Christina Dufour
Christina Dufour, Founder and President of The Carnelian Connection, has a background in finance and brings over a decade of experience in business development to her mission of specializing well-being in the workplace. With a degree in Business Management and Organization, Christina integrates well-being and performance practices into corporate settings, collaborating with esteemed organizations and executives.
While working in business, Christina has developed an expertise in well-being for 13+ years teaching meditative modalities. Christina supports individuals at all levels to overcome their unique challenges, foster inner balance, find confidence, and more effectively manage stress. She has studied with many expert teachers and a Buddhist Monk, holds 3 certifications in Mindfulness Meditation and is additionally certified in multiple other introspective and expressive modalities. Her programs weave together a culmination of knowledge and expertise from neuroscience, psychology, eastern wisdom traditions, mindfulness, theater, and performance-based business skill sets.
Christina's Native American heritage fuels her commitment to diversity and inclusion. As the first woman in her family to attend college, she champions women's leadership and well-being, leading Confidence Club programs for young women through and offering individual personalized support to executives in presentation, communication, and leadership skills. She also provides programs for the Women in Asset Management (WAI) initiative.
Christina leverages her unique blend of wellness and business expertise to craft customized programs that provide results-based tailored solutions for industry-specific stressors. Through corporate programs, keynote speaking engagements, and 1:1 personalized support for executives, she helps clients achieve their goals while prioritizing well-being.
Well-being Gets Results.
We’ve been helping people do more with less stress while making the most of their resources for many years and our fundamental principles have stayed the same
Help leaders achieve their goals with less stress
Work with integrity, confidentiality and respect
Be a trusted resource for HR Professionals
Use science to help people connect
Increase Productivity with intelligence
Make Stress Reduction Fun
Practice what we preach
“I couldn’t possibly recommend Christina more highly. I have grown so much working with her. Her insights, teachings and tools are like nothing I’ve experienced. Since we started working together I’ve expanded my business, strengthened my personal relationships, and developed a deeper trust in my own intuition (She even helped me run a marathon!). Whatever we talk about or work on always benefits so much more of my life than just the particular thing we discussed.
— JENNIFER GEYER, Corporate Consultant
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A Few Articles About Us…
Wilton life coach looks to expand nationally by catering to health care workers
A well-being and stress management expert in Wilton hopes to expand her reach nationally with a stress relief program geared specifically for health care workers.
“I’d had the idea for a long time,” Christina Dufour, founder of the Carnelian Connection, told the Business Journal. “I come from a family of caregivers, all women who worked in health care as nurses or nurse’s aides. And I’ve watched them struggle – it takes a lot of out of them emotionally, physically, mentally and spiritually.”
Wilton mindfulness educator, coach teaches meditation to health workers
Christina Dufour grew up in a family of health care workers. Dufour, 35, of Wilton, says her mother was a nurse’s aide and all of her aunts were either nurses or nurse’s aides. “I am kind of the stray one who followed a different path,” she jokes.
Her ‘path’ is that of a mindfulness educator, motivational speaker and performance coach. In 2015, she founded the Carnelian Connection, and has worked with both corporate and individual clients to help reduce stress, boost their productivity and achieve at their highest levels.
Fox 61 News - Family First: Tips to relax your child's anxiety
With kids (and parents) feeling a lot of amplified stress this back-to-school season, what can you for yourself, and your kids, to alleviate the tension? Christina Dufour of “The Carnelian Connection” knows all about stress relief and mindfulness – she teaches it to corporate groups and students young and old.
Wilton Woman Teaches Mindfulness To Help Battle Modern Stress
WILTON, Conn. -- Ancient wisdom holds the secret to a modern-day problem — how to balance work, family, and still have time for yourself without being a stressed out disaster most of the time.
Carnelian Connection Teaches Mindfulness
The carnelian is a stone that is said to be helpful to people learning about themselves in the meditation process, and that is why Christina Dufour has named her new business in Wilton the Carnelian Connection.
Carnelian Connection services corporations in greater New York and Fairfield County, as well as families and individuals, with instruction in mindfulness, the way of being present in the moment and balancing work and life issues.
Dufour has provided her services in large-scale international meetings, such as the 2015 World Business Forum in New York City, and is currently…
Dufour receives first ‘Milli’ award
Christina Dufour of Ridgefield, founder and president of the Carnelian Connection, was honored by Westfair Communications as a recipient of the first annual Milli Award. Dufour was recognized as one of Fairfield County’s millennial entrepreneurs whose business is making an impact on the community and in the lives of others.
Young achievers get their due: Milli Awards to benefit Community Plates
Millennials in Fairfield and Westchester counties are running their own businesses, making an impact through volunteer work and contributing innovative ideas to transform companies.
Body-mind business attracts clients seeking balance
High school athletic teams and corporations have signed up.
Bringing fitness to the people
Local entrepreneur Christina Dufour decided this spring to bring fitness to where people need it the most — in their homes. This past spring Dufour launched Carnelian Connection, a company that provides fitness, yoga and other services to the residents of housing developments in the region. She started the operation recently at theRivington Club, which was created by Toll Brothers as an amenity to the Rivington development on the city’s west side.
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