Less Stress In Life
Welcome to Less Stress in Life—the podcast dedicated to helping you navigate life with greater ease, energy, and balance. In our Empowered Wellness series, we share practical tools, expert insights, and meaningful conversations designed to support your journey toward feeling more in control and at peace in your everyday life.
Hosted by Deb Timmerman, a registered nurse and reflexologist; Susie Marsh, a social worker and professional organizer; and Lindsay Vertalka, a physical therapist, we bring a unique blend of perspectives to help you move through life—literally and figuratively—with more confidence, grace, and vitality.
Whether it’s finding calm in chaos, creating supportive spaces, or building strength and resilience, we’re here to guide you every step of the way. Join us to discover how small shifts can lead to big changes, helping you live with less stress and greater ease.
Less Stress In Life
EP 46: Hear a Photographer's Journey from Deep Sleep to Gratitude
Our mission is to give you tools and strategies that will help you move from being stressed to feeling your best.
Gail Howarth, a long-time resident of West Michigan, is a storyteller and award-winning photographer joins is for a candid conversation on gratitude's role in healing.
Gail’s early work focused on her first love, nature. Her landscapes invite the viewer to take a break from the busyness of daily life. She hopes observers of her photos will experience a sense of calm, peace, or serenity.
More recently, Gail has become interested in people, their stories, what divides us, and how to build bridges between those with vastly different backgrounds and belief systems. Gail’s ArtPrize project, A Time to Heal, and The Gratitude Project By Lakehouse Photo explore this concept in words and portraiture. She believes that to heal the divisiveness present in our society today, we must start by identifying and sharing our most common bonds. Only then will constructive conversations occur.
Co-hosts Deb Timmerman and Barb Fletcher are certified HeartMath® Trainers, and certified stress educators, who are skilled at helping people discover the power of living form the heart. To take the Stress and Wellbeing Assessment in Canada, click here. To take the Stress and Wellbeing Assessment in the US, click here.