Kayti began her career teaching physical education and yoga, including a conflict resolution program for students. For a decade she volunteered weekly in local schools, leading mentorship groups alongside school counselors. She spent seven years as an end-of-life caregiver for her family, working closely with nurses and physicians, and has led ongoing yoga, meditation, and breathwork sessions for adults. As an activities coordinator and lead direct support professional, she worked with youth in state care living in group homes, many carrying significant trauma and behavioral needs. She designed daily one-on-one and group activities, adapting each session to what a young person needed that day, and became a trusted, steady presence for kids others found hard to reach. She is a trained mandated reporter for youth and adults.

Before chaplaincy, Chris served as an elder and youth pastor in a non-denominational church and spent twenty years in graphic design and print production, experience he now brings to the design of Grounded's free resilience tools, including Soul Tree and Sprout. On a behavioral health unit, he led daily meditations for inpatients and weekly sessions in intensive outpatient care, using crystal sound bowls, body scan meditations, and mindfulness practices, along with grief groups and workshops. He is trained through Resolve Through Sharing to support parents, families, and caregivers through pregnancy and infant loss. Ordained through the Universal Life Church, he leads weddings, blessings, and memorial services for people of every faith and none.