Why I Created Stress-Less

The real beginning of Stress-Less started when I was 12 years old and I witnessed my father being killed by a drunk driver. That event shaped my own struggle with stress and I was determined to understand it.

For more than 30 years I worked with people experiencing stress, anxiety, grief, trauma and emotional pain. Throughout that time I noticed something that changed the way I approached helping others.

Many people could describe what they were feeling, but they often struggled to identify the underlying emotion connected with their experience.

In the mid-1990s I was invited to work in a healing clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. I was still learning, yet that experience profoundly influenced my thinking. Working alongside people who had experienced significant emotional trauma, I began asking a simple question:

"If you could name the predominant emotion associated with this problem, what would it be?"

That question often opened conversations people had never had before.

Over the years I came to describe this process as making the unknown known.

To support that exploration, I developed a gentle Body Rocking approach that helps create a calm, safe space where people can become more aware of what they are experiencing, both emotionally and physically.

Stress-Less was created to share these ideas with anyone looking for practical ways to better understand and manage stress.

This is not presented as a cure or a replacement for medical or psychological care. Instead, it is a complementary approach that encourages self-awareness, emotional exploration and practical stress management.

Over many years I have observed people gain valuable insights through this process. Those experiences have convinced me that these ideas are worth sharing.

Simply put...

I've seen too much not to share.