from my husband, earned my bachelor’s degree, and embarked on a career where I've become the leader in my field (despite not believing I was even capable of succeeding in it!)

Words Can't Describe How Hard it Was...

But I'm not gonna lie...

It was hard.

So hard that words can never describe what I’ve had to do to make this happen.

But in the end, I did it.

I cut out toxic relationships, sacrificed, starved, lost sleep, and felt completely and utterly alone.

I’ve learned things about myself (the good, the bad and the ugly).

But I’ve also realized that the past is the past and the present is dynamic.

The future is the only thing that we CAN have some control over.

We can’t change what people have done to us or what health problems we’ve acquired or inherited.

However, we CAN choose how to respond to them, and how to make better choices to create a better future.

The journey to leveling up your life is not easy, but it’s worth it. So, let’s continue the journey together – you and me.

Do you:

...Have a dream that you put on the back burner but are finally ready to dust off and start taking strategic steps toward making happen?

...Have clarity that if you don't start taking action now, the reality is you're probably NEVER going to do it?

...Feel DRIVEN to make it happen, but overwhelmed with knowing where to start or what to do first?

I'm here to help you get clarity on exactly what change you want to create in your life as well as help you figure out the practical strategies to acheive your goal.

"I have taken several courses on goal setting. Krystina's course is, without a doubt, the most realistic look at setting yourself up to achieve goals in the middle of a real, normal, messy life. I will be referring back to it often."

-Viv Brewerton

Designer

"I highly recommend Krystina. She is very good at what she does. She is prepared, knowledgeable and can explain material in different ways to help people who may be struggling. Her personality helps people relax and enjoy learning from her, even if they start out feeling nervous or anxious.

-- Wayne Wyant

About Krystina Amos

Krystina is an oil and gas professional specializing in well control training. She is also a personal empowerment coach who works with people who are ready to overcome limiting beliefs, exit their current undesired circumstances, and start living life on their own terms.

Krystina’s own journey to self-empowerment began when she left an abusive relationship and became a single mother—while a full time student in college.

Since then, she’s gotten both her dream jobs, established a name for herself in the well control industry, and is now a full time consultant with full control over her work, pay, and her schedule. She enjoys travelling both domestically and abroad with her family, learning languages and dancing.

"Krystina was hands down teacher of the year. If she can teach an old roughneck like me. I'd say she can teach anyone."