Kathleen Hall

Who is Kathleen Hall?

Kathleen Hall is a thought leader and an expert in stress, mindful living and mindfulness. 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. Today, she is known as the stress expert -- Martha Stewart actually 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 converted the woodland, rolling hillside to 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 medicine. This book won the 2007 Nautilus Book Award.