About Kendra

Kendra Kessel is a Creative Stress-Relief Specialist and Wellness Innovator dedicated to helping individuals reduce stress, beat burnout, and reclaim their lives through creative outlets, movement, and transformative wellness methods.

With over 25 years of experience, Kendra has empowered thousands to overcome chronic stress, burnout, and health challenges. Through her unique, science-backed techniques and personalized coaching programs, she guides clients to achieve calmness, relaxation, and lasting fulfillment. Her innovative, relatable methods combine the art of creativity with practical wellness tools, offering a fresh approach to stress relief that resonates deeply with modern lifestyles.

Kendra is the founder of Creating Calmness, a new wellness brand and podcast focused on building community and helping people manage stress and burnout through creative, enjoyable, and highly effective methods. Through retreats, classes, workshops, coaching, and her upcoming Move to Calmness program, Kendra equips people with transformative tools to reclaim balance and resilience in their lives. Her approach blends creativity, movement, and groundbreaking wellness techniques to redefine stress relief in ways that are accessible, enjoyable, and deeply impactful.

A multifaceted creator, Kendra has built an award-winning career as a singer, songwriter, musician, author, game inventor, and entrepreneur. She is the creator of Fit Heroes, an award-winning superhero brand that empowers kids to feel confident and capable through movement and self-discovery. Additionally, Kendra has also authored two books and developed a kids' workout series. Her health and fitness expertise has been featured on national television, fitness infomercials, news broadcasts, and in prominent publications such as Muscle and Fitness Hers, Oxygen Magazine, and Star Magazine.

Kendra’s creative talents and passion for wellness extend to her music, which has won numerous awards and continues to inspire and uplift others. She has over two decades of professional experience working with both adults and children as a Certified Health and Wellness Coach, Certified Stress Management, Sleep, and Recovery Coach, Certified Personal Fitness Trainer, Certified Stretching and Flexibility Coach, Certified in Change Psychology, Certified Youth Exercise Specialist, and Certified Fitness Nutrition Specialist.

In addition to her traditional fitness and health training, Kendra has furthered her education in other healing areas of wellness to help clients on a deeper level. She is Certified in Sound Therapy, a Certified Clinical Hypnotist, and a Certified Therapeutic Art Coach. Kendra leverages her diverse educational background to create customized wellness solutions that deliver lasting results.

Kendra also holds a B.S. in Physical Education from the University of Arizona, graduating Magna Cum Laude, and earned her teaching licensure and certifications. She combines her academic achievements and creative skills to deliver wellness solutions that are as effective as they are enjoyable.

Kendra’s dedication to creativity and “thinking outside the box” has earned her recognition across multiple fields. Whether through her innovative programs, artistic endeavors, or her signature brand, Creating Calmness, she is committed to helping individuals of all ages find calm, build confidence, and lead more balanced, fulfilling lives.

She resides in Denver, Colorado, where she enjoys spending time in nature, trying new creative activities, cooking, lifting weights, and being a mom to two wonderful children. She treasures the simple joys in life—game nights, family time, and creating connections that inspire positivity and well-being.