Kathleen Hall

Kathleen Hall (born 12 August 1951) is an expert in stress, mindful living and mindfulness. She is founder and C.E.O. of the Stress Institute and the Mindful Living Network. She started her career in finance working at the World Trade Center in New York. After working on Wall Street, she made a decision to leave power, wealth and corporate stress behind her. Martha Stewart dubbed her the Stress Queen—who specializes in stress management, mindful living, and work life balance. John J. Ratey called her the midwife to a movement—Mindful Living. She established Oak Haven, a 300-acres farm in Clarkesville, Ga. in 1988, and built a health, education, and training center called The Hermitage. It also serves as a horse farm and a retreat for wildlife and abandoned/shelter dogs and cats. In A Life in Balance: Nourishing the Four Roots of True Happiness, she wrote about her journey from working on Wall Street to creating an institute for mind-body, complementary medicin