- Kathy Freston
Kathy Freston is an American
self-help author and lifestyle counselor. She is also a contributor toThe Huffington Post .Biography
Early life and education
Freston grew up in the Atlanta area. She began modeling at age 16.
Career
A former Ford model [cite news |title=Spiritual leanings (Beauty News) |work=Harper's Bazaar |date=2001-10-01 |quote=...while listening to Healing a meditational CD ($16) by ex-Ford model Kathy Freston. ] , Freston entered the self-help market with "Transformational Meditations", a three-CD set of 20-minute guided meditations published in 2002 by Lime Tree Productions.
Marriage
She is married to television executive
Tom Freston . [cite news |first=Heather Stewart |last=Jorden |title=Charity Scorecard |work=Los Angeles Times |date=1999-07-06 |page=E4 |quote=The event was co-chaired by volunteer Kathy Freston and her husband, Tom Freston, president of MTV Networks. ]In 2007, the couple endowed a scholarship at
Emerson College to promote diversity at the school. [cite news |title=5th District candidates agree to debates (New England in brief) |url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/09/07/5th_district_candidates_agree_to_debates/ |work=Boston Globe |date=2007-09-07 |quote=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. ]Published works
*"Expect a Miracle" (St. Martin's Press, 2003)
*"The One" (Hyperion, 2006)
*"Quantum Wellness" (Weinstein, 2008)References
External links
* [http://www.kathyfreston.com Kathy Freston]
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