Kristen K. Brown is The Queen of Stress Relief! She is a coach, business consultant, bestselling and award-winning author, online TV host, speaker and the founder of Happy Hour Effect LLC and WidowMommy.com. She has her Master's Certificate in Integral Theory which is all about exploring and understanding issues from multiple perspectives. She is a Holistic Health Coach and is also a 15 year corporate America veteran. Her debut memoir, The Best Worst Thing, is about her journey to a new life after the unexpected death of her husband of a heart attack at the age of 30 when their daughter was just an infant. It hit the Amazon bestseller list the same day it was released and hit #1 on the Amazon Movers & Shakers list. She does live and virtual book signings, readings and book club events and a portion of the proceeds go to heart health research.

Kristen won a SWIBA award for Author of the Year, a Royal Dragonfly Book Award for The Best Worst Thing and has been nominated for two American Business Awards and two International Women in Business Awards. Her story and companies have been featured on television, radio, print and online including the front cover of March, a national business magazine. Her multiple websites, blogs and social media sites get over 100,000 hits each month and she has thousands of fans and followers. She contributes articles to numerous blogs, is a regular speaker and hosts her own online TV show called The Happy Hour Effect with Kristen Brown. She is also the creator of Celebrate YOU Day, an event focused on balancing the mind, body and spirit.

She enjoys gardening and landscaping, meditation, cooking, yoga and is a huge reader on all things spiritual, scientific and self-improvement focused. Kristen has traveled the world for both business and pleasure and enjoys learning about new cultures. She is a member of Women of Words, the National Wellness Institute, Femfessionals, The Loft Literary Center, Film Independent and a volunteer for the American Heart Association.

She lives in Minneapolis, MN with her five-year-old daughter and their eight-year-old, 90 pound black Labrador retriever, Cosmo (who thinks he's a lap dog). She will do just about anything for bacon.