Gold Coast, Australia
Expanding perspectives, enhancing wellbeing and creating positive change through knowledge, experience and connection.
About Bianca
Bianca Criaco is a wellness educator, Pilates instructor, advocate and podcast host whose work brings together professional knowledge, lived experience and a deep curiosity about wellbeing, human experience and our capacity for meaningful change.
Her work spans movement and holistic wellbeing, advocacy and meaningful conversations around the experiences and challenges that affect people and communities. Rather than viewing any one part of life in isolation, Bianca is interested in the relationship between our experiences, environments, bodies, perspectives and the choices available to us.
Central to Bianca’s philosophy is a desire to expand perspectives, raise awareness and encourage greater agency, while creating connection and opening up conversations that inspire positive change.
Press & Writing
Features, interviews and bylines across Australian press. The work, and the story underneath it.
One for the Road Podcast
Video Interview
Bianca joins the show to share her recovery story, including what happens when your body is so dependent on alcohol that quitting becomes dangerous.
Gold Coast Bulletin
Feature
Gold Coast wellness educator Bianca Criaco has overcome cancer, domestic violence and alcohol addiction, and found healing through competitive electric skateboarding.
The Sober Curator
Feature
Nine days before marking one year sober, Bianca lined up for her first electric skateboard race, finished last, and called it a meaningful comeback story.
Women's Agenda
Feature
One year sober, Bianca lines up at the national electric skateboarding championships as one of only two women in the field, on the sport she found while learning how to live again.
Writing for, or about, Bianca?
Press EnquiriesBalanced by Bianca
Balanced by Bianca is a private wellness practice bringing together Pilates with holistic modalities, nervous system regulation and lymphatic stimulation. Each session is tailored to the individual, taking into consideration the body, lifestyle and broader factors that influence how we feel and function.
The approach is intentional, adaptable and centred on supporting the body rather than simply pushing it harder.
The Book
A powerful collection of true stories from women who have faced loss, trauma, heartbreak, illness, identity shifts and the moments that forced them to find their own voice. Written with raw honesty, courage and hope, each chapter is a reminder that no woman is alone in what she has lived through, and that our stories can become a source of strength for someone else.
The Podcast
Conversations that invite reflection, broaden perspectives and inspire others to recognise their potential to create meaningful change.
The Choice Podcast explores the choices, defining moments and experiences that shape the direction of a person’s life. Through honest, in-depth conversations, each episode explores the circumstances surrounding those moments, the decisions made along the way and the perspectives of those who lived them.
Each story offers an opportunity to see life through a different lens, challenge assumptions and consider possibilities that may not have been recognised before. Hearing how someone else navigated their circumstances can open up a different perspective on what might be possible.
Contact
For media enquiries, podcast appearances, speaking opportunities, advocacy, collaborations, partnerships or enquiries relating to Bianca’s work and projects, please use the contact form.