Kathy Freston
Kathy Freston is an American self-help author and health and wellness expert, best known as the author of the Quantam Wellness series. She is also a contributor to The Huffington Post.
Biography
Early life
Freston grew up in the Atlanta area. She began modeling at age 16.
Career
Kathy Freston is a self-professed health and wellness expert and a New York Times best-selling author. Her books include Quantum Wellness: A Practical and Spiritual Guide to Health and Happiness, The One: Discovering the Secrets of Soul Mate Love, Expect a Miracle: 7 Spiritual Steps to Finding the Right Relationship, and The Quantam Wellness Cleanse: The 21 Day Essential Guide to Healing Your Body, Mind, and Spirit. Dr. Mehmet Oz and Dr. Dean Ornish penned the introductions for her two latest books and her work has garnered accolades from such people as Dr. Andrew Weil, Dr. Neal Barnard, Marianne Williamson and Dr. Deepak Chopra.[citation needed]
Freston's career path began when she left an abusive relationship and began to meditate as part of her recovery process. She began by making her own meditation cassette tapes. She stated in an interview, "Then I started creating tapes for friends and realized, Hey, this is very useful to people[sic]. I recorded CD's and those sold well." She stated that people "came to her for counseling," and so she began her career.[1] There is no record in the state of New York of her being a licensed therapist.[2]
Freston has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Ellen, The View, Good Morning America, and CBS's the Early Show. Her work has been featured notably in Vanity Fair, Harper’s Bazaar, Self, W, and Fitness. She is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post, AlterNet, and the LA Times Magazine, where she writes a weekly food column.
Freston promotes a body/mind/spirit approach to health and happiness that includes a concentration on healthy diet, emotional introspection, spiritual practice, and loving relationships, among other tenants. Her work is focused on providing guidance for conscious and healthy living in our increasingly busy world. Freston continually cites the proven value of “leaning into” change and the benefits of “progress, not perfection.”
Marriage
She is married to television executive Tom Freston.[3] Tom Freston was an executive at Viacom in charge of MTV Networks until 2006. In 2007, Oprah Winfrey approached Tom Freston to head up her start up cable network OWN. She was not aware of Kathy Freston's work before her attempt to recruit Tom Freston, as (according to the same article) she served the couple chicken and an assortment of meats. [4] Since recruiting Tom Freston to consult for OWN, Kathy Freston has made a number of appearances on Oprah's show.
In 2007, the couple endowed a scholarship at Emerson College to promote diversity at the school.[5]
Published works
- The Quantum Wellness Cleanse: A 21 Day Essential Guide to Healing Your Body, Mind, and Spirit (Weinstein, 2009)
- Quantum Wellness: A Practical and Spiritual Guide to Health and Happiness (Weinstein, 2008)
- The One (Hyperion, 2006)
- Expect a Miracle (St. Martin's Press, 2003)
References
- ^ "Kahn, Sarah. "Soul Mate." Hamptons Magazine, Winter 2006 Accessed online at http://home.comcast.net/~sarah.khan/Hamptons_KathyFreston.pdf"
- ^ "http://www.op.nysed.gov/opsearches.htm#nme"
- ^ Jorden, Heather Stewart (1999-07-06). "Charity Scorecard". Los Angeles Times. p. E4.
The event was co-chaired by volunteer Kathy Freston and her husband, Tom Freston, president of MTV Networks.
- ^ "http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/8393/35/
- ^ "5th District candidates agree to debates (New England in brief)". Boston Globe. 2007-09-07.
Tom Freston, an entertainment mogul and Emerson College trustee, and his wife, Kathy, have established a $1 million scholarship to promote diversity at Emerson. The Tom and Kathy Freston Diversity Scholarship will be awarded for the first time next year and will go to students who are economically disadvantaged, first-generation college students, or from racial or ethnic groups underrepresented in the student body.