The restaurant industry does not suffer from a motivation problem. It suffers from accumulated silence.
“A eulogy for Anne, a reckoning for all of us” says the quiet part out loud: people in this industry are not dying because they’re weak, lazy, or ungrateful. They are wearing down under a system that rewards endurance while quietly punishing humanity.
When Anne Burrell is reduced to a toxicology list, we miss the truth. Substances are not causes here, they are coping mechanisms. Garnishes, as the author puts it, on a plate of despair.
Restaurants are pressure cookers disguised as culture. They are war zones with dress codes. They demand emotional labor, speed, precision, charm, and self-erasure...and simultaneously. And the industry’s unspoken rule is this: If you can still stand, you can still serve. That’s why this industry doesn’t need generic wellness apps. It needs human, experienced, industry-literate intervention.
Most hospitality teams aren’t struggling because people lack motivation or skill. They’re operating under relentless pressure, with leaders often promoted faster than they’re supported. When stress goes unaddressed, burnout doesn’t announce itself—it quietly erodes decision-making, culture, and performance. Over time, this shows up as tu
Most hospitality teams aren’t struggling because people lack motivation or skill. They’re operating under relentless pressure, with leaders often promoted faster than they’re supported. When stress goes unaddressed, burnout doesn’t announce itself—it quietly erodes decision-making, culture, and performance. Over time, this shows up as turnover, disengagement, and instability on the floor. Coaching addresses this at the structural level, giving people the support they need to function well in an environment that never slows down.
Coaching apps assume you have predictable schedules, can pause when overwhelmed, that stress is episodic, not constant and burnout is a mindset problem. None of that is true in restaurants. Apps offer check-ins, affirmations, breathing reminders. But the restaurant industry doesn’t break because people forget to breathe. It breaks because
Coaching apps assume you have predictable schedules, can pause when overwhelmed, that stress is episodic, not constant and burnout is a mindset problem. None of that is true in restaurants. Apps offer check-ins, affirmations, breathing reminders. But the restaurant industry doesn’t break because people forget to breathe. It breaks because pain is normalized, exhaustion is given value, silence is rewarded and “keep moving” is treated as a virtue. An app can’t sit with someone who just got screamed at during service and still has four hours left on the clock. It can’t read a room where the chef is unraveling, the servers are spiraling, and the guests expect magic. And it cannot challenge a culture it doesn’t understand.
Too many programs minimize the pace, misread survival strategies, and offer solutions that collapse under a dinner rush.
Kristy Moore’s value isn’t just coaching skill; it’s contextual intelligence. Her work sits at a rare intersection of high-performance leadership, emotional intelligence, nervous-system regulation, and human-centered,
Too many programs minimize the pace, misread survival strategies, and offer solutions that collapse under a dinner rush.
Kristy Moore’s value isn’t just coaching skill; it’s contextual intelligence. Her work sits at a rare intersection of high-performance leadership, emotional intelligence, nervous-system regulation, and human-centered, women-centered coaching, drawing on the performance clarity of Tony Robbins, the presence and regulation of ancient enduring Eastern traditions, the relational depth of Dr. Claire Zammit, and the awareness-based grounding of Eckhart Tolle. In an industry full of wounded healers, you can’t mindset your way out of trauma, meditate your way out of poverty, or spreadsheet your way out of burnout. What Kristy offers isn’t escape from the industry: it’s survivability within it, and sustainability beyond it.
Personalized one-on-one coaching (virtual)
Practical strategies for managing peak-hour pressure, team dynamics, communication, inventory challenges, and daily operational stress.
Leadership and career development tools that support growth.
A Certificate of Completion to support professional development and advancement.
Each participant receives individualized support, because leadership growth is personal, not one-size-fits-all.
More confident, capable employees on the floor and behind the scenes.
Increased engagement, loyalty, and retention.
A high-impact, customizable benefit aligned with your values and business goals.
A program that integrates easily into existing rewards, incentives, promotions, anniversaries, or leadership pipelines.
This is an investment that shows your team you’re serious about their growth, not just their output.
To celebrate the launch of this program, we’re offering an introductory rate for a limited number of participants.
$1,600 per employee for the full
8-week program
(A savings of $800 off the standard rate)
Only 20 spots available at this rate!
Once filled, pricing returns to the standard rate of $2,400 per participant.
Spots are limited to maintain the quality and depth of one-on-one coaching.
Kristy Moore is the founder of Kristy Moore Consulting, a coaching practice grounded in deep presence, proven transformational methodologies, and decades of real-world leadership experience. Her work integrates performance, emotional intelligence, and nervous-system regulation to support leaders operating in high-pressure, human-centered environments.
Kristy is certified in Tony Robbins–Madanes Total Breakthrough Training and Women-Centered Coaching with Dr. Claire Zammit. As a Teacher of Presence trained by Eckhart Tolle, she brings an awareness-based approach that emphasizes clarity, self-regulation, and sustainable change. Kristy is also certified as a Teacher of Primordial Sound Meditation, and in Ayurveda Nutrition, Medicine, and Lifestyle. Her training includes the four pillars of Life Coaching: discovering purpose, clarifying intention, understanding the meaning we assign to experience, and working skillfully with the shadow self.
Before transitioning into coaching, Kristy spent years in the hospitality industry as both an operator and owner. She and her husband owned and ran a large, full-service catering company serving a wide range of clients, from intimate private dinners, including a private dinner for a U.S. president, to large-scale events such as NASCAR and PGA Tour tournaments. She later became a partner in El Chorro Lodge in Paradise Valley, Arizona, an iconic destination known for high-capacity special events and a thriving, high-volume restaurant operation.
This rare combination of transformational training and deep operational experience allows Kristy to support individuals and teams across the food and beverage industry, from C-suite leaders to front-and back-of-house professionals. She understands both the internal demands of leadership and the external realities of service, making her work practical, credible, and deeply attuned to the environments her clients navigate every day.
