Kristina Smith is a writer, people and culture leader, entrepreneur, mother of six, and grandmother who knows how easily being “the dependable one” can become a full-time job. With warmth, humor, and a slightly inappropriate streak, she writes for women who are tired of overexplaining, overcommitting, and wondering whether everyone is mad at them. Her guide, The Nice Girl Exit Plan: A Slightly Inappropriate Guide for Recovering People Pleasers, combines honest reflection, practical exercises, and real-life scripts to help readers set boundaries without giving up their kindness—or their sense of humor. Based in the Rochester, New York area, Kristina loves cooking, gathering people around a table, and conversations that go beyond “I’m fine.” Her work explores what happens when women stop managing everyone else’s comfort and start making room for themselves. Same woman. Fewer apologies.