
9. She is a big believer in overall holistic living.
To her, living healthy isn’t just about looking good. It’s about feeling good and investing in your health and your future. “Your health is your greatest wealth,” she says. Christie grew up in a health-conscious household where carob-covered rose hips were considered candy. When she switched to vegetarianism, her whole family did. She raised her family in the same way with the mindset of “this is good for us; this is how we want to live,” instead of viewing it from a lens of deprivation and negativity. “We don’t feel like we’re denying ourselves. We feel like we’re gifting ourselves good food and good energy.”

Christie also hates the concept of dieting – she calls it “deny-eating.” At that point, you only focus on what you can’t have instead of how you’re bettering your life or how you’re fueling your life with good things. She also owns up to trying a few weird diets as a young model – the grapefruit diet rings a bell with many of us! “The only thing that lasts is a well-balanced diet,” she wisely advises us. Though Christie is all about holistic living and treating yourself from the inside, she’s still intelligent about treating injuries and diagnosing yourself immediately – not letting yourself suffer for no reason. “Don’t think it’s going to heal by resting,” she says.