Bio

Christa Lei (they/them) is a queer, disabled, non-binary Filipine-American writer, speaker, consultant, and MSW candidate. Their work bridges literary practice, care labor, and community engagement, centering the lived realities of chronically ill and marginalized individuals navigating systems not built for them. Drawing from personal experience in clinical research, death work, and peer support, Christa approaches storytelling as both a site of resistance and a tool for relational healing.

They are currently working on a genre-bending memoir that explores chronic illness, body horror, and relational rupture through a lens of non-monogamy, spirituality, and intergenerational trauma. They are a DISQUIET alum who studied under Emma Copley Eisenberg, and Southampton Writer’s Conference fellow under Chloe Cooper Jones. Christa also facilitates workshops and speaks on topics including disability justice in relationships, community-based models of care, and the intersections of trauma, grief, and identity in QTBIPOC communities. Their facilitation style is trauma-informed, accessible, and grounded in harm reduction, transformative justice, and embodied practice.

Christa’s work is shaped by fat liberation, health at every size, and a commitment to unlearning medical and societal narratives that pathologize difference. They strive to create spaces where vulnerability is met with care, and survival is honored without being romanticized.

Based in Brooklyn with their spouse and two dogs, they bring a lived ethic of slowness, tenderness, and mutual care into every aspect of their practice. You can learn more at christalei.me, read their work at isthiswhatyouwant.org, or connect on Instagram @supchrista.

Areas of focus

navigating intimacy
Relationships are the bedrock to a content life. Perhaps the most important skill we must hone is learning how to create and maintain wholehearted relationships. As someone queer and polyamorous, I’ve learned many ways to dream up ways to facilitate intentional intimacy with others and myself. I’m happy to help support you and/or your partner(s) as you open up your relationship(s), maintain current connections, navigate situations and holding space for all parties involved. Sometimes you need a third party to listen to you. I’m able to help you using intuition, life skills, and knowledge gained over the years.

care planning & health advocacy
Creating a lifestyle that suits your personal strengths and supports you in the areas you find challenging is an ongoing balancing act. Whether you are depressed, neurodivergent, or disabled, I want to help you find affordable care and advocate for your needs. How do you articulate and express what you are going through? How do you wade through technical terms and speak the language of doctors and caretakers? How do you create healthy limits for yourself and ask for help in your care relationships? Together we will craft an agile framework for your health that supports you through the good times and bad.

death work & grief support
Loss is a hard truth that makes life meaningful. Today we have lost the art of preparing for loss, let alone the space and support for grief. As a death doula, I can help you with both. through end-of-life planning, vigil sitting, caregiver processing and facilitation. I can work with you in-person or online to guide you through the process with compassion.

I utilize Five Wishes as one of my main guidance tools in planning, and would recommend you check them out before working with me.

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Sliding scale

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I can accommodate based off previous discussions.

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