Hallie is a certified Positive Psychology instructor, having completed a year-long course with former Harvard professor and NY Times bestselling author Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar. She is also a therapist certified by the International Association of Yoga Therapists, an Integrative Restoration® Meditation instructor, and author of Yoga for Lawyers – Mind-Body Techniques to Feel Better All the Time, published by the ABA. Additionally Hallie became a trained climate reality leader with former VP Al Gore's Climate Reality Leadership Corps in July 2020. She has written several Positive Psychology articles published by the NM Bar and disseminated nationally. She received her B.F.A. degree cum laude, and Phi Kappa Phi honors from the University of New Mexico, and her J.D. cum laude, from the University of Houston Law Center where she also received an American Jurisprudence award, was admitted into the Order of the Barons honorary organization, and graduated in the top 12% of her class. She practiced law in NM for 10 years in the following capacities: assistant district attorney for the Second Judicial District, associate attorney in a small civil law firm, and assistant general counsel in government agencies.