Author: Dr. Kathleen Hall

Stress LESS through Mindful Living®

Start Lifting Weights Today

Lifting weights can help you build muscle, lose fat and gain mental and physical strength and endurance. Lifting weights increases your metabolism and burns fat. A University of Pittsburg study showed lifting weights helped the study participants stick to a diet plan better than those who did not. Studies show that after participants with the…
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Writing: Your Anxiety Prescription

Writing can reduce stress. According to experts from PsychCentral and OutWitTrade, writing engages your left-brain, which is known for critical thinking and logic. Writing distracts your left-brain and allows your creative right-brain to “create and feel.” Writing and connecting with your inner feelings may help reduce your anxiety, stress, insomnia, and depression. It can also…
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7 Stress Busters Only the Happiest People Know

Why are some people so upbeat and seemingly unfazed by troubles or tension? How do they handle today’s busy lifestyles, pressures, and challenges with such confidence? It seems like happy people have secrets that can zap their stress and help them enjoy life to its fullest. You may have wondered if this optimism is inherited…
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Pets Reduce Your Stress At Work

Feeling stressed at work? Consider checking your office policies about having pets in the office. Having your favorite four-legged friend at work with you is a great way to reduce stress. Nearly three-quarters of U.S. households have a pet. As these numbers continue to grow, more workers are requesting to bring their pets to work.…
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Relieve Stress by Going Barefoot

It’s summer and an ideal time to go outside and enjoy the outdoors just being outside with nature will help you relax and reduce stress. For an extra bonus, going barefoot around it’s an instant stress relief solution. Many people take their feet for granted until they get an injury, a sore, or physical ailment.…
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Reconnect with Your Inner Child

Sometimes the struggles that come with adulthood require a childlike perspective. If we open ourselves up to childlike joy and enthusiasm, we can renew our energy and become more optimistic about life. Children fill their day with games, laughter, and their imagination. If we follow their example and embrace the child within each of us,…
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Stress-Less Through Walking

We can all do with a walk every now and then, but taking a Mindful approach to your exercise routine can turn your nature walk into eco-therapy. Nature walks have been used to treat an array of medical conditions like hypertension, headaches, stress, depression, diabetes, and digestive disorders. Walking releases endorphins in your body that…
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Add Some Color to Your Life

Color is a language that affects your mind, body, and soul. Color can trigger emotions, memories and change your mood. Color is a very powerful tool to shift your life to greater energy, power, and happiness. Spring is a time for color updates, transformation, and innovation so add some color to your life. Do a…
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Keep Music in The Classroom

Between budget cuts and tight school schedules we are in a music crisis in our schools. Music is disappearing from our schools or worst in most schools is just an expandable subject. This is resulting in music classes and training disappearing in our schools. Music education is essential in schools for the development of our…
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A Spring Redo For You and Your Home

We are tired of the gloomy days, short days with little sunlight, heavy thick clothes, being sequestered in our homes. It is spring!  It is time to open the windows, shed our heavy winter clothes and get outside. It is time for a spring redo just for you and your home. Tips For a Spring…
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