Dr Kathleen Hall 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. She specializes in stress management, mindful living, and work life balance.
After many years working as an international stress expert at The Stress Institute, Dr. Hall noticed society’s lack of awareness that every thought, word and action affected their health. She realized that living mindfully is an antidote to stress, and subsequently founded Mindful Living Network in 2007 to promote mindfulness, health, stress resilience, and work life balance.
As a thought leader in the Mindful Living® field, she provides individuals, corporations and organizations with the training, education, original programming, and tangible solutions to create Mindful Living – both mentally and physically. She offers information and training backed with scientific research for reducing stress, mindful living and creating balance.
During times of stress and crisis – the Washington Naval Yard shooting, the Newtown Massacre, the West Virginia and Utah coal miner tragedies, Katrina ravaging the Gulf Coast, Air France crash in Canada, London terrorist bombing, and the Runaway Bride – the national television and print media consistently seek her authoritative knowledge, information and direction. Many media outlets look to her for the most credible and up-to-date information on stress-related topics and Mindful Living.
Education
Dr. Hall is a health educator, who studied at research centers such as the Harvard Mind/Body Institute, and trained with world-renowned medical pioneers. She received her Masters of Divinity from Emory University and a Doctorate in Spirituality from Columbia Theological Seminary. She also has a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Jacksonville State University.
Hall studied the effects of stress under medical pioneers such as Herbert Benson at the Harvard Mind/Body Institute, Dean Ornish of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute and Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts Stress Reduction Center. She received tutelage in spirituality from Nobel Peace Prize recipients including the Dalai Lama, Bishop Desmond Tutu and President Jimmy Carter.
Martha Stewart has dubbed her the “Stress Queen”, and John J. Ratey M.D., Harvard called her the midwife to the “Mindful Living” movement. She was featured in Larry Dossey’s book The Power of Premonitions and featured in the book, “Sixty Things To Do When You Turn Sixty”. John St. Augustine included a chapter about her in his book, Living an Uncommon Life: Essential Lessons from 21 Extraordinary People.
The ‘Mindful’ Path of Dr. Kathleen Hall
Throughout her journey, she worked with high-risk inner city children and at the Atlanta Day Shelter for battered women and children; facilitated cardiac rehabilitation programs; counseled and comforted the sick and dying; was involved in hospice care; and continued to explore the concept of science meeting soul. She established The Center for Mindful Living, a 300-acres farm in Clarkesville, Georgia in 1988, and built a health, education, and training center there. It also serves as a horse farm and a retreat for wildlife and abandoned/shelter dogs and cats.
Many corporations, including Microsoft and Electronic Arts, Inc., recognize Kathleen Hall as an authority in her field and asked her to be a corporate spokesperson on stress management and mindful living. Hall’s ability to entertain, educate, and enlighten people (from Los Angeles to London to Paris) placed her in the spotlight as a stress and mindful living expert. Her media appearances include being on CNN, Fox News, Dr. Oz, Martha Stewart’s Body and Soul, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Times, WebMD, Huffington Post, TEDMED and many more.
After working as a stress expert at The Stress Institute, she founded Mindful Living Network in 2007 to promote mindfulness, health, stress resilience, and work life balance. The seed of this vision was embodied in Mindful Living TV, a TV network that focused on original programming.
Next, she created a show called Alter Your Life about everyday people learning how to de-stress and live with mindfulness. Her other original shows included The Meditation Room, Mindful Living Everyday, and The Way I See It. The TV network project later evolved into an online outlet and digital platform.
In addition to all this, she found the time to write 4 books. They cover topics such as her views on mindful living, her journey from working on Wall Street, and creating an institute for mind-body and complementary medicine. More information about Dr. Kathleen Hall’s books can be found here.
Today, the Mindful Living Network website has become the main brand of the platform. It’s mission is to share information, and experiences in all aspects of sustainability and Mindful Living.
