Kristy Gray

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Kristy Gray I run your events. You run your business. Kandles by Kristy the whole story...

I stumbled upon candle making accidentally. And so Kandles by Kristy was born.....
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After years of working multiple jobs in hospitality and as a Fitness Trainer, I don't understand the concept of sitting still and relaxing at all! So when I started working FIFO (Fly In Fly Out) I had 2 weeks a month when I was at home, with my dog while everyone was at work, it was boring and after watching the same Kardashian re-runs on E! I decided I needed to channel my energy to something, but what? Snuggles with Zoe, day dreaming about 'what more can I do'...

While I was at school I was always trying to start little side businesses and sell hand made items to my friends and teachers, even approaching the school principle at my primary school to see if I could set up a stall at lunch time. I guess Ive always had a drive to ‘do more’ and while I never applied myself 100% at school (sorry Mum), this drive has come through in other aspects of my life. If I'm going to do something Im going to do it well otherwise its not worth it for me. Fast forward to last year, and I'm sitting at home in our little apartment in Cronulla, watching Keeping Up with the Kardashians season 8, episode 10 for the 15th time, talking endless nonsense to Zoe - our Australian Bulldog, burning candles that Id spent a fortune on to help counter the doggy smell, when it hit me! I was spending upwards of $100 a month on candles that were either astronomically expensive or beautifully crafted but had little to no smell, and lets face it you buy a candle for the smell first and foremost, right? I immediately jumped head first into researching candles, type, colours, scents, costs, suppliers.....hours later Id decided I was going to give this a crack! Not only had I always been looking at ‘what else can I do’ but there has always been an element of being creative. I hadn't ‘created’ anything in a long time and exploring the world of candles sparked that deeply buried creative zest.

Meet the women guiding your two days at Mind Your Business™️. Hridaya Penches, Hridaya Emotional Breakthrough Coach emot...
22/10/2026

Meet the women guiding your two days at Mind Your Business™️.

Hridaya Penches, Hridaya Emotional Breakthrough Coach emotional breakthrough coach and breathwork practitioner, leads Day 1 breathwork to get you out of your head and into the present moment, calm, clear and ready to receive abundance.

Shell Marie, Shell Marie - Kinesiologist | Yoga | Energy | Mindset kinesiologist and yoga teacher, leads Day 2 morning yoga to clear stuck energy, move your body and get you energised for a big day of building out high-ticket offers that create wealth and freedom.

I’m Harmony, your host. My mission is to bring business management, sales and leadership skills to female coaches, wellness and service business owners, so they can make more money in fewer hours and enjoy a life that’s sustainable without hustling.

Most of us start these businesses because something changed us.

We trained in our skill, hustled to get it going, and told ourselves it wasn’t about the money, until we realised we need it and we deserve it.

Without the skills and without developing ourselves as leaders, our businesses won’t survive. It’s not scarcity, it’s facts! More wellness business led fail than any other in their first year. It’s time we changed that, the world needs us.

Mind Your Business™️ is a room full of expanders in the same healing, wellness and service industry on a similar mission, and the power of the collective is limitless.

This is how I run my own business: yoga, the gym, meditation, good food and time to travel. The retreat is where I show you how to build it for yourself too.

A two-day business retreat for women in wellness, holistic, coaching, consulting, events and service businesses at Hyde Perth, 23 and 24 November.

Tag a bestie who’d love to start her day with poolside breathwork, exceptional company and a full experience that will set you up for business and life success.

Which session are you most excited for? Comment RETREAT.

20/10/2026

Hands up in the comments if you’ve ever said these things to yourself before your workshop | conference | book launch | community event! 🙋🏼‍♀️

You’re not alone!!!

07/10/2026

Where’s all my fellow Event Vendors and their fridge cigs???

And honestly, if you’ve never worked Events, you may never have actually experienced the pure joy that the crack of a can can have when your brain and body are both on the edge!

If you’d like to see more unhinged behind the scenes, Event shenanigans let me know in the comments below

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07/10/2026

Where’s all my fellow fridge cig lovers??

Drop your busy unhinged activity in the comments and let’s guess your industry 😏😏

03/10/2026

Turns out planning an event together means learning a little too much about each other 😂🤍

Who’s most likely to… Self Care Social edition ✨ Featuring our event planning unicorn Kristy 🦄 and the chaos behind the scenes with Tarsha + Beth.

Safe to say… we know each other pretty well at this point 😂

01/10/2026

Nobody tells you that building a business can quietly delete who you are.

I’m 40, rolling around on a studio floor, and I’ve never felt more like myself. 🖤

Nobody warned me about loosing myself while I built a business i love…

It slowly becomes your whole personality.
Your social life. Your conversations. Your identity. Your worth.

I know because I’ve done it - almost twice over!

When I ran Kandles by Kristy, I was Kristy Kandles. It was the only thing I did. The only thing I talked about. My only social outlet outside a full-time FIFO job.
And honestly? That business saved me.

It gave me something solid to pour myself into while I was in a marriage that wasn’t healthy, and wasn’t safe. It rebuilt my confidence one wick at a time.
But somewhere in there, I lost me.

I danced from four years old into my mid-twenties. It was my thing. My joy. My whole heart. But somewhere along the way, call it Adulting, call it syncing myself into my businesses my jobs and everything outside of me and I forgot to do things that bring me joy!

Like my very first exotic floor play class. 🫣

You are not just your business. You’re allowed to have something that’s purely for your soul. No ROI. No content plan. No strategy. Just joy.

Burnout is not a badge of honour. Neither is forgetting who you are.

Huge thanks to the crew that got me there Beth Bronickis | Perth Content & Keepsake Videographer Danni Le Page | MH & Mindset Advocate | Model | Speaker Kiana Fitzgerald

And the absolute legends ADULT DANCE CLASSES | PERTH who made this space feel super fun and safe! I’ll be back!

So tell me 👇 What’s the thing you used to love that you swore you’d “get back to one day”?
Let’s make one day this week.

Kristy xx

Event management would be a lot easier if every client wanted the exact same thing.Thankfully, they don’t, coz thats f* ...
02/06/2026

Event management would be a lot easier if every client wanted the exact same thing.

Thankfully, they don’t, coz thats f* boring! 😏

This week alone I’ve jumped between:

✨ Community fundraising events
✨ Women’s wellness experiences
✨ Corporate event coordination
✨ Wedding industry support
✨ Long table lunches

One minute I’m sourcing venues.

The next I’m reviewing run sheets.

Then I’m coordinating suppliers, brainstorming experiences, troubleshooting logistics or figuring out how to turn a half-baked idea into something people will rave about.

And honestly?

That’s exactly why I love it.

Because events aren’t one-size-fits-all.

Every audience is different.
Every business is different.
Every event has a different purpose.

The secret isn’t having a pretty spreadsheet (although I do nerd out on a good spreadsheet 🤓).

It’s having someone in your corner who can see the big picture while managing all the tiny details that make the whole thing work.

If you’ve got an event idea floating around in your brain but no clue where to start, let’s chat.

📩 Send me a DM with the word EVENT or book a free Let’s Chat Events call.

Follow along for more behind-the-scenes event chaos, confessions and planning magic.

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