About the Author

Krista Parsons is a Registered Nurse, healthcare leader, and author with more than two decades of experience in healthcare. Holding a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Master of Arts in Leadership with a Healthcare specialty, she built her career caring for patients, leading teams, and supporting others through some of life's most challenging moments.

Her journey from healer to patient became the catalyst for a deeper purpose: giving a voice to the moments when life breaks us and reminding others that even after loss, pain, and uncertainty, there is still more to their story. Through her memoir When the Healer Breaks and the AND STILL… movement, she invites others to embrace their own stories of resilience, healing, and becoming.

Once known as the strong one—the healer, the one others leaned on—Krista’s life shifted when a traumatic accident left her navigating chronic pain, grief, and the profound loss of the identity she had always known.

With raw honesty and reflection, she explores the reality of what it means to let go of who you were, face the uncertainty of who you are becoming, and discover strength in the chapters you never expected to write.

In her debut memoir, When the Healer Breaks, Krista opens the door to a deeply personal journey of breaking, rebuilding, and discovering the person she was always becoming.